days of nuwanda

Monthly stash of kid quotes

Grace: "Mom, why do you have cheers in your eyes?" I think she meant tears...

Grace: "Harrison hurts my feelings b/c he talks a lot." I love this one b/c *she* is one to talk. :)

Jacob: "That squirrel is going to wish he was never born!!!" b/c Thorn was chasing him.

Grace to Jacob when they couldn't find me around the house: "Jacob, I think Mom got aten by a zombie!"

Grace while coloring pictures: "This one is for Dad to put on his desk, so he doesn't forget I'm his little girl."

Grace while jamming to Michael Buble tunes: "Please, Mom, no dancing!"

Harrison's life with an older sister. Grace: "Ok, I'll wear the pink dress. Now what color dress would you like to wear, Harrison? And do you want to wear my tiara?"

Conversation with Jacob about school...
Mom: "What did you do today?"
Jacob: "We had computer station."
Mom: "What do you do at computer station?"
Jacob: "Get an education."

Grace's analysis of my sickness last week: "Mommy, it sounds like you  need to go to the doctor!"

Jacob: "Mom, what is Harrison's middle name?
Mom: "Robert. Why?"
Jacob: "B/c he's in trouble. He got into my markers....[running off]...HARRISON ROBERT!!!!!"

Grace's random but advantageous advice: "Little girls should never be reading a book outside when the bad sharks are coming to eat her."

And I had to buy a new package of *straight* straws b/c Grace threw out all the bendy straws b/c she declared they were "broken". I tried to explain, but she wasn't buying it.

A month's worth of kid quotes

Mom: "Do you want PB&J for lunch?
Grace: "Yes."
Mom: "Crunchy of creamy PB?"
Grace: "Creamy....without mustard, please!"

Jacob: "Hey, Mom, how 'bout we make a new rule. No drinking and closing your eyes while you walk up the steps. OR you will fall and break your head open." He's destined to be a safety officer; he's obsessed w/ people falling and breaking their heads open. Talks about it constantly...

Mom: "Finish your applesauce. It's good for you."
Grace: "Is applesauce good for Jesus, too?"
Mom: "If He were here, his would be gone already."

Jacob's thoughts on growing up: "The first round is learning to tie your shoes, then buttoning your own shirt, and then climbing mountains!"

Mom to Harrison, who was trying to put on Grace's wedding dress...
Mom: "Harrison, you can't wear dresses!"
Grace: "Yah, you're too little for dresses!"

Grace: "Harrison, can you get down?"
[Harrison screams loudly]
Jacob: "You can take that as a NO!"

Grace: "I like vanilla cheese sticks!"--apparently anything WHITE is vanilla :)

Grace: "Jacob gave me a headache right here [pointing to exact spot on her head] and now it hurts!"

Jacob, after Grace opened her birthday cards: "Grace is almost rich! Once you get $10, you are really rich!"

Grace: "Aunt Mel has a short house. I wish someday she could have a long house." Mel lives in a cool apartment, but apparently Grace wants more for her. :)

Mom while eating fudge cake for Jacob's birthday: "I wanna marry this frosting!"
Grace: "Haha, you can't marry frosting!"
Mom: "Why not?"
Grace: "Because it's a FOOD frosting, not a marry frosting."

Grace: "Mom, you're the bad ugly monster, ok?" then turning to her Barbies and screaming, "Be very afraid of the ugly monster!!!"

Mom: "What'cha thinking about?"
Grace: "I don't know what I'm thinking about...except Walter!"
Jacob, rolling his eyes: "How about she just FORGETS about Walter?"

While I was whistling one day...
Grace to Mom: "Why are you waffling?"
Mom: "I'm not waffling. I'm whistling."
Grace: "No, you're waffling and that freaks people out, you know."

Grace holding a huge stack of picture books: "Mom, you should get these kind of books for me b/c I can really read them." Ummm, you already have a whole bunch. You're holding them!

After seeing a beautiful sunrise...
Mom: : "Jesus put your favorite colors in the sky, Grace. Pink and purple!"
Jacob pouting: "Why doesn't he care about my favorite colors, like black?"
Mom: "You get a black sky every single night, my son."
Jacob grinning sheepishly: "Oh yah..."

