New Haircut

Paige now has a bob haircut (her wish), and she loves it!

"I like boys"

Yikes...it happened today! Paige said, "I like boys"...after picking Mickey Mouse glass. Here we go!

Love note for car battery

Two days ago, the battery in the Honda was dead because Grace left a light on. I drove home and switched cars with Angi. I went ahead and bought a new battery because it was getting in the zone (going on 5 yrs old). While I was at RCIA that evening, Paige wrote me a note and put it in an envelope under my pillow. The envelope was addressed to "Mr. Castle, Colrado Springs, Medford 365." The return address was "the mail wroker Paige." The stamp was a drawing of a heart with "Love" inside the heart. The note said, "Dad thank you for leting me and mom and Grace yous your car. I hop the car is wrking good for ever."

"Be like Mother Teresa."

A few months ago we all watched a movie about Mother Teresa. Afterwards, Paige prayed that she would be more like Mother Teresa. Later I gave her a picture of Mother Teresa to tape to her bedroom door next to her Disney princess poster. I recently found a note that she wrote in Dec 2007: "Be like Muther Chresa."

Paige recently received a fortune in a fortune cookie that stated, "Your happy heart brings joy and peace where there is none." That is our Paige!

"Get a big juicy elk."

I found a note today that Paige wrote me in Dec 2007: "I now you but the elke for me but I want you to havit for a memery please. Love Paige." Paige tried to give me back an elk stuffed animal that I bought her in Leadville after we saw lots of elk on the way to Leadville to go skiing. We stayed overnight at the Delaware Hotel, ate at an Italian restaurant, and had a great day of skiing with fresh powder!

On a side note, in Oct 2007 when I went elk hunting, Paige told me, "get a big juicy elk, Dad!" I was blessed to harvest a mature cow elk. I had to run and shoot through dense aspen trees. Three of my four shots were kill shots (back, lungs, neck). I laid my hand on the elk and thanked God for the provisions.

"You are my big horse."

We met Aunt Kay and Aunt Teresa for Mass and then dinner in Woodland Park yesterday. During Mass, while snuggling Paige, she said to me, "You are my big horse. You are a hero." I am honored to be her big horse while she is little...I hope to always be her hero!

* On a side note, the priest knelt down and blessed Paige during the Eucharist. Paige was genuinely touched that the priest took this effort to recognize her as a child of God!