- "I did not wake Elizabeth up. I just turned on the light. It's not my fault she woke up, that's her problem." Ahhh, sisterly love.
- "I like everything about the colonial days better than today. Except for chamber pots. I'm glad we don't have chamber pots." Elizabeth thinks she's better suited for the colonial times than today.
- "I want to look beautiful for Jesus," said Elizabeth, explaining why it was taking her so long to get ready for mass on Easter.
- "Somebody needs to tell the captain to turn this boat around!" said Emily, after one particularly enormous swell on our whale watch.
- "If we only see one whale, it's going to be a real bummer," same kid, calmer seas.
- "The smell of your cookies makes me smile." Love that kid.
- "After I have my lasik surgery, I'm going probably going to become a sniper. That's my opportunity of the month. I'm also thinking about being a marine biologist." The sky is the limit for Elizabeth.
- "I'm like Goldilocks - my toast can't be over-cooked or under-cooked, it has to be juuuusssttt right." That's our princess Emily.
- "Are people going to be quiet, or what?" asked Emily, while we were at a children's theater production at the Bushnell.
- "Doesn't this church have a cry room?" asked Emily at Christmas Eve mass. When I told her that it did, she followed up with "why aren't people using it then?" She does not like to be disturbed.
- "There are many chinks in Daddy's armor," said Elizabeth, describing what a pushover Lee is.
- "I feel bad for the Patriots and the Seahawks because they are missing Katy Perry's halftime show."
- "I want to be a marine biologist. Or a botanist. But if I can't be either of those professions, I want to be a scientist that works with DNA. So I can make bird people. You know, people with wings." Sometimes, I don't know if I should be scared or in awe of Elizabeth.
- "You can't move out. Who would get us library books?" In a fit of cabin fever, I threatened to leave if the girls didn't stop driving me crazy; Elizabeth reminded me of the utility that I bring to the family.
- "I have no desire to go to Flight [trampoline park]. I have far too much to do in life." I have never let the girls go on trampolines (long story), and although the latest rage is indoor trampoline parks, they will never go to one. It seems like Elizabeth has far too many important things to in life rather than worry about becoming paralyzed on a trampoline.
- "Everyone else named actors or singers, but I said Les Stroud [from Survivorman]." At a birthday party, one of the questions asked to the girls was who they would want to be stuck on deserted island with - our girl may not be the coolest, but she's the most practical, because Les Stroud can survive in any conditions.
- "Did you notice that the lady next to us was speaking Spanish?" asked Elizabeth. "Yes. Could you understand her?" I replied. "Well, she wasn't talking about colors or fruit, so no." I guess fifth grade Spanish doesn't cover the vernacular of screaming soccer moms.
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Monday, February 23, 2015
Monday, March 3, 2014
Holiday & Winter Cloverisms
- "Emily, you are so messy," I remarked. "I know; it's my talent," she replied.
- "At school, we had to choose whether we would want to be a Pilgrim or a Native American. I chose Pilgrim because they got to wear three petticoats!" That would be Emily, of course.
- "You don't want to do that, Emily. You'll end up being an escape goat." Malapropism should have been the vocabulary word of the day!
- "As long as we have Mommy, we will always have chocolate." How very true.
- "Our house goes well with snow. Other houses, they look good in the summer. We look good with the snow." I'm really hoping that this is observation of how the color of our house looks with the snow, not a criticism of our landscaping (or lack thereof).
- "The best part of Christmas is the food." "No. The best part of Christmas is the presents!" I'll leave it up to you to determine who said what.
- "I'm so relieved that it's going to be sunny and cold on Tuesday. I do NOT want to do another ride to New Hampshire in the snow." (1) My weather neurosis/obsession is apparently wearing off on Emily; (2) I didn't realize it was so stressful to sit in the backseat with headphones on, reading a book.
- "And...cue the tears," said Elizabeth at the end of our yearly viewing of The Polar Express. My family, they mock me.
- "If he was punching a ticket for Emily, it would say BEHAVE," observed Elizabeth, also during The Polar Express. "Yours would say ZIP IT," said Daddy, in Emily's defense.
- "I LOVE commercials! Love, love, LOVE them!!" Emily hates it when we fast forward through commercials, I can't understand why!
- "I have a new year's revolution. What's yours?" Another malapropism from Elizabeth.
- "Shave Daddy! SHAVE!!"
- "If someone told me that I had to marry Justin Bieber, I would tell him that he has to quit smoking, drinking, doing drugs and behaving badly and only then would I consider marrying him." You tell 'em, Elizabeth.
- "I'm beautiful, so I deserve a beautiful bed!" It's official - the seven year has no self-esteem issues!
- "I can't believe you used to work like this all of the time. I'm kind of surprised that he didn't break up with you, actually." I recently had a long week of early hours and late nights; the kind of week that used to be very normal for me when the girls were little. Elizabeth was very surprised to hear that and both girls told me that they were very happy that I get to spend so much more time at home with them. Also, Elizabeth specifically said that she does not like the "D word" and so used "break up" instead.
- "I got a Valentine present. Emily got a Valentine present. Daddy got a Valentine present. Poor Mommy, she's the only one that didn't get a present!" Followed by hugs and kisses. Who needs a gift?
- "If I ever take a cruise, I want to take a cruise to the Bermuda Triangle so I can find out what happened to all of those boats and planes that went missing." "That's not a very good idea, Elizabeth!" replied a horrified Emily.
- "At school, we had to choose whether we would want to be a Pilgrim or a Native American. I chose Pilgrim because they got to wear three petticoats!" That would be Emily, of course.
- "You don't want to do that, Emily. You'll end up being an escape goat." Malapropism should have been the vocabulary word of the day!
- "As long as we have Mommy, we will always have chocolate." How very true.
- "Our house goes well with snow. Other houses, they look good in the summer. We look good with the snow." I'm really hoping that this is observation of how the color of our house looks with the snow, not a criticism of our landscaping (or lack thereof).
- "The best part of Christmas is the food." "No. The best part of Christmas is the presents!" I'll leave it up to you to determine who said what.
- "I'm so relieved that it's going to be sunny and cold on Tuesday. I do NOT want to do another ride to New Hampshire in the snow." (1) My weather neurosis/obsession is apparently wearing off on Emily; (2) I didn't realize it was so stressful to sit in the backseat with headphones on, reading a book.
- "And...cue the tears," said Elizabeth at the end of our yearly viewing of The Polar Express. My family, they mock me.
- "If he was punching a ticket for Emily, it would say BEHAVE," observed Elizabeth, also during The Polar Express. "Yours would say ZIP IT," said Daddy, in Emily's defense.
- "I LOVE commercials! Love, love, LOVE them!!" Emily hates it when we fast forward through commercials, I can't understand why!
- "I have a new year's revolution. What's yours?" Another malapropism from Elizabeth.
- "Shave Daddy! SHAVE!!"
- "If someone told me that I had to marry Justin Bieber, I would tell him that he has to quit smoking, drinking, doing drugs and behaving badly and only then would I consider marrying him." You tell 'em, Elizabeth.
- "I'm beautiful, so I deserve a beautiful bed!" It's official - the seven year has no self-esteem issues!
- "I can't believe you used to work like this all of the time. I'm kind of surprised that he didn't break up with you, actually." I recently had a long week of early hours and late nights; the kind of week that used to be very normal for me when the girls were little. Elizabeth was very surprised to hear that and both girls told me that they were very happy that I get to spend so much more time at home with them. Also, Elizabeth specifically said that she does not like the "D word" and so used "break up" instead.
- "I got a Valentine present. Emily got a Valentine present. Daddy got a Valentine present. Poor Mommy, she's the only one that didn't get a present!" Followed by hugs and kisses. Who needs a gift?
- "If I ever take a cruise, I want to take a cruise to the Bermuda Triangle so I can find out what happened to all of those boats and planes that went missing." "That's not a very good idea, Elizabeth!" replied a horrified Emily.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
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.
- "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.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Summer Cloverisms
- "I'm glad I don't live in the ocean because there are so many predators." Too many nature shows for Emily?
- "Every story that Grandpa tells has a moral. Like the one about China - taste with your mouth, not with your eyes." Elizabeth and my father like to discuss food.
- "Is there a locator chip embedded in me? Why not?" Someone reads too much.
- "Every time I make a wish on a wishbone, I wish to become a princess, living in a castle." I was relieved to find out that Emily intends to invite me along.
- "I don't like to share." She's said it before, but it still takes me by surprise.
- "Do you have any money in the stock market?" asked Elizabeth.
"Yes."
"A lot?"
"All of our retirement money."
"That makes me nervous. What if there is another Great Depression and the stock market crashes again. You will lose all of your money. What will you do?"
"I guess that Daddy and I will just have to move in with you."
Silence.
- "I don't understand your friends. Why don't they like kids?" Elizabeth was very upset that she and Emily could not go to my high school reunion.
- "When daylight savings time comes in the fall, I want you to explain it to me very carefully." Sure. Let me look it up first.
- "The Hobbit was so good. Like a cross between Percy Jackson and the Bible." Hmmm. I'm not quite sure what to think of that description.
- "He's practicing for when a real dog or person walks by." Emily, always the defender of Baxter, who is always barking, even when there's nothing at which to bark.
- "When I need an extra boost of speed, I turn on the O'Connor Family afterburners." Elizabeth, explaining to me how she always seems to stay one step ahead during soccer practice.
- "I've narrowed my college choices to two. Notre Dame and Yale." Excellent. Elizabeth needs to start studying and we need to start saving.
- "Every story that Grandpa tells has a moral. Like the one about China - taste with your mouth, not with your eyes." Elizabeth and my father like to discuss food.
- "Is there a locator chip embedded in me? Why not?" Someone reads too much.
- "Every time I make a wish on a wishbone, I wish to become a princess, living in a castle." I was relieved to find out that Emily intends to invite me along.
- "I don't like to share." She's said it before, but it still takes me by surprise.
- "Do you have any money in the stock market?" asked Elizabeth.
"Yes."
"A lot?"
"All of our retirement money."
"That makes me nervous. What if there is another Great Depression and the stock market crashes again. You will lose all of your money. What will you do?"
"I guess that Daddy and I will just have to move in with you."
Silence.
- "I don't understand your friends. Why don't they like kids?" Elizabeth was very upset that she and Emily could not go to my high school reunion.
- "When daylight savings time comes in the fall, I want you to explain it to me very carefully." Sure. Let me look it up first.
- "The Hobbit was so good. Like a cross between Percy Jackson and the Bible." Hmmm. I'm not quite sure what to think of that description.
- "He's practicing for when a real dog or person walks by." Emily, always the defender of Baxter, who is always barking, even when there's nothing at which to bark.
- "When I need an extra boost of speed, I turn on the O'Connor Family afterburners." Elizabeth, explaining to me how she always seems to stay one step ahead during soccer practice.
- "I've narrowed my college choices to two. Notre Dame and Yale." Excellent. Elizabeth needs to start studying and we need to start saving.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Spring Cloverisms
- "One of the rules in our classroom is don't hurt anyone, on the inside or the outside." Emily told us this one night at dinner after I asked Elizabeth to tell Emily a story about what had happened to her earlier that day (another girl told Elizabeth that she hated her), as I want the girls to understand how much words can hurt, and how words like "hate" can't be taken back with a simply apology. For those of you worried about Elizabeth, she simply shrugged off the comment because, as she said, the girl is not a friend of hers so it didn't really mean anything.
