The Sweetest "Bartlette" Pairs: My Perfect Christmas tree

Thursday, December 9, 2010

My Perfect Christmas tree

When I got word that my dad was coming up to Salt Lake I mentioned (OK I begged) him to cut down and bring me a Christmas tree. I love this tree! Mostly because it reminds me of being a child and watching my dad so proudly bring in the Christmas tree and then my mom would go on and on about how perfect it is.
Another reason I think this tree is perfect is because it's not perfect. It's not grown in a Christmas Tree farm where I'm sure they've got tricks to make trees look perfect. Nature made my tree just the way it is barren spots, crooked trunk and all. To me it signifies the way life is. None of us are perfect but the key it to not focus on the barren spots in ourselves or others but to enjoy they way God made us imperfect and all!

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RachelleDecember 9, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Love that thought - thanks for sharing!!! The tree is "perfect"!!
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SuzDecember 10, 2010 at 4:55 PM
I love your metaphor. Can't wait to see the tree in person:)
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E: (making muffins for her farewell with her friend Alix. She started scooping sour cream into a measuring cup). I hate sour cream scooping sour cream so bad. Alix: me too (looked at Emily at started gagging) E: (giving herself a motivating talk). Jesus died for my sins so i can scoop sour cream. Alix: Jesus died for my sins so I don't have to scoop sour cream. (April 2025) J: (Emily came into her room while she was rotting in her bed after school wanting some alone time and started talking to her. After a minute). OK enough talking for now. See you tomorrow (April 2025) J: (coming home from church a weekend Emily was home from college) OK lets get to hanging out now emily (Feb 2025) E: (opening her present to discover a sweater she asked for ) J: Ohhhh that will look so cute on me! (Dec 2024) M: "Emily are you sure you really have to go to the music trip. Maybe we could save the money for something else instead?" E: "Mom you know I have too much FOMO to miss it. Besides nobody would have any fun if I'm not there" (Jan 2024) S: (made his bed with his new Bluey sheets). Hey mom my bed is now "Bluey ful"(Jan 2024) S: (out of nowhere). Emily has already been on a magazine. Wow what's next (October 2023) M: (spencer woke up especially early one morning and came into my room). Mencie its too early to be awake. Come lay down by me and lets cuddle. S: (after squeezing him really tight). Man if stuffy wuffy feels like this I feel bad him (October 2023) A: (driving the boys to school the first day and we pull up next to their bus at a stop light) Look Spencer we have a Lady bus driver. S: Yes!!!!!!! M: Why would that matter? A: Because she's most likely nice. M: My meanest bus driver growing up was a woman. A: Girl Bus drivers can be mean but there is only 2 ways a woman bus driver can be. Guy bus drivers are like always mean (August 2023) S: Telling grandma becky that everytime he goes to the mall and shares his quarters with his siblings to get a gumball his gumball machine always gives him 2. M: It's like I say "the more you give the more get" G-ma Becky: Yup because "nothing is really yours until you give it away" S: (on the way home from Teasdale with a smurk sparkle in his eye). Mom I guess this car isn't yours until you give it to me. (June 2023) M: Your back. Couldn't your friends play tonight? S: They could but they were just watching their computer screen staring like this forever, so I said how dumb forget this I'm going home (May 2023) M: (After they handed me my large diet coke in the McDonalds drive thru. I commented to Emily what is this new cup?) E: Oh it's like the ones they gave us in California M: I hope this isn't the new thing. I don't like it. I feel like I'm getting jipped out of my $1 diet coke. E: Waaa Waaa Waaaa. Did somebody call the Waambulance. S: (Laughing so hyserically). That's so funny. Mom's a Wambulance. waaa waaa waaa (May 2023) M: (feeling pretty proud after relearning a little pre calculus and then teaching Emily to help her get ready for a test). I'm pretty awesome at teaching math E: You are mom M: I'm so good maybe I should be a math teacher. E: No you do not M: What? why not I taught you didn't I . E: Yeah but everybody hates their math teacher. Do you know how many death wishes you'd have on you? M: good point (Jan 2023) S: (talking about kindergarten and when they had special days like take your stuffed animal to school.). Mom what if the school had a come to school naked day. M: Oooo. yuck. I wouldn't want to see everyone naked. I think I would be absent that day. S: (laughing hysterically). Yeah I would call the principal and say..... I'm not feeling very good today and need to stay home. (Jane 2023) M: (driving home from Bart's parents house). OK guys when we get home we need to do Come Follow me. E: Really? I just want to go be alone. (more moaning and groaning from the others in the backseat) M: Come on guys lets not let the devil win. We can do this. E: (mocking voice:) Don't let the devil win Aaron and Jane: (chanting). Don't let the devil win. Spencer: (with his I'm a turkery lurkey smurk in his eye pipes in). Let the Devil win!! M: (trying to sound shocked ) Spencer!!!! M: (during the Pace Christmas party gift exchange I lost the money we were given in an envelope). has anyone seen the envelope for Bart and me. chatter from everyone: Way to go you lost your money. B: I just handed it to you M: Bad idea I can't keep track of anything right now I can barely move Grandpa Dick: me