Me: Stop bothering each other and pushing each other’s buttons!
Ada: Like belly buttons?
Me: I have the hiccups!
Ada: Did you get them from me?
Me: No, I got them from drinking pop.
Ada: Wellll … I think you should stop drinking pop then.
Mister Rogers: Do you ever wonder how people make crayons?
Ada: (Nodding) Yeah. I do a lot.… Read the rest
Me: Eli, the kleenex is right behind you.
Eli: I know.
Me: Then stop using your finger and your shirt to wipe your nose!!
Dentist: Do you have homework today?
Eli: Yes.
Dentist: Since when do first graders have homework??
Eli: It’s not the 80s anymore.
Ada: Who ding-donged?
The door bell rang.… Read the rest
Me: Today we’re going to a different Sonrise Church, the one where your friend Ella goes.
Ada: There is another Sonrise Church?!? I didn’t know this! I am surprised!!
Grace: I wish I had spy gadgets so I could spy on Eli and Ada.
Ada: (with arms folded, peering over her glasses) You mean so you and I could spy on Eli!
Me: Someone forgot to flush.
Ada: I think it was Eli.
Me: Well, when he forgets he usually leaves the seat up, but it’s down.
Ada: Well…. you know….. boys … Read the rest
Ada: I made a necklace at school with beads and clean pipers.
Eli: Look at my picture!
Me: Cool buddy! What is it?
Eli: It’s a robot giraffe attacking a bug house.
Oh yes, why didn’t I see that before?
Ada: Why do you have purple under your eyes?
Because you exhaust me. But I love you.
Eli: That’s not a good song.
Ada: But I’m a good singer.
Eli: No, Ada. I mean this song isn’t appropriate for Jesus to hear.
So there’s a song by Needtobreathe called Prisoner, and there’s … Read the rest
Ada: I wish I was a toilet.
Chad: OK. (pause) Why?
Ada: Because then it wouldn’t hurt when someone sits on me!
Yes my children do sit on each other regularly.
Ada: Mom, can you make some cereal for breakfast?
Yes. Yes I can.
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Ada: Where do chips come from? Which animal?
Ada: The human head is a circle. The chin doesn’t count.
Ada: I hope Luke is here.
Me: At Target?
Ada: Yyyyyep!
Me: I don’t think he is. I think he’s at school.
Ada: Well if I say it, then he is.… Read the rest
Eli singing: Oh no, You never let go! Through the storm and through the snow!
It’s actually through the calm and through the storm 🙂
Ada: I don’t want to go to school! School is boring! We just do table activities, and…. what do table activities even mean anyway?!?
On a side note… should I be concerned that every time Ada gets dressed, she takes whatever she just took off and spins it in the air?… Read the rest
The kids love watching us play Mario Kart, and Chad is always Mario
Ada: Dad! Watch out for Baby Mario!
Grace: Baby Mario is your son!
Chad: The Princess hasn’t proven that yet!
Sarah: Eli, who are you talking to?
Eli: The angels on my shoulders. The red one is winning.
Grace: Momma, my left nose hole is stuffy.
Ada: I loooove Charlie Brown. He’s bald, you know. I like bald people.
Ada: Knock knock!
Heather: Who’s there?
Ada: Ivan
Heather: Ivan who?
Ada: Ivan working on the railroad, … Read the rest
Dad: I hate cats. I don’t care who knows it.
Eli: Today my body feels like I should hit my sisters.
Just a friendly warning I suppose.
Grace: I really want to open my presents.
Me: I know you do.
Grace: I can’t wait to open them on Christmas Eve!
Important Note: We’re not opening them Christmas Eve. She knows this.
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| Sit ups with Aunt Heather |
Chad: Ada’s making out with her ice cream cone.
Ada: Mom… you can make my breakfast and then get back in bed!
Me: Do you have a frog in your throat?
Ada: No. I just have spit in my throat. It’s a little stuck.
Grace: You’re a terrific mom!
Ada: Today.
Ada: Knock Knock!
Me: Who’s there?
Ada: Banana peel
Me: Banana peel who?
Ada: Aren’t you glad I didn’t say balloon?
This particular Knock Knock joke eludes them.
Ada’s shaking side to side… Read the rest