Weather FAIL.

Overheard

ME: I can't find my phone. Maybe we should call it to see where it is.
EMMA: PHOOO-ONE! Hey PHO-ONE!
ME: What are you doing? Are you calling for my phone?
EMMA: Yes.
ME: No I meant call it using another phone so we can hear it ring.
EMMA: Oh.

Good Things to Come

Thanks Carla for posting this. It is really good.

Overheard

Tonight during her blessing on the food, Sophie prayed that dinner would "strangle our bodies." (She meant to say "strengthen.")

Excellent source of vitamin C

It says so.

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EMMA: Mom, remember when you told me I need to listen to what my body's telling me? Well, it's kinda telling me I need to sleep in your room tonight.

FYI

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[NOTE: The opinions expressed by Sophie in this conversation do not reflect the opinions held by her parents. She is 3 years old and we don't know where she gets some of her crazy ideas.]

SOPHIE: Does everyone have a sky?
ME: Yes. Everyone has a sky.
SOPHIE: Does everyone have a house?
ME: Some people don't have a house to live in.
SOPHIE: Like black people?
ME: Um, NO. What color your skin is doesn't determine whether or not you have a house to live in.
SOPHIE: Workers don't live in houses.
ME: Most workers live in houses. I'm a worker, and we live in a house.
SOPHIE: You're not a worker!
ME: I'm not a worker? What am I?
SOPHIE: A daddy.
ME: But I'm a worker too. I'm getting ready to leave for a meeting for work right now.
SOPHIE: You're not a worker.
ME: What do workers do?
SOPHIE: They build houses.
ME: I don't build houses. You're right. But I'm still a worker.
SOPHIE: Can you fix a drawer?
ME: Yes.
SOPHIE: Can you fix a pantry?
ME: Yes.
SOPHIE: Can you fix a cup?
ME: Yes.
SOPHIE: Oh.

Overheard

ANDREW: I heard about this disease that makes your eyeballs get rotten and fall out. I think I have that disease.

Overheard

I was trying to figure out how to reattach the weather stripping around our front door that had been removed earlier in the day by a painter. Emma was watching and said, "Maybe it just slides in." She was right. After I finished reinstalling the weather stripping, Emma said, "You guys sure are lucky to have me in the family."

Overheard

GINGER: Someone got ink on the wall.
SOPHIE: I dinnit do it.
GINGER: I didn't say you did it.
SOPHIE: No I dinnit.

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SOPHIE: Can you make us a chocolate cake today?

ME: Maybe we can do that. We'll see.

SOPHIE (running out of my office): HE SAID YES! HE SAID YES!

This is what nine looks like

Happy birthday Ethan! We love you!

Magic

Making memories at FHE