11/16/12 A:
"Where is the table to the Thanksgiving toy?" E: "Over here by
bookshelf." A: "You're lyin', E. It's not here." E: "I not a lion, I
Liza! I not a lion, A!"
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10/10/12 As told by T. As he was taking A & P to school, P was saying I don't like school & crying. A said, "I don't like going to school either, but I don't pitch a fit about it." He also talked about how "hate" is a bad word. I love my kids!
9/23/12 While learning about talents in Primary. D: "Who has a talent?" A: "Everyone. Well, except people in Germany. They don't even know what that word means."
9/21/12 A: "I want to be like Batman because he is a hero." M: "Oh, how do you know he's a hero? What makes him one?" A: "Because he has a cape." M: "Oh." A: "And don't forget he also has a mask." Then we talked about what makes a real hero.
9/16/12 A: "D, E hit my nose!" D: "Oh no. And now you have two little holes in your nose." A: "No, those were already there. They're fore my fingers to go in and pick my nose."
9/8/12 A: "M, someday can we get wings on our car?" Pause. "Then we won't have to go on an airplane, we'd just go in our car."
8/11/12 A: "Right now my brain is really telling me that I want a pet. Seriously, Mom." (At the pet store.)
8/12/12 While D is giving everyone buzerbits. J: "It sounds like you are going stinky in your pants." L: "But, I'm not wearing any pants."
7/29/12 This morning A was doing a puzzle of the United States which also had the capitals on it. D: "What state do we live in?"A: pointed to "Colorado." D: "What is the capital of Colorado?" A: "C."
5/28/12 A:(His names for the color aquamarine.) "I want the aquamagreen one." (We give him a funny look) "I mean aquathegreen."
5/26/12 A: "Can we have a popstickle?" M: "It's called a popscicle." A: "Then why does it have a stick in the bottom of it?"
5/23/12 K: "A, it's time to go home so your dad can feed you some dinner." A: "I'm not a baby. I can feed myself."
5/20/12 M: "Alright kids, once you eat your dinner all gone, then you can have 2 cookies!" A: "Well, I'll have yogurt for dinner."
5/18/12 A: "I wish I could live at the yogurt shop. It's really fun & I like all of the different kinds of yogurt."
4/29/12 M: "A, please be quiet so you & everyone around you can think about Jesus." A: "Because if I'm loud during the sacrament then they will only think about Satan?"
4/27/12 A: "Dad, these cranberry muffins taste like crayons." D: "What color crayon does it taste like?" A: "Red."
4/22/12 (While working on memorizing the 4th Article of Faith trying to explain to A what "immersion" means) M: "When we are baptized do we just have water sprinkled on us like when we're in a shower?" A: "No, that is how they do it in the Church of the Abomination."
1/8/11 A:
1/6/11 A: "M, Goofy didn't die, but he ate a bumblebee sandwich." M: "Actually he ate a bologna sandwich." A: "What's a bologna sandwich?"
12/25/11 L: "Raise your hand if you like the sound of ripping paper!" (opening presents on Christmas)
11/18/11 M: "Wow, J, you're having more?" J: "Yep, it's my 3rd load!"
11/5/11 A: "D, would you rather step on sharks or Legos?" D: "Andrew feet!" A: "No! That's not an auction!"
11/5/11 D: "J, would you rather step on sharks or Legos if you were barefoot?" J: "Legos." L: "Sharks, because these sharks don't bite, and Legos hurt."
10/6/11 A: "D, did you notice something? My birthday is always in the same month."
9/26/11 A: "M, when I grow up, I want to be a guitar!"
8/19/11 A: "I like using water flavored toothpaste."
8/10/11 A: "M, remember all of those years ago when you said 'such and such' could happen? We still need to do that." He says it for all sorts of things with 'all those years, weeks, months ago.' He has quite the memory.
7/29/11 A: "Ow! My tongue bit my tooth, again!"
6/26/11 P (friend): "Does your baby have any teeth?" M: "No, not yet." A: "She only has red teeth." P: "Oh, okay." And they go off happily with that answer.6/26/11 J: "Come on, L, let's go play in the basement. We could play singing class or something." L: "I really just want to play 'Rick & Cheryl'."
6/24/11 A: "The sprinklers are growing up!"
6/23/11 A:"I'm so excited for the dentist! I will bring my calcudalator so they can count my teeth!"