either (Dec 2022) S: mom do you like my wreath I made with legos? M: Sure that is very clever S: (ran off humming and talking to himself). I'm decking the halls with boughs of jolly (Dec 2022) S: mom maybe we can buy our new elf Zippy some clothese like a gingerbread suit. J: shhh..... you don't want him to hear you. S: bruh he hears everything Jane. (points to his head) He's a mind reader (Dec 2022) M: So Jane should I buy a chevy bolt. J: (looks at picture) Oh mom this is so small and you'd have to pick carpool up in this on thursday's wouldn't you? M: Well yeah but you can all squeeze J: (dramatic 13 year old eye roll with a big sigh) Let's play a game. How much does your mom NOT love you. Answer: force carpool to squeeze into a tiny car. M: Yup (then I proceed to sing the melody of Dorthy's mean neighbor riding her bike.) Do ta do ta do do.........(August 2022) S: Mom I'm really excited to be a dad someday. M: Yeah it would be fun to play with all your kids huh? S: Yeah but I want tp work like dada does and sacrifice for my family M: Thats so great. You'll make a great dad someday (August 2022) M: (I had to set up a stay in your bed reward system after 2 little boys pretty much slept on my floor for an entire summer) S: (Didn't really struggle to stay in his bed but wanted to do the same things as Aaron every night so he earned his reward really quickly. A week after he had is reward). Mom can I stay in my bed for a week and earn another reward? M: No because you don't have a hard time staying in your room anymore. S: Yes I do I wake up every night scared and want to come down to your room but then I tell myself to toughen up ( Aug. 2022) M: (in california driving Ally's 3 youngest and Spencer driving to a science camp that Hazel attended the year before) Hazel: I think you guys will be making slime. Clara: My mom really hates slime. S: Momma you hate slim to don't you. M: Yeah it can ruin things like carpet really easy. Hazel: Yeah well my mom hates it so much that anytime we bring some home from school or someplace she immediately throws it in the garbage. S: Wow your mom must.... (insert dramatic pause) M: (when I heard the pause I thought he was going to say.... be really mean) S: REALLY HATE SLIME (Aug 2022) S: hey mom do you know what would happen with our bodies if we never drank any water. M: Hmm... what do you think would happen S: I wouldn't have any tears to cry when you tell me to do something I don't want to do it. S: (sitting next to him on the bed while tucking him in) momma how was your day today? M: It was good S: what was the best part of your day? M: well there was a student at school who doesn't talk and while I was reading the book 5 little monkey's swinging on the tree he started doing the actions and then at the end said snap, snap, snap. S: Wow he really never says anything. M: nope that's why I work with him. So what was the best part of your day. S: (he sat up and gave me a big hug and said ). Giving you a hug. (Feb 2023) M: Emily you are going to make the best mom. You are so loving, accepting and encouraging of everyone around you. You go with the flow and have a great sense of humor that makes you fun to be around. Your kids are going to love you. E: Maybe but my house with will be a mess. I don't like to clean. M: You can always work on that starting with your room right now. E: Yeah no. I think I'd rather make my husband sign a waiver that if he is going to marry me he has to do all the cleaning. (Nov 2021) E: (crying big huge tears that crush a momma heart after accidentally deleting all of her pictures she took with her cheap $20 mini camera she got as a birthday present) My pictures are gone. Deleted forever M: Didn't anybody else take those pictures that you could get them from: E: Yeah but not with the weird filters and bad quality that my camera had (Nov. 2021) M: (tucking Aaron in and from the next room I hear Spencer) S: I am meditating, I am meditating, I am meditating (over and over) M: Spencer it's time to be quiet and go to sleep S: OK I'll meditate in my head (Nov 2021) S: Mom do you know that I know how to wave my arm for the primary songs? M: that's cool (thinking its the signs they teach them to help remember the words) B: (during the primary program songs Spencer in all of his glory was following along with the chorister, Bart leans over). What is he doing? M: Leading the music. Spencer's just being Spencer (afterwards the couple in charge of the sacrament music came up and said Spencer is so adorable leading the music. Who taught him how because he was right on beat) (Nov 2021) S: (singing I am a Child of God and got to the part that says 'and so my needs are great). And so my knees are grey (October 2021) E: Oh fork M: Emily your mouth. E: Mom I don't swear I utensil. (Sept 2021) A: (feeling sad and anxious in sacrament meeting about his pending talk in primary). Mom could you have another baby so I can cuddle it. M: Sorry I'm too old to have more babies. A: Well then can't you adopt one? M: No our family is complete but you can always cuddle all the new cousins. A: (big sigh). OK but I just wish one was ours(Aug 2021) S: (after the tooth fairy came and doubled his reward for letting Bart pull out both lower teeth). Man if the next time the tooth fairy comes and I only get coins I'm for sure not letting dad pull anymore teeth. Just not worth it for that (Aug 2021) G Dick: (after hearing G Becky read a facebook post from the farm Bureau about fasting/prayer for the drought). Well I'm going to start praying for wind because the more I pray for rain all I get it wind. Maybe if I pray for wind the rain will come. (May 2021) S: Mom how do you like the rainbow flowers I gave you for mother's day?

