more from the petite ballerinas

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Two funny little prayer requests from some of the girls in the preschool ballet class I teach:
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IY: My prayer request today is that everyone in the whole entire world would burst into laughter.
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(And she was laughing so hard come her turn to pray that she couldn't even pray herself. And this same girl also mentioned at the end of the class that she would no longer like me to call her by her real name, but she'd rather me call her "Hilarious Fun." Certainly, Hilarious Fun.)
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JD: My prayer request today is for my finger. I hurt it last year.
Me: Oh, and does it still hurt?
JD: No, I don't think so. But I want to pray about it.
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polka dot hair bows and lots of smiles,
Jessina
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more from the petite ballerinas

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Because I don't want to forget their sweetness and their hilarious craziness:
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GS: Your sister plays the viola?
IT: Yes, and I really want to play too, but I can't because I wasn't alive last week.
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AE: (after not being able to do a little stretch that the others girls had accomplished) I am just SO upset (cue the tears).
Me: (taking her aside) What are you feeling, dear?
AE: (with tears and heavy breaths) I am just, um, so upset because the clock on the wall there doesn't say the right time!
Me: Dear, the clock does say the right time. Now can you tell me what you're feeling?
AE: (again, with tears) I am just so upset because this carpet doesn't have any black squares in it!
Me: (huh?) But it has lots of other colorful squares! Now really, what are you feeling?
AE: (with more tears) I am just so upset because of that clock!
Me: (realizing that we aren't getting to the point here...) Darling, are you upset because you couldn't do the stretch?
AE: (with a huge burst of tears and a big wail) Yeessss! I won't EVER be able to do it and I don't ever want to dance again!
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After more tears, a few hugs, and a little talk, she decided she still wanted to dance; but really, where did the black carpet squares and the clock not working come from? And just how were you at dance last week, IT, if you weren't alive? And how in the world does that relate to your sister playing the viola? Oh, those funny little minds.
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petite ballerinas, prayers, & cheesecake

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These are a few recent prayers and prayer requests from the girls at the preschool ballet class I teach. Sometimes it is so hard not to laugh!
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IT: My prayer request this week is for my head. I was hit with a snowball and it hurt.
AE: Wasn't that your prayer request last week too?
IT: Well, um, yes...but last week I was speaking in a different language.
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JD (a four year old): Please pray for my children.
GS: Who are your children? How do you have children?
JD: Well, you know, my children! (Very offended-like, as if we didn't know she had children.)
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IT: Lord, please help the lady whose mother died. And Lord, we REALLY need some cheesecake. Amen.
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