Conversation with an 8-year-old that's way too smart

Reagan: Mommy, can I watch a show after lunch?

Me: Yes, which show are you going to watch?

R: Can I watch Extreme Couponing?

Me: Isn't there a show on that's more...appropriate for your age?

R: There's Phineas and Ferb but I've already seen it and I'm not in the mood for animation.  There's Fresh Beat Band, but I think that's more for 7 years olds and younger.

Me: I'm just not a big fan of Extreme Couponing.

R: If I tell you that I know people are buying in excess and it's not really saving money if you're buying things you don't need, and that they aren't really buying healthy things...then can I watch it?

Me: Yes.

Friday Funnies

I've been terrible with remembering to write things down lately, but here are a few that I managed to text myself.  :)

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Me: Bailey, you just have to wait and be patient.
Bailey: But I don't know HOW to wait!!
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Bailey asked Skylar to help her unbuckle her carseat straps and Skylar told her, "If I help you, then you will never learn to do it yourself."
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And...in the "not so G rated" section:
Reagan saw a mobile dog grooming van at the gas station and in her haste to read it quickly she started shouting "Doggy Style! Doggy Style!" (It was in fact, "Doggy Stylin'") :)

Skylar and Bailey like to play the "construction game" where they shout out what type of construction vehicle they see while we're driving.  Bailey doesn't have all the correct names down yet, so I had to laugh when she started yelling "Hoe! Hoe! Mommy look, a Hoe!"
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And...in the "things that build my self esteem" section:
I was blowdrying my hair (and it gets really fluffy), and Bailey walked into my bathroom.  She took one look at my hair (pre straightener) and said, "Oh mommy.  How will you ever get it back to normal?"

I was carrying Bailey in the grocery store the other day and she said, "You are too heavy for me." Reagan corrected her and said, "I think you mean that you are too heavy for mommy.  You can't lift mommy.  That would take a really really strong man, like daddy."
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Skylar asked what the term "King of my heart" meant in a song.  I explained to her about having Jesus in your heart and she said, "I don't remember if I have Jesus in my heart.  I better ask him again just to be sure!" After I prayed with her, she looked down her shirt and said, "Yep, he's in there now." :)

Have a blessed weekend!

Friday Funnies

It's been a while and I've been terrible at writing down the funny things the girls have been saying.
But here are a few that I DID remember (if you know me on facebook, some of these will look familiar):

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Reagan overheard me talking to a friend about her 14 year old niece making poor choices. Reagan said, "what kind of poor choices is she making?"
I said, "Well, she's spending too much time with boys."
Reagan said, "Oh! Like playdates?!"
Ha! Love her innocence.
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At Skylar's 5 year well child visit, the pediatrician asked her, "Do you know some of your letters Skylar?" In a very serious (and blatantly sarcastic) tone, she said, "Um, yah. I know how to read."
(Then of course the Dr. asked her what her favorite food was and she said 'hot dogs.' We never eat hot dogs!)
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Reagan and Skylar were watching the lizards in our backyard one afternoon.  They do this funky "push up" move that always cracks the girls up.  Skylar said, "I wonder why they do that." Reagan answered (very matter of factly), "I bet it's because it's mating season.  He's working out to attract the females." OMG! Animal Planet is officially banned now! :)
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Skylar was setting the table the other night for dinner and she gave Bailey a fork that Bailey didn't like.  She started whining that she wanted a princess fork and Skylar looked right at her and said, "You're three now Bailey.  It's time you learn how things work around here.  I get the forks.  You don't complain.  Got it?"
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We were at Costco and decided to grab lunch at their food court.  There was no one in line when we got there but after we sat down with our food the line started backing up.  My mom said, "Wow, we got here at the right time. Look at all these people now."  Reagan said, "Yep. Must be happy hour."
(I wondered how in the world she knew about happy hour, but realized later that Sonic has a happy hour).
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I was doing my hair one morning and Reagan walked into the bathroom.  She said "What smells like bologna?" Then she got closer to me and said, "Oh! It's you.  Well, not you, but your hair stuff.  Now I'm hungry."  Note to self....stop using that leave in conditioner. :)
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Bailey was out in the garden with me last week and remarked, "Mommy, we're growing weed in our garden."
Me: "WeedSSSS, baby.  WeedZZZZ."
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I was reading upstairs and Reagan walked into my room.  She said, "If you see something outside, it's just daddy.  He's really good at getting high!" (Which is even funnier considering the comment above! Don't worry, he was just hitting golf balls!).
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We were at Reagan's school one morning and I saw one of her classmates.  I said, "Look Ray, there's Carson.  He's such a sweet boy."  She replied, "He's more boy than he is sweet.  He makes disgusting noises with his hand in his armpit." Ha! Gotta love growing up with just girls. :)
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I was pulling weeds in the backyard yesterday and Skylar asked if she could help.  After about ten minutes of her helping, she said, "Ok, I'm done helping.  I'm going back to being a kid again." :)
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After pulling weeds I came in and made pasta with spinach. While Bailey was eating, she said, "Mommy, did you put the weeds in our pasta?"
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We were running at the park one afternoon and Bailey needed to go potty.  All they had were port-a-potties, and Bailey said she was too scared to use one.  So Skylar told her, "Don't be afraid Bailey.  The Bible says 'don't be scared because God is always with us.'"  I was overwhelmed with pride until she said, "So stop being such a crybaby and get over it!"