M: I love them they are the best

S: Well I really wanted to give you the pink flowers but dad said they are poisonous.

M: (in my head. Ha ha I bet Bart's poisonous means too expensive). (May 2021)

M: (Aaron wears the same couple of hoodies every day to school. Often Emily points it out to Aaron warning him not to be the kid who is always wearing the same hoodie. As Aaron came out for church one day wearing the same white shirt he's worn for the past 3 months I comment). Aaron why don't you wear another one of your church shirts. You have more in your closet?

E: Yeah Aaron do you want to be that kid always wearing the same thing?

A: I already am THAT kid(February 2021)

S: (trying to solve that there is only 3 airheads and 4 kids problem). I have an idea. Aaron you can give Emily a little bit of your arrow head and Jane you can give Emily a little bit of your arrow head. That's a good solution.

M: What about you can you share some of your airhead?

S: But I want all of mine (January 2021)

S: (Bart and I arrived home from a date). Mom your home. How was your wedding?

M: It was a date not a wedding Spencer

S: Oh well how was your date? (January 2021)

S: (after hearing that Bart and I are going on a date). But mom if you and dad are on a date there won't be any parents around for me to talk to all day (January 2021)

S: (wrapped up a gift me for all by himself, wrote M O M on it and handed it to me Christmas morning.)

M: Spencer how nice of you. Did you wrap this yourself

S: Beamed with pride.

M: (opened it and saw an empty roll of tape).

S: It's for you to take and put more tape on it (Dec 2020)

M: (coughing after choking on some water in the car)

J: Oh mom you've got to stop coughing or people will think you have covid.

M: It's not like you can just make yourself not cough.

J: I can. I guess you are just not at the level yet mom.

E: It's true mom. You should see how everyone looks at someone when they start coughing in class (Dec 2020)

J: (coming down the stair the night after Zoey arrived and she saw that Zoey hadn't moved. She walked by me shaking her head). Mom what will the kids think?

M: Jane it had to be done or Spencer will never learn his lesson to not touch the elf. (Dec 2020)

S: (looking at his plate of unappetizing dinner). Mom you know how after I poop some of it is in my underwear and then my bum starts to itch.

M: Yeah

S: Well eating makes you poop so I'm not going to each anymore and then I won't poop and have an itchy bum.

M: And you will also starve to death

S: Oh yeah. Hmmm... (Nov 2020)

E: Jane how was planting flowers at the Temple today?

J: Well lets just say I chose the wrong day to wear my low rise jeans. (Sept 2020)

S: (in the backseat of the car talking on an old flip phone he uses to play with) Hello, Hello, Hey can you help me out because my mom always asks me to clean (Sept 2020)

S: (I was taking too long finishing something in the kitchen before taking Spencer to bed) Come on mom. Chop, Chop I want to go to bed.

B: (giggling to himself) Chop, Chop that's how I feel about bedtime to (July 2020)

S: (bossing us around in the car on our vacation to ID/Mt. wanting his turn with the shake.) Pass it back, come on Pass it back now (July 2020)

J: Dad everyone's already at the airbnb. Why do we always have to be the last to arrive.

B: What's the rush Jane?

J: I want to hang out with Max and Ben

B: What do you want to go skipping around the town holding hands? (July 2020

M: (hiking on a trail near Wallace ID and a bug flew into my mouth. I was with Aaron at the time) eww yuck a bug just flew into my mouth.

A: Well at least you got some extra protein from it (July 2020)

M: (leaving Lake Powell after hurrying to load up in a wind storm) next year we've got to figure out how to get on a house boat.

S: How can we figure that out? Hmm.. we'll also have to figure out how to to drive the boat and get the boat. 1st we need to get the boat and then we climb up the ladder to get on the boat and then how do you drive it?

M: I think dad could drive it but it cost too much money.

S: OK then we can sell lemonade and pay for it (June 2020)

G-ma Becky: (I was having a conversation with my mom about some of my opinions about her new house) Jane have you ever noticed that when your mom wants to change someone's mind she has this way of talking to you until you finally give in?

J: Yeah it's super annoying (April 2020)

A: (we were driving along 1-15 near Thanksgiving point and noticing Jane's name on a large skyscraper building) Wow Jane look its your name.

J: (glanced up saw her name glanced back down at her book she was reading and replied nonchalantly) Yeah it's my building (April 2020)

E: (Whenever Jane gets upset Emily teases her saying) "Geez Jane you've got quite the attitude going on. When was the last time you took off those attitude pants? (We now like to tease Jane about her attitude pants.

D: (walking in the room when Jane was on one.) Jane time to change your attitude.

J: AAGG... I already changed my pants today (April 2020)

S: (the kids were upset with him because he wouldn't listen to me and made them all lose screen time for the rest of the day) I guess I'm not your buchie buchie boo anymore am I? (April 2020)

B: Spencer come here I have a question for you?

