Wren, probably sometime in March
Me: "Did somebody just toot?"
Wren: "No.... Yes, I did. Do you love my toots?"
Me (after I laughed): "Yes."
Wren: "Daddy does, too."
Ever, probably sometime in May
It's been a while, so the best I can remember, it went like this: We were driving by Eternal Hills Mortuary and Crematorium on the way to school. One of the girls noticed smoke coming up and asked about it. I think at first I may have said something about their having a fire going. Then I realized what it must be, glanced at the sign to confirm it said "crematorium," and went, "Oh." Ever said, "Oh, I know." Leela asked again what it was, and Ever said, "It's not appropriate." Talking to her about it later, it seems she did, indeed, have some understanding of what was going on. She remembered being at Eternal Hills with Tutu and Papa (looking for the grave of Uncle Lane and Aunt Robin's daughter, Melissa) and discussing why some of the graves/burial sites were so small.
Arden sometime in June
I was helping Tiny say a prayer. I told her to say something, and instead of repeating what I said, she went, "Bless Mommy. Bless Daddy. Bless Wren. Bless Ever."
Wren 6/21/18
Ever was talking about a digging-for-dinosaurs S.T.E.M. camp she was doing at the library. She said they don't let the kids drink from the water fountain. Wren asked, "Why? Is there a stop sign or yellow tape around it or something?"
Arden 6/25/18
We stopped at the grocery store to pick up some oyster sauce for dinner. I was holding Tiny as I looked for it, and I said I was scared of oyster sauce (because oysters). Tiny said, "You scared, Mommy?" Then she put her arms around my neck, squeezed me tight, and said, "I saving you."
Arden 7/8/18
Me: "Tiny, how old are you? Are you two?"
Arden: "I'm two. Happy birthday for me."
Arden 7/11/18
"I turned two years. I blowed the top off [the candles]. I can eat ice cream."
Ever 7/12/18
Ever said she wants to be Princess Buttercup or Fraulein Maria for Halloween. Then she asked if Buttercup was the prettiest girl in the world. I said I think in the movie she's considered to be. Wrenzy said, "But is she bootiful?" Then:
Me: "What we should be asking is, 'Is she kind?'"
Ever: "Yes."
Me: "Is she generous?"
Ever: "Yes."
Me: "Is she loving?"
Ever: "Yes. She loooves Wesley. She looooooves Wesley."
Me: "Is she smart?"
Ever: "No. She is not smart in that she didn't drop and roll when she had fire on her."
Arden 7/15/18
Jim and I were in the kitchen. Tiny came in from the playroom, hugged Jim's leg, and said, "I love you, Daddy." He said, "I love you, Tiny! Do you want a hug?" She said "No," and padded back into the playroom.
Arden 7/16/18
Tiny was in the playroom. I was in the kitchen and heard her say, "I love Mommy. I love Daddy. I love Mommy and Daddy."
Wren, sometime in July
"You have to wear a skirt to be bootiful. Sometimes Ever wears pants, and she is not bootiful. Sometimes she wears a skirt and is bootiful."
She is talking a lot these days about being bootiful, wondering what Halloween costume would be bootiful, asking if I'm bootiful, etc.
Wren 7/27/18
While eating edamame at lunch, Wren said, "Mommy has to make edamame because it says "mom" - edaMOMe. Daddy makes other things."
Arden 8/3/18
"You married, and Daddy married, and I not married. OK, Mommy?"
Arden 8/9/18
"Can I have watermilk? Just a lot of them, OK?"
(Tiny calls milk "watermilk," and she is OBSESSED with it.)
Wren 8/11/18
To Ever, in the car: "I want you to be everywhere I go because you're my sister and I love you."
Arden 8/12/18
Jim: "I love you so much, Tiny.
Arden: "I like Mommy."
(Then Tiny asked me for watermilk. Thinking that maybe if Jim were her watermilk provider, she would like him, I asked, "What if Daddy gets your watermilk?")
Arden, to Jim: "Can you get me watermilk?"
Jim: "If you tell me you love me, I'll get you watermilk."
Arden, to me: "Daddy's not getting my watermilk."
Within an hour ...
Jim: "I love you, Tiny."
Arden: "I don't like you."
Then during sacrament meeting, I threatened to take Tiny out. She said, "Take me out." I said, "If I take you out, you're going to just sit on my lap, and you won't be able to hear the speakers or see your sisters or see daddy." Tiny said, "I don't want to see my daddy," repeated two or three times.
After church ...
Jim: "I love you, Tiny."
Arden: "No. I love Mommy."
Arden probably sometime in 8/18
We were talking about the lizards that like to sun themselves on our fence, and she started saying that they couldn't come into the house because they're too little. "When they got two [i.e., turn two], the lizards can go in the house."
Arden 8/24/18
I was trying to work out consistently three times a week. If I didn't get to the gym, then I was doing a 20-minute video. When I did the ab portion on the floor, Tiny said, "Can I lay on you?" and wanted to lie on my belly. Every time. So cute, but it also made it hard to get through the workout.