- "When I retire, I'm going to live in Argentina. You know why? Because it's the beef capital of the world!" Elizabeth loves beef!
- "If you don't have enough knowledge in your brain, you don't know anything." True 'dat.
- "Elizabeth, can you darn my socks?"
- "Mommy, you have a lot of free time after we go to bed. Can you do some stuff for me?" Sure, Emily. All kinds of free time.
- "If I lived in Africa, I would wear red all of the time. To keep the lions away." Random thoughts (although logical, given the history of the Maasai), by Emily.
- "Let me put my thinking cap on," said Emily, pulling the sheets over her head.
- "I know how to ride a horse. I learned all about in books that I've read." Elizabeth has suddenly decided that she wants a horse.
- "Don't you mean adult-napped?" asked Elizabeth, when Emily was trying to explain the plot of the book she was reading. She thinks that there should be a different word for when an adult gets taken against their will.
- "Let's go ask google!"
- "What's a Klondike bar?" asked Emily. "It's a kind of dessert from the olden days," answered Elizabeth. Good grief, my childhood is the olden days!!
- "Do not repeat what I say!" So said Emily after she tried on a dress and declared herself beautiful and I was forced to remind her that she had refused to wear the dress earlier because it was "ugly."
- "If I was the Queen of England, I would make a law that outlaws paparazzi so that they don't do to Princess Kate what they did to Princess Diana." We spend a lot of time talking about Constitutional rights when Elizabeth makes these types of statements (and yes, I know that England doesn't follow our Constitution).
- "What is paparazzi anyway?" asked Emily. "People that follow you around and take pictures of you all day," answered Lee. "Oh, like Mommy." "Yes, but she is just paparazzi for Elizabeth and Emily."
- "Everyone was talking about the sleepover at school today. They said that they are all going to stay up until one in the morning, talking and playing and stuff. I'm glad I'm not going, that doesn't sound like fun to me." I don't know whether to applaud her or cringe. Practicality is great, but too much at age 8 is probably not a good thing. Also, as she gets older, it is becoming more and more clear just how much like me she is (or is becoming). Lee and I spend a lot of time just laughing and shaking our heads...
- "When I retire, I'm going to live in Argentina. You know why? Because it's the beef capital of the world!" Elizabeth loves beef!
- "If you don't have enough knowledge in your brain, you don't know anything." True 'dat.
- "Elizabeth, can you darn my socks?"
- "Mommy, you have a lot of free time after we go to bed. Can you do some stuff for me?" Sure, Emily. All kinds of free time.
- "If I lived in Africa, I would wear red all of the time. To keep the lions away." Random thoughts (although logical, given the history of the Maasai), by Emily.
- "Let me put my thinking cap on," said Emily, pulling the sheets over her head.
- "I know how to ride a horse. I learned all about in books that I've read." Elizabeth has suddenly decided that she wants a horse.
- "Don't you mean adult-napped?" asked Elizabeth, when Emily was trying to explain the plot of the book she was reading. She thinks that there should be a different word for when an adult gets taken against their will.
- "Let's go ask google!"
- "What's a Klondike bar?" asked Emily. "It's a kind of dessert from the olden days," answered Elizabeth. Good grief, my childhood is the olden days!!
- "Do not repeat what I say!" So said Emily after she tried on a dress and declared herself beautiful and I was forced to remind her that she had refused to wear the dress earlier because it was "ugly."
- "If I was the Queen of England, I would make a law that outlaws paparazzi so that they don't do to Princess Kate what they did to Princess Diana." We spend a lot of time talking about Constitutional rights when Elizabeth makes these types of statements (and yes, I know that England doesn't follow our Constitution).
- "What is paparazzi anyway?" asked Emily. "People that follow you around and take pictures of you all day," answered Lee. "Oh, like Mommy." "Yes, but she is just paparazzi for Elizabeth and Emily."
- "Everyone was talking about the sleepover at school today. They said that they are all going to stay up until one in the morning, talking and playing and stuff. I'm glad I'm not going, that doesn't sound like fun to me." I don't know whether to applaud her or cringe. Practicality is great, but too much at age 8 is probably not a good thing. Also, as she gets older, it is becoming more and more clear just how much like me she is (or is becoming). Lee and I spend a lot of time just laughing and shaking our heads...
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Winter Cloverisms
- "It's not lost, I just don't know where it is." Polishing up those lawyer skills already.
- "I want to buy everything on this show." We watched a two hour marathon of Pawn Stars with the girls one night during Christmas vacation and they loved every second of it. It totally appealed to their sense of adventure - and, quite obviously, Emily's inner pack-rat.
- "How come I didn't get ANY Legos for Christmas?" Emily complained one day. Um, because you didn't ask for any? That's a pretty good reason.
- Me: I talked to Daddy and he said that you can't download "Gangnam Style".
Elizabeth: Why? Because of the S word? (S word being "sexy")
Me: Yes.
Emily: But that's not why we want the the song. We want it for "OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE".
Me: (laughing) Too bad.
- "Can we just leave the security tag on the jacket?" Elizabeth and I were negotiating over whether she could get a North Face jacket and one of things I pointed out is that she has to be very responsible with it, as people steal NF jackets. She thought that if the store left the security tag on, it would be less likely to get stolen....anyway, for those of you that are interested, it turns out that this particular jacket was not on sale (although other NF jackets were) and so, the negotiation ended.
- "Some of these guys are stinky but some of them are INSANE." Elizabeth's spot on observation from the New Jersey State Championship Meet.
- "It's beautiful!" That was Emily's response to my question about what it was like to listen to Elizabeth and her classmates play their recorders at school (Emily's classroom is next door to Elizabeth's classroom).
- "If we could wear jewelry to school, I would wear a locket with Memere's picture and Uncle Andy's picture. And Emily could wear a locket with Memere's picture and Uncle Barry's picture."
- "Can I keep Lambie forever?"
- "When are you going to start let me wash the dishes?" I'll be reminding Elizabeth of this one in a few years, I'm sure.
- "I wish I was a Hollywood star...."
- "I do like to dance, but I like to dance hard. I don't like to dance the same steps over and over again because I know them all." Sure you do.
- "Emily, if you had to choose between Lambie and Baxter, which would you choose?" Long, long pause. "You're joking right? I don't have to do that...right?"
- Me: I talked to Daddy and he said that you can't download "Gangnam Style".
Elizabeth: Why? Because of the S word? (S word being "sexy")
Me: Yes.
Emily: But that's not why we want the the song. We want it for "OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE".
Me: (laughing) Too bad.
- "Can we just leave the security tag on the jacket?" Elizabeth and I were negotiating over whether she could get a North Face jacket and one of things I pointed out is that she has to be very responsible with it, as people steal NF jackets. She thought that if the store left the security tag on, it would be less likely to get stolen....anyway, for those of you that are interested, it turns out that this particular jacket was not on sale (although other NF jackets were) and so, the negotiation ended.
- "Some of these guys are stinky but some of them are INSANE." Elizabeth's spot on observation from the New Jersey State Championship Meet.
- "It's beautiful!" That was Emily's response to my question about what it was like to listen to Elizabeth and her classmates play their recorders at school (Emily's classroom is next door to Elizabeth's classroom).
- "If we could wear jewelry to school, I would wear a locket with Memere's picture and Uncle Andy's picture. And Emily could wear a locket with Memere's picture and Uncle Barry's picture."
- "Can I keep Lambie forever?"
- "When are you going to start let me wash the dishes?" I'll be reminding Elizabeth of this one in a few years, I'm sure.
- "I wish I was a Hollywood star...."
- "I do like to dance, but I like to dance hard. I don't like to dance the same steps over and over again because I know them all." Sure you do.
- "Emily, if you had to choose between Lambie and Baxter, which would you choose?" Long, long pause. "You're joking right? I don't have to do that...right?"
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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.
- "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.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Another Round of Cloverisms
- "You are the best cook in the world, daughter of the best, best cook in the world. In fact, you're from a family of great cooks - Grandpa on the grill with his ribs and Grammy with her cookies, cakes and pies!" Only Elizabeth could come up with something like this.
- "You know, there's a McDonalds just about everywhere," said Emily after telling me how hungry she was one afternoon when we were out and about. I told her to keep an eye out for a place to eat and that's when she let me know how ubiquitous McDonalds is....
- "Kid who get to go to summer school are soooooo lucky." That's our little nerd.
- "I was born for reading and eating meat."
- "I was born for Lambie and eating clam chowder."
- "When Daddy gets home from work, I want to go to Home Depot, go to the fan department, and buy 150 fans." When you don't have air conditioning, and you've never had air conditioning, it doesn't even occur to you that perhaps what you should be buying at Home Depot is a few air conditioning units, not 150 fans.
- "Daddy, you shouldn't eat and drive at the same time." "No, Emily, that's only a rule for teenagers, because they are such idiots. Except for Taylor and Emily." You've got to love Elizabeth's view of teenagers (excluding her former and current babysitters).
- "I hope that they have powerlifting in the Olympics." Oh boy!
- "Actually, Mummy, how do a man and a woman make a baby?" Amazingly, I was able to escape this question with "it's very complicated" - Lee, by the way, acted like a deaf mute and looked at the ceiling during this entire conversation, which started with the much more complicated question of "can two men, who aren't married but are in a relationship, have a baby?" Not sure where Elizabeth comes up with this stuff.
- "I do declare, cucumbers are my absolute favorite vegetable." What eight year old uses the word "declare"???
- "Well, then why did you marry him?" Emily asked after I told Lee that he was annoying. We just cracked up....
- "I think that God painted the sunset tonight. He did a pretty good job." Love that Emily.
- "I thought that Sinister Citizens got up early," commented Elizabeth when we were at my parents and I told her not to get up too early because I didn't want her to wake them. Totally confused, I asked her to please explain what she meant by "Sinister Citizens" and she said, "you know, people like Grammy and Grandpa who get to park at the beach for free." Ah....senior citizens.
- "Boy, I hope that we get to see that tomorrow," said Emily, after Elizabeth gave us a very gory description of harpooning on the eve of our visit to New Bedford.
- "You are so beautiful. I hope that you never get old," said Emily to me one night. "Yeah," said Elizabeth, "I don't think that you would look good with white hair."
- "I hope that I can stay young forever. It is so much fun being a kid. And, you don't ever have to worry about being cool." I love how Emily thinks.
- "When I get older, will you shave my legs for me so that they don't end up looking like Daddy's?" Sure thing Emily.
- "You know, there's a McDonalds just about everywhere," said Emily after telling me how hungry she was one afternoon when we were out and about. I told her to keep an eye out for a place to eat and that's when she let me know how ubiquitous McDonalds is....
- "Kid who get to go to summer school are soooooo lucky." That's our little nerd.
- "I was born for reading and eating meat."
- "I was born for Lambie and eating clam chowder."
- "When Daddy gets home from work, I want to go to Home Depot, go to the fan department, and buy 150 fans." When you don't have air conditioning, and you've never had air conditioning, it doesn't even occur to you that perhaps what you should be buying at Home Depot is a few air conditioning units, not 150 fans.
