February 11, 2009

"Aren't you glad you're my little sister, Eliana?

You're not balding.  Did you know you were bald once, like Daddy?"

-Michaela

February 9, 2009

Michaela was telling me how hard Eliana was making it for her to read her book..."She's being loud!"  I said,"Welcome to the world of having a little sister," smiling.

Meanwhile, Eliana was standing there in between us fussing a little, trying to be heard.

I looked at her, and I have been trying to get her to use words or signs instead of fussing to communicate, and I said,"Eliana, what do you want?" 

She looked right at me and said,"Ay-la."  She looked at her sister and grinned.  I looked at Michaela and grinned,"You want Michaela?"

Michaela's response,"Well, if you want me then I guess I'm forced!"  She promptly took Eliana in her arms and plopped down on the floor.

She looks miserable, doesn't she?  So irritated by her little sister...

February 8, 2009

"Actually, I don't want that.  I'll have it another time.

I've had enough junk today.  I don't need any more junk."

-Michaela, regarding the chocolate dessert from Pizza Hut...did she really come from me?!

February 5, 2009

"Awwww, sweet little girl..."

-Christian when he saw this little girl, someone I have been praying for for a few days.  Read her family's blog to hear her story.  She was just diagnosed with cancer...

February 5, 2009

"We're in print!"

-Christian, when we were talking with some friends about the picture of the kids that they used in the church insert (the Weekend Update) last Sunday.

February 4, 2009

(I walked by the kids' room after putting them to bed, and telling them to lie down and go to sleep-Christian is sitting on the edge of his bed)

"Christian, I asked you to try to go to sleep.  It is almost 9:00 and you have school tomorrow and every morning..." I was going to say,"I have to wake you up and you don't get enough sleep."

(Christian interrupts)

"I'm praying!"

Um, oh, okay then...so sorry.  "Try to go to sleep after that, okay?!"

January 28, 2009

Me - "Do you feel different now that you're six today?"

Christian - "I looked at my feet this morning, and they were huger!"

January 24, 2009

"Are you kidding me?  I'm so lost after watching Lost..."

-my mom's response when I asked her to tell me about one of her favorite shows, Lost.

January 21, 2009

Christian, referring to his gum-"This is so spicy, it will hotten you up!"

January 17, 2009

Michaela-"Guess what Christian said?"

Me-"I don't know."

Michaela-"He said his tentacle is broken."

(Michaela and Christian-a lot of laughing...)

(Three guesses what he meant to say...)

(And I did not ask any further questions!)

January 4, 2009

I was driving the girls today, Michaela, Eliana, and their cousin.  It had been a little crazy because we were trying to squeeze some things in to our last day in Florida that we hadn't done yet.  I said to my neice,"Our life is always this hysterically crazy.  Aren't you glad that you get to be a part of it today?"  She smiled and said,"That's okay.  It's like that in my house too.  I'm used to it."

December 29, 2008

Eliana came over to me where I was sitting on the floor, with my knees pulled up, and leaned in close.  She said a long "sentence."  Something like,"Shah zhah ze bu mah nah nah, ba."  She was so serious; I said to her,"Really?  Tell me more."  She promptly put her fingertips together, and made the sign for "more."  

(like this:

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December, 2008

Recently Eliana was nursing right before she went to bed.  She abruptly stopped, sat up in my lap, grinned and said,"Day du," or "Thank you."

December 21, 2008

"This is the funniest story I've heard in my whole life!"

-Christian, to Mr. Bob (grandma's husband) while watching a Morris the Moose video this afternoon.  Please, you have to imagine his deep voice. 
        

December 17, 2008

Michaela-opening a Christmas present from Grandma and Grandpa

"It's a hair dryer!"

It was actually a mini digital camera, hiding in a hair dryer box.

Christina-opening a Christmas present from Grandma and Grandpa

"It whistles when it hears a loud noise; it helps you find your keys.  They (my mom and dad) have one and the kids think it's hilarious.  We'll give that to Daddy."

It was actually a Christmas ornament.

So, when Christian opened up a Scrabble calendar...I was not fooled.  "We're onto them now.  We know their game..." 

Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me twice, shame on me.

Fool me three times...No Way Man!  I'm too smart for that.