Thursday, August 15, 2013

Canary Cat

Isaac:  "Mom, can I have a canary cat?  I want a canary cat!"

Me:  "What the heck is a canary cat?"

Issac:  "It's cute."


Still wondering what it is ...

Friday, July 26, 2013

Poodle Butts

"Hey, do poodles have to have a lot of fur all over their butts? Is that normal?"

Brooke, age 5

Monday, July 15, 2013

Angry!

"Brooke!  I'm angry!  I'm very angry!  Look into my eye.  You see?  It's angry."

Isaac, age 3

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Finally Back Up and Running at the Mouth

The kids haven't stopped yacking, but I got negligent in posting their witticisms.  Please forgive me and enjoy the updated backlogs.

Backdated Quotes January 16, 2012 to May 30, 2012

May 30, 2012

Savvy was drawing my portrait. She said, "Oops, sorry. You look old. I didn't mean to, but you do." Stinker.  

Age 8

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May 28, 2012

"The only Spanish word I know is 'ko-nee-chee-wah'." ~Brooke, age 4

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May 27, 2012

"Mom! Look at the living room! It's a big mess! [Pause] You really should clean that up." ~Brooke, age 4

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May 25, 2012

Quote of the day goes to my husband Jesse, when he said to me, "I really am thankful that you don't have a mustache."

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May 14, 2012

"Downstairs up in the air" means "upstairs" to Isaac. Another funny Isaac phrase.  Age 2

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April 27, 2012

"Mom, your toots smell more bad than Dad's. Dad's smell like gunpowder. Gunpowder doesn't smell that bad." ~Brooke (And I hadn't even expelled any noxious gases lately either.)  Brooke, age 4

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March 23, 2012

"Eyebrows [are] Mommy's eye mustaches!"  Isaac, age 2

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March 21, 2012

Riley, on the subject of my birthday cake: "We're gonna have to buy a LOT of candles!"  Age 10

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March 13, 2012

Some more insight from a 4-yr old Brooke -- "Mom! Did you know God is everywhere? He's in the walls, in the air, on top of Isaac's bed, beside my bed."

"Yes, baby, God is everywhere, all the time."

"I know! God is everywhere! So that means He is with us all the time. And we don't have to be afraid, because God is with us all the time and everywhere!"

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March 1, 2012

"Mom, call Aunt Karen. I like to hear your accent change when you talk to her." ~Savvy, age 8

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February 18, 2012

 "Hey, can I take a picture of my booger?" ~Brooke, age 4

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January 27, 2012

I pointed to my tummy and asked Isaac what was in there. He said, "Baby butter." So then I asked where Baby Jed was, and he said, "In da box," and pointed to my tummy. First time he's really caught on that someone was in there!  Isaac and me, age 2

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January 16, 2012

Brooke: "Can I play with the ATD? The TD ... oh nevermind! (frustrated), I can't spell."  Age 4


Backdated Quotes June 2012 to September 2012

September 26, 2012


Savvy: "Meow."
Riley: "Why are you saying, 'Meow'?"
Savvy: "I don't know."

Then silence.

Riley, 10 and Savvy, 8

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September 15, 2012

Riley: "I think it would take a long time to move to Japan by car."

Me: "Honey, you can't move to Japan by car. It's an island."

R: "Why can't you get there by car?"

Me: "Uh, the ocean, Riley."

R: "Oh .... yeah. Then it would be REALLY hard to get there by car."

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September 9, 2012

Riley, on eating gummy candies: "You really should eat the head first. That way the candy can't feel you eating the rest of its body. It's just more humane."  Age 10

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July 10, 2012

Brooke swatted and killed a mosquito on the window. She said, "Uh, I have bug guts on my hand now." I told her to wash it off and she came back with, "Naw. It doesn't bother me. I'm a honey badger."  Age 4

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June 27, 2012

"God has the mostest powers. But I have a little bit." ~Brooke, age 4

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June 25, 2012

"Hey Mom, you should be a librarian. That way we'd get all our books for free." ~Riley, a blondish moment, age 10

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