Have a great weekend!

Confession

I'm a snob.  Well, a grammar snob at least.  Call me a rule follower, but I prefer to use words the way they were intended.  Yes, I'm one of those moms.  I correct my children when they say "Can I have some water please?" I usually say "Yes, you MAY have water."

I'm not sure why folks forget that there are two "r's" in the word "library."  I cringe when I hear teenagers say "fo sho" (that's "for sure" if you aren't hip to the lingo).  It's even more bothersome when I hear 9 year old kids saying it.  They might as well be pulling their fingernails across a chalkboard.  It's almost as frustrating as the boys that insist on wearing their pants below their bottoms and showing off their boxers.  But that's a whole other post.

I don't know when the word "supposedly" was replaced with "supposably" (not an actual word by the way).  At some point it became acceptable to use text speak in an email.  FYI: If I have to break out my teeenage text decoder book just to read your email, I'm probably going to delete it.  It also became acceptable at some point to use the incomplete sentence for dramatic effect.  I know I have done it before, but I know folks that do it.  All.  The.  Time.  I don't use it often.  Only when. Absolutely. Necessary.  :)

There: the opposite of here.  "Please put your shoes over there."
Their: the possessive pronoun form. "Their shoes were all wet after walking in the rain."
They're: Can be used synonymously with "They are." If "they are" does not work in your sentence, "they're" is not the proper word.  "They're going to the store after the movie."
My second grader knows the difference between these words.  There's no excuse for adults.

This morning I was taking Reagan to school and a Suburban pulled out in front of me with writing on the back window.  It said "Go VIPers." Now, granted, I did not get to finish my coffee so I was operating at half caff.  I went into an entire discussion (in my head of course) as to how ridiculous it is to have a football team named the VIP'ers.  Eventually I did realize that she meant "Vipers" but somehow she must have figured that standard rules of capitalization did not apply to car windows.

I saw a t-shirt at the store the other day that said, "Don't worry, I'm just correcting your grammar in my head while you speak."  I may have to purchase it for myself.

Friday Funnies

Welcome to Friday Funnies!



Bailey has been a total crack up lately but not necessarily with WHAT she says, but HOW she says it.  I'm thinking a "video friday funnies" is going to be in our near future (if I can get a video to load). 
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A conversation in the van the other day:
Reagan: Mommy, Christmas is where we celebrate Jesus's birth and Easter is where we celebrate His death, right?
Me: Well, we don't really celebrate his death.  Easter is a celebration of his resurrection from the tomb.
Reagan: Then, what in the world does that have to do with eggs??
Me: Hmmm, I'm not sure how eggs got thrown in the mix.
Reagan: Maybe the tomb was in the shape of an egg. 
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Skylar wanted to play hide n seek the other night but daddy had just got home from a long day at work.  This is how that conversation went.
Skylar: Daddy, can you play hide n seek with me?
Brian: Can I do it from here on the couch?
Skylar: Sure! You sit here and I will go count and then I'll come find you.  ok?
Brian: (confused) ok....
Then we heard Skylar go in the other room, count to ten and come back into the family room.  She saw Brian sitting on the couch and shouted "I found you!"
We all busted up laughing and then Skylar said, "Ok, mommy, your turn.  I'll go count...." ha!!
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Sometimes when Bailey asks for something she can't have, I will say "awww, you're so cute, but the answer is still no." The other day she asked for chocolate milk and I said, "No baby, you can't have chocolate milk." She replied, "But I so cute!"