6/22/11 M: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" A: "Respectable."
6/16/11 A: "Daddy is so pickle handsome!"
6/13/11 When A says the 3rd Article of faith he ways "ordiment-ceses of the gospel".
6/13/11 L: (during FHE) "Sometimes people fight with their family." M: "Do you think that it's appropriate to fight?" L: "No, especially not with our family. We shouldn't ever fight." J: "Sometimes it's good to fight. We should fight with the armor of the Lord. And fight our daily battles. Then we win a great reward." (Thank you "Scripture Power.")
6/12/11 J: "M, when you die, how do you want it to be?" M: "Um, peaceful. So, ah, how do you want it to be when you die?" J: "When I die I want there to be a chariot of fire." He had just learned about the story of Elijah a few weeks before.
5/28/11 A: "I wish that this chicken had yogurt & crackers on it!"
5/25/11 A: "M, what month is it?" M: "May." A: "Does that mean we can watch 'Team Umizomi'?" M: "Yes." A: "YEA!!" (with the biggest smile)
5/22/11 (After M gave him kiss on cheek which he's wiping away) A: "I don't love kisses!" M: "I'm sorry, what do you love?" A: "Nothing." M: "Okay, since when don't you love kisses?" A: "Since Friday."
5/21/11 L: "Do you know another reason why I love E? She loves to discover things. I think when she grows up she'll want to be a scientist."
5/18/11 A: "Look, I got a star sticker in class today! Now I'm a RockStar!"
5/10/11 A: (as sirens are going off) "M, it's a fire drill, I mean a tornado drill!" M: "What do you do if there is a tornado at school?" A: "Say prayers!!"
5/9/11 M: "Look, Lexie got a letter from her pen pal!" A: "What letter did she get? Oh, is it an A?"
4/24/11 (At dinner we talked about many things the kids want to be when they grow up; a doctor, scientist, art teacher, muscian...) D: "J, what do you want to be when you grow up?" J: "Maybe I'll be a Bishop."
3/15/11 J: "Mom, E talks in an A-A-B pattern."
2/13/11 J: "What should we have for dinner? It should probably be something with sprinkles."
1/22/11 J: "L, I found our bag of mysterious things!"
12/16/10 S: "J, are you going to write me when I'm on my mission?" J: "No." S: "Why not?" J: "I don't think we know each other well enough."
8/1/10-present & beyond A:"I'm not cute! I'm handsome!"
7/20/10 L: "I wish I could get this out of my head. I know, gargling helps!"
6/27/10 (at church) J: "Wake me up when it's time to have fun."
6/27/10 J: "Are there vegetable flies?" (after seeing a fruit fly)
4/15/10 J: "For my chore, I'm going to jump up and down on a pobo stick to make holes for the garden."
4/15/10 L: "Sweeping! It's my whole year for that chore!"
4/13/10 D: "What are you going to do when you lose your tooth?" L: "Put it under my pillow, silly!" D: "Why would you do that?" L: "So the tooth fairy will come!" M: "How do you know about the tooth fairy?" L: "I don't know." M: "How did you know that the tooth fairy comes?" L: "Only when there is a tooth under your pillow."
4/8/10 L: "M, when do we get to go to the dentist again?" M: "In June." L: "Oh, that's too long. I want to go on Wednesday. This Wednesday."
1/30/10 L: "Indeed ye shall believe what I just said!" J: "Ummm, I think I shall not believe."
1/30/10 J: "M, I'll say a food & you tell me how to spell it. I'm going to write down foods you can order for breakfast. Alright, how do you spell 'Arby's'?"
1/12/10 J: "When I grow up I want to be a missionary!"
12/18/09 L: "Oh, J has been wanting this for hours!" (After seeing a present that she wanted to give J for Christmas.)
10/24/09 L: "Thanks for helping to mow the lawn guys." (to the grazing buffalo)
9/13/09 J: "D, can you help me get a paperclip on all of these papers? I have a big meeting."
9/13/09 J: "Why do they always say the Smiths at Primary?" (dismissed)
9/3/09 J: (After I said I would just run his friend up to her house & she saying that was alright) "But Vivi, don't you want to spend more time with me?"
9/1/08 J: "Can I have some Jelly Tummies?" (Jelly Bellys)
8/18/09 M: " What kind of ice cream do you want?" J: "Ummm, Bumpy Road."