Grace: "Tape is magic! I wanted it to rip, and it ripped. It's magic! Isn't that cool?"

Grace to Aunt Mel as she was brushing her hair: "The air in your room messed up my hair."

After we read a book about the moon, instead of thinking it was cool, the kids were nervous about being astronauts after they learned they had to wear those big suits and oxygen tanks in order to breathe. I explained that only people who WANT to go to space become astronauts, that no one is forced to go, but they were still nervous. And then said their bedtime prayers...
Grace: "Help Jesus not to send me to the moon!"
Jacob: "Help me not to be sent up in space without asking, where I might die."
So much for learning about the moon!!!

Jacob to Aunt Mel as they left the art museum after a brief tour...
Aunt Mel: "Did you have a good time?"
Jacob: "Yes, but it was also boring." So honest!

Random medical update from Grace: "Guys, I want to tell you something. When you eat a lot of food, you get sick and die."

Babbling toddler

Harrison in the Polo shirt I found at TJ Maxx for $2.00. I love bargains!

He is saying so much, it's hard to keep up. Here are new words I've noted this week:

• color, meaning he wants to color w/ crayons. The boy is a wicked coloring machine! He colors on paper, tables, chairs, walls, even the dishwasher...oh my! Thank you to the awesome creators of the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser!!! You have saved my home from the toddler-crayon-menace!
• cheese
• airplane
• turtle
• bubbles
• I want...[followed by drink or cheese or color or...]
• I want that [and pointing to it]
• That's my Daddy! He said this to his Uncle while at church, when Daddy came
• I wanna see Bubba! Bubba, of course, is Jacob :)
• Here we go!

And I felt slightly vindicated last Friday night when Daddy got home from his work trip. When Harrison saw him, he went running to him yelling, "MOMMY!" I loved it! It's about time the roles were reversed. Of course, Hubby noted that after that, Harrison went around saying, "Daddy, daddy, daddy" for about 10 minutes in sheer joy, but hey, I had my moment! :)

Quick quips and quotes

Harrison's newest words at 19 months: boy, good boy, hot (for food, then fans and blows on it to cool it off), treat, bite, stinky (Jacob taught him that one!), pooh and grabs his diaper to let me know he needs to be changed. And he said his first first sentence while he and Jacob were building legos. One of their ships fell and Harrison looked over at the broken pieces and said, "Uh-oh, that's not good!"  

Jacob after Mom and Dad noticed how polite and kind he was all morning: "I think this is going to be my best day ever!"

Same day...Jacob after being polite and kind all day: "Did I sin today?"

Grace after watching Wallace & Grommit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit: "You should never go outisde when there's a great big bunny loose!"

Jacob explaining why he was staring in the mirror for about 30 minutes: "I'm discovering my mouth."

Grace talking on her calculator/pretend phone: "Can I help my other Mom fix dinner?" I had asked her to help me wash grapes, and she proceded to get out her phone and "call her other Mom" to get permission. I'm not sure if I'm insulted or pleased. And just what is the protocol w/ imaginary Moms anyhow? 

Jacob after showing him how he should be brushing his teeth to get the plaque: "You could be a dentist when you grow up, Mom!" Gee, and I thought I was grown up...guess I've got some work to do!

Grace dishing on her pretend Mom: "She gives me a headache when she talks a lot to me!" I'm certain that's not true of her REAL Mom!

Conversation w/ Grace

Mom: "Can you move over and let Harrison sit next to you?
Grace: "No! Walter is sitting by me!"
Mom, thinking cleverly: "Well, can you sit on Walter's lap, and then let Harrison have your seat?"
Grace: "Sure!" and she did.

It ocurred to me later that I may have influenced her in a negative way and will be backtracking and strictly enforcing the no-sitting-on-your-real-boyfriend's-lap someday in real life. Hopefully she will not use this against me! :)

Quotes from Munchkinland (a long read--better pull up a good chair)

From the eldest...

Jacob on why he didn't want to go outside and play w/ his sister and her friend Kora: "I want to do at least one thing I like. Watching girls is NOT something I like." I giggled to myself. This will surely change in a few years!

From Grace...

To her little brother when he ripped one of Daddy's papers: "Way to go, Harrison! Dad is NOT going to be proud of you!"