Have a blessed weekend!

Friday Funnies

Oy. I wasn't very good at writing down the funnies this week.  Hopefully you all did a much better job.

Here are the few I managed to eek out:

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A couple of my favorite "Bailey phrases" lately:

It's right by-hind (behind) us!

We're out of Pullyups!

I want to play Yittle Bill on the 'puter!

(I'm realizing now that she adds "y" to a lot of words!!)

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One day Bailey and Skylar were playing and I asked what they were doing.  Skylar answered: "We are being secret agent, finding the bad guys.  Now stop talking to us or you'll blow our cover!" 

Thank you Phineas and Ferb and Backyardigans for that one!

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Skylar and Reagan were playing with their walkie talkies one day. Reagan was upstairs and Skylar was downstairs.  They weren't working very well apparently because I heard Skylar say "Can you hear me NOW?!" After hearing no response from Reagan, she threw her walkie talkie on the couch and said, "Piece of junk!" 

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Friday Funnies

Better late than never this week right?! :)  I hope you have all had a wonderful week! Our weather has been a bit crazy! We went from extreme heat (which apparently made the news all over the US), and then to sticky, humid, stormy weather.  I loved the thunder and lightning.  The girls....not as much.  Today we are back to our "normal" for this time of year.  Perfect. 82 degrees.  Ahhh!
Enjoy our Funnies from this week!

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Bailey burped one evening and then giggled.  

Me: Bailey, what do you say?

Bailey: High five?

Me: No, try again.

Bailey: Excuse my butt?

close enough.  

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Bailey thinks it funny lately to refer to "daddy" as "Brian." She also has been walking into a room and saying "Hi honey!" to me.

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Bailey's favorite treat? Yemen- M's (Aka: M&M's).  We refer to them as the "middle eastern version." :D

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Reagan asked if she could be "Rapunzel" for Halloween.  I told her what that costume would look like and she said, "Well, first I have to grow my hair REALLY REALLY long..." :D

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Bailey was dancing to a video and then fell over.  She said to herself, "Oh Bailey, you're so funny. I crack myself up!"

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Bailey grabbed the dogs leashes one morning as we were heading out the door to take Reagan to school.  I said, "Bailey, we are not taking the dogs with us to school.  Please put the leashes away."  She walked over to the dogs (who were SO excited about the leashes) and said, "Sorry puppies.  I said yes, but mommy said no."

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And just for you Auntie Sharon:

Bailey was talking on her phone to Auntie Sharon (a fake phone), and she said, "Sharon, you live in Turkey?!!! Do you have Turkeys and Chickens?"

(hehe...Auntie Sharon lives in Kentucky)

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Skylar was giggling last night and I said, "What's so funny?" And she said, "You don't smell it?!"

oy vey!

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Bailey keeps saying "3,2,1, Blastoff" but Blastoff comes out as "Blastard!" 

Have a great weekend!!

Creative Genius

What in the world are we supposed to do with all those pull ups now that Bailey is potty trained???
She has her own idea....

Silly kid!

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We've had my 85 year old nana with alzheimers staying with us this week so some of our funnies are a bit more "adult." :) Of course the girls have not disappointed this week! Enjoy!

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One morning nana was getting dressed and walked from her bedroom to the bathroom...in just her underwear.  That was funny enough in and of itself, but what was even funnier was what Brian said when I told him about it.  I texted him and said "It's good you're not home.  Nana's walking around naked." He responded, "Well, she did see Bailey walking around our house naked last night. When in Rome..."
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After dropping Reagan off at school one morning we were driving home and Skylar asked, "How do trees go potty?" I responded, "They don't." Puzzled, she asked, "Then why does that one have toilet paper in it?"
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Reagan came to me on Wednesday and said, "I have three reasons why you should do my laundry tomorrow...." Oh sweet little analytical one.  The apple does not fall far from the tree.
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Skylar and Bailey were watching "My Friends Tigger and Pooh" one morning and Skylar said, "I think I know why his name is Pooh! He likes to eat all the time.  And everyone knows that when you eat, you....poo."  :)
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The girls call my grandmother, "Nana Great."  Except for Bailey. She calls her "Nana Grape" and sometimes "Mama Grape."
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Reagan was practicing piano.  Nana and I were sitting and listening to her.  In between songs, Nana said, "Some day you're going to have a pianist." Later Reagan asked, "Why did Nana say that some day you will have a penis?" :D I didn't even know she knew that word!!

