Fall Cloverisms

- "I know, I know.  I'm beautiful," said Emily to Lee one Sunday morning, as she came down the stairs in a new outfit for church.
- "Daddy is my hero."  After Emily suffered a catastrophic incident at school, Lee calmly and patiently rushed to her rescue, and made everything better.  Afterwards, he lamented that it took him ten minutes to get to school, while she called him her hero, as she snuggled against me.  I love this family.
- "I can't wait until my eleventh birthday.  That's the day I find out if I'm a muggle-born wizard, like Hermione." Wondering if Elizabeth's infatuation with all things Harry Potter will wear off before then, or if she will have an extremely disappointing 11th birthday.
- "I like Miley Cyrus the same way I like Justin Bieber.  I like her music, but I don't like what she does as a person."  Well done, nine year old.  You are wise beyond your years.
- "When I'm a sophomore in college, you will be a senior in high school." And mom and dad will be likely be eating cat food....
- "I can't wait until I'm 16.  That's when I will find out if I'm really a princess."  Why oh why did we watch the Princess Diaries with Emily?
- "Do I have dark circles under my eyes?" asked Emily.  "Yes, you do.  But why did you ask that?"  "You said that I look tired and I read in a book that having dark circles under your eyes means that you look tired."
- "I can't WAIT to see this movie!!"  exclaimed Emily as I read aloud a particularly exciting chapter of the third Harry Potter book.
- "How 'bout I get to read The Hunger Games if I get an A on this math test??"  Elizabeth is desparate to read The Hunger Games and so, as an incentive, we told her that if she got an A in math on her reportcard, we would put it on her kindle.  Math is, without a doubt, her toughest subject and she knows that getting an A is going to be impossible, so she's hoping that we will look at her math scores on a test by test basis instead.
- "My school picture is so much better this year.  I don't know what I was thinking when I picked pink wire frames.  That was not smart."
- "She's not afraid of dogs.  And I told her that only one of our dogs was violent.  The other one is black."  Emily, explaining our dogs to her friends.  Apparently, violent means crazy, at least in Emily's world.  And I'm not sure how the color of Elliot's fur describes his docile behavior....
- "I am itching for something to sew."  I received this text from Elizabeth while I was at work one afternoon. She wanted me to buy some fabric for her on my way home.  Of course, she doesn't actually know how to sew...
- "You are not old!  You are not even 40 yet.  50 is old," stated Elizabeth.  "Actually, they changed it.  60 is old now," corrected Emily.