Arden 8/29/18
After Wrenny left for preschool, I was telling Tiny that it will be so fun when she gets to go to preschool with her next year. Tiny said, "I get to go to school with Paula Bear?" I said, "Yeah, with Miss Paula." She said, "With Miss Paula Bear?" Turns out "Paula" sounds like "polar" to a two-year-old.
While I was talking to the dishwasher repair man, Tiny got into my chapstick, which we call "chapper." She got it all over her face and hands and all over the chapper itself. It was destroyed. I was telling her afterward how she ruined my chapper, and after asking, "Why?" a few times, she said, "It's OK, Mom. It's not my fault."
Arden 9/24/18
Me: "Did you know we're going to see Coco and Dun Dun and Anson?"
Tiny: "Are we going to their houses?"
Me: "Yeah, we're going to sleep at their house."
Tiny: "I'm going to sleep in the middle-size bed."
Arden 10/6/18
When we went on the plane to D.C., Tiny kept calling it a rocket ship. She saw the extra bag of cookies from the plane on the counter after we got home and asked, "Can I eat my cookies because they're special from the rocket ship?"
Wren 10/6/18
Upon seeing the ironing board for the first time (clearly I never iron): "Why do you have that, Mom?" I said it was an ironing board. She responded, "Can we lie on the ironing board? Because there's a bed on there?"
Arden 10/19/18
While I was doing an exercise video and she sat on the couch watching, I said, "Tiny, I just love you too much! What do I do?" She answered, "You gonna snuggle me after the exercise," pointing at the T.V.
Many of the littles' clothes are hand-me-downs from Amelie Oddou. Tiny thinks that everything we have - anything "new" - is from Amelie. When Wren and I talk about reading a new book (by which I just mean one that we haven't read or at least haven't read for a long time), Tiny thinks we're talking about "a new book from Amelie." (Amelie has not given us any books.) With that background, as I was changing a dirty diaper that appeared possibly to have been dirty for a while, I said, "Tiny, when did you do this? Is this new?" She answered, "No, it's not new from Amelie or anything."
Arden 10/31/18
Arden: "When I turn four, I'm going to get presents."
Me: "You are? Who's going to give you presents?"
Arden: "The happy birthday kids is going to give me presents."
Ever 11/1/18
While we were cuddling in bed this morning, Jim said, "I have to get up. I can't be late to work."
Ever corrected him: "You may not be late to work."
Arden probably sometime in 8/18
We were talking about the lizards that like to sun themselves on our fence, and she started saying that they couldn't come into the house because they're too little. "When they got two [i.e., turn two], the lizards can go in the house."
Arden 8/24/18
I was trying to work out consistently three times a week. If I didn't get to the gym, then I was doing a 20-minute video. When I did the ab portion on the floor, Tiny said, "Can I lay on you?" and wanted to lie on my belly. Every time. So cute, but it also made it hard to get through the workout.
Arden 8/29/18
After Wrenny left for preschool, I was telling Tiny that it will be so fun when she gets to go to preschool with her next year. Tiny said, "I get to go to school with Paula Bear?" I said, "Yeah, with Miss Paula." She said, "With Miss Paula Bear?" Turns out "Paula" sounds like "polar" to a two-year-old.
While I was talking to the dishwasher repair man, Tiny got into my chapstick, which we call "chapper." She got it all over her face and hands and all over the chapper itself. It was destroyed. I was telling her afterward how she ruined my chapper, and after asking, "Why?" a few times, she said, "It's OK, Mom. It's not my fault."
Arden 9/24/18
Me: "Did you know we're going to see Coco and Dun Dun and Anson?"
Tiny: "Are we going to their houses?"
Me: "Yeah, we're going to sleep at their house."
Tiny: "I'm going to sleep in the middle-size bed."
Arden 10/6/18
When we went on the plane to D.C., Tiny kept calling it a rocket ship. She saw the extra bag of cookies from the plane on the counter after we got home and asked, "Can I eat my cookies because they're special from the rocket ship?"
Wren 10/6/18
Upon seeing the ironing board for the first time (clearly I never iron): "Why do you have that, Mom?" I said it was an ironing board. She responded, "Can we lie on the ironing board? Because there's a bed on there?"
Arden 10/19/18
While I was doing an exercise video and she sat on the couch watching, I said, "Tiny, I just love you too much! What do I do?" She answered, "You gonna snuggle me after the exercise," pointing at the T.V.
Many of the littles' clothes are hand-me-downs from Amelie Oddou. Tiny thinks that everything we have - anything "new" - is from Amelie. When Wren and I talk about reading a new book (by which I just mean one that we haven't read or at least haven't read for a long time), Tiny thinks we're talking about "a new book from Amelie." (Amelie has not given us any books.) With that background, as I was changing a dirty diaper that appeared possibly to have been dirty for a while, I said, "Tiny, when did you do this? Is this new?" She answered, "No, it's not new from Amelie or anything."
Arden 10/31/18
Arden: "When I turn four, I'm going to get presents."
Me: "You are? Who's going to give you presents?"
Arden: "The happy birthday kids is going to give me presents."
Ever 11/1/18
While we were cuddling in bed this morning, Jim said, "I have to get up. I can't be late to work."
Ever corrected him: "You may not be late to work."
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Goodness these are amazing.
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