S: (knowing his dad wants him to get dressed for our family Easter sacrament, he thinks everyday should be a PJ day) No dad! I just don't want to hear it from you right now (April 2020)

J: I think fasting is going to make me really fat because when I can finally eat I'm going to eat everything I can. (April 2020)

M: After dinner we are all going on a walk to get out of the house

S: Aaah mom I wanted to be lazy today (April 2020)

E: (at Smiths) Oh I want this treat instead of the cookie.

J: Alright I'll go put it back Or..... I just keep it for myself. (April 2020)

S: (running by me on his way out of the laundry room door with hilarious outfit on. He also ran by Bart and I standing in the kitchen at full speed buck naked) check ya later.... (April 2020)

S: (yelling at someone at the dinner table) Shut up!! Your so annoying

B: Spencer!!!

S: (flippantly) Sorry

B: We don't say those words in our house

S: What? Sorry's a great word ( March 2020)

S: (listening to a new Selena Gomez song while driving in the car) mom why does it say I need to lose you to love you? (it really says I needed to lose you to love me) (big pause....) maybe it should say I need to find you to love you (March 2020)

S: Mom do you know that when I was screaming in the middle of then night, I didn't wake up Aaron.... It's magic (Feb 2020)

S: (running past Emily after he put on his grey comfy pants. i.e. jogging pants that are exactly like Janes) Emily we are not twinner winners. Only Jane and I are twinner winners (Dec 2019)

S: I'm going to count the popcorn and then I'm going to collect them in my mouth (Nov. 2019)

A: (really angrily) Mom why does it always have to be about Emily?

S: (calmly) and me Aaron. (Nov. 2019)

S: (sitting waiting at the regional PTA awards ceremony and listening to kids names called out along with their school i.e. Craig from Sunrise. Spencer leaned over and said) Mom are they going to say Spencer from Cindy's soon? (Nov 2019)

S: (came into the laundry room and stomped his feet) MOM come help me put away this puzzle. I'm done with it. It makes me flusterated (Oct. 2019)

S: ( made a blanket fort on the couch) mom come see my personal space I made (Oct. 2019)

J: i scream for ice cream.

S: I scream for.... hot dogs (Oct. 2019)

S: (I've been waiting to hear this since I became a mother 13+ years ago) Mom your a good mom because you make me clean up (Oct 2019)

E: (giving the come follow me lesson one night about Godly Sorrow and asking each of us to share an example of when we felt it.) Aaron it's you turn when have you felt Godly Sorrow?

A: (doing his cute confused face) Hey I'm only 6 I haven't lived long enough for stuff like that (Sept 2019)

A: (After hearing me pray that he would have fun at school). You know mom I always have fun at school.

M: I know you do and you never get in trouble do you?

A: No not really maybe just once or twice.

M: Really what did you do?

A: I can't remember but everyone gets in trouble once in a while. You can't go the whole year not getting in trouble. (Sept 2019)

S: (wailing, screaming, crying etc...)

J: Mom you got to do something about him

M: Jane his tired and 3. There's nothing I can do for him.

J: Well at least go get him some therapy or something(May 2019)

S: pinky pinky please (i.e. pretty pretty please)(April 2019)

S: (in the car with the whole family). Mom stop talking to dad

M: I can talk to dad

S: No he's my friend

M: Well he's my friend too. In fact he is my best friend and I love him.

S: No he's my friend. You go talk to Ally (Feb 2019)

S: (after sacrament meeting I stopped to talk to a friend. Spencer became impatient anxious to get to nursery). Mom chop, chop (Feb 2019)

J: (walking through the bakery at walmart late in the evening) Mom I am so full nothing looks good. Even the sugar cookies look disgusting. In fact everything seems really gross....... Expect cheesecake. That always seems good. (Jan 2019)

M: Nice job Aaron scoring all those baskets

A: Yeah well it helps when they pair you up with the small kid (Jan 2019)

M: (walking in the house and seeing it spotless )Wow Jane did you clean this all up?

J: Yes but don't kiss me (I often chase her around telling her she's the best and give her a big hug and kiss, she hates it, but secretly loves it)

E: Yep Jane your definitely favorite daughter of the day.

M: You know Emily you can try and be favorite daughter too.

E: hmmm.... Maybe tomorrow I'll do the dishes to become favorite daughter of the day.

J: Oh yeah then I'll scrub all the bathrooms so you won't be

E: Yeah then I'll do something even better

M: I'm liking the sound of this competition. Keep it up

E: Yeah no I'm ok with Jane being favorite daughter of the day(Jan 2019)

S: (cleaning out the toy closet with Jane) Are you kidding me? (Dec 2018)

S: Ho, Ho, Ho... Merry Chwistmas ebeybody. (Dec 2018)

S: (hearing an argument between Emily, Jane and I, he came running into the kitchen) What's the deal (December 2018)

M: Emily look I picked up a sweater for you and Jane to share.

E: Ooh Black, like my soul

M: (giving her the I do not approve mom look) Really your soul is black?

E: No I heard that on a you tube and just repeated it (December 2018)

E: Mom when was the last time you washed your hair?

M: A couple of days ago why?

