And, Friday photo is once again down the tubes. Sorry!! Instead, for your reading enjoyment, here are some updates to my list of Things My Kids Have Said Lately. And also a cell-phone picture of them playing in the sandbox. (It's so tiny, but they really don't seem to mind.)
Ida: "We're making Gayatri!"
Me: "Really, how to you make Gayatri?"
Ida: "We broke Gayatri and put her in the pan."
(Gayatri is a friend and their babysitter. And apparently--I'm just guessing here--has the consistency of raw spaghetti noodles.)
Ida: "Hello Kitty's getting ready for her birthday party present Christmas."
Theo: "Ida, fingers out of your mouth."
Ida: "I'm just keeping them warm."
I love listening to Ida eat Cheerios. She actually says "Nom nom nom nom" and sighs in contentment while she's eating it.
Theo: "I'm still hungry."
Me: "OK, you can have some broccoli."
Theo: "OK." (pause) "...That's one choice."
Ida and I were sitting on the floor in her room, playing. She held her blanket up to my back and said, "Do you want to wear this as a cape on your back, or go out of my room?"
(Apparently the kids have picked up on my trick of presenting "options" that aren't really optional.)
Ida: "I only like peppers that are not cooked. I don't like cooked peppers."
Me: "Why not?"
Ida: "Because I just like cooked marshmallows."
I was teaching the kids some tongue twisters and I heard Theo practicing a few minutes later: "Peter Piper pickle pickle peppers...beautiful...in His Son, Jesus Christ...in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
Theo and Ida were sitting on my bed and Theo was talking about....something.
Ida (interrupting): "Theo, look what came out of my armpit! A crumb!!"
Theo: "Oh." (pause) "Good." (keeps talking)
Ida: "Theo!! Did you see the crumb?!?!"
(Mostly I loved how indignant she was that Theo would dare ignore something so momentous as a crumb coming out of Ida's armpit.)
Ida, at the end of her bedtime prayer: "Please bless that we don't kick a ball into somebody's head, and it hurts. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
And, just so I don't leave him out.
Lars: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH"
Harry and Dawn's kids have been saying all kinds of charming things - and I can remember nary a one of them. You are wise to record them!!
ReplyDelete(And they are charming indeed!)
I really love them all but I think this is my favorite-
ReplyDeleteTheo: "I'm still hungry."
Me: "OK, you can have some broccoli."
Theo: "OK." (pause) "...That's one choice."
My kids used to have a similar turtle shaped sandbox. It was tiny. But they, too, loved to play in it anyway. Of course, the sand usually ended up on the patio. I had to sweep it up every other day and put it back in the box. And every couple months I would have to buy another couple bags of sand. Eventually it all ended up in the lawn. And then the kids would just dig in the flower bed. Sand boxes are my favorite kid amusement...and the kids too.
ReplyDeleteso sweet! I love hearing what they are saying, keep it coming..! :)
ReplyDeleteI laughed out loud from the "wear this cape or leave" comment. So funny.
ReplyDeleteJust as good as a photo! And, I agree. The wear this cape was my favorite. So hilarious.
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh out loud! How funny are your kids!? It makes me so excited for Carter to really start talking!! Loved the post! Thanks for the laugh!
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