At bedtime: "Dad, I'm going to give you a hug b/c if I give you a kiss, I will feel the pokey things." i.e., his beard

A random moment of confusion: "Sometimes I don't like playing w/ God." Huh???

Grace to Dad while driving down the road: "Where are we going?
Dad: "Crazy!"
Grace: "No, not where YOU GUYS are going...where are WE going?"

Grace was telling me a story about her 3 "pretend brothers" and how they were all eaten by the bad pigs, and then she paused, grinned and said, "Wait a minute--that doesn't make any sense!" Better that she said it instead of me. :)

Jacob did something cool, and Grace clapped.
Jacob: "Were you clapping for me?"
Grace: "No, I was clapping for you, Jacob." Again, huh?

After we passed a building being torn down w/ dump trucks hauling away the rubble, Grace said, "When I am a big girl, I want to get a big PINK truck and dump rocks like that. Won't that be cool?" Indeed!

Grace having dinner at our friends' house...
Grace: "I need more juice."
Marcia: "What's the magic word?"
Grace: "Please?"
Marcia: "Very good."
Grace: "No, that's not a magic word. Abracadabra is a magic word!"

And good grief--the Walter saga continues!!

Again at mealtime...
Grace: "Since I'm Walter's girlfriend, he likes to sit by me." and moved his chair closer.

In the cool race car shopping cart in Kroger...
Grace: "Harrison, scoot over! Walter wants to drive!"

In the van...
Grace: "Oh, Walter wants to sit here, so I'll switch seats."

From the toddler...

He usually calls himself "baby" but also says "doodle" when he sees his own photo. This is from his nickname "Harry-doodle." Don't ask me where "Harry-doodle" came from; we don't even remember anymore.

"yummy"

"yucky"

"truck"

"up-e-dooey" for "up-see-daisies"

"stop" when he's had enough tickling

I was trying to teach him to say "Grace" and thought "Gracie" might be easier. His version started out as "wee-vee" but slowly morphed into "gravy." HA!

And the worst word of all: "Mine!" his first (and hopefully last) four-letter word :(

It's just not that simple

Harrison brought me a broken yellow crayon and pointed and babbled to indicate he wanted me to put it back together. It's just not that simple, son.

After telling a friend about my busier-than-normal work schedule lately (and how much I was struggling), he said, "Well just cut your hours back!" It's just not that simple, man.

After finding a dead possum in the backyard (that apparently Thorn had fun with before he was dead) and calling in backup (Hubby) to cart the dead creature away and giving the dog a bath and having multiple conversations with the kids about it, since they are fascinated with dead things, Grace said, "Poor possum! I wish it were yesterday, and I could tell that possum not to come in our yard or he will die." It's just not that simple, daughter.

Knowing I was spending just a wee bit too much time on facebook, I deactivated for half a day...and got several messages with people worrying about me. One of my nephews even called me "to make sure you aren't dead." And I thought stepping away would be a good thing. :) It's just not that simple.

Coming to terms w/ God about my frustrations means knowing that I must give up my I-deserve-better attitude and accept that my Heavenly Father knows what is best for me. I have the option to fight Him (since He gave me a will) but He has promised to never let me go and will chastise me in love. And I always regret going my own way. Has anyone ever truly regretted doing what is right??? I think not, but it's just not that simple...or is it?

Brilliance in quotations

Jacob to Dad: "Do you wanna smell my tickle spot?" [pointing to his armpit]
Dad: "Ummm, NO!"

Grace all the time (trying to break this one): "Oh darn it!"

Harrison now all the time (also trying to break this one): "Oh darn it!"

Jacob while eating his ice cream cone: "I can smell the taste."
I guess his senses work in tandem.

Harrison when he wants you to get out of his way: "Beep-beep!" or when he squeezes your nose :)

Jacob to Mom: "Your middle name is Barbara, but your first name is just Mom."

Grace about her best friend: "I love Kaitlin because she does the silliest things!" 

Jacob and Grace both call the piano a "compuno" or "compano" and I have no idea why. Not everything has a computer in it, kids!!! :)

Jacob to Mom at bedtome: "Can I give you a wedding kiss?"
Mom: "No. Daddy is the only one who gives me wedding kisses....but out of curiosity, what is a wedding kiss?"
Jacob: "It's when the girl keeps her head straight and the guy tilts his head, so they don't bump noses, like this..." and he demonstrated
FOR THE RECORD, I do not encourage my son to watch romance movies! This idea is straight out of his own little brain...and maybe some of Grace's princess movies.