- "Daddy, you shouldn't eat and drive at the same time." "No, Emily, that's only a rule for teenagers, because they are such idiots. Except for Taylor and Emily." You've got to love Elizabeth's view of teenagers (excluding her former and current babysitters).
- "I hope that they have powerlifting in the Olympics." Oh boy!
- "Actually, Mummy, how do a man and a woman make a baby?" Amazingly, I was able to escape this question with "it's very complicated" - Lee, by the way, acted like a deaf mute and looked at the ceiling during this entire conversation, which started with the much more complicated question of "can two men, who aren't married but are in a relationship, have a baby?" Not sure where Elizabeth comes up with this stuff.
- "I do declare, cucumbers are my absolute favorite vegetable." What eight year old uses the word "declare"???
- "Well, then why did you marry him?" Emily asked after I told Lee that he was annoying. We just cracked up....
- "I think that God painted the sunset tonight. He did a pretty good job." Love that Emily.
- "I thought that Sinister Citizens got up early," commented Elizabeth when we were at my parents and I told her not to get up too early because I didn't want her to wake them. Totally confused, I asked her to please explain what she meant by "Sinister Citizens" and she said, "you know, people like Grammy and Grandpa who get to park at the beach for free." Ah....senior citizens.
- "Boy, I hope that we get to see that tomorrow," said Emily, after Elizabeth gave us a very gory description of harpooning on the eve of our visit to New Bedford.
- "You are so beautiful. I hope that you never get old," said Emily to me one night. "Yeah," said Elizabeth, "I don't think that you would look good with white hair."
- "I hope that I can stay young forever. It is so much fun being a kid. And, you don't ever have to worry about being cool." I love how Emily thinks.
- "When I get older, will you shave my legs for me so that they don't end up looking like Daddy's?" Sure thing Emily.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Cloverisms!
- "Why is Mr. Nick afraid of dogs?" asked Emily. "He's not afraid of dogs, he just doesn't like dogs." "Why?" "Because he usually comes into contact with them when he is arresting someone and the dogs try to bite him and hurt him." "Well," said Elizabeth, "he's never going to have to come here to arrest you or Daddy, so there's no reason for him to be afraid of our dog." Can't really argue with that kind of logic.
- "Grandpa, were any of your relatives during Jesus' time disciples?" Sometimes, Elizabeth's curiosity about biblical times is very amusing. Of course, my father proceeded to tell her how the Celts were pagans at that point in time, and I don't think that she appreciated that very much.
- "I just love the Bible." A head-turner uttered by Elizabeth at Easter brunch. We aren't quite sure where she came from, but she can't be ours!!
- "It's really hard to hug powerlifters...." Not sure why Emily came up with this gem.
- "This is the best dessert you've made since you made that chocolate cake." High praise from Elizabeth about the "mug cake" I made, unless you consider the fact that I made the chocolate cake two weeks ago....
- "I want to stay a kid forever. Because if I grow up, people might forget it's my birthday and not get me a cake. Like what happens to you, Mommy." Note that Emily doesn't feel badly for me; she just doesn't want to share my fate.
- "It's Sunday. If we're not having roast beef for dinner, what could we be possibly be having?" God forbid we were to do something that is not part of the routine!
- "You are the best mommy in the world," said Elizabeth one night when I was putting the girls to bed. "Even though I won't get you an iPod?" I asked. "Yes, even though you won't get me an iPod, you are still the best mommy in the world." Wow, I must be pretty great. ;-)
- "Did Daddy do a good job taking care of you when I was gone?" I asked Emily, after I spent an overnight with some of my friends. "Yes," she replied. "Oh, good, then you didn't miss me." "I missed you." "If Daddy did a good job, then why did you miss me?" "All I know is that it hurt a lot right here when you were gone," said Emily, pointing to her heart.
- "Let's ask Daddy. He's really smart about this kind of stuff." Emily and I were trying to decide what she should be for "dress like your favorite book character" day at school and couldn't come up with anything. Wouldn't you know, Lee thought of two great ideas right away and Emily went to school dressed as one of them. We would be lost without him.
- "She is popular. But that's only because all of the girls are afraid of her." Stunningly accurate insight from Elizabeth about one of her classmates, who Lee and I have nicknamed "the mean girl."
- Me: "I'm thinking of changing my last name to LeBlanc."
Elizabeth: "Why would you do that?"
Me: "So that we all have the same last name. Wouldn't that be nice?"
Emily: "I like your name, I don't think that you should change it."
Me: "Isn't important to you that we all have the same last name?"
The girls: "No."
Lee (grinning): "Sounds like a bad idea to me."
- "Mommy, I'm going to give you a great big hug because you look so beautiful today." That's my Emily.
- "Grandpa, were any of your relatives during Jesus' time disciples?" Sometimes, Elizabeth's curiosity about biblical times is very amusing. Of course, my father proceeded to tell her how the Celts were pagans at that point in time, and I don't think that she appreciated that very much.
- "I just love the Bible." A head-turner uttered by Elizabeth at Easter brunch. We aren't quite sure where she came from, but she can't be ours!!
- "It's really hard to hug powerlifters...." Not sure why Emily came up with this gem.
- "This is the best dessert you've made since you made that chocolate cake." High praise from Elizabeth about the "mug cake" I made, unless you consider the fact that I made the chocolate cake two weeks ago....
- "I want to stay a kid forever. Because if I grow up, people might forget it's my birthday and not get me a cake. Like what happens to you, Mommy." Note that Emily doesn't feel badly for me; she just doesn't want to share my fate.
- "It's Sunday. If we're not having roast beef for dinner, what could we be possibly be having?" God forbid we were to do something that is not part of the routine!
- "You are the best mommy in the world," said Elizabeth one night when I was putting the girls to bed. "Even though I won't get you an iPod?" I asked. "Yes, even though you won't get me an iPod, you are still the best mommy in the world." Wow, I must be pretty great. ;-)
- "Did Daddy do a good job taking care of you when I was gone?" I asked Emily, after I spent an overnight with some of my friends. "Yes," she replied. "Oh, good, then you didn't miss me." "I missed you." "If Daddy did a good job, then why did you miss me?" "All I know is that it hurt a lot right here when you were gone," said Emily, pointing to her heart.
- "Let's ask Daddy. He's really smart about this kind of stuff." Emily and I were trying to decide what she should be for "dress like your favorite book character" day at school and couldn't come up with anything. Wouldn't you know, Lee thought of two great ideas right away and Emily went to school dressed as one of them. We would be lost without him.
- "She is popular. But that's only because all of the girls are afraid of her." Stunningly accurate insight from Elizabeth about one of her classmates, who Lee and I have nicknamed "the mean girl."
- Me: "I'm thinking of changing my last name to LeBlanc."
Elizabeth: "Why would you do that?"
Me: "So that we all have the same last name. Wouldn't that be nice?"
Emily: "I like your name, I don't think that you should change it."
Me: "Isn't important to you that we all have the same last name?"
The girls: "No."
Lee (grinning): "Sounds like a bad idea to me."
- "Mommy, I'm going to give you a great big hug because you look so beautiful today." That's my Emily.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Heard Here
- "If I was naked, I would put some clothes on." Is it any wonder that we brag about how Elizabeth is so smart?!
- "Daddy came in the room to talk about love with Mommy." We almost died when Elizabeth came up with this one.
- "I don't want to be a grown up. I want to be a kid forever." Good thing Emily has a lot more time to be a kid.
- "Boy, no one even shuffled this street," said Emily as we drove on an unplowed road after the first (and only) snow storm of the year.
- "Mommy and Daddy do that," comment Emily. We were watching Aladdin and Aladdin put his arm around Jasmine and she leaned against him. It was so cute - and we do do that!
- "I don't know, the Giants look pretty tough." Pre-Super Bowl, who would have thought that Emily would be so wise.
- "When two people get married and have kids, it's like a two-part braid, weaving their families together." I don't know where she comes up with these things, never mind at 6:20 am when we are having breakfast.
- "When I am grown up, are you going to be old?" Another very serious question from Emily.
- "When Ben dies, are you going to have Uncle Peter do to him what he does to all of the other animals?" (which would be taxidermy, by the way) asked Elizabeth. "No, I don't think so," replied my sister. "Why not? Then you would always have him around to see," said Emily.
- "This book is taking me a long time to read; it is so good that I want to read it slowly so that it lasts longer." I love my reader and her crazy logic.
- "It's okay if Daddy chews gum because that's exercise for his teeth." Yep, you got it, Emily!
- "I don't like to share." No name necessary.
- "When Rudy gets to heaven, I hope that his beloved Grace is there waiting for him. And that God feeds him steaks every day." Once upon a time, we told Elizabeth how Rudy was found with another dog, named Grace, and that they had a litter of puppies together. She remembers everything and her caring heart desparately wanted there to be someone there waiting for him when he crossed the rainbow bridge.
- "Daddy came in the room to talk about love with Mommy." We almost died when Elizabeth came up with this one.
- "I don't want to be a grown up. I want to be a kid forever." Good thing Emily has a lot more time to be a kid.
- "Boy, no one even shuffled this street," said Emily as we drove on an unplowed road after the first (and only) snow storm of the year.
- "Mommy and Daddy do that," comment Emily. We were watching Aladdin and Aladdin put his arm around Jasmine and she leaned against him. It was so cute - and we do do that!
- "I don't know, the Giants look pretty tough." Pre-Super Bowl, who would have thought that Emily would be so wise.
- "When two people get married and have kids, it's like a two-part braid, weaving their families together." I don't know where she comes up with these things, never mind at 6:20 am when we are having breakfast.
- "When I am grown up, are you going to be old?" Another very serious question from Emily.
- "When Ben dies, are you going to have Uncle Peter do to him what he does to all of the other animals?" (which would be taxidermy, by the way) asked Elizabeth. "No, I don't think so," replied my sister. "Why not? Then you would always have him around to see," said Emily.
- "This book is taking me a long time to read; it is so good that I want to read it slowly so that it lasts longer." I love my reader and her crazy logic.
- "It's okay if Daddy chews gum because that's exercise for his teeth." Yep, you got it, Emily!
- "I don't like to share." No name necessary.
- "When Rudy gets to heaven, I hope that his beloved Grace is there waiting for him. And that God feeds him steaks every day." Once upon a time, we told Elizabeth how Rudy was found with another dog, named Grace, and that they had a litter of puppies together. She remembers everything and her caring heart desparately wanted there to be someone there waiting for him when he crossed the rainbow bridge.
- "When Grammy and Grandpa lose power, does Grammy go to a bakery to get all of her baking done?" Elizabeth is obsessed with my mother's cooking and intrigued, based on our experiences in 2011, on how she copes without power.
- "I don't worry about you and Daddy getting divorced because you are always hugging and kissing and stuff." I don't like it when Elizabeth worries (about anything), so this was a great one.
- "I wanted to be different." I think that, of all of the things that Elizabeth has said over the last seven years, this one made me the happiest.
- "Where is the album of just me?" We were going through a bunch of old photo albums and Emily was highly annoyed that there were albums with just pictures of Elizabeth, but none that contained photos of just her. We kept trying to explain to her that there are more pictures of her than of Elizabeth (because we didn't have a digital camera when Elizabeth was born), and that she was not around when Elizabeth was born which is why there are albums with only Elizabeth pictures, but she was still highly annoyed.