7/28/09 J: "M, I'd rather not take my eyes out to paint them, I'd rather go sppurrt on them. If I did take them out, I'd take both out at the same time so I wouldn't be able to see."
7/28/09 J:"I felt Jesus, but not the Holy Ghost."
7/26/09 J: "What would we do if there was a tornado in our house & the roof & walls were all gone?" D: "We would probably go for a ride way up high." J: "And then I would see Miss Jen's house!"
7/24/09 J:"I am going to think of the hardest math problem in the whole world for Mom & Dad. L, you can help give me ideas."
7/6/09 J:(After someone's car alarm went off for a long while) "Boy, that sure did give me a headache!"
7/4/09 J:"If I was a firework, I would be a little one & stay close to the ground. But really loud to wake everyone up while they are sleeping!"
6/14/09 J: "L, you can have a zip of my drink. Then I can have a zip of yours!"
6/12/09 J: "Everyone is not perfect. But they got what they got."
6/12/09 Kiffon:" J, are you walking to pick up L from school?" J: "No, I'm running to get her."
6/1/09 J: "Tornadoes don't like to be in night very much because the air conditioners aren't quite right."
5/21/09 L: "Computers were different when Daddy was a little boy. He didn't have things like Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!"
5/17/09 L: "I love you to infinion."
5/17/09 J: "My favorite number is infinion!"
5/15/09 J: "My new toothbrush makes me run faster! Want to see?"
5/10/09 L: "Mom, this leg is longer than the other." M: "Really?" L: "I guess this one (pointing to the 'longer' one) sleeps more."
5/9/09 J: "Campers don't go potty in the toilet. They go on trees. Or in holes in the ground that we don't want to fall in."
5/8/09 M: "L, do you want to sleep in my bed tonight?" L: "Yes, it's no use trying to sleep without Joseph."
4/18/09 J: "Dad, are bed bugs real?" D: "Yep." J: "But I've never even seen them." D: "That's because we don't have any in our house." L: "Is that because we sleep tight?"
4/14/09 L: "Mom, that thing holding the wires up looks like the France Tower!" (the power line supports-the Eiffel Tower)
4/13/09 J: "For my chore, I'm going to jump up and down on a pobo stick to make holes for the garden."
4/13/09 L: "Sweeping! It's my whole year for that chore!"
4/13/09 D: "What are you going to do when you lose your tooth?" L: "Put it under my pillow, silly!" D: "Why would you do that?" L:"So the tooth fairy will come!" M: "How do you know about the tooth fairy?" L: "I don't know." M: "How did you know that the tooth fairy comes?" L: "Only when there is a tooth under your pillow."
4/3/09 J: "More smashed potatoes, please!"
3/27/09 L (while sledding): "Here, I'll give you a kush." (instead of a push)
3/24/09 L: "Our team name can be the green stems. Or, I know, the green team."
3/7/09 L: "I had quite a good day at church today."
3/6/09 L: "Oohhh, I love rootbeer floats; except the rootbeer."
2/27/09 J: "Mom, what is a dolphin's defense mechanism?" M: "I don't know, what do you think? J: "Jumping."
2/17/09 J: "Can I extracise with you?"
2/11/09 M: "J, where did you learn the word 'particular'?" J: "Miss Jen. She told me in Sunbeams, that particular Heavenly Father & Jesus love me!"
2/11/09 J: "He (Zack) has Star Wars the Clovers!" (Clone Wars)
2/11/09 J: "Also what A. particular loves to do is take his walker away from me."
2/11/09 J: "I want a lunchbowl. Actually, what is a lunchbowl?" (Lunchable)
2/7/09 L: "Ow, I ran into the doorknock!"
2/6/09 J: "Where can I hang my purse? Oh, I know-right on the office doorknock."
2/6/09 J: "Let's get my party started!"
1/21/09 J: "Dad, it's okay if I fall on my head, I won't get hurt. It's a good thing I'm wearing my helmet."
1/4/09 J: "I got a coupon in Primary cause I'd be so super good there."
12/31/08 J: "We could give people things they need. Like googly eyes for them to have."
12/31/08 L: "Who would babysit us?" J: "St. Nick! Or Santa."
12/31/08 M: "Those lights are my favorite part of Christmas time." J: "No, the very best part of Christmas time is the presents we give away!"