E: It looks a little....shiny

M: (singing Mauna song) Shiny like a wealthy woman's neck... scrub the deck (November 2018)

S: (driving home from the airport after picking up Bart) Daddy I stole your pido (pillow)

B: Oh yeah?

S: (laughing) Just kidding (October 2018)

S: baba in my milk (requesting milk in his sippy) (Sept 2018)

J: (running in after school ripping her backpack open and pulling out a brand new recorder she just got from school) You guys want to hear something that sounds horrible (Sept 2018)

S: (waking up in the tent while camping) I dreamed about treats. It's fun (Sept 2018)

J: (vacuuming the car) Wow mom it's getting hot back here

M: Yeah I know it is. Maybe just hurry and finish it doesn't have to be perfect.

J: But I like perfect mom (August 2018)

S: (seeing a picture of himself) Aahh Mensie (August 2018)

S: (watching Jane open an amazon package of a lego set she bought with her babysitting money) Oh me gosh, Oh me gosh, Oh me gosh (August 2018)

M: I can give you some money now for babysitting

J: mom I think I'd rather you just buy me toys with it. Because if you give me cash I just want to save it (August 2018)

E: Mom we have to go to Wal Mart now to get school supplies before we leave for Grandma Becky's house tomorow.

M: We still have over 3 weeks until school starts I'm sure we can go after you get back.

E: Oh no we can't mom because all the stuff except for the black binders and black notebooks and other black stuff will be gone and then I'll go to school and everyone will think I'm goth (August 2018)

A: Mom will you come help me turn on a movie with this remote.

M: Ok what movie

S: race car one race car one

A: No another one

S: race car one, race car one

A: Oh ok we will watch that one. Now will you click on the episode

M: (clicking on episode 3)

A: Oh not this one. This one is about Love and I hate Love (July 2018)

M: (giving Spencer his daily potty pep talk). OK Spencer when you feel poop in your bum yell potty potty and we'll run to the toliet and then the poop will get in the toliet and then you'll get that yo yo you really want.

S: (shakes his head) I don't want too. I don't like yo yo's anymore (July 2018)

G. Becky: Have you seen Spencer kick? I've never seen a 2 year old who can kick over his head. It's amazing. I hope I live long enough to watch him play professional soccer.

M: I hope I live long enough to see him poop in the toliet

G. Becky: Oh Collette he is only 2 it's way more important that he kick higher than his head (June 2018)

A: (During his bedtime prayers) and pray that we will live to be 100 (June 2018)

G Becky: Wow Spencer you go potty in the toilet now?

S: No I go outside. I a doggy (May 2018)

S: Yeah Sure (whenever Spencer says yes to a question)(May 2018)

S: (he threw a ball to me) Go Fetch doggy (May 2018)

B: (chasing a naked Spencer around trying to get his clothes back on)

S: No daddy soccer shorts

B: You need your underwear on first

S: ( letting out a big teenage girl sigh as he give in) K fine (May 2018)

M: Aaron are you drinking another pop?

A: Yeah mom it's only my 4th today.

M: And that is exactly why I don't buy pop anymore (April 2018)

B: Hey kids if you get bored tomorrow why don't you clear out this dirt out of the grass right here.

J: OK dad I'll make sure and not be bored tomorrow (April 2018).

S: (wanting Bart to put his belly on his feet and lift him up in the air) Fly. Fly Daddy. I fly daddy (April 2018)

S: (crawling into my lap while I was watching TV in my recliner he has did this after he ran away from me after a shower and then came back a while later saying cold and then I wrapped in in his towel and he jumped up onto Bart's chest while he was laying on the couch) Awe cuddles (March 2018)

J: (at the beginning of potty training I told the kids that if Spencer does anything in the potty everyone gets a treat) Spencer? Do you need to go Pee Pee, Poo Poo, or Caca?

M: Caca? Where did you get that Jane?

J: That's what they always told us at the kids club on the cruise. Don't you know we always joke about it with Max and Ben? (March 2018)

M: (in the car coming home from Jane's soccer game). I think we only have time to stop by and get a pizza for dinner.

J: OK can we at least have only cheese on it

A: NOOOO.... not the cheese. I hate just cheese pizza

J: Ohh Aaron cheese pizza is not going to kill you (March 2018)

J: (playing one of those guess a number than a color and land on a fortune sort of game) Mom it says "You will be best friends with Aaron

M: Yeah that's a great fortune. What do you think Aaron can we be best friends

A: (looking at me rather skeptical, embarrassed and confused) Mom your my mom we will always be best friends (Feb 2018)

A: (while washing dishes with me) Mom Heavenly Father borned me to be really good at washing dishes. (Jan 2018)

A: (looking at his plate of "disgusting" food)

M: 5 bites Aaron because you are 5.

A: Actually mom just 4 bites because I'm really just 4. The last birthday was just a pretend birthday. (Jan 2018)

E: (the night before school started from Christmas break, Emily wasn't feeling great and the blues set it. Crying a little) Mom I feel like I want to go home but I am home (Jan. 2018)

A: Mom when we go see the movie Star Wars can I sit by dad because we are super fans?

M: (later talking to Bart) so Aaron thinks your the super fan?