- "You can talk to Mr. Wishart on Facebook, even though he lives in North Carolina now? I thought that Facebook was just a Connecticut thing." One of Lee's good friends moved and the girls wanted to know how he liked his new home and his new job; when I told them that I would send him a note on Facebook, they were surprised. They seem to be at a point where they know so much, yet so little, about technology.
- "It's okay if you and Daddy need to use swear words in front of us. We won't repeat them to anyone. We know you have to talk about the game." The girls and I went to one of Lee's early evening hockey games and he spent a bit of time in the penalty box (which they call the time-out box), including time for a "scuffle." We went out to dinner after the game and Elizabeth was very understanding that we might need to swear. In case you were wondering, we did not take her up on her offer.
- "I feel really sad for the earth." Elizabeth was reading a book about global warming.
- "I would rather go places than have things." We were discussing some travel plans with the girls and mentioned that if they wanted to do so many things, they should expect to receive fewer material items, which was just fine with Elizabeth who has a great sense of adventure.
- "Don't be shellfish." Or selfish either.
- "I don't worry about you and Daddy getting divorced because you are always hugging and kissing and stuff." I don't like it when Elizabeth worries (about anything), so this was a great one.
- "I wanted to be different." I think that, of all of the things that Elizabeth has said over the last seven years, this one made me the happiest.
- "Where is the album of just me?" We were going through a bunch of old photo albums and Emily was highly annoyed that there were albums with just pictures of Elizabeth, but none that contained photos of just her. We kept trying to explain to her that there are more pictures of her than of Elizabeth (because we didn't have a digital camera when Elizabeth was born), and that she was not around when Elizabeth was born which is why there are albums with only Elizabeth pictures, but she was still highly annoyed.
- "You can talk to Mr. Wishart on Facebook, even though he lives in North Carolina now? I thought that Facebook was just a Connecticut thing." One of Lee's good friends moved and the girls wanted to know how he liked his new home and his new job; when I told them that I would send him a note on Facebook, they were surprised. They seem to be at a point where they know so much, yet so little, about technology.
- "It's okay if you and Daddy need to use swear words in front of us. We won't repeat them to anyone. We know you have to talk about the game." The girls and I went to one of Lee's early evening hockey games and he spent a bit of time in the penalty box (which they call the time-out box), including time for a "scuffle." We went out to dinner after the game and Elizabeth was very understanding that we might need to swear. In case you were wondering, we did not take her up on her offer.
- "I feel really sad for the earth." Elizabeth was reading a book about global warming.
- "I would rather go places than have things." We were discussing some travel plans with the girls and mentioned that if they wanted to do so many things, they should expect to receive fewer material items, which was just fine with Elizabeth who has a great sense of adventure.
- "Don't be shellfish." Or selfish either.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Cloverisms: Disney & Holiday Edition
- "Boy, there sure is a lot of Disney stuff in this store." This gem had people all around us laughing; we were, after all, shopping at Downtown Disney in the largest Disney store in the world!!
- "I do NOT like special effects." After one particular show at Animal Kingdom, during which we were sprayed with water, "stung" by wasps and had termites "crawling" under us, Elizabeth decided that she had her fill of any attraction that included special effects.
- "Mommy, Jasmine noticed my eyes; and she told Aladdin." Elizabeth's eyes are three different, distinct colors but very few people (and most are children) seem to notice, so she was completely excited when Princess Jasmine not only noticed, but made a big deal of it.
- "I love it when we have a reservation." For some reason, the concept of having a set time to eat at a restaurant, rather than waiting for a table to become available, really stuck with Elizabeth while we were on vacation. Perhaps because we had reservations for just about everything.
- "Best parents EVER!" The night after we returned from Disney, as were were putting the girls to bed, we went through our usual "good nights" and "I love yous" and then Elizabeth sat up in bed and proclaimed Lee and I to be "Best parents ever!" Apparently, we weren't the only ones she's said it to, as a few people have told Lee and I that when they ask her about our vacation, that is the first thing that she says. I'm tucking those words away in my heart forever.
- "Did you hear that Elizabeth? She said 'go PLAY' not 'go READ.'" There is nothing that disrupts family harmony more than when Emily wants to play and Elizabeth wants to read. For this, and so many other reasons, we are really looking forward to the time when Emily can read on her own.
- "There are only two things that worry me - fire and money. Fire because it can spread so fast and money because of the Great Depression." Exactly what are we supposed to say to comfort Elizabeth when her only cares in the world are actually legitimate?
- "Mommy, Alice's (in Wonderland, a plastic doll, smaller than a barbie) arm broke off. If Daddy can't fix it, it would probably be good if her other arm broke off too - that would make it a lot easier to change her clothes." Our Emily, always the practical one.
- "We have to wear our dress uniforms tomorrow. Elisabeth and I had to go to the office and ask the school cemetary and that's what she told us." Sometimes, it can be very hard for Lee and I not to break down laughing and this was one of those times. The school secretary might be older, but she certainly deserve to have Elizabeth call her a cemetary!
- "I think that the characters that wear masks probably don't have a very nice smile, so they are animal characters instead of human characters." This, from Emily, while we were looking through some Disney pictures after we returned from our trip.
- "I watch the news. And I pay very close attention," Elizabeth told my sister, after explaining that Osama bin Laden was dead and how he had been killed by Seal Team 6.
- "Mummy, can you and Daddy go out to eat at a restaurant without us so that Emily (our babysitter) can come over?" Love how Emily tries to get rid of us.
"I think that I got too many Christmas presents," said Elizabeth. "I wish that I got a hundred more presents," said Emily. This is probably the best description of how our girls are so different. Gotta love 'em though!
- "Don't worry, Emily; God will take care of you." Although we all appreciated the thought, it did little to make Emily feel better as she spent 72 long hours fighting a stomach bug.
- "Momma, where exactly is heaven?" Excellent question.
- "I do NOT like special effects." After one particular show at Animal Kingdom, during which we were sprayed with water, "stung" by wasps and had termites "crawling" under us, Elizabeth decided that she had her fill of any attraction that included special effects.
- "Mommy, Jasmine noticed my eyes; and she told Aladdin." Elizabeth's eyes are three different, distinct colors but very few people (and most are children) seem to notice, so she was completely excited when Princess Jasmine not only noticed, but made a big deal of it.
- "I love it when we have a reservation." For some reason, the concept of having a set time to eat at a restaurant, rather than waiting for a table to become available, really stuck with Elizabeth while we were on vacation. Perhaps because we had reservations for just about everything.
- "Best parents EVER!" The night after we returned from Disney, as were were putting the girls to bed, we went through our usual "good nights" and "I love yous" and then Elizabeth sat up in bed and proclaimed Lee and I to be "Best parents ever!" Apparently, we weren't the only ones she's said it to, as a few people have told Lee and I that when they ask her about our vacation, that is the first thing that she says. I'm tucking those words away in my heart forever.
- "Did you hear that Elizabeth? She said 'go PLAY' not 'go READ.'" There is nothing that disrupts family harmony more than when Emily wants to play and Elizabeth wants to read. For this, and so many other reasons, we are really looking forward to the time when Emily can read on her own.
- "There are only two things that worry me - fire and money. Fire because it can spread so fast and money because of the Great Depression." Exactly what are we supposed to say to comfort Elizabeth when her only cares in the world are actually legitimate?
- "Mommy, Alice's (in Wonderland, a plastic doll, smaller than a barbie) arm broke off. If Daddy can't fix it, it would probably be good if her other arm broke off too - that would make it a lot easier to change her clothes." Our Emily, always the practical one.
- "We have to wear our dress uniforms tomorrow. Elisabeth and I had to go to the office and ask the school cemetary and that's what she told us." Sometimes, it can be very hard for Lee and I not to break down laughing and this was one of those times. The school secretary might be older, but she certainly deserve to have Elizabeth call her a cemetary!
- "I think that the characters that wear masks probably don't have a very nice smile, so they are animal characters instead of human characters." This, from Emily, while we were looking through some Disney pictures after we returned from our trip.
- "I watch the news. And I pay very close attention," Elizabeth told my sister, after explaining that Osama bin Laden was dead and how he had been killed by Seal Team 6.
- "Mummy, can you and Daddy go out to eat at a restaurant without us so that Emily (our babysitter) can come over?" Love how Emily tries to get rid of us.
"I think that I got too many Christmas presents," said Elizabeth. "I wish that I got a hundred more presents," said Emily. This is probably the best description of how our girls are so different. Gotta love 'em though!
- "Don't worry, Emily; God will take care of you." Although we all appreciated the thought, it did little to make Emily feel better as she spent 72 long hours fighting a stomach bug.
- "Momma, where exactly is heaven?" Excellent question.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Girl Speak
- "We finished our paradise testing today." That's standardized testing, but Elizabeth obviously had a good attitude about it because she thought that it was paradise.
- "There are just so many things that I want to be when I grow up, it's hard to decide." The world is your oyster, little Emily.
- "We said that Mr. Nick could come for dinner. We didn't say that you could stay up chit chatting all night." All night - well, until 9:30 p.m. at least.
- "Why did people think that the world was flat before Christopher Robin came along?" Mixing famous historical characters and famous literary characters makes for good dinner conversation.
- "Who is going to make our computers now?" Elizabeth's reaction to the passing of Steve Jobs.
- "Here you go, Mommy. You can use this towards my Christmas present." Elizabeth received an American Girl gift card as a present and promptly handed it to me, to offset the cost of the AGD stuff that she wants for Christmas. Sometimes, I wonder where she came from.
- "Are we poor?" Elizabeth is currently obsessed with AGD Kit, who grew up during the Great Depression. She wanted to know if we were poor like Kit or doing okay.
- "Mummy, can I please, please go on the field trip?" The fact that Emily thought that we might not let her go on a school field trip makes me think that we might be a wee bit too strict.
- "I feel like an American Girl Doll." This from Elizabeth after a particularly brutal morning of me combing her hair. Apparently, she hacks at Elizabeth Cole's hair like I hack at hers.
- "You go to work and Daddy goes to the grocery store." During the drive home from dance class one week, we started talking about how people are different and I asked them to name all of the ways that Lee and I are different. This one, along with "You eat healthy food and Daddy eats candy - I hear his hands tinkling in the M&M dish all the time!" are among my favorites.
- "You are the best mom when there is no power!" Lee and I took them to Dunkin' Donuts a few mornings for breakfast to warm them up, but all they knew was that they were having donuts.
- "I feel bad for all those kids [in towns that are still without power, 12 days after the storm]. I bet that they really, really want to go to school." Elizabeth loves school so much, she just assumes that everyone else does too.
- "Does a cigarette have some sort of interesting taste that makes people want to smoke?" asked Elizabeth, upon discovering one of our friends smoking (he's done a good job of hiding it for the last 18 months, but he was bound to get discovered). The facial expression and hand gestures made this question priceless.
- "I think that you should take a day off. You deserve it," said Elizabeth, as I was discussing the fact that I would make them a big breakfast on Thanksgiving, after I got home from my run with my friend Sarah. Not sure if she thinks that I deserve it, or if she just doesn't want to wait around to eat.
- "But I'm in KINDERGARTEN!!" Emily was furious with me one Sunday when I told her that she needed to take a nap. She was battling a vicious cold and Lee and I both thought that a nap would make her feel a lot better, especially because she had fallen asleep on the couch the night before.
