The Things They Say...

I have not done one of these posts in a while. So the other day I decided to write down when our kids said something funny. Yes, I have to write it down, otherwise I have no memory of it. Believe it or not, except for one or two of these, this is from just the past few days.

Katherine to Papaw T: "You love me."

Lydia went clothing shopping with me. I had to take her. She has grown so much this past year and I can no longer size her without her with me. She picked out what she called a "rainbow dress." Lydia loves rainbows. The dress was not cute. I said, "I don't think so, I don't really like it." and with not even a hint of sarcasm she looked at me with those big blue eyes and said, "That's okay, you don't have to wear it."

Joshua has noticed how messy Steve's handwriting is. The other day I was addressing an envelope and made a mistake on the return address, I tried writing over it, making my letters darker, but it was pretty messy. Joshua said, "they'll probably just think you are a doctor."

We saw a man the other day with a large belly, actually that is an understatement. Lydia exclaims "Mom, look how big his belly is." I tried to quietly redirect her and she said "I think his buttons are going to pop!"

We finished hanging pictures in the kids rooms, Joshua has nothing over the head of his bed and I was explaining that I would look for something. With all the seriousness of a six year old boy he said, "I know what you can get! Dad can get a big gun and shoot a deer and we can hang the deer head over my bed!"

While pulling her hair around her face, just under her nose, Lydia says to me, "Look mom, I can wipe my snot with my hair now!"

We have vaulted ceilings in our bedroom and the girls had a helium balloon that had come off the string and was at the very top of the room. We had tried to get it down with no success. While telling the story of David and Goliath Lydia exclaimed, "Golaith could get my balloon for me!"

While visiting a public bathroom (which we visit in every store we enter), Lydia stood under a hand dryer and said, "I could blow my hair dry with this." I absent-mindly said, "but your hair is not wet." I must have blinked at some point because next thing I know Lydia's head is under the faucet in the sink. Yes, the hand dryers work very well on hair.

The kids often get involved in some sort of "adventure" that is a lot of fun for them but creates a huge mess. I love coming upstairs and asking what is going on, here are a few of the responses I have heard in the past week or so:

Getting married (Joshua was in a sport coat and tie)

Mining for gold in caves (attire: rainboots and goggles)

Exploring the jungle and giving Bibles to people who don't have them

Houseboat (this is usually a huge mess)

Moving -this is no longer allowed-they "packed" not only their toys and blankets-but their clothes and small furniture

Jail - Katherine does not like this one, she usually is the prisoner

To be fair...here are a few things I've said...just this evening:

"Lydia, get out of the refrigerator." Her body was literally in the refrigerator.

"Girls, don't lick the bathtub"

"No, I don't think warming up your zebra cake with the space heater is a good idea."

"Katherine, you don't give boogers to people, go get a kleenex."