That's bolony! Who's the one who watches the movies with him over and over again, puts the puzzles and legos together with him and talks about it with him all the time. Me that's who and you get the honor of superfan?

B: Well were you the one that took him to meet Luke Skywalker?

M: Yeah I guess I can't beat that? (Dec 2017)

M: (standing up at the table after eating) Oh man I feel like throwing up I think I ate too much

J: (matter of factly) Well keep it over there will ya? (Dec 2017)

S: (crying because I was leaving the house to take Emi to Viola)

M: Spencer go to Jane. I bet she has some candy in her room she will give you

S: (slaps her hand away) No cani i.e. candy

M: Wow Spencer your first 2 word phrase. I would have never believed it would be "no candy" as much you like it(Nov 2017)

A: Look at what I made in preschool.

M: (glancing at it a little distractedly) Yeah it's cute

A: Mom!! How can this be cute it's just a picture I drew of corn (Nov 2017)

Bishop: (at tithing settlement) What have you learned Aaron from reading the scriptures?

A: It helps calm the wild Indian (Nov 2017)

J: mom in the middle of the night I came down and got a drink of water because I was so thirsty.

M: Was that when I heard you crying?

J: (looking really confused) crying? I wasn't crying

M: Yeah I heard and I thought you were having one of your night terrors and I was about to come see what was going on but then you stopped so I figured you went back to bed.

J: Oh so I did sleep walk last night. I wondered why I woke up with my pajamas off and I had three pairs of underwear on.

E: Yeah Jane I came in your room and you told me "I've got to hurry and get ready for soccer and you were putting on more underwear" (Sept 2017)

A: (crying uncontrollably in the car all the way up to Pauline's on a day I ripped him out of bed because I had to get to work early) I just want some Lucky Charms (repeated over and over and over.

M: Does it look like I have any Lucky Charms Aaron?

A: No but I just want some Lucky Charms...

M: Tell you what if you can show me that you can calm down and be extra good for Nona we can stop by the store when I come and get after work and buy some.

A: Well I'm sure you won't because after work you will tell me "No Aaron I'm too put out to do that" (Aug 2017)

M: (as we were driving and Spencer was being really quiet) Aaron what's Spencer doing?

A: Just chillin like a Villian (in reference to Descendants 2 movie) (Aug 2017)

A: (throwing his sheets down the stairs one morning as he was cleaning his room). Here mom these need to be washed

M: Aaron we just changed those a few days ago

A: I know but I've been farting in them all night. (Aug 2017)

E: (while sweeping our kitchen/dining/family room) I can't wait until I have a tiny house. It will be so much easier to clean.

M: Very true Emily

E: (proceeds to give me a detailed account of the floor plan of the tiny house) Now I just need to find someone to marry who wants to live in a tiny house and loves Harry Potter as much as me so we can have our reception at Harry Potter world (May 2017)

S: (he gets so mad when I put him to bed. He'll howl and cry. Not tonight he said....) Owie, Owie, Owie, Owie over and over again (May 2017)

A: Can I have more pasgetti?
E &J: Haha say that again Aaron
A: pasgetti
E&J: Did you hear how he says that it's so funny.
A: (confused) I'm not saying it funny?
E&J: Yes you are.
M: Well I think it's adorable.
A: (started crying) mom why did you say I'm a door bell?(April 2017)

A: Mom I like being your special helper. And I like kisses and cuddles and Spencer. (March 2017)

A: (watching the Hole in the Rock documentary and they were talking about the San Juan hill that was so hard on the horses that their legs and hooves were bleeding) Mom you know if I was a cowboy and my horses legs started bleeding I would cry (March 2017)

S: (yelling for more when his peaches were gone)
M: Spencer did you eat all the peaches. Say More and I'll give you some more. Come on (signing and speaking) more..more...more...
S: (angrily slapped his hands together) MO (Feb 2017)

A: (while watching the Super Bowl) Mom I'm ready for my root beer float.
M: When it's half time we'll make the floats
A: When is it going to be half time?
M: When a lady gets up and sings
A: What is she going to sing? Jesus said love everyone?
M: Probably not Aaron since it will be Lady Gaga (Feb 2017)

J: (as I was tucking her into bed) Oh mom I am so tired.
M: me too Jane.
J: yeah I've been this way since we shoveled all that heavy snow(Jan 2017)

J: (on the way home from Nona's and Papa's after Christmas dinner and we were talking about Jane saving the day finding R2D2.) Why does everyone think I'm a good finder
M: Because you always save the day and find things that are lost
E: Well Aaron's the best finder of all when he wants to be. He can find anything hidden in my bedroom. Especially candy. (Dec 2016)

M: (after a good Sunday nap I walked into the kitchen and found Aaron smashing up marshmallows in a bowl). What are you doing Aaron?
A: I'm making marshmallow stuffing.
M: Hmm that looks yummy (I then proceed to mix up some salad dressing for a salad)
A: Mom you and me are the best cookers huh?(Dec 2016)

S: (As Bart came into the room) da da da da (Dec 2016)