- "I think that I'm going to start doing the laundry. Daddy is going to have to bring the basket up and down the stairs for me though." I'm sure that if Lee doesn't have to do the laundry anymore, he will gladly carry the basket for Emily.
- "I wish that books never ended and just went on and on forever." Elizabeth is in the middle of a series of books that she is really enjoying.
- "I hope we find a wishbone in our turkey because I really want to be a fairy." I'm kind of hoping that we don't find a wishbone because I don't really want Emily to turn into a fairy!
- "There are just so many things that I want to be when I grow up, it's hard to decide." The world is your oyster, little Emily.
- "We said that Mr. Nick could come for dinner. We didn't say that you could stay up chit chatting all night." All night - well, until 9:30 p.m. at least.
- "Why did people think that the world was flat before Christopher Robin came along?" Mixing famous historical characters and famous literary characters makes for good dinner conversation.
- "Who is going to make our computers now?" Elizabeth's reaction to the passing of Steve Jobs.
- "Here you go, Mommy. You can use this towards my Christmas present." Elizabeth received an American Girl gift card as a present and promptly handed it to me, to offset the cost of the AGD stuff that she wants for Christmas. Sometimes, I wonder where she came from.
- "Are we poor?" Elizabeth is currently obsessed with AGD Kit, who grew up during the Great Depression. She wanted to know if we were poor like Kit or doing okay.
- "Mummy, can I please, please go on the field trip?" The fact that Emily thought that we might not let her go on a school field trip makes me think that we might be a wee bit too strict.
- "I feel like an American Girl Doll." This from Elizabeth after a particularly brutal morning of me combing her hair. Apparently, she hacks at Elizabeth Cole's hair like I hack at hers.
- "You go to work and Daddy goes to the grocery store." During the drive home from dance class one week, we started talking about how people are different and I asked them to name all of the ways that Lee and I are different. This one, along with "You eat healthy food and Daddy eats candy - I hear his hands tinkling in the M&M dish all the time!" are among my favorites.
- "You are the best mom when there is no power!" Lee and I took them to Dunkin' Donuts a few mornings for breakfast to warm them up, but all they knew was that they were having donuts.
- "I feel bad for all those kids [in towns that are still without power, 12 days after the storm]. I bet that they really, really want to go to school." Elizabeth loves school so much, she just assumes that everyone else does too.
- "Does a cigarette have some sort of interesting taste that makes people want to smoke?" asked Elizabeth, upon discovering one of our friends smoking (he's done a good job of hiding it for the last 18 months, but he was bound to get discovered). The facial expression and hand gestures made this question priceless.
- "I think that you should take a day off. You deserve it," said Elizabeth, as I was discussing the fact that I would make them a big breakfast on Thanksgiving, after I got home from my run with my friend Sarah. Not sure if she thinks that I deserve it, or if she just doesn't want to wait around to eat.
- "But I'm in KINDERGARTEN!!" Emily was furious with me one Sunday when I told her that she needed to take a nap. She was battling a vicious cold and Lee and I both thought that a nap would make her feel a lot better, especially because she had fallen asleep on the couch the night before.
- "I think that I'm going to start doing the laundry. Daddy is going to have to bring the basket up and down the stairs for me though." I'm sure that if Lee doesn't have to do the laundry anymore, he will gladly carry the basket for Emily.
- "I wish that books never ended and just went on and on forever." Elizabeth is in the middle of a series of books that she is really enjoying.
- "I hope we find a wishbone in our turkey because I really want to be a fairy." I'm kind of hoping that we don't find a wishbone because I don't really want Emily to turn into a fairy!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Cloverisms
- "What do you love more Elizabeth? Pork or that book?" Emily, trying to get her sister to put into perspective just how much she loved the book that she was reading, as pork is Elizabeth's favorite food on earth.
- "Haven't you heard of a CAR?!?!" This gem came from Emily, her way of letting me know that she was sick of the walk to and from the beach every day during our vacation. Life is tough when you are five.
- "I know that Auntie Kathy thinks that I am going to be a doctor, but I'm not. I do not want to make little kids cry." Elizabeth's perspective of doctors has to do with receiving shots during her annual physicals.
- "Aren't I clever?!" Elizabeth observed. A bit too clever if you ask me.
- As many of you know, Lee and I have not had a night away from the girls since they were born; if one of us has to be away, the other one is with the girls. We are coming up on our ten year anniversary, so we asked the girls if they would mind if we went away for an overnight and they could stay with someone in the family, and we gave them several options. Elizabeth's response: "No thank you." Emily's response: "They won't know how to take care of us like you do."
- "How deep is the water here?" asked Elizabeth. "It's pretty deep. It's over Mommy and Daddy's heads," I replied. "Right, but is it over a tall person's head?" Touche.
- "Emily, we don't waste food in this house." "Right, " said Elizabeth. "We give it to Daddy." Lee, the human garbage disposal.
- "When I grow up, I'm going to be a dentist. And if people are good when I clean their teeth, when I'm done, I'll paint their face." And that, my friends, is how Emily plans to juggle the dueling careers of dentist and face painter.
- "And a girl's boobies shake and a boy's boobies don't." What, exactly, does one say in response to such a comment?
- "I don't think that's appropriate." So said Elizabeth after seeing the Naked Cowboy in Times Square.
- "Don't they know that it's hard to wait?" So said Emily, when she was told that the first day of school had been pushed back two days due to the storm damage.
- "I love you so much Mama. Someday, I'm going to make you a valentine." Sweet Emily.
- "I made a 3 instead of an S. I'm very good at making 3's but not so good at making S's." Hopefully, kindergarten will cure that!
- "I don't like having power. It was so much to shower at the Y."
- "Can you get my sweatshirt for me? Oh, that's right - you are not my maid." Do you think that Emily has heard that phrase over and over?
- "I'm going to have a GREAT first day of school!!" Emily was so excited to go to kindergarten that I didn't even cry.
- "I don't like it when people visit us, because we always cry when they leave."
- "I wish that my poop was magic. If it was, I would just sit on the toilet and it would come right out. No waiting." Clearly, Emily is frustrated with pooping.
- "Mummy, there are a lot of things that I want to be when I grow up. A face painter-dentist, a runner, a soccer coach and a face painter. Do you think that I can do all of that?" Absolutely Emily!
- "I wish we had a maid," said Emily. "Or a housekeeper," said Elizabeth. "We should have servants." I completely agree, we should!
- "Do you have a meeting this morning?" "Why?" "Because usually, you say "'Good morning Emily' in a very friendly voice but today you just said it in a voice." There's nothing like a little guilt from a 5 year to slow things down on a busy morning.
- "Haven't you heard of a CAR?!?!" This gem came from Emily, her way of letting me know that she was sick of the walk to and from the beach every day during our vacation. Life is tough when you are five.
- "I know that Auntie Kathy thinks that I am going to be a doctor, but I'm not. I do not want to make little kids cry." Elizabeth's perspective of doctors has to do with receiving shots during her annual physicals.
- "Aren't I clever?!" Elizabeth observed. A bit too clever if you ask me.
- As many of you know, Lee and I have not had a night away from the girls since they were born; if one of us has to be away, the other one is with the girls. We are coming up on our ten year anniversary, so we asked the girls if they would mind if we went away for an overnight and they could stay with someone in the family, and we gave them several options. Elizabeth's response: "No thank you." Emily's response: "They won't know how to take care of us like you do."
- "How deep is the water here?" asked Elizabeth. "It's pretty deep. It's over Mommy and Daddy's heads," I replied. "Right, but is it over a tall person's head?" Touche.
- "Emily, we don't waste food in this house." "Right, " said Elizabeth. "We give it to Daddy." Lee, the human garbage disposal.
- "When I grow up, I'm going to be a dentist. And if people are good when I clean their teeth, when I'm done, I'll paint their face." And that, my friends, is how Emily plans to juggle the dueling careers of dentist and face painter.
- "And a girl's boobies shake and a boy's boobies don't." What, exactly, does one say in response to such a comment?
- "I don't think that's appropriate." So said Elizabeth after seeing the Naked Cowboy in Times Square.
- "Don't they know that it's hard to wait?" So said Emily, when she was told that the first day of school had been pushed back two days due to the storm damage.
- "I love you so much Mama. Someday, I'm going to make you a valentine." Sweet Emily.
- "I made a 3 instead of an S. I'm very good at making 3's but not so good at making S's." Hopefully, kindergarten will cure that!
- "I don't like having power. It was so much to shower at the Y."
- "Can you get my sweatshirt for me? Oh, that's right - you are not my maid." Do you think that Emily has heard that phrase over and over?
- "I'm going to have a GREAT first day of school!!" Emily was so excited to go to kindergarten that I didn't even cry.
- "I don't like it when people visit us, because we always cry when they leave."
- "I wish that my poop was magic. If it was, I would just sit on the toilet and it would come right out. No waiting." Clearly, Emily is frustrated with pooping.
- "Mummy, there are a lot of things that I want to be when I grow up. A face painter-dentist, a runner, a soccer coach and a face painter. Do you think that I can do all of that?" Absolutely Emily!
- "I wish we had a maid," said Emily. "Or a housekeeper," said Elizabeth. "We should have servants." I completely agree, we should!
- "Do you have a meeting this morning?" "Why?" "Because usually, you say "'Good morning Emily' in a very friendly voice but today you just said it in a voice." There's nothing like a little guilt from a 5 year to slow things down on a busy morning.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
From the Mouth of Mini-Teens (or so it seems)
- "If I'm going to a school called St. Mary's, isn't that enough? Why do I have to go to church on Sunday too?" Lee pointed out what a good point Elizabeth made, leaving me to handle this one.
- "Did you know that Mr. John is retiring? The Generator?" Mr. John is the janitor and could never be confused as a generator.
- "What was Daddy like when he had hair?" Another gem from Emily.
- "I wouldn't want you to have a baby because if you did, everybody would pay attention to the baby and not me." This one, surprisingly enough, came from Elizabeth. Even more surprising, Emily claims that she would love for us to have a baby. In case you were wondering, not happening.
- "Are you going to come to my birthday party in the backyard? Okay. I would like a fish for my birthday." This one is all Emily, letting Lisa know just what they should bring her as a birthday present when they come over for cake on her birthday. She's very direct. And Lisa got the hint.
- "Get a cup. Put some ice cream in it. Put a cover on it. And put it in my lunch." Anything else I can do for you, Princess Emily?
- "It's not all about you Emily." "What's it about then?"
- "I don't think that anyone should have to work on a holiday." Although happy that the grocery store was open so that we could pick up dinner, Elizabeth was a bit distressed to learn that people have to work on national holidays. This gave Lee and I the chance to tell her about all of the people that we know that have to work on holidays to keep us safe - she was pretty impressed. And thankful.
- "Look - it's two bugs stuck together!" "They are mating, Emily. When bugs mate, they stick their butts together."
- "You look like Miss Hanigan [from Annie]. But she is uglier." Gee, thanks Emily.
- "Whatever." Already? She's only five.
- "If we had a motor home - which we're never going to get, I know - we could do all kinds of neat stuff. Like if we got hungry when we were driving, we wouldn't have to stop to eat, we could just go back and make something in the kitchen." I'm not sure which part of this observation by Elizabeth cracked me up more.