12/31/08 M: "J, what do you know about the scriptures?" J: "Everything."
12/28/08 J: (running excitedly to us) "Mom & Dad, so good news!" (He had learned how to open his lightsaber by himself.)
12/24/08 J: "Motoruck & truck--they rhyme!"
12/20/08 J: "We have to be nice to Joey because he is our cousin & our friend. But mostly our friend."
12/19/08 L: "Why don't we just say thanks for the dollars & bucks?"
12/19/08 L: "Daddy, when will you come home from work in the morning?"
12/14/08 J: "I can do service for L & A by finish eating their candy canes if they are full of them."
12/14/08 J: "I don't think I like counterlope very much anymore."
12/6/08 J: "We have a circle bone & a line bone in our knee." D: "How do you know that?" J: "I know... everything!"
12/4/08 J: "Is there pumpkin soup in this?" M: "That's a silly question." J: (shouting) "No it is not! Is there?"
12/4/08 L: "The best part of playing out in the snow is making snow angels & eating snow of course!"
11/30/08 L: "Look at me! I'm balancing the sippy cup on my head with no hands!" (Even cooler, it was in a moving car.)
11/26/08 J: "That is the silent magic 'O'." (after L taught him about the silent magic 'E' in words like "lake".)
11/24/08 L: "Wow! There are so many stars in this land!" (5:30 am in the middle of WY)
11/24/08 J: (at 3:30am getting ready to leave for ID) "Is it time to put up the Christmas tree?"
11/17/08 J: "M, I love you so much! That gives me a warm fuzzy when I say that!"
11/11/08 L: "I want to fast for 3 days." M: "Why?" L: "To be like Jesus."
11/7/08 J: "Yes way, Jose!"
11/1/08 L: "J, don't interrupt Mom unless the house is on fire or someone is bleeding to death!"
10/6/08 M: "What do you think we will talk about tonight for FHE?" (after singing "When we're helping" 4 times & saying the song was a hint) L: "Joseph Smith?"
10/6/08 L: "I made big 8s & lowercase 8s. Now I'll make capital 6s & lowercase 6s."
9/29/08 D:" L, do you know a song about the temple?" L: "Yes, I sang it in the bathroom one day a long time ago!"
9/28/08 L: "Heavenly Father answers our prayers with Yes, No, or in a few minutes."
9/25/08 L: "What a good dog. She's listening to her humans."
9/25/08 J: "What a cute gopher dog!" (it was a chihuahua)
9/15/08 L: "Please bless that there will be lots of Whammies in the Whammy show."
9/14/08 D: "What is the opposite of hungry?" L: "Not."
9/13/08 L: (to J) "What are you doing on earth?" (instead of what on earth are you doing?)
9/10/08 J: "The eggs are making a mess. That's not a good example." (while learning about "e" on starfall)
8/22/08 L: "Mom, what did Daddy say to you before you got married? Did he say 'I'm going to be very silly to your children'?"
8/21/08 L: "I know how to read." Ms. H: "Can I help you be better?" L: "If I don't know it, I'll just sound it out."
8/20/08 M: "J, you crack me up!" J: "Into little pieces?"
8/19/08 J: "If the bad people want to eat the fruit, they need to repent." (while talking about Lehi's dream)
8/16/08 J: "When is Heavenly Father's birthday?"
8/15/08 L: "J, if you see smoke & then hot lava, it means we're in Hawaii."
8/9/08 L: "Bummer, I think now I'm allergic to marshmallows!" (after coughing while eating a marshmallow brownie)
7/23/08 J: "Stomach is a funny word for tummy."
7/20/08 D: "What are we going to do when you turn 5?" L: "You will miss your 4 year old."
7/20/08 M: "How did you know that?" J: "I just know everything."
7/19/08 L: "Why is it called coffee cake? Is it because when you eat it, it makes you cough?"
7/18/08 L: "If you are talking about my birthday, you need to whisper." (to M&D)
7/13/08 L: "Daddy make it a short one!" (when it was dad's turn to pray)
7/4/08 L: "J, look at the big grape!" (pointing to the watermelon)
6/28/08 L: "J do you know how to spell the word 'the'? T-H-E. It's a pretty hard word."
6/27/08 L: "Mom, I have to tell you the scary dream I had last night or it will come true." (She won't tell us her good dreams so they will come true-thanks Cinderella).