Friday Funnies

Welcome to Friday Funnies!!!

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Bailey found two brushes in my bathroom and held up the blue one.
"This one your faygrit?"
"Yes, Bailey, that one's my favorite."
"NOOOO, your FAYgrit!"
"Yes, my favorite."
"NOOOO, your FAYGRIT"
sigh.
"Yes, it's my faygrit."
"SEE? I told you."
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Conversation from the backseat:
Me: We're going to the bank.
Skylar: The bink?
Bailey: No! Pink.
Skylar: The pank?
Bailey: No, the pancake.
Me: No, the BANK.
Skylar: They have pancakes at the bank?
oy.
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Skylar: Mommy, when I'm old like you, will I have sharp hair on my legs too?
(Don't get me started on how many things are wrong with that statement).
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Skylar: MOMMY! Bailey's wearing panties that say Sunday on them!
Me: Yes.  Why is that a problem?
Skylar: Because it's Thursday.
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I took Skylar to the store with me and wiped down the cart with a antibacterial wipe.  She asked why I wiped the cart and I told her it was because I cared about her and didn't want her to get sick.  Her eyes got huge and she said, "Daddy doesn't wipe the cart! He doesn't care about me!"
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Occasionally when I get frustrated, I will end my request with "for the love."  I.e. "Bailey, goodness gracious! Can you please stop banging that stick on the bookshelf, for the love?!" Sooooo, the other day I said, "Bailey, please stop screaming." And she replied, "for the love?" :D

Have a great weekend all!

Friday Funnies

Who needs cable when you have kids?! Especially kids that say funny stuff!
The girls seemed super funny this week, or maybe it was just that I remembered to write them all down.  Either way, enjoy!!

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Bailey: Mommy this strawberry milk tastes funny.
Me: That's because it's chocolate milk.
Bailey: Oh, then it's yummy!
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Skylar: Mommy, when I have a baby, I want to name her Sarah.  I used to want to name a baby Peppermint but then I realized that wasn't a very good name.
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Walking to school one morning and it started to drizzle a bit.
Skylar said, "It's starting to rain!"
I replied, "It's ok, it's just a little drizzle."
Skylar said, "But Daddy said it wasn't going to rain!"
Reagan replied, "Skylar, I hate to burst your bubble, but Daddy is NOT a weatherman!"
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Bailey was sitting next to me on the couch and tooted. I said, "What was that?!" She replied, "There's a monster in my butt!"
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Walking to school again, we heard an ambulance.
Bailey: That's a ambrijan
Skylar: Bay, it's AM-BLI-ANCE
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A little girl walked up to Reagan at school and said, "What are you going to be for Halloween?" Reagan said, "I'm not sure yet."  The little girl said, "I'm going to be Jason or Freddy Kreuger!" (she has much older brothers).  Then she walked away.  Reagan turned to me and said, "Who are Jason and Jenny Cooper?" :D
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Bailey was playing with a fairy wand and touching it to things in the family room.  She would say "Abba Dabba" and turn objects into other things.  She touched it to the fan and said, "Abba Dabba, you're a elephant." Then she came over and touched the wand to my head.  I said, "What are you making me?" And she said, "I'm making you blonde...."  (oh, if it were only that easy)!

Can't wait to hear about all the funnies at your house this week!

Friday Funnies

I've been waiting all week for this! My kids gave me some awesome material to share!! As a tip, if you have trouble remembering what your kids say, email it to yourself right away or text it to yourself like I do.

If you would like to participate, just make sure you follow "the guidelines" and link up! I loved reading the Funnies last week and almost spit my coffee out on the computer!! I still chuckle every time I think of Jaimie's boys "dinner table conversation", the Gomez family's "little meatball" and Mindy's sons method of "finding money in mom's purse!" Oh my word. If you didn't get a chance to read the link ups last week, make sure you go visit! They are good ones!