- "I was the Queen and...we were just pretending...." says Elizabeth. To which I respond "Oh. Pretending. Because who is the Queen?" To which Elizabeth responds "you are, Mummy." Love her.
- "I know what you and Daddy do when we are sleeping. You eat ice cream - ON THE COUCH." Busted. About the ice cream AND eating in the living room.
- "There are a lot of people on motorcycles today. And nobody is wearing a helmet. Which is a really bad word." That bad word would be "stupid."
- "Next time you go out to dinner with Daddy, please make sure that he doesn't eat Lily." Lee and I went out for sushi last weekend and apparently, Emily is afraid that Lee will try to turn her beta fish into his next meal!
- "Look, we make an "L" (Emily, Lee and I at the dining room table). "What about Elizabeth?" "We could give her away...."
- "Did you know that Mr. John is retiring? The Generator?" Mr. John is the janitor and could never be confused as a generator.
- "What was Daddy like when he had hair?" Another gem from Emily.
- "I wouldn't want you to have a baby because if you did, everybody would pay attention to the baby and not me." This one, surprisingly enough, came from Elizabeth. Even more surprising, Emily claims that she would love for us to have a baby. In case you were wondering, not happening.
- "Are you going to come to my birthday party in the backyard? Okay. I would like a fish for my birthday." This one is all Emily, letting Lisa know just what they should bring her as a birthday present when they come over for cake on her birthday. She's very direct. And Lisa got the hint.
- "Get a cup. Put some ice cream in it. Put a cover on it. And put it in my lunch." Anything else I can do for you, Princess Emily?
- "It's not all about you Emily." "What's it about then?"
- "I don't think that anyone should have to work on a holiday." Although happy that the grocery store was open so that we could pick up dinner, Elizabeth was a bit distressed to learn that people have to work on national holidays. This gave Lee and I the chance to tell her about all of the people that we know that have to work on holidays to keep us safe - she was pretty impressed. And thankful.
- "Look - it's two bugs stuck together!" "They are mating, Emily. When bugs mate, they stick their butts together."
- "You look like Miss Hanigan [from Annie]. But she is uglier." Gee, thanks Emily.
- "Whatever." Already? She's only five.
- "If we had a motor home - which we're never going to get, I know - we could do all kinds of neat stuff. Like if we got hungry when we were driving, we wouldn't have to stop to eat, we could just go back and make something in the kitchen." I'm not sure which part of this observation by Elizabeth cracked me up more.
- "I was the Queen and...we were just pretending...." says Elizabeth. To which I respond "Oh. Pretending. Because who is the Queen?" To which Elizabeth responds "you are, Mummy." Love her.
- "I know what you and Daddy do when we are sleeping. You eat ice cream - ON THE COUCH." Busted. About the ice cream AND eating in the living room.
- "There are a lot of people on motorcycles today. And nobody is wearing a helmet. Which is a really bad word." That bad word would be "stupid."
- "Next time you go out to dinner with Daddy, please make sure that he doesn't eat Lily." Lee and I went out for sushi last weekend and apparently, Emily is afraid that Lee will try to turn her beta fish into his next meal!
- "Look, we make an "L" (Emily, Lee and I at the dining room table). "What about Elizabeth?" "We could give her away...."
Friday, May 20, 2011
The Things They Say
- "Emily, do you want peanut butter or peanut butter and fluff in your sandwich?" "Um, just fluff please." Not likely (although she clearly takes after me on that one!).
- "Emily, you look even cuter than me!" Elizabeth is such a generous sister.
- "I bought Elizabeth an iPad and she loves it." Elizabeth casually mentioned to me one morning. That's right, she supposedly bought her AGD an iPad, like it's no big deal. I told her that if she had enough money laying around to buy her doll an iPad, perhaps she could lend some of it to me....
- "When are you going to pay me back?" The other morning, I borrowed a couple of dollars from Elizabeth. I was meeting a friend for coffee and neither Lee nor I had any cash on us, so I asked Elizabeth to borrow a couple of dollars, which she happily gave me. She then spent the next 24 hours asking for repayment, non-stop! And yes, I finally paid her back - 25 hours later.
- "I have the best pirints [parents] in the world." This is a note that Elizabeth wrote to Lee and I and we will keep it forever. What did we do to deserve such praise? After we met with Elizabeth's teacher and got her report card, I wrote a note and put it in her lunchbox, letting her know how proud we were of her for working so hard. She nearly exploded with happiness when she found the note, and wrote one of her own back to us.
- "I love Mr. Nick's mohawk." Emily is already showing signs of being attracted to "bad boys," considering that she has her heart set on Nick, the mohawk-sporting owner of The Refuge.
- "Can I have my birthday here?" asked Emily, in the middle of dinner. "Here" is a local sports bar called Rookies, where we happened to go with a bunch of friends after a local competition.
- "How was the bad girl?" Emily is fascinated with a little girl that we see at church every Sunday who is horribly behaved. This past Sunday, Emily had Sunday school, so she was unable to see for herself just how bad the "bad girl" was.
- "I don't play with Lambie anymore because if I play with Lambie, you won't get me an American Girl Doll. But I love Lambie." Emily has been good about only sleeping with Lambie lately, not playing with him/her.
- "The tallest person I know is Auntie Kathy." This is a pretty amusing comment coming from Elizabeth, considering the amount of time that she spends with some powerlifters we know....
- "Are you Auntie Kathy's little sister because you are so much shorter than her? Because I'm Elizabeth's little sister and she's taller than me."
- "Guess what, Mommy? Miss Jen knows all about the girls from TDI going to the dance competition this weekend!!" That would probably be because Miss Jen = TDI. Not sure why, after 5 years of dance, Elizabeth hasn't figured that one out yet.
- "I wish I was Elizabeth." "Why?" "Because she always tells on me and I get in trouble."
- "Don't worry, if I get butter in my nose I won't have to go back to the hospital. It will melt."
- "I know, I know. I'm very chappy." That's "chatty" for those of you that can't see her hand motion.
- "Grammy makes desserts and Grandpa makes MEAT!!" True, very true.
- "I know who sings this. Gusher." That's Usher.
- "I wish that the Lady Gaga [paparazzi] people had left his mother alone so she could have been at the wedding." Elizabeth was very into the royal wedding and wished the Princess Diana could have been there.
- "What's this?" Elizabeth asked, pointing to an ironing board inside the closet of the hotel where we were staying. In case you were wondering, I don't iron much.
- "Our daddy looks like Daddy Worry-box." Emily loves Annie, even when she doesn't get the characters' names just quite right.
- "My knee pits are all wet!" yelled Elizabeth after we ran through the church parking lot in pouring rain. You know, knee pits - the spot behind your knee on the back your leg.
- "Emily, you look even cuter than me!" Elizabeth is such a generous sister.
- "I bought Elizabeth an iPad and she loves it." Elizabeth casually mentioned to me one morning. That's right, she supposedly bought her AGD an iPad, like it's no big deal. I told her that if she had enough money laying around to buy her doll an iPad, perhaps she could lend some of it to me....
- "When are you going to pay me back?" The other morning, I borrowed a couple of dollars from Elizabeth. I was meeting a friend for coffee and neither Lee nor I had any cash on us, so I asked Elizabeth to borrow a couple of dollars, which she happily gave me. She then spent the next 24 hours asking for repayment, non-stop! And yes, I finally paid her back - 25 hours later.
- "I have the best pirints [parents] in the world." This is a note that Elizabeth wrote to Lee and I and we will keep it forever. What did we do to deserve such praise? After we met with Elizabeth's teacher and got her report card, I wrote a note and put it in her lunchbox, letting her know how proud we were of her for working so hard. She nearly exploded with happiness when she found the note, and wrote one of her own back to us.
- "I love Mr. Nick's mohawk." Emily is already showing signs of being attracted to "bad boys," considering that she has her heart set on Nick, the mohawk-sporting owner of The Refuge.
- "Can I have my birthday here?" asked Emily, in the middle of dinner. "Here" is a local sports bar called Rookies, where we happened to go with a bunch of friends after a local competition.
- "How was the bad girl?" Emily is fascinated with a little girl that we see at church every Sunday who is horribly behaved. This past Sunday, Emily had Sunday school, so she was unable to see for herself just how bad the "bad girl" was.
- "I don't play with Lambie anymore because if I play with Lambie, you won't get me an American Girl Doll. But I love Lambie." Emily has been good about only sleeping with Lambie lately, not playing with him/her.
- "The tallest person I know is Auntie Kathy." This is a pretty amusing comment coming from Elizabeth, considering the amount of time that she spends with some powerlifters we know....
- "Are you Auntie Kathy's little sister because you are so much shorter than her? Because I'm Elizabeth's little sister and she's taller than me."
- "Guess what, Mommy? Miss Jen knows all about the girls from TDI going to the dance competition this weekend!!" That would probably be because Miss Jen = TDI. Not sure why, after 5 years of dance, Elizabeth hasn't figured that one out yet.
- "I wish I was Elizabeth." "Why?" "Because she always tells on me and I get in trouble."
- "Don't worry, if I get butter in my nose I won't have to go back to the hospital. It will melt."
- "I know, I know. I'm very chappy." That's "chatty" for those of you that can't see her hand motion.
- "Grammy makes desserts and Grandpa makes MEAT!!" True, very true.
- "I know who sings this. Gusher." That's Usher.
- "I wish that the Lady Gaga [paparazzi] people had left his mother alone so she could have been at the wedding." Elizabeth was very into the royal wedding and wished the Princess Diana could have been there.
- "What's this?" Elizabeth asked, pointing to an ironing board inside the closet of the hotel where we were staying. In case you were wondering, I don't iron much.
- "Our daddy looks like Daddy Worry-box." Emily loves Annie, even when she doesn't get the characters' names just quite right.
- "My knee pits are all wet!" yelled Elizabeth after we ran through the church parking lot in pouring rain. You know, knee pits - the spot behind your knee on the back your leg.
(after downing blue ring pops)
Friday, March 11, 2011
They Said It....
- "Megan's dad is a police officer and when Megan grows up, she wants to be a cop. What's a cop?" This is one of my favorite questions from Elizabeth so far.
- "We learned about Junior at school today." That's Martin Luther King, Jr. for those of you that aren't on such a familiar basis, like Emily.
- "Peter is very talented." Emily was very impressed with the igloo that Peter made in his yard for the girls to play in.
- "I feel like we live in a snow globe!" said Elizabeth, after waking up to yet another morning of snow.
- "Mummy, we're playing barbies and my barbie is a weight lifter like Daddy. Except she can lift more than Daddy - easy peasy." And for those of you interested, it was a female barbie that was doing all of the heavy lifting, although Emily made sure that she had male spotters.
- "BEEF!!!!!" Emily yelled, after wandering into the kitchen and noticing that Lee was carving a roast for dinner. Our kids love meat. And the fact that it comes from cows doesn't bother them in the least.
- "I do not like Egypt. Egypt does not make me happy. Even though Auntie Kathy went there and rode a camel." Unfortunately for the girls, the chaos in Egypt occurred during one of the most traumatic weather weeks we've ever had, so the news was on all of the time.
- "I wish that it would only snow on weekends so that I didn't have to miss school." Poor Elizabeth has been home more than she's been in school lately and she really misses it.