6/21/08 J: "Baby is annoring me!" (He's started using it too)
6/19/08 L: "J is annoring me!" (Her expression for annoying &/or ignoring)
6/15/08 J: "Where does the Tickle Monster live?"
6/15/08 J: "Can I feel the frosting? Just one time?"
6/14/08 J: "Baby blessed on me!" (after A sneezed on him)
6/13/08 J: "Do mousepads catch mouses?"
6/8/08 L: "Daddy can we have some candy?" D: "Not right now, Sweetie." L: "Oh, now we have to ask Mom."
6/8/08 J: "I have to go potty again & this time I'm choosing a cookie!" (At what point do you stop giving them potty treats?)
6/8/08 L: (Crying)"He's not going to be my teacher anymore, now he has to be the Piano Man!" (when her Primary teacher was called to be the pianist)
6/6/08 L: "I'm tired of the grown-ups saying prayers."
6/4/08 J: "Mom, will you take me to the stranger's house so I can talk to them?" (After discussing we don't talk to strangers unless M&D are there)
6/1/08 L: "I got graduated!"
5/29/08 L: "I'm so glad to be back in our own land!" (After coming home from our trip to FL)
5/26/08 J: "Do they have a basement with toys I can play with?" (As we arrived at the hotel)
5/10/08 L: "How do they get their shirts off?" (while watching cartoons w/ huge heads.)
5/9/08 L: "Mom, tomorrow for breakfast can we have cabbage & peanut butter?"
5/8/08 J: "The rain would even be good for the llamas."
5/8/08 J: "I like sugar!"
5/4/08 L: "Hey, where's Jesus?" (After A crawled away while L was playing Mary & Joseph.)
4/30/08 L: "Let's pretend we're a family-& we've never been in this neighborhood before-& we're trying to find a house..."
4/20/08 L: "To go camping we need marshmallows & sticks & chocolate & a tent & a blanket." D: "Do we need to bring anything for breakfast?" L: "I said marshmallows!"
4/20/08 Mom: "Do you know where pork comes from?" L: "From Porkies." J: "Porcupines."
4/20/08 L: "I was really hoping in my heart that your back would feel better!" (Day after praying that Dad's back would feel better.)
4/10/08 J: "3 + 3 makes plenty!" (talking about how many Dum Dums he & L have)
4/10/08 J: "Is this orange juice fresh?"
4/10/08 J: "Mom, is blue juice French?" (gatorade)
3/26/08 L: "J, that's not on sale so we can't buy it!" (at Target)
3/24/08 J: "So Dad, how was your day?"
3/21/08 J: "You broke all my happy feelings!" (To L after she upset him.)
1/17/08 L: "We should go google that."
12/25/07 L: "Fashionable. Fashionable. Fashionable. (About all of her new clothes)
11/21/07 J: "Dinner Heavenly Father..." (Instead of Dear Heavenly Father.)
11/20/07 L: "I read the book all by myself!"
10/27/07 L: "I don't need any help!" (Practicing Matt. 5:16 for the 2nd time and goes on to do it perfectly! We were shocked!)
10/27/07 L: "We're in yellow-the happiest color of all!" (At the Pumpkin patch riding in the yellow barrell train.)
10/22/07 J: "Look, it's Jesus in his cocoon & then he'll be Resurrected." (At FHE looking at L's favorite pic, "The Burial".)
9/21/07 J: "I made a hotdog!" (Potty training!)
9/10/07 L: "What a beautiful story!" (At FHE after Rick taught about eternal families.)
8/18/07 L: "Have a great time!!" (Very enthusiastically, as we left to the hospital to have a baby.)
7/01/07 L: "I've got a great name for the baby! We could name him Banana if he has yellow skin."
5/22/07 L: "I ate a bite of my potato, Hooray-more broccoli for everyone!"
1/30/10 L: "Indeed ye shall believe what I just said!" J: "Ummm, I think I shall not believe."
1/30/10 J: "M, I'll say a food & you tell me how to spell it. I'm going to write down foods you can order for breakfast. Alright, how do you spell 'Arby's'?"
1/12/10 J: "When I grow up I want to be a missionary!"
12/18/09 L: "Oh, J has been wanting this for hours!" (After seeing a present that she wanted to give J for Christmas.)
