Quips and Quotes from the Girls
There are so many funny things the girls say right now and I’m going to wish I’d have written down way more of them! They’re in the sweetest stage of a growing vocabulary and growing understanding of the world coupled with some big brother influence that should make a parent’s eyes grow wide.
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The boys love to see which of them can most quickly identify a song and the artist so it shouldn’t have come as such a suprise one day when Bella popped up and walked toward the iPad. “Dat’s Tis Tomnin,” (Chris Tomlin) she said. Funnier yet, she was right!
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Another day she looked at me and said, “I stubbed my toes.” I poured on some condolences and not two minutes later she said, “Not weally. I was dust faking.”
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At dinnertime she wanted to pray and began with this, “Dear Dod, fank ‘ou fo’ me and me and me.” I can’t think of a better way to describe her current world perspective. 😉
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Another day she emphatically announced. “Some daddies have bea’ds. (beards) But our daddy doesn’t have a bea’d. Dust a tin (chin) and ‘pots (spots).
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Zara was sitting on the diaper changing pad observing the print on it’s cover. “How did they make such a perfect triangle?”
Bella: “God did it with wood.”
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One day we found the cutest blankets at Target. “Oh, Zara,” I said, “Wouldn’t these be cute for our baby?”
Zara: “Oh, I just can’t resist!”
Completely taken aback by her choice of words I burst out laughing.
She looked a bit puzzled. “What does that even mean?”
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My Valentines ideas all fell apart because I simply couldn’t physically bring them to pass. David saved the day and picked up takeout and brought everyone a little gift. The girls were so, so thrilled with their balloons! But what I most want to remember about the day is the way Bella deliberately wrote out her “Happy Lemontines Day” cards and played with her “Happy Lemontines” balloon.
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Zara and Bella were both in bed with me one morning and wiggling and crawling all oooooooooover the place.
“You need to calm down. I’m afraid you will fall out of bed.”
Zara: “Oh, Mama, we don’t fall out of bed. We’re experts.”
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Bella is tolerating dairy like a champ by all appearances, but every once in a while her digestive system can produce some gas that would rival jake brakes on a semi. One night at the dinner table as a particularly long rumble happened I queried, “Bella, do you have a poo poo?”
Bella: “No. Dat was dust my diape’ talking.”