- "I didn't say 'thank you' because I was too distracted and excited. But thank you!" I just love Elizabeth.
- "I don't like to be rushed." This is so very true. When Elizabeth was a toddler, she used to have a melt down if we had to leave the house a hurry and when Lee figured that out, we slowed down our process. Since then, we always give the girls a five or ten minute "warning" before we have to leave and that alone dramatically cuts down on the tears. This morning, however, we were in a rush because she needed to be at camp.
- "Look Mommy! Grass!" Elizabeth shouted from the back seat of the car. Yes, we have had so much snow for so long that the sight of grass causes much excitement.
- "You told us that Daddy was funner than you, Mommy, and you were right!" I just love being right.
- "Daddy is the best daddy there is and you are the best mommy there is. We have the best parents." Clearly, Elizabeth thought that my feelings might have been hurt by Emily's comment, and wanted to smooth things over with me.
- "I can't wait until I grow up because then I can do whatever I want to." Poor Emily is in for quite surprise when she finally grows up. This statement, by the way, was said in response to me asking her to go to the bathroom before we sat down for dinner.
- "Does it have wheels?" Emily asked about our neighbor's hamster. Apparently, she thinks it's a zhu zhu pet....
- "Do you know what Daddy told me yesterday? He told me that you are Irish." "Yes, I am Irish. Which means that you are Irish too." "I AM?!?" Eyes wide, Elizabeth could hardly believe it. Clearly, I have not brainwashed her nearly enough.
- "I wish we had Mardi Gras in Connecticut...." Although Elizabeth does not have a problem with giving up something for Lent, she clearly wishes she could go to a big party the day before to tide her over for forty days!
- "We learned about Junior at school today." That's Martin Luther King, Jr. for those of you that aren't on such a familiar basis, like Emily.
- "Peter is very talented." Emily was very impressed with the igloo that Peter made in his yard for the girls to play in.
- "I feel like we live in a snow globe!" said Elizabeth, after waking up to yet another morning of snow.
- "Mummy, we're playing barbies and my barbie is a weight lifter like Daddy. Except she can lift more than Daddy - easy peasy." And for those of you interested, it was a female barbie that was doing all of the heavy lifting, although Emily made sure that she had male spotters.
- "BEEF!!!!!" Emily yelled, after wandering into the kitchen and noticing that Lee was carving a roast for dinner. Our kids love meat. And the fact that it comes from cows doesn't bother them in the least.
- "I do not like Egypt. Egypt does not make me happy. Even though Auntie Kathy went there and rode a camel." Unfortunately for the girls, the chaos in Egypt occurred during one of the most traumatic weather weeks we've ever had, so the news was on all of the time.
- "I wish that it would only snow on weekends so that I didn't have to miss school." Poor Elizabeth has been home more than she's been in school lately and she really misses it.
- "I didn't say 'thank you' because I was too distracted and excited. But thank you!" I just love Elizabeth.
- "I don't like to be rushed." This is so very true. When Elizabeth was a toddler, she used to have a melt down if we had to leave the house a hurry and when Lee figured that out, we slowed down our process. Since then, we always give the girls a five or ten minute "warning" before we have to leave and that alone dramatically cuts down on the tears. This morning, however, we were in a rush because she needed to be at camp.
- "Look Mommy! Grass!" Elizabeth shouted from the back seat of the car. Yes, we have had so much snow for so long that the sight of grass causes much excitement.
- "You told us that Daddy was funner than you, Mommy, and you were right!" I just love being right.
- "Daddy is the best daddy there is and you are the best mommy there is. We have the best parents." Clearly, Elizabeth thought that my feelings might have been hurt by Emily's comment, and wanted to smooth things over with me.
- "I can't wait until I grow up because then I can do whatever I want to." Poor Emily is in for quite surprise when she finally grows up. This statement, by the way, was said in response to me asking her to go to the bathroom before we sat down for dinner.
- "Does it have wheels?" Emily asked about our neighbor's hamster. Apparently, she thinks it's a zhu zhu pet....
- "Do you know what Daddy told me yesterday? He told me that you are Irish." "Yes, I am Irish. Which means that you are Irish too." "I AM?!?" Eyes wide, Elizabeth could hardly believe it. Clearly, I have not brainwashed her nearly enough.
- "I wish we had Mardi Gras in Connecticut...." Although Elizabeth does not have a problem with giving up something for Lent, she clearly wishes she could go to a big party the day before to tide her over for forty days!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Kids Say the Darndest Things: Holiday Edition
- "I asked Santa for a Wii because I know that it's expensive and I figured if Santa brought it, you and Daddy wouldn't have to worry about it." Our ever thoughtful Elizabeth.
- "If I am very good, will you give me an American Girl Doll for Christmas when I am six?" Emily tried to be very understanding about Elizabeth's most treasured gift.
- "But I want them to have a sleep over!" Emily was very disappointed that Grammy and Grandpa couldn't stay over on Christmas night because of the predicted storm.
- "Can you see if they can wash the farts off of them too?" Emily asked as I left with the dogs for the groomers; she has been totally disgusted by all of the dog farting that's been going on in our house over the last few weeks.
- "This is the best Christmas EVER!" said Elizabeth, over and over again during Christmas Day.
- "I hope that there are two and we don't have to share. Sometimes, we get grumpy when we have to share."
- "I have an American Baby!" Emily has a renewed interest in her Bitty Baby because it is basically a small AGD.
- "I think we got too many presents for Christmas." When you are obsessed with only one of them, perhaps that is the case.
- "There is a laugher in my brain that keeps making me laugh." Elizabeth always looks to explain away her crazy behavior.
- "I love going to the movies. Thank you so much Mummy," said Emily, with a big kiss, right in the middle of watching Tangled at the movie theatre. How could I not take her to the movies after that?!
- "I am the beautiful princess and Elizabeth is the evil witch." "Emily, how could you say that?! Elizabeth is so kind to you!" "O-kay. Elizabeth is a beautiful princess too...."
- "If I am very good, will you give me an American Girl Doll for Christmas when I am six?" Emily tried to be very understanding about Elizabeth's most treasured gift.
- "But I want them to have a sleep over!" Emily was very disappointed that Grammy and Grandpa couldn't stay over on Christmas night because of the predicted storm.
- "Can you see if they can wash the farts off of them too?" Emily asked as I left with the dogs for the groomers; she has been totally disgusted by all of the dog farting that's been going on in our house over the last few weeks.
- "This is the best Christmas EVER!" said Elizabeth, over and over again during Christmas Day.
- "I hope that there are two and we don't have to share. Sometimes, we get grumpy when we have to share."
- "I have an American Baby!" Emily has a renewed interest in her Bitty Baby because it is basically a small AGD.
- "I think we got too many presents for Christmas." When you are obsessed with only one of them, perhaps that is the case.
- "There is a laugher in my brain that keeps making me laugh." Elizabeth always looks to explain away her crazy behavior.
- "I love going to the movies. Thank you so much Mummy," said Emily, with a big kiss, right in the middle of watching Tangled at the movie theatre. How could I not take her to the movies after that?!
- "I am the beautiful princess and Elizabeth is the evil witch." "Emily, how could you say that?! Elizabeth is so kind to you!" "O-kay. Elizabeth is a beautiful princess too...."
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Straight Out of Their Mouths
- "It's going to take you TWO HOURS to run the 1/2 marathon?! It takes two hours to drive to New Hampshire." Thank you for your support, Elizabeth.
- "Can we get a minivan?" No. "But they are soooooo awesome!!!" It's a good thing that the girls are not in charge of our car purchases.
- "We're eating Wilbur!" grinned Elizabeth one Sunday morning as she stuffed bacon into her mouth. I'm glad that reading Charlotte's Web hasn't turned her into a vegetarian....
- "Halloween is over. Next up - Thanksgiving!" Not that these kids are in a rush to get to Christmas or anything.
- "I LOVE to eat!" Not surprising, really, considering the genes.
- "Daddy, will you read to me?" "No." "Why not? You're just sitting there doing nothing." A very observant Emily just will not let Lee catch a little nap.
- "I don't want to go out to eat if I can't have dessert. I would rather stay home. I LOVE dessert!!" Elizabeth knows what she wants and she's willing to turn down dinner at Chili's in order to have a cookie for dessert.
- "Daddy and Mommy are the King and the Queen and I'm the loyal princess." Elizabeth has our family hierarchy down pat.
- "Mom! Rudy's drinking out of Elliot's water dish and spreading germs!!" Already an excellent tattletaler (she takes after her mother, clearly), Elizabeth even tells on the poor dogs. To her credit, however, Rudy was sick when he was drinking from Rudy's water and she truly was concerned that he would get Elliot sick as well.
- "Emily is a playing machine and I am a sleeping machine." Well, not really, but for the first couple of weeks after we turned back the clocks, this was actually true.
- "Mummy, you know that the people in the tv can't hear you, right?" Emily pointed this out to me when I was talking back to Kayne West, who was being interviewed on the Today Show.
- "We can't move to New Hampshire. You and Daddy can't buy another house - it's too expensive. At least $300." At least.
- "Mummy, we had a meeting at lunch today too," said Elizabeth after listening to me tell Lee about something that happened at work. "What did you talk about?" I asked. "Well, it went kind of like this: blah blah blah blah blah blah....." It looks like Elizabeth is already qualified to work at an insurance company....
- "I wonder what Santa will bring me...." Emily is still at that wonderful age where she doesn't want anything and opens every gift with delight. Elizabeth, on the other hand, knows exactly what she wants.
- "If I pray on a Christmas tree, will my prayer come true?" Elizabeth already knows that it's better to pray than wish.
- "Do you know how God makes the moon? He takes the fire out of the sun, puts it back in the volcano and then pushes it [the sun] into the dark sky." Emily has a wonderfully creative mind.
- "I'm afraid I'm not going to get anything from Santa," Emily wailed. When asked why, she responded "because I haven't been very good...."
- "Next year, I'm going to be Mary," proclaimed Elizabeth, after attending her first Christmas pageant rehearsal. Aim high, kid.
"Do you know how God makes it snow? He cuts a hole in the moon, scoops out the snow and then pours it over the earth." Again with the creativity.
- "I am Mary and Lambie is the new born king...." The Christmas pageant really got to Emily.
- "Boy, they've really pulled the wool over everyone's eyes." I couldn't resist adding this one, which Lee said. This was after a week of pageant rehearsals and a parent teacher conference in which just about everyone we came in contact with told us how unbelievably great Elizabeth and Emily are.....
- "Can we get a minivan?" No. "But they are soooooo awesome!!!" It's a good thing that the girls are not in charge of our car purchases.
- "We're eating Wilbur!" grinned Elizabeth one Sunday morning as she stuffed bacon into her mouth. I'm glad that reading Charlotte's Web hasn't turned her into a vegetarian....
- "Halloween is over. Next up - Thanksgiving!" Not that these kids are in a rush to get to Christmas or anything.
- "I LOVE to eat!" Not surprising, really, considering the genes.
- "Daddy, will you read to me?" "No." "Why not? You're just sitting there doing nothing." A very observant Emily just will not let Lee catch a little nap.
- "I don't want to go out to eat if I can't have dessert. I would rather stay home. I LOVE dessert!!" Elizabeth knows what she wants and she's willing to turn down dinner at Chili's in order to have a cookie for dessert.