A: Mom can we go back to the bank so you can buy me a sucker and a dollar?
M: Why do you need a dollar Aaron?
A: So I can be rich like Emily and Jane (Nov 2016)

A: Mom I know what I want for Christmas
M: Yeah what?
A: A life size Darth Vader that talks
M: Yeah not going to happen. That's up there with an IPOD Emily has been asking about each year.
E: Which means unless mom and dad get hit by a rock and get a concussion and don't know what they are doing you are not getting it.(October 2016)

A: (Singing) Fireman Sam is "NOT" the hero
E: Oh Aaron your growing up I'm so proud you are notw making fun of kid songs (October 2016)

M: (While watching the American Girl doll movie "Molly" that has Emily's doll Emily on it with my girls). Too bad they don't have an American Girl doll named Jane.
E: Jane will just have to do something amazing in her life and then when she dies they will make a Jane American Girl doll after her.
J: Like what? What can I do that will be amazing.
E: Who knows like be an incredible babysitter
J: Or a superstar soccer player. (Oct. 2016)

J: Mom I'm half like you and half like dad.
M: Why is that?
J: Because I tie my shoes and cut my food like you but I walk fast and like bananas in my cereal like dad. (Oct 2016)

M: (Emily gave Spencer a hug before we turned off her light.) Be careful we've got slobberjobs in the house tonight.
E: (Emily gave him a hug anyway) Now my hand is all wet. Seriously if we could just sell all his slobber we'd be rich. (Sept 2016)

A: (we've been pushing for him to sleep in his own bed even though he'd rather crash on our floor in our bedroom. One morning he was playing at Evan's house. I got a text from Evan's mom that said). Aaron just stubbed his toe and yelled "this is all because I slept in my own bed!" (Sept 2016)

B: (as we were in a hurry to get to regional conference) Time to go everyone
M: Do we have enough stuff in Aaron's bag to keep him busy? What about his shoes where are they?
B: Hey I got Spencer ready and put him in his car seat I thought I was doing a good job this morning.
M: I hate to tell you this but we have 4 kids not 1. What if I thought about only 1 child ?
B: Well then I'd just have to get some more wives
M: That sounds like a great idea. Will you make sure and find one that likes to cook and another one who likes the floors to always be spotless(Sept 2016)

M: (as Aaron was playing with Emily's new music stand). Aaron please just look with your eyes
A: But I look with my hands
M: You sure do (August 2016)

M: (at dinner time) Well today Spencer had his 4 month old checkup. He's 83% in height and 36% in weight.
E: And 110% in cuteness (August 2016)

J: Aaron stop touching Spencer
A: But I can touch him cause he's my brother. We are Bro's (July 2016)

Grandma Becky: (talking to Dayson and Dylan after a little cousin conflict) Now boys I want you to be extra nice and include the little boys.
A: (looking very confused) but we are the same size.(June 2016)

E: (running down the stairs after she discovered Aaron got into her room) AARON!!!! YOU TOOK MY PLAYDOH!!!! Mom I locked my door but Aaron found a stick and got into my room and took my play doh and ruined it.
M: I'm sorry Em. Aaron where did you get a stick from?
A: I climbed up on a stool and grabbed one from where they are hiding.
E: Geez! Mom we need to put a cow bell on Aaron so we always know where he is. (June 2016)

A: (on a bike ride Aaron stopped and picked up a rolly polly bug). Aaa mom he's so cute. I'm going to take him back to our house and give him a nice home. (June 2016)

M: Oh Aaron those socks have a hole in the toe. I guess they need to go in the garbage.
A: No mom I like them this way. Then I can have a puppet show with my toe (May 2016)

E: (after Aaron completely tore apart a straw basket leaving all the pieces on his bedroom floor, I bribed Emily and Jane to come pick them all up for $1 each) Mom what if Aaron didn't exist? How would Jane and I get so rich? (May 2016)

A: Mom you want to come see?
M: Not really Aaron I'm sure you made a big mess.
A: That's cause I'm 3. 3 year olds can make messes but when I'm 7, I can't make a mess (April 2016)

A: (driving home from his school) Mom I'm going to miss my preschool.
M: I know Aaron but soon you'll get to hang out with baby Spencer and me all day long.
A: You know mom they have a baby care room. You can take Spencer there and I will make sure he doesn't cry (April 2016)

A: (singing "If I listen with my heart" to me while I was tucking him in. He got to this part.) He comforts me in times of need. You know mom Jesus can comfort me.
M: Your right Aaron.
A: Like if a monster comes into my room he will come and give me comfort.
M: Exactly (April 2016)

M: (after just discovering that Jane carved her name in my dining room table.) Oh Jane what's this. Seriously you are way to old for this you should know better.
J: breaks down crying. I don't know what's come over me today. I'm a bad bad person.
E: (listens to this while she is washing the dishes. Finishes us and comes over to the table) Well I guess you won't ever be able to sell this table. It's not like it's Katy Perry's autograph on it or anything (March 2016)