Here are our own Friday Funnies this week:

We took the girls to see Toy Story 3 in the theater (and took out small personal loan to do so), and as we were leaving the girls saw the ad for "Despicable Me." Skylar said, "Oh look! It's Spectacle Me!" Reagan: "No Skylar, it's Respectable Me!" I said, "Actually, it's Despicable Me." Reagan said, "Oh great, you're going to put that on the blog aren't you?" HA! She's on to me!!

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Bailey got used to having no clothes on the bottom half of her body during potty training so this week, even though she's been in big girl panties she randomly takes them off.  I asked her "Bailey, why are you doing that?" and she said, "Ummm, I d'know.  I likey nakey." :)

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My mom has been coming up about twice a week to go to the chiropractor just down the street from us.  When she was here the other day Bailey asked her, "You go see the firecracker?"

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One morning Skylar woke up and said, "MOMMY! Did you know that Yaya (my mom) was on Dancing with the Stars?" I said, "Really?" "Yah, but she got eliminated."  Quite the imagination!

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We were sitting at the table eating dinner one night and Skylar looked outside at the pool.  Her princess bouncy balls were floating around in the water.  She said, "Look, those balls are walking on the water like Jesus! Maybe they're Jesus's balls!!" ;)

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We were sitting at a red light and then it turned green.  From the backseat Bailey yells "Go buddy go!" to the truck in front of us.  I have no idea where she heard that!

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Skylar brought me a plate of unifix cubes when they were playing restaurant one day and I asked, "What is this baby?" She put her hand on her hip, rolled her eyes and said, "use your 'magination mommy."

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Reagan said last night, "Did you know that black widow females eat the males after they mate?" I said, "I did know that." Reagan sat for a few seconds and then said, "I'm glad humans don't do that.  I would miss daddy."

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I told Bailey to go ask daddy for something and she stood at the bottom of the stairs and yelled, "Honey!"

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I was writing words for Skylar to read and when she got to "fork" she sounded it out and then got all excited because she thought she had got it right.  Unfortunately it came out "focker! focker! focker!"

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I was closing up the house so that we could leave and run errands.  I heard one of the dogs barking outside so I said, "Who let the dogs out?!" and Bailey started singing "Who...who.....who...whowho."

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Get your laugh on!

Ok so it only took six months (maybe less) but it's finally here! The link up for Friday Funnies!! Watch for it this Friday! Start writing down the funny things your kiddos say (or the funny things you say TO them!).
This sweet little graphic will be available for you to put in your post and a linky tool so everyone else can read your funny stuff!! Come on! Show the world (the blog world at least) that your kids ARE that funny! And here are a few more exclamation points just because!!!!!!

Friday Funnies

What's that? You missed Friday Funnies? Aw, that's so sweet.
Well, here are a few weeks worth for your enjoyment.
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While trying to remember some of the funny things the girls have said or done I commented quietly to myself, "What was it that Bailey did that was so funny?" She overheard me and said "How about when I shake my booty?!" Then she proceeded to stick out her booty and shake it at me.
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I took off my wedding ring to make pizza dough the other night and Reagan said "why are you taking off your ring?" I explained that I didn't want to get dough in it.  Then she asked "But you're still married, right?"
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We saw a dad pushing a double jogger across the street and Skylar said "Why is a daddy pushing a jogging stroller?" Reagan replied, "He's probably a Stay at Home Dad." Skylar said, "That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!"
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I was preheating the oven to make apple crisp and it beeps when it reaches the right temperature.  Bailey was sitting in the family room and when it beeped, she announced, "Pizza done!!" We obviously eat pizza...a lot. :)
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I was getting dressed for church and put on a long skirt (this was before I cut my hair).  Reagan came into my bathroom and said, "Mommy you look so pretty! You look like the Duggars mom!" .....(and thus another reason to cut my hair!).
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Our water filter needed to be changed on our fridge so I pulled it out so I could re-order the right one.  In the meantime the water from the fridge was unfiltered tap water.  The girls are water snobs (like me) and refused to drink it.  Brian had filled a water bottle with the "yucky" fridge water and Skylar took a drink.  She ran to the sink and spit it out declaring, "That's BISGUSTING!" I told her that daddy had probably filled his water bottle with fridge water and she said, "Doesn't he know what bad tastes like?"
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While we were beach camping, they were building up sand berms because the camp kept flooding at high tide.  The girls were playing on the beach one morning and Reagan said "Can we play on the sperms?" No.  Not ever.
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Have a blessed weekend!