- "Daddy and Mommy are the King and the Queen and I'm the loyal princess." Elizabeth has our family hierarchy down pat.
- "Mom! Rudy's drinking out of Elliot's water dish and spreading germs!!" Already an excellent tattletaler (she takes after her mother, clearly), Elizabeth even tells on the poor dogs. To her credit, however, Rudy was sick when he was drinking from Rudy's water and she truly was concerned that he would get Elliot sick as well.
- "Emily is a playing machine and I am a sleeping machine." Well, not really, but for the first couple of weeks after we turned back the clocks, this was actually true.
- "Mummy, you know that the people in the tv can't hear you, right?" Emily pointed this out to me when I was talking back to Kayne West, who was being interviewed on the Today Show.
- "We can't move to New Hampshire. You and Daddy can't buy another house - it's too expensive. At least $300." At least.
- "Mummy, we had a meeting at lunch today too," said Elizabeth after listening to me tell Lee about something that happened at work. "What did you talk about?" I asked. "Well, it went kind of like this: blah blah blah blah blah blah....." It looks like Elizabeth is already qualified to work at an insurance company....
- "I wonder what Santa will bring me...." Emily is still at that wonderful age where she doesn't want anything and opens every gift with delight. Elizabeth, on the other hand, knows exactly what she wants.
- "If I pray on a Christmas tree, will my prayer come true?" Elizabeth already knows that it's better to pray than wish.
- "Do you know how God makes the moon? He takes the fire out of the sun, puts it back in the volcano and then pushes it [the sun] into the dark sky." Emily has a wonderfully creative mind.
- "I'm afraid I'm not going to get anything from Santa," Emily wailed. When asked why, she responded "because I haven't been very good...."
- "Next year, I'm going to be Mary," proclaimed Elizabeth, after attending her first Christmas pageant rehearsal. Aim high, kid.
"Do you know how God makes it snow? He cuts a hole in the moon, scoops out the snow and then pours it over the earth." Again with the creativity.
- "I am Mary and Lambie is the new born king...." The Christmas pageant really got to Emily.
- "Boy, they've really pulled the wool over everyone's eyes." I couldn't resist adding this one, which Lee said. This was after a week of pageant rehearsals and a parent teacher conference in which just about everyone we came in contact with told us how unbelievably great Elizabeth and Emily are.....
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
You Can't Make This Stuff Up!
- "Do you know what I like better than presents? My best aunts - Aunt Denise, Grammy and Grammy." Even in the midst of receiving birthday presents, Elizabeth kept family number one.
- "It's tough being a kid. You don't get to pick what to do." Poor Elizabeth.
- "When I grow up, I'm going to work at Brown's and take lobsters out of the tank. Any my name will be Miss Leah." I'm not quite sure why she needs to change her name, but we're just happy that Elizabeth said that her family will be able to eat for free...
- "Emily, are you having corn tonight?" "No. Nice try, though." She sounds more like me every day.
- "If Elliot swims in the water, he will get an ear confection." That's ear infection, but close enough Emily.
- "You don't have to call her Mummy. You can call her Maureen." Emily seemed concerned that Aunt Denise was calling me the "wrong" name.
- "I think that man is from another world." Elizabeth seemed a bit concerned about the mission priest at our church last weekend because he spoke with a heavy accent, but never fear, I explained that he was from another country, not another world.
- "There's a 'shoo-fly' - we call them 'shoo-flies' because we have to shoo them away." Great reasoning, Emily!
- "Will they be able to tell if it's a boy or a girl when the baby is born?" Elizabeth asked, the night before her cousin Theo's birth. "Yes." "How?" "By the size of the trunk," explained Emily.
- "I don't want to snuggle with you anymore. Your legs are sharp." Apparently, Emily doesn't like to snuggle with with me when there is stubble on my legs.
- "Doctor! Doctor! I need you!!" Elizabeth, screaming for the doctor at the top of her lungs as the nurse attempted to give her a shot at her doctor's appointment. Although she handles pain quite well, she seems to have an irrational fear of pain.
- "I think that Santa flies to our house every night to check my list and then flies back to the North Pole and tells the elves what I want so that they can make it." By August, Elizabeth was already working on a detailed Christmas list.
- "Why don't you want to sit next to Daddy, Emily? He's not mean. He's nice. He buys us everything we ask for."
- "I wish that there were no bugs, but only butterflies and mops [moths]." So said Emily after a few minutes in the backyard left her covered with mosquito bites, including another one on her face.
- "Grandpa cooks fresh swordfish...and fresh tuna...and fresh steak...and chocolate..." Okay, he doesn't exactly cook chocolate, but Elizabeth knows where he hides it!
- "Mummy, if your belly hurts, maybe you shouldn't do all that running." I'm quite sure that running (which I didn't even do that day) had nothing to do with my tummy ache, but Emily wasn't convinced.
- "I put the wrong batteries in my brain this morning. I used the silly ones instead of the ones that I need for school." That's our elizabeth.
- "It's tough being a kid. You don't get to pick what to do." Poor Elizabeth.
- "When I grow up, I'm going to work at Brown's and take lobsters out of the tank. Any my name will be Miss Leah." I'm not quite sure why she needs to change her name, but we're just happy that Elizabeth said that her family will be able to eat for free...
- "Emily, are you having corn tonight?" "No. Nice try, though." She sounds more like me every day.
- "If Elliot swims in the water, he will get an ear confection." That's ear infection, but close enough Emily.
- "You don't have to call her Mummy. You can call her Maureen." Emily seemed concerned that Aunt Denise was calling me the "wrong" name.
- "I think that man is from another world." Elizabeth seemed a bit concerned about the mission priest at our church last weekend because he spoke with a heavy accent, but never fear, I explained that he was from another country, not another world.
- "There's a 'shoo-fly' - we call them 'shoo-flies' because we have to shoo them away." Great reasoning, Emily!
- "Will they be able to tell if it's a boy or a girl when the baby is born?" Elizabeth asked, the night before her cousin Theo's birth. "Yes." "How?" "By the size of the trunk," explained Emily.
- "I don't want to snuggle with you anymore. Your legs are sharp." Apparently, Emily doesn't like to snuggle with with me when there is stubble on my legs.
- "Doctor! Doctor! I need you!!" Elizabeth, screaming for the doctor at the top of her lungs as the nurse attempted to give her a shot at her doctor's appointment. Although she handles pain quite well, she seems to have an irrational fear of pain.
- "I think that Santa flies to our house every night to check my list and then flies back to the North Pole and tells the elves what I want so that they can make it." By August, Elizabeth was already working on a detailed Christmas list.
- "Why don't you want to sit next to Daddy, Emily? He's not mean. He's nice. He buys us everything we ask for."
- "I wish that there were no bugs, but only butterflies and mops [moths]." So said Emily after a few minutes in the backyard left her covered with mosquito bites, including another one on her face.
- "Grandpa cooks fresh swordfish...and fresh tuna...and fresh steak...and chocolate..." Okay, he doesn't exactly cook chocolate, but Elizabeth knows where he hides it!
- "Mummy, if your belly hurts, maybe you shouldn't do all that running." I'm quite sure that running (which I didn't even do that day) had nothing to do with my tummy ache, but Emily wasn't convinced.
- "I put the wrong batteries in my brain this morning. I used the silly ones instead of the ones that I need for school." That's our elizabeth.
Friday, July 16, 2010
More Funnies
- "Um God? Can you make it stop raining so I can play outside?" At least Emily prays for good things.
- "Mommy, you look beautiful," said Elizabeth. "No she doesn't," said Emily. I love you too Emily.
- "When I grow up, people are going to call me Miss Elizabeth. Or Mrs. Elizabeth. I haven't decided yet."
- "I like the afternoon the best." Why, you might ask? Because naptime is over and Elizabeth comes home from school. Emily still adores her sister and does not really savor time away from her.
- "I love New Hampshire. But I really, really don't like driving to New Hampshire." This could have been said by any of the four of us, but came from Elizabeth, two days before our May visit.
- "Grammy, you know what? My mom's friend Mrs. Dudley is my favorite girl in Connecticut and Aunt Denise is my favorite girl in New Hampshire." Good thing Grammy is not the jealous type.
- "I want Daddy. I don't love you. I only love Daddy." Guess which one of us has to get Emily dressed in the morning and, on this particular day, vetoed a long sleeved knit dress because temperatures were projected to reach 96 degrees?
- "And that was the end of that story." So said Emily, interrupting Elizabeth in the middle of a very long story that Emily obviously decided had gone on long enough.
- "I just love...to eat." Considering the genetics on both sides of the family, Elizabeth's proclamation isn't that surprising.
- "You are wasting my day." That's what Elizabeth told me one Sunday when I didn't have enough activities planned to keep her satisfied...
- "I wish that NaaNaa will always be my best friend." Emily's 4 year birthday wish. Tissues please.
- "Did one of you get me a Mulan Barbie?" Emily, as her little birthday gathering, making sure that one of the guests had purchased the one thing she truly wanted.
- "I don't know why I fart so." That's our Elizabeth.
- "You are just going to have to make them over, and over, and over, and over and over again until you get the grip of it." Elizabeth, encouraging me to work on my pancake making abilities.
- "Why do we always have to do something to get something good?" That's why they call it a reward, Elizabeth.
- "Emily, do you need to go to the bathroom before we leave?" "Why, don't they have a bathroom at their house?" Smart aleck.
- "Mommy, you look beautiful," said Elizabeth. "No she doesn't," said Emily. I love you too Emily.
- "When I grow up, people are going to call me Miss Elizabeth. Or Mrs. Elizabeth. I haven't decided yet."
- "I like the afternoon the best." Why, you might ask? Because naptime is over and Elizabeth comes home from school. Emily still adores her sister and does not really savor time away from her.
- "I love New Hampshire. But I really, really don't like driving to New Hampshire." This could have been said by any of the four of us, but came from Elizabeth, two days before our May visit.
- "Grammy, you know what? My mom's friend Mrs. Dudley is my favorite girl in Connecticut and Aunt Denise is my favorite girl in New Hampshire." Good thing Grammy is not the jealous type.
- "I want Daddy. I don't love you. I only love Daddy." Guess which one of us has to get Emily dressed in the morning and, on this particular day, vetoed a long sleeved knit dress because temperatures were projected to reach 96 degrees?
- "And that was the end of that story." So said Emily, interrupting Elizabeth in the middle of a very long story that Emily obviously decided had gone on long enough.
- "I just love...to eat." Considering the genetics on both sides of the family, Elizabeth's proclamation isn't that surprising.
- "You are wasting my day." That's what Elizabeth told me one Sunday when I didn't have enough activities planned to keep her satisfied...
- "I wish that NaaNaa will always be my best friend." Emily's 4 year birthday wish. Tissues please.
- "Did one of you get me a Mulan Barbie?" Emily, as her little birthday gathering, making sure that one of the guests had purchased the one thing she truly wanted.
- "I don't know why I fart so." That's our Elizabeth.
- "You are just going to have to make them over, and over, and over, and over and over again until you get the grip of it." Elizabeth, encouraging me to work on my pancake making abilities.
- "Why do we always have to do something to get something good?" That's why they call it a reward, Elizabeth.
- "Emily, do you need to go to the bathroom before we leave?" "Why, don't they have a bathroom at their house?" Smart aleck.
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