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[FreeAsABird]

Anni and I just came in from playing outside...She drops her pants, waves her backside infront of the woodstove and says, "I'm toastin' my buns!"

Love that kid!

[Mama Kel]

so a classmate of Jess is indonesian (I think) and her mother came in to talk about how they celebrate the holidays. She told them about their New Year celebration & they made a traditional snack. So when I asked Jess where they were from & what country they did this in she said "Plymouth Rock!"

[FreeAsABird]

Anni's new thing...At three..."Aw, shucks...It's just nothin'"

[Slave Self Promoted]

talking to lily about going to see santa this afternoon.

lily: "i go see santa. he gonna give me presents. i don't want socks from santa. i don't want socks from ANYWHERE!"
me: "what do you want santa to give you?"
lily: "no socks. i don't want socks from santa. no. no socks."
me: "should santa give you candy?"
lily: "ok. no candy socks. i just want candy. no socks."

then i put her down for a nap and she sang herself to sleep going:

"wowowowie wow wow owie. no. no owie. no owie. wowowie. no owies."

[cj]

jeremy told me this afternoon that decorating our christmas tree was like giving presents to the tree.

[cj]

the other day i tickled jeremy's armpit. he responded with, "well that's a pain in the meatball."

[Mama Kel]

[Raynequeen]

uncle - "are you excited for santa"
magnolia - "i am but i am really excited for the easter bunny...."
uncle - "really? why?"
mag - "he doesnt care if you've been good or bad"

[cj]

smart cookie.

tonight jeremy revealed to me that he has not only one loose tooth (top front on the left) he actually has four. the other top front, the top to the left of the front and the bottom to the right of the front two shiny new adult teeth.

as i was sitting there laughing and internally freaking out about how first he will be a toothless wonder, then his adult teeth won't have any freakin' room to grow in -- he just turned six in november -- jeremy started laughing and crowed with delight, "i'm a loose tooth maniac!!"

[Depends]

Olivia (6) fell asleep about 10:30 on New Years Eve, despite her efforts to stay awake until midnight. The next day, I told her she missed the ball drop, since she fell asleep. She said she didn't fall asleep, she was blinking her eyes really slowly.

This came about because last year, her brother Nick (9) said he would stay up until 12 midnight next year. Olivia said "Oh yeah, I'm gonna stay up until 13 midnight."

[cj]

[Mama Kel]

so china cat just came to visit for a few days & I was outside w/ Jess yesterday & she said "where's your customer?" & I said 'customer? what do you mean? & she said "you know, your friend who is here." I said 'do you mean visitor' & she said yeah

[Slave Self Promoted]

lily: "whoa... did you see that? i farted!"



it's a nice way to wake up in the morning.

[Mama Kel]

my kids just found a fart app on Frank's phone here we go

[cj]

jeremy informed me the other night over scrambled eggs for supper that the only time food is cute is when you put glasses and a hat on it.

i love these random moments of laugh-out-loud brilliance from jeremy. it is the best part of parenting.

and i love that i get to hear about your kids' moments, too.

[fire_rocket]

Last Sunday we went to a birthday party for a friend. At dinner that night we were making plans for Maya's birthday party. Later on she was talking to Gramma and Grampa on the phone and she said "Last year my birthday was on April 20th. This year it's going to be in January."

[Mama Kel]

Today in NYC at the natural history museum from Jess (5):" I see his weiner!" (talking about a caveman)

[Mama Kel]

Yesterday after the city I took a hot bath & I was drinking a beer in the bath so Cate (6) comes in, looks shocked & says " You're SO COOL! You drink BEER in the TUB!!!"

[fire_rocket]

You ARE so cool, Kelly.

[Mama Kel]

[fire_rocket]

I got out clothes for Eliza this morning and left them on the floor because she "can do it MYSELF." I was getting ready to go and said to come downstairs to give me a hug and kiss goodbye. She came down the stairs still buck naked and I said "Eliza why aren't you dressed yet?" She says "I want to give you a naked kiss."

[cj]

today at work, my little student jane (almost 15 mos) and her older brother adam (just turned 3) crossed paths in the hallway. out of the blue he told me, "she is my cutest baby i ever seen in my whole life!"

[Karen]

[Slave Self Promoted]

we listen to adele's cd when we're in the car. when "rumor has it" comes on, lily sings along, but she thinks it's "super heady" so she screams superheady to the music. love it!

this morning, mackenna came downstairs from putting on her fancy perfume and said "you know what i did? i put one squirt under my shirt and one squirt in my pants." i reminded her that the perfume rule is one squirt a day and her response was "well, squirts shouldn't count if they're inside your pants."