Friday Funnies

In all honesty...I forgot it was Friday.  Brian just started his "furlough Fridays" so I was convinced that it was Saturday most of the day.

We've been busy enjoying our Summer and having daddy back home after his two weeks of traveling.
But of course I have a few gigglets for you!

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Reagan asked the other day, "Mommy, are girl Chipmunks called Chickmunks?"
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Reagan and Skylar were discussing their lemonade stand and how much they were going to charge. Reagan said "Mommy, what do you think we should charge because sometimes you just can't put a price on great homemade lemonade." HA! She didn't like my suggestion of 25 cents.  She wanted to charge a dollar per cup.  Skylar said "What if people don't want to pay that much?" Reagan responded "Well, then they can go somewhere else! That's capitalism Skylar!"
I wish I had recorded their conversation because it continued and I was laughing so hard I was crying by the end.
Skylar asked "What's capilism?"
Reagan said, "Capitalism is where you can charge whatever you want and if people don't like it they can go somewhere else. But it also means you have to pay more for the good stuff." (Seriously have no idea where she got this information).
Skylar asked "Since I'm your sister do I get it for free?"
Reagan said "Since your my sister, you KNOW how good the lemonade is so you should actually pay more!" :)
Lord help us all with that little entrepreneur.
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Bailey still has her own terminology for things but this week my favorite is what she says everytime she sees a hummingbird drinking from our feeder on the patio.
"Look mommy!! A hunnybird!!"
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I heard a noise coming from the area that Skylar was sitting in so I asked "Did you toot?" She said "Well I don't think so but I guess I'll know in a minute if it starts stinkin!"

Have a great holiday weekend!

Friday Funnies

We've had a busy week! The girls have enjoyed having their Yaya with them since Daddy has been gone.  Admittedly I haven't been writing down their quips this week but I do have 3 to share that I remember:
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Our garden has been growing by leaps and bounds and we've been able to enjoy some of the veggies already.  Yesterday Skylar grabbed a piece of lettuce and put it in her mouth.  Reagan said, "Skylar, you can't eat it until we wash it." Skylar said, "but I thought it was organic." Reagan replied, "It IS organic. But that only means we don't use chemicals. It doesn't mean we don't have bug poop." Then they both busted up laughing.
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For weeks now Bailey has been saying "SHREAD A BILE!" when she brings us her children's Bible.  I think she's going to be a fire and brimstone preacher one day. This morning she brought her Bible to me and said "Shread a bile?" I said "sure" and she said "Thank you GOD!" :D
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Last night Bailey said "I hear a gunk" (skunk). I said, "You hear a skunk or you smell a skunk?" She said, "No, I hear a gunk." Then I asked her what a "gunk" sounds like and she said "quack quack, ew!" :D

Have a blessed weekend!

Friday Funnies

Whew! Last week of school! Last day of school today! I'm so excited for our Summer!
The girls did not disappoint in giving me some doozies for our Friday Funnies this week.  And in case you were wondering, I text them to myself all week so I don't forget them.  This week I sent myself a text with one of the girls' quotes and then my phone beeped signaling that I had a text.  My first thought was "ooh, a text!" until I realized that it was from myself.  :D

Here ya go! Enjoy!
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Bailey still gets quite confused about phrases sometimes.  This week she has asked for "piggytails" when she actually means a "piggyback ride" and "piggybacks" for her hair when she means "piggytails."