10/24/09 L: "Thanks for helping to mow the lawn guys." (to the grazing buffalo)
9/13/09 J: "D, can you help me get a paperclip on all of these papers? I have a big meeting."
9/13/09 J: "Why do they always say the Smiths at Primary?" (dismissed)
9/3/09 J: (After I said I would just run his friend up to her house & she saying that was alright) "But Vivi, don't you want to spend more time with me?"
9/1/08 J: "Can I have some Jelly Tummies?" (Jelly Bellys)
8/18/09 M: " What kind of ice cream do you want?" J: "Ummm, Bumpy Road."
7/28/09 J: "M, I'd rather not take my eyes out to paint them, I'd rather go sppurrt on them. If I did take them out, I'd take both out at the same time so I wouldn't be able to see."
7/28/09 J:"I felt Jesus, but not the Holy Ghost."
7/26/09 J: "What would we do if there was a tornado in our house & the roof & walls were all gone?" D: "We would probably go for a ride way up high." J: "And then I would see Miss Jen's house!"
7/24/09 J:"I am going to think of the hardest math problem in the whole world for Mom & Dad. L, you can help give me ideas."
7/6/09 J:(After someone's car alarm went off for a long while) "Boy, that sure did give me a headache!"
7/4/09 J:"If I was a firework, I would be a little one & stay close to the ground. But really loud to wake everyone up while they are sleeping!"
6/14/09 J: "L, you can have a zip of my drink. Then I can have a zip of yours!"
6/12/09 J: "Everyone is not perfect. But they got what they got."
6/12/09 Kiffon:" J, are you walking to pick up L from school?" J: "No, I'm running to get her."
6/1/09 J: "Tornadoes don't like to be in night very much because the air conditioners aren't quite right."
5/21/09 L: "Computers were different when Daddy was a little boy. He didn't have things like Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!"
5/17/09 L: "I love you to infinion."
5/17/09 J: "My favorite number is infinion!"
5/15/09 J: "My new toothbrush makes me run faster! Want to see?"
5/10/09 L: "Mom, this leg is longer than the other." M: "Really?" L: "I guess this one (pointing to the 'longer' one) sleeps more."
5/9/09 J: "Campers don't go potty in the toilet. They go on trees. Or in holes in the ground that we don't want to fall in."
5/8/09 M: "L, do you want to sleep in my bed tonight?" L: "Yes, it's no use trying to sleep without Joseph."
4/18/09 J: "Dad, are bed bugs real?" D: "Yep." J: "But I've never even seen them." D: "That's because we don't have any in our house." L: "Is that because we sleep tight?"
4/14/09 L: "Mom, that thing holding the wires up looks like the France Tower!" (the power line supports-the Eiffel Tower)
4/13/09 J: "For my chore, I'm going to jump up and down on a pobo stick to make holes for the garden."
4/13/09 L: "Sweeping! It's my whole year for that chore!"
4/13/09 D: "What are you going to do when you lose your tooth?" L: "Put it under my pillow, silly!" D: "Why would you do that?" L:"So the tooth fairy will come!" M: "How do you know about the tooth fairy?" L: "I don't know." M: "How did you know that the tooth fairy comes?" L: "Only when there is a tooth under your pillow."
4/3/09 J: "More smashed potatoes, please!"
3/27/09 L (while sledding): "Here, I'll give you a kush." (instead of a push)
3/24/09 L: "Our team name can be the green stems. Or, I know, the green team."
3/7/09 L: "I had quite a good day at church today."
3/6/09 L: "Oohhh, I love rootbeer floats; except the rootbeer."
2/27/09 J: "Mom, what is a dolphin's defense mechanism?" M: "I don't know, what do you think? J: "Jumping."
2/17/09 J: "Can I extracise with you?"
2/11/09 M: "J, where did you learn the word 'particular'?" J: "Miss Jen. She told me in Sunbeams, that particular Heavenly Father & Jesus love me!"
2/11/09 J: "He (Zack) has Star Wars the Clovers!" (Clone Wars)
2/11/09 J: "Also what A. particular loves to do is take his walker away from me."
2/11/09 J: "I want a lunchbowl. Actually, what is a lunchbowl?" (Lunchable)
2/7/09 L: "Ow, I ran into the doorknock!"
2/6/09 J: "Where can I hang my purse? Oh, I know-right on the office doorknock."
2/6/09 J: "Let's get my party started!"