Grace while getting dressed for church: "Girl zombies wear purple bracelets you know."
No, actually, I did not know that. Did you?

Mom in a discussion about my former life: "My life was just fine all by myself...and then I met Daddy and my life got crazy."
Jacob: "And then you had kids and things got REALLY crazy!"

Grace after a conversation about when she was a baby in mommy's belly (which she loves to talk about): "I was scared in there because there was a lot of blood. Blood is scary when you're a baby."

Jacob after a brain freeze at DQ: "Thanks for making me freeze my brain off!"

Random wisdom from Grace: "Sometimes people are good. Sometimes people are bad."

Jacob running around the yard w/ a stick/wand: "I am Peter Potter!....Hey, Mom, who is Peter Potter?"
Mom: "I think you mean Harry Potter?"
He hasn't seen any Harry Potter yet (obviously, since he can't remember his name), but Daddy is a big fan.

Getting your quote fix

Grace, in big trouble: "I don't want a spanking!"
Mom: "What other punishment do you want then?"
Grace: "A good one!"

Jacob: "I love summer because you get to eat a lot of ice cream."

Grace: "Mom, is it a boy day?"
Mom: "Ummm, what do you mean?"
Grace: "Jacob said it's a boy day, so he gets to watch Batman, and I can't watch Dora."
Mom: "Jacob!......"

Later in the same day...
Jacob: "I hate Dora!"
Grace: "So go away then!"

Grace as we were driving around town: "Don't go in the graveyard. There are GRAVES in there....and ZOMBIES!"

Grace: "Can we watch the movie with the Wall-E songs?" She wanted to watch Hello Dolly and if you've seen Wall-E, you know why this is funny. Wall-E plays several Hello Dolly songs, but to Grace, Wall-E came first, so Hello Dolly copied Wall-E. :)

Grace: "We heard bombs last night!" We didn't keep the kids up for the city fireworks this year (that are across from us in the park) b/c it was on a weird night, but she definitely heard them. I guess next time I should explain, so she's not nervous.

And lest I leave anyone out, here are some new words Harrison has mastered:

• cheese
• please ("bees")
• thank you
• shoes
• drink
• cup
• book
• "Bubba" for Jacob
• "Gray" for Grace
• baby
• dude
• all gone

And the little guy STILL will NOT call me "mama". In the last week he has called me "dude" and "baby" and "daddy". Today he said "mama" when he saw a photo of me on my pc, but then pointed to me and said, "baby!" This little booger knows that he's messing w/ me, I do believe. :) He also does this cute little thing where he comes running over to me w/ his shirt pulled up and waits for me to say, 'belly!" and tickle him and chase him around. Very cute. I love seeing his little sense of humor. I'm guessing Harrison will be the class clown someday. :)

Grown up quotes

Jacob: "I'm all grown up now because I can put the stickers on by myself." I guess when you can put the stickers on your model Star Wars ship all by yourself, you truly are grown up. Does this mean we can start charging him rent?

Grace: "Can I have a snack?"
Mom: "Yes. "
Grace: "But Dad said I can't have a snack b/c I didn't finish my breakfast."
Mom: "Then no, you can't have one."
Grace, very irritated: "BUT MOM!"
Mom: "Then why did you tell me that?"
Grace stomps off...

Jacob to his sister who was pinching him: "Ouch! You're hurting me."
Grace: "No, It's ok."
This is her version of Jedi powers, waving her hand, telling Jacob he's not really in pain. :)

Grace about the dog who was licking a scratch on his paw: "He's licking his toes like it's ice cream."

Jacob in response to Mom asking why he is so weird: "We're weird b/c we want to be weird."Well, that settles it!

Grace: "Uh-oh, I heard something.....I heard DOTS!"
Oh no, not DOTS!!! Wait, what do they sound like?

Grace: "When I ate spaghetti, it didn't throw up me."
I didn't know exactly where she was going w/ this, but I figured it was a good thing, so I said, "Ok!"

Grace: "Watch out, Mom. The wet water is ICKY!" Good to know!