She also asked if she could put on a "suitcase" at one point when she wanted to go swimming.
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Bailey has been standing at the back door and screaming "A SNAKE!!!!!!" about twelve times a day.  Thankfully she has never been right.
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While we were driving to the store one day Bailey was singing in the back of the van (that is not uncommon for her), but what she was singing is what cracked me up.
"It's a pillow...it's a pet....it's a pillowpet!" (Advertising obviously works!)
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Reagan was helping me make a quilt for her teacher as a gift and clipping all the threads for me. As we were sitting at the dining room table this is the conversation we had:
Reagan: I love clipping threads. I could do this all day.
Me: Well, there are places where kids sew all day long.
Reagan: (excited) REALLY? Can we go there?!!
(I guess I should stop joking that I'm running my own little sweatshop).
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I made a mistake with the math for the quilt so my seams did not match up very well.  While I was sewing I mentioned that I had messed up the math.  Reagan said, "It's ok mommy.  I mess up in math sometimes too." :D
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Reagan was "teaching" Skylar how to read words from her first grade "sight words" book.  She would show her a word and then have Skylar sound it out.  If Skylar got it wrong, Reagan would say "No, it's actually pronounced like this.  That word doesn't follow the rules."  After a few times of this conversation Skylar said "There are a lot of words that don't follow the rules." Then she turned to me and whispered, "Are the ones that don't follow the rules, the 'bad' words?" :D

Hope you have a blessed weekend!!

Friday Funnies

One more week of school! Woo hoo!!

Here are the funny things I remembered to write down this week.

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Bailey likes to play the Wii Fit and one of her favorite games is the "Birds Eye" where she has to flap her arms up and down to simulate a flying bird.  She is great at the flapping part but she narrates it with "Crap Crap Crap."  Obviously we need to work on her "f's" and "l's".  

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I found a tank top in a bin of my old clothes and gave it to Skylar.  I said, "Here's an old shirt for you Skylar.  It used to be mine when I was your age." To which she replied, "Oh, so it's a REALLY OLD shirt!"

Stinker.  It still looks cute on her.  

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Bailey tore up a bunch of paper and left it on the floor.  Twenty minutes later she came into the room and said "OH NO! Someone make a mess! That's NOT nice!"

I said, "Bailey it was you."

Bailey: "Me? Oh, I sorry. Skylar clean it up." 

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Bailey seems to retain everything she hears.  The other night she started reciting "Eeny Meeny Miny Mo, Catch a Tiger by the Toe...If he hollars let him go.  My mom picked the very best one and it is you!" After she finished it she looked at me and said "Mommy? I the very best one?"

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And my favorite this week....

Reagan and I went to the store and there was a larger lady next to us on an aisle.  She was reaching for some donuts as we passed her and Reagan said "She does NOT need those.  She should go on Biggest Loser.  They would teach her that stuff."  

(Thank the LORD that lady did not hear us because we were out of earshot!)

Have a blessed weekend!

Friday Funnies

Is it Friday already!? Wow! What a fast week!!

I only remembered to write down two "funnies" this week but they are good ones.

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We were sitting in the family room one night and Bailey started dancing around and twirling.  She said "Mommy look! I Dancing wiffa stars!" The funnier part is that Reagan corrected her and said, "No Bailey, it's Dancing IN the stars!"

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I was chasing Skylar up the stairs and when we got to the top I pretended to trip so she could get away.  She said "Oh mommy, you're such a gooseball!"

I said, "Don't you mean a goofball, ffff,fff, like goofy?"

Skylar: "Mommy, Goofy is a dog!"

Touche'

I hope you have a blessed weekend!!

I'm afraid it's contagious

Remember my disorder ICMTFL Syndrome?
Well apparently it's contagious.  Quite  a few folks have admitted that they too suffer from this disorder so I thought I should inform you that it spreads...or maybe it's genetic.  It seems to "morph" a bit though.  Instead of ICMTFL Syndrome, it's MMCMTFL aka: My Mom Could Make That For Less.  My girls have now started showing signs of the same disillusion that I live under.

I was looking through all the quilts from the Bloggers Quilt Festival hosted by Amy, and the girls were looking with me.  There are so many lovely quilts (that I could never possibly make) and the girls have decided that I can make one for them too.  Like this one.  Or this one (Take note that ONE square on this quilt is made up of 30 small squares!).  I personally love the look of this one and this one.

Of course, folks like my sweet friend Liz don't help matters much either.  She said she suffers from ICMTFL too but the only difference is that she really CAN make it for less.  Check this out.  It just so happens that my girls saw the same exact shirt in the mini Boden catalog and loved it too.

Of course I wasn't going to shell out 84 dollars for a t-shirt with a camper on the front.  But it never occurred to me that I could make it.  (Apparently Liz's disorder is far worse than mine in the best way possible).  Now my disorder has started to include appliqued clothing...who knew?? :D

Just be warned.  I believe this is an epidemic in the making.