1/21/09 J: "Dad, it's okay if I fall on my head, I won't get hurt. It's a good thing I'm wearing my helmet."
1/4/09 J: "I got a coupon in Primary cause I'd be so super good there."
12/31/08 J: "We could give people things they need. Like googly eyes for them to have."
12/31/08 L: "Who would babysit us?" J: "St. Nick! Or Santa."
12/31/08 M: "Those lights are my favorite part of Christmas time." J: "No, the very best part of Christmas time is the presents we give away!"
12/31/08 M: "J, what do you know about the scriptures?" J: "Everything."
12/28/08 J: (running excitedly to us) "Mom & Dad, so good news!" (He had learned how to open his lightsaber by himself.)
12/24/08 J: "Motoruck & truck--they rhyme!"
12/20/08 J: "We have to be nice to Joey because he is our cousin & our friend. But mostly our friend."
12/19/08 L: "Why don't we just say thanks for the dollars & bucks?"
12/19/08 L: "Daddy, when will you come home from work in the morning?"
12/14/08 J: "I can do service for L & A by finish eating their candy canes if they are full of them."
12/14/08 J: "I don't think I like counterlope very much anymore."
12/6/08 J: "We have a circle bone & a line bone in our knee." D: "How do you know that?" J: "I know... everything!"
12/4/08 J: "Is there pumpkin soup in this?" M: "That's a silly question." J: (shouting) "No it is not! Is there?"
12/4/08 L: "The best part of playing out in the snow is making snow angels & eating snow of course!"
11/30/08 L: "Look at me! I'm balancing the sippy cup on my head with no hands!" (Even cooler, it was in a moving car.)
11/26/08 J: "That is the silent magic 'O'." (after L taught him about the silent magic 'E' in words like "lake".)
11/24/08 L: "Wow! There are so many stars in this land!" (5:30 am in the middle of WY)
11/24/08 J: (at 3:30am getting ready to leave for ID) "Is it time to put up the Christmas tree?"
11/17/08 J: "M, I love you so much! That gives me a warm fuzzy when I say that!"
11/11/08 L: "I want to fast for 3 days." M: "Why?" L: "To be like Jesus."
11/7/08 J: "Yes way, Jose!"
11/1/08 L: "J, don't interrupt Mom unless the house is on fire or someone is bleeding to death!"
10/6/08 M: "What do you think we will talk about tonight for FHE?" (after singing "When we're helping" 4 times & saying the song was a hint) L: "Joseph Smith?"
10/6/08 L: "I made big 8s & lowercase 8s. Now I'll make capital 6s & lowercase 6s."
9/29/08 D:" L, do you know a song about the temple?" L: "Yes, I sang it in the bathroom one day a long time ago!"
9/28/08 L: "Heavenly Father answers our prayers with Yes, No, or in a few minutes."
9/25/08 L: "What a good dog. She's listening to her humans."
9/25/08 J: "What a cute gopher dog!" (it was a chihuahua)
9/15/08 L: "Please bless that there will be lots of Whammies in the Whammy show."
9/14/08 D: "What is the opposite of hungry?" L: "Not."
9/13/08 L: (to J) "What are you doing on earth?" (instead of what on earth are you doing?)
9/10/08 J: "The eggs are making a mess. That's not a good example." (while learning about "e" on starfall)
8/22/08 L: "Mom, what did Daddy say to you before you got married? Did he say 'I'm going to be very silly to your children'?"
8/21/08 L: "I know how to read." Ms. H: "Can I help you be better?" L: "If I don't know it, I'll just sound it out."
8/20/08 M: "J, you crack me up!" J: "Into little pieces?"
8/19/08 J: "If the bad people want to eat the fruit, they need to repent." (while talking about Lehi's dream)
8/16/08 J: "When is Heavenly Father's birthday?"
8/15/08 L: "J, if you see smoke & then hot lava, it means we're in Hawaii."
8/9/08 L: "Bummer, I think now I'm allergic to marshmallows!" (after coughing while eating a marshmallow brownie)
7/23/08 J: "Stomach is a funny word for tummy."
7/20/08 D: "What are we going to do when you turn 5?" L: "You will miss your 4 year old."
7/20/08 M: "How did you know that?" J: "I just know everything."
7/19/08 L: "Why is it called coffee cake? Is it because when you eat it, it makes you cough?"