[JBetty]

But they're the best kind!

[ShaNeeNee]

I love all these stories!
From about a month ago----(Summer is 4)
Summer: Mom, Mom, Mommy, Mama, MOM, MAMA????
Me-WHAT?!!!
Summer: Um...I forgot
2 minutes later...MOM, mama, Mommy.....
Me:Please stop saying mom for a 1/2 hour
Summer: Um,,,,, Renee?


I couldn't even be angry anymore...smart cookie!

[Mama Kel]

[fire_rocket]

Maya was decorating in Catie's birthday thread and said "I didn't choose 3 cookie jars!"

[Mama Kel]

Maya was decorating in Catie's birthday thread and said "I didn't choose 3 cookie jars!"

[cj]

kev just told jeremy to check my back to make sure it doesn't need a shave. jeremy pulls up the back of my shirt. he giggled as he touched the back of my bra. kev said, "any hair?" and jeremy laughed, "no, just mommy's booby thingy!"

and yesterday, we were on the way to the library/community centre to play in the park. he scraped his leg on his bike and wanted to go home to get a bandaid. i said no, we could get one at the community centre. so he went on this big tirade about how are we going to a hospital? NO! are there any pregnant women there? NO! so there are NO BANDAIDS there!! there are only UNpregnant women there! so there won't be any bandaids!!!

[Raynequeen]

"mag, i want to watch my shows now."
"sorry mom, life is life"

[Slave Self Promoted]

lily just saw an old picture of her on my phone and said "is that me?! i LOVE me!!!!"

[Mama Kel]

lily just saw an old picture of her on my phone and said "is that me?! i LOVE me!!!!"

I love that kid!!

[Phishfolk]

I love her too

[cj]

jeremy decided that once his class was really quiet for their spelling test, it would be a really good time to yell, "fuck!"

[Mama Kel]

Jess has resorted to naming her pillow Samantha & treating 'her' like a part of the family - she sits with us at dinner, goes for car rides etc. :eyeroll:

[Mama Kel]

Camping this weekend, we taught our girls to build a fire. On day 2, Catie says to Frank (with hand up in 'talk to the hand' form) "DUDE! I KNOW how to build a fire!"

[fire_rocket]

At dinner last night Eliza busted out with "Arrrmatee." It took me a minute to realize she was being a pirate and saying "Arrr matey."

[cj]

jeremy was asking about dinosaurs and what they ate. a few minutes later, he wanted to confirm that the ones that only ate vegetables were herbometers.

[Mama Kel]

Cate is already compiling her Christmas list - on it:....."......an IPad, $100,000,000. a $30 gift card to Justice....."

I love the 'no concept of money'

[Slave Self Promoted]

mackenna: "did you know there's a difference between a graveyard and a cemetery? a cemetery is full of dead people and a graveyard is full of zombies."

[Karen]

[KindGeeGirl]

We are watching The Muppets on DVD and my daughter is amazed that I used to watch it as a kid and thinks it is waaaay old. She thinks the guests are weird because she has never seen them before. So she says, "The guests must have passed away already because they look like they are your age then." LOL

[cj]

watching the phish show from last sunday, and jeremy comes up beside me and asks with a straight face, "mom can you put on 'i've been waiting in the line to pee'?"

[Slave Self Promoted]

that's awesome, cj!!

i let mackenna make a cup of coconut mocha coffee in mr. keurig for herself and she was all excited. but she hesitated before taking her first sip and said "is it true if i drink this, i'll turn into a midget?"

[cj]

slave, what have you been telling that girl?

[cj]

at the grocery store, i gave jeremy a quarter to get something from the vending machines. as he ate a handful of jelly beans (when he was a toddler he called them 'bumbeans' ) he told me, "i'm a big fan of jelly beans and other candy products."

[Mama Kel]

Catie was asking me about marriage & if you have to pay to get engaged, etc. So I told her you have to pay the person that marries you (meaning the pastor or whatever) and she said "How much did you have to pay Daddy?"

[Slave Self Promoted]

listening to the radio, trying to win tickets to a concert. we missed the code word to text by less than 30 seconds and i got cranky. mack says "well, just text bird. bird is always the word."

[KrisNYG]

listening to the radio, trying to win tickets to a concert. we missed the code word to text by less than 30 seconds and i got cranky. mack says "well, just text bird. bird is always the word."

I love your kids!

I'm a little bent at Mac though, since she is declining on WT.