JANUARY
*(On New Years Day)
L: “Mom, I’m bored.”
M: “When was the last time you took a bath?”
L: “Last year…”
*Leah had her first piano lesson and was practicing her songs at home:
C: “You’re holding that note too long. A half note is two beats.”
L: “I don’t like it when you make me do it YOUR way.”
C: “It’s not MY way, it’s the CORRECT way!”
FEBRUARY
Leah was on the phone with a nonmember friend who used the Lord’s name in vain during the conversation.
L: “Umm, don’t say G-O-D like that in front of me, cause I’m a Christian… like a really BIG Christian.”
MARCH
M: “Leah, you and the primary kids are singing in Sacrament meeting today.”
L: “I’ll give you a dollar if you don’t cry.”
APRIL
S: “This movie was so stupid! They just spent two hours building up one of the main characters and then killed him in five seconds!”
M: “So he was a villain?”
S: “He was a good guy, but then they made him a villain.”
M: “Plot twist?”
S: “No! It was a plot BOMB!”
JUNE
*On the way to eat Sunday dinner at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, dad pulled up next to a car full of boys and rolled Shaelyn’s window down and yelled, “Don’t Look At Us!!!” They pulled away smiling while the rest of us were dying in the car…
*Shaelyn tried to prank Jacob by licking his roll while he was away from the table, but when he came back and saw her he said, “Did you know I already licked that entire roll before you did?”
JULY
*Mom and Dad took Leah with them to run an errand, and Dad was driving. Always full of conversation, Leah decided to share an interesting fact with Dad: “Dad, did you know that when Mom and I went to Utah, Mom said that when you drive she clenches her buttcheeks?”
*At the orthodontist we were discussing the possibility of getting some of Leah’s teeth pulled to make more room for her adult teeth. Leah informed them, “Did you know that the dentist has special jam that makes your mouth numb?” M: “You mean lidocaine jelly?” (Apparently she thought jelly and jam were the same thing).
AUGUST
First day of school report - J: “I only know three people at the high school (including Shaelyn) and two of them scare me…” and C: “One of my old friends is serving lunch with me, but it was kinda awkward because I haven’t talked to her since she bit my arm…”
SEPTEMBER
Shaelyn was working at the daycare and started racing up the stairs with one of the kids. She yelled, “I’m going to beat you!…" (wait, that sounds bad) “...Up the Stairs!”
NOVEMBER
Getting ready to leave Great-Grandma Karolyn’s house, Leah went to give her a hug goodbye. Then she looked up at her and said, “Next time I see you, you better not be dead!”
DECEMBER
*Leah farted in Sacrament meeting and mom scolded her for being rude. Then she quietly leaned over and started singing Bohemian Rhapsody: “Mama, Oooo, I didn’t mean to make you cry…"
*Chelsea stayed in the car while we made a short stop to visit friends. It went longer than we expected, so when we got back in the car we asked her if she got lonely and bored. D: “Did you watch the squirrels?” C: “There was only one squirrel… and he left me.”
*Shaelyn accidentally called one of her friends when her phone was sitting in her hand. Leah thought about it for a minute and then said, “If Shaelyn butt-dialed her friend… with her hands… does that mean she has butt hands?”
*L: “When I get older I want to be in a movie... but like a kids movie… not a punch, punch, kick, kick, cuss, cuss movie.”