7/18/08 L: "If you are talking about my birthday, you need to whisper." (to M&D)
7/13/08 L: "Daddy make it a short one!" (when it was dad's turn to pray)
7/4/08 L: "J, look at the big grape!" (pointing to the watermelon)
6/28/08 L: "J do you know how to spell the word 'the'? T-H-E. It's a pretty hard word."
6/27/08 L: "Mom, I have to tell you the scary dream I had last night or it will come true." (She won't tell us her good dreams so they will come true-thanks Cinderella).
6/21/08 J: "Baby is annoring me!" (He's started using it too)
6/19/08 L: "J is annoring me!" (Her expression for annoying &/or ignoring)
6/15/08 J: "Where does the Tickle Monster live?"
6/15/08 J: "Can I feel the frosting? Just one time?"
6/14/08 J: "Baby blessed on me!" (after A sneezed on him)
6/13/08 J: "Do mousepads catch mouses?"
6/8/08 L: "Daddy can we have some candy?" D: "Not right now, Sweetie." L: "Oh, now we have to ask Mom."
6/8/08 J: "I have to go potty again & this time I'm choosing a cookie!" (At what point do you stop giving them potty treats?)
6/8/08 L: (Crying)"He's not going to be my teacher anymore, now he has to be the Piano Man!" (when her Primary teacher was called to be the pianist)
6/6/08 L: "I'm tired of the grown-ups saying prayers."
6/4/08 J: "Mom, will you take me to the stranger's house so I can talk to them?" (After discussing we don't talk to strangers unless M&D are there)
6/1/08 L: "I got graduated!"
5/29/08 L: "I'm so glad to be back in our own land!" (After coming home from our trip to FL)
5/26/08 J: "Do they have a basement with toys I can play with?" (As we arrived at the hotel)
5/10/08 L: "How do they get their shirts off?" (while watching cartoons w/ huge heads.)
5/9/08 L: "Mom, tomorrow for breakfast can we have cabbage & peanut butter?"
5/8/08 J: "The rain would even be good for the llamas."
5/8/08 J: "I like sugar!"
5/4/08 L: "Hey, where's Jesus?" (After A crawled away while L was playing Mary & Joseph.)
4/30/08 L: "Let's pretend we're a family-& we've never been in this neighborhood before-& we're trying to find a house..."
4/20/08 L: "To go camping we need marshmallows & sticks & chocolate & a tent & a blanket." D: "Do we need to bring anything for breakfast?" L: "I said marshmallows!"
4/20/08 Mom: "Do you know where pork comes from?" L: "From Porkies." J: "Porcupines."
4/20/08 L: "I was really hoping in my heart that your back would feel better!" (Day after praying that Dad's back would feel better.)
4/10/08 J: "3 + 3 makes plenty!" (talking about how many Dum Dums he & L have)
4/10/08 J: "Is this orange juice fresh?"
4/10/08 J: "Mom, is blue juice French?" (gatorade)
3/26/08 L: "J, that's not on sale so we can't buy it!" (at Target)
3/24/08 J: "So Dad, how was your day?"
3/21/08 J: "You broke all my happy feelings!" (To L after she upset him.)
1/17/08 L: "We should go google that."
12/25/07 L: "Fashionable. Fashionable. Fashionable. (About all of her new clothes)
11/21/07 J: "Dinner Heavenly Father..." (Instead of Dear Heavenly Father.)
11/20/07 L: "I read the book all by myself!"
10/27/07 L: "I don't need any help!" (Practicing Matt. 5:16 for the 2nd time and goes on to do it perfectly! We were shocked!)
10/27/07 L: "We're in yellow-the happiest color of all!" (At the Pumpkin patch riding in the yellow barrell train.)
10/22/07 J: "Look, it's Jesus in his cocoon & then he'll be Resurrected." (At FHE looking at L's favorite pic, "The Burial".)
9/21/07 J: "I made a hotdog!" (Potty training!)
9/10/07 L: "What a beautiful story!" (At FHE after Rick taught about eternal families.)
8/18/07 L: "Have a great time!!" (Very enthusiastically, as we left to the hospital to have a baby.)
7/01/07 L: "I've got a great name for the baby! We could name him Banana if he has yellow skin."
5/22/07 L: "I ate a bite of my potato, Hooray-more broccoli for everyone!"
