Cloverisms - Fall Edition

- "If they don't have chocolate chip, I have a couple of back up flavors," said Elizabeth as we walked into a new ice cream shoppe.
- "Mommy, I have a lot of wishes.  I wish that I had a balcony.  I wish that I was a princess.  I wish that I will never grow up.  Wait, I wish that I was a fairy, not a princess.  I wish that you would wake me up early so that I could go running with you.  I wish that I could fly.  I wish that...."  Emily is never at a loss for words.
- "Mommy, you need to move over.  Angels sit beside us at church."  After six years of sitting as close to me as possible at mass, just one mass at Catholic school has taught Emily that you have to leave room between you and the person beside you, "for the angels."
- "Parka: a jacket with a hood.  Or, as they say in New Hampshire, Paaakaaa!"  Elizabeth brings some humor to studying her weekly vocabulary words.
- "We saw this video clip yesterday; they should be reporting about new stuff."  The girls spend about five minutes each morning watching the news (instead of jumping right into getting ready) and Emily was annoyed that they showed the same things two mornings in a row.
- "Boy, it looks like you made a lot of mistakes with the cake.  I'm sure it will taste good though."  Leave it to Emily to always tell the truth.  About everything.
- "Well, I certainly am thoroughly disappointed."  After spending an afternoon checking out faerie houses, Elizabeth was focused on the fact that we wouldn't buy her something in the gift shop.
- "We are at school all day and Mommy is at work all day.  So there is only one person that could have eaten all of those chocolates," said Emily.  "Baxter," said Lee, solemnly.
- "Mommy, if I was a dog, would you have adopted me from the animal shelter?"
- "Today is November 1st?  Yes!!  We can finally turn on the heat!"  I have turned into my parents, what can I say?  And in my defense, the house was a balmy 64 on November 1st, although chilly nights forced us to turn on the heat a few short days later.
- "Daddy, stop it!  You're killing Emily!  She's going to laugh herself to death!!"
- "Being in the toy department is so depressing!!!" wailed Elizabeth, as we shopped for toys for the Advent tree at church and the Salvation Army toy drive at school.
- "I'm so surprised that I got an Easy Bake Oven because I know that you really didn't want me to get one," said Elizabeth.  "Christmas is about getting gifts that you want but that Mommy and Daddy don't necessarily want you to have," I responded.  "No, Christmas is about Jesus."  Touche.

These next few quotables occurred in the wake of the death of their great-grandmother, Memere.
- "Look at how beautiful the sky is tonight.  I think that God let Memere paint it for us."  Emily said this during our drive back to Connecticut from the funeral.
- "I think that the stars represent people that have died.  When I look up at the sky at night, I pick out the star that is Memere." Elizabeth said this on our way home from dance class one evening.
- "Mommy, when I die, I am going to ask God if I can come back as a dog.  And so, a few days later, you should go to the animal shelter and look for me."  My sweet Emily.
- "You know how we used to visit Memere at her apartment on Christmas Eve and Easter?  Well, can we go visit her grave now instead?"  At times, we are simply stunned by Elizabeth's maturity.