Funny Things the Kids Say:
September 2009: We were visiting my brother, Ben's, family in NY. It was Lilah 3rd birthday and we were getting ready for her dress-up/flowers and butterflies party. She was is a WRETCHED mood. She was fussing and whining A LOT. My mom got down to look her in the eyes and tell her that the fussing needed to stop so we could have a fun birthday party. Lilah furrowed her eyebrows and pointed her finger in my mom's face and said, "Don't you look that face at me!" Needless to say, Lilah spent her birthday afternoon taking a nap.
May 2010: We were at a water fountain in Virginia Beach on vacation. Dan and Lauren had given Seth and Lilah each a penny to throw into the fountain and told them to make a wish. Seth closed his eyes and said, “I wish for another day to see the sun rise in the sky!” Lilah said, “um, I don’t know, I guess… I guess I want some princess shoes?”
December 2010: Aunt Maggie was visiting from Arizona. She planned to make caramel corn. The kids had not had it before. She asked if they’d had it. Lilah said, “No, I haven’t eaten caramel corn before, but I want to taste it on my lips!”
September 2010: Seth and Lilah were driving in the car with Josh. A song came on the radio that sang, “I’m just gonna break break, I’ll break break your heart…” Lilah said, “That’s silly you can’t break a heart!” Seth looked at her completely seriously and said, “Yes you can Lilah. Your heart can break when you move away from your best friend who lives in Columbus. (Brenna)”
November 2010: Josh has recently taught Isaac to do Arnold Schwarzenager impressions. He says "Get to the chopper!" in a low growly Austrian accent. We have it on Josh's cell phone, but haven't been able to share it for some reason.
November 2010: Seth has recently started calling off a checklist of things to be done every time we get in the car... "Did you turn the lights off? Lock the doors? Turn off the heaters? Put Ruby in her crate? Good, I'm glad your so responsible mom."
December 2010: This morning it was snow flurries outside. We went outside to get in the car to leave for school and Seth yelled, "Oh my word! It is a blizzard out here! What are we going to do about this situation?!" It was like barely a flurry. I assured him it wasn't such a dramatic situation.
December 2010: Was explaining to Seth that we would not see one of his friends today because they are at daycare. Then Seth gasped and I heard him run to Lilah and exclaim excitedly, "Lilah, daycare is real!" The kids apparently thought the Sunnyside Daycare on Toy Story 3 could only be a figment of a movie maker's imagination.
January 2011: Yesterday I was at mom and dad's house and Seth was still in a pull-up. So mom gave him a wipe and told him to go clean up and put on a new pull-up (we were driving late at night and he would be sleeping in the car). So he disappears for 10 minutes and comes back. We asked what he did with the wipe. He yells with his hands in the air, "I don't know! And I can't find the pull-ups!" We asked if he used the wipe and he said no. It just disappeared. So we told him where the wipes were and told him to get a clean pull-up from the shelf in the nursery. He runs off to obey and is gone for another 10 minutes. The he jumps into the living room, waving half of a curtain rod in the air, and loudly growls, "Alright Black Jack La Flack! I'm going to jack you up!" Still no pull-up or wipes.
January 2011: Isaac has recently become obsessed with Superman and won't take his Superman pjs off. He runs around all day with his cape on, his fist in the air, yelling "Uperman!"
January 2011: Today in the car I overheard Seth tell Lilah, "I'm sorry Lilah, you're just going to have to face it, I'm a super hero... and so is Jesus."
January 2011: I got burgers for the kids for lunch. Hunter didn't want his pickles. Lilah asked me if they were good for you. I said yes. So she shrieks at Hunter, "Hunter! You have to eat your pickles because they're good for you and if you don't your blood will not be clean!" I think we're mixing a couple issues there.... =)
February 2011: Hunter Clay was living with us. He was 2 years old and in the process of potty training. Hunter was currently going through an obsession with Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. He had to go poop, so we told him to run to the potty. He finished and came downstairs to tell his mommy all about it. He said, “Mommy, I let The Grinch out!” From that time on, we referred to pooping as “letting the Grinch out.”
February 2011: While riding in the car with daddy, Seth was constantly reminding me I was “driving too fast”. After a while of this, I commented to Seth that he is a Grandma driver. He asked what I meant and I said “because grandmas drive slow…”. Seth then said “daddy…grandmas don’t drive slow, they drive as fast as they need to…and by the way, kid’s cant drive.” Touché Seth…Touché.
March 2011: Today during naptime I asked Seth and Lilah to pick up the few toys that were out in the playroom. One hour later, the toys were not picked, more toys were on the floor, and ALL of the furniture and shelves were flipped upside down. The reason? A sneaky leprechaun. That leprechaun just made them go to bed one hour earlier tonight.
March 2011: I made scones for a snack. So we all sat down after naptime to have “afternoon tea” together. We used it as an opportunity to practice manners becoming of ladies and gentlemen. I explained to the kids that during tea time we sit calmly and chat and share one another’s company. Seth and Lilah were very into acting like grown-ups. After a while, Seth said he had run out of stories to tell. He said, “Mom, since we’re acting like grown-ups, shall I say something boring?” I said that would be fine. So he thought for a minute and then looked at me and said, “I just finished a book from the library. Have you read any good books lately? … There mom, was that boring enough like a grown-up?” I told him he’d nailed it.
April 2011: Seth was going wild with energy and was just literally bouncing off the walls. So I made him do push-ups, jumping jacks, sit-ups, and then run in place. He was getting tired and asked how much longer he had to run. I told him he could run until he was too tired to be crazy. Seth laughed and said, “Mom, I can be crazy all day!”