M: (driving in the car) I know I promised you we would stop by Harmon's but Smith's is right here. Why don't we run in here.
E: Why don't we just go to Walmart?
M: OK is everyone up to that
J&A: No, No you promised us Harmon's (a great deal of whining begins)
M: Actually forget it everyone is whining and wants something different so we are just driving home.
J: We'll stop whining I promise.
M: OK I'll give you one more chance but if anyone starts crying I'm driving home.
A: I won't cry, I'm a superhero and superheroes never cry(January 2016)

E: Why are all rock sounds about love? When I grow up I'm going to write a rock song that is NOT about love (Jan 2016)

J: Today Harmons came to our class and gave us some of that yummy fruit that we used to eat. You know the kind that you can squeeze and the juice comes out into your spoon.
M: You mean a grapefruit
J: Yeah that's it. We tasted those and oranges and cuties but there actually called clementines and then we voted for our favorite one.
M: Which one did you vote for
J: Mine was Grapefruit and I was the only one. Everyone thought I was crazy. Anyway do you think that when it's summer again we can buy some and eat them.
M: Well your in luck because you can buy them now at the store
J: (Her eyes went really big) Really Oh can we buy some can we can we!!!!(January 2016)

E: (The Taylor Swift song "Shake it off" came onto the radio and the kids were dancing along) Mom you know this song. It's kind of like she's complaining about stuff in her life but not really because she's telling how to deal with it.
Ally: (I told Ally about this and she said) Deeps thoughts analyzing Taylor Swift songs huh. (Jan 2016)

M: (Emily came in my room in the middle of the night saying she had a really bad dream. I half asleep told her she could sleep on the floor. The next day after school) Emily you need to go clean your room
E: No, No don't make me I just can't today
M: Hurry and maybe you can have a friend over
E: Please no I can't go up there today I'm really creeped out
M: Why it's your bedroom
E: I had a dream last night that my Doll Emily came alive and all of her arms and legs fell off. She then chased me around saying fix me, fix me. It's really creepy to look at her
M &J: Hahahhaha. Sorry Emily I know I shouldn't laugh but it sounds pretty funny
E: It was not funny it was scary
J: (meanwhile Jane runs up to Emily's room and gets her doll she comes down the stairs holding up Emily's doll) Hello Emily I'm your doll Emily.
E: (stares to cry) stop it stop it go away (Jan 2016)

A: Mom can I have some egg milk (i.e. egg nog) (Dec 2015)
M: (Aaron was having one of is restless nights and kept waking up every hour or 2. Bart finally brought him to our room and got him tucked in on our floor but he kept stirring and waking us both up. I finally gave in and said) Aaron why don't you come up here and cuddle with me?
A: (Climbing into bed he let out a half giggle) Oh mom this is so nice of you(Dec 2015)

M: (when I was half way to work I exclaimed) Oh shoot Aaron I forgot my phone again.
A: It's OK mom you can go 5 minutes without it (Dec 2015)

A: A super hero just has to have one of those shirts and then he can save the day!(Nov 2015)

M: (handing him some warmed up left overs for lunch). Here's your lunch Aaron. Hurry and eat
A: Oohh mom that's bigusting. (i.e Disgusting) Bigusting, Bigusting, Bigusting (Nov 2015)

M: (at dinner) Ok so tonight I want each of you to say something you are thankful for
E: I am thankful that we got to do the primary program.
M: Yeah what was so special about it?
E: It was special when we were singing the songs and we shared the spirit with everyone (Nov. 2015)
A: (whenever something doesn't go just right in his world) Oh no not again (October 2015).

A: (randomly comes up and hugs and kisses my belly) Oh mom I just lobe the baby (October 2015)

M: (after telling the kids we were having a baby) Now it's still really early so you need to keep it a secret.
A: (a few days later) Mom I told someone the secret.
M: Oh yeah what did you say
A: I said I am having a baby but it is in my mommies tummy (October 2015)

B: (Aaron asked for Bart to open a juice bag in the car) Aaron not until we get home we don't want it to spill blue punch in our car.
A: Please
B: No not until we get home
A: OK........ whateber (Sept 2015)

A: Mom can I have a Popsicle?
M: No you've had enough today. You don't need any more
A: But I do!! I am growing big and need more popsicles to help me grow big (Sept 2015)

A: (while on an early morning walk with me) Mom, Mom I want to stop and play on the playground.
M: Oh Aaron I would but I really have to go to the bathroom so we need to hurry home before I pee my pants
A: Oh Mom you not potty trained? I potty trained. You not but I am. (August 2015)

J: (while standing in line at Sea World) So if someone came up to me and said I could go on a trip to Hawaii with either you or dad I would stay home if I couldn't take my whole family (August 2015)

A: (following Aaron into the bathroom after he ran by me holding his bum). Mom, I need my mibacy. Get out of here (July 2015)

M: (walking into the kitchen I noticed Aaron playing in the sink) Aaron oh my look at this flood you made.
A: (while I'm wiping him dry and then lifting him out of the sink) Why you not leave me alone (July 2015)

A: (running out of the bathroom combing his hair) Me a handsome boy mama. (June 2015)

A: (sitting on the deck one evening Aaron is sitting next to me and has his shirt off. I start rubbing his back.) AAhh that feels nice. (Then the wind picks up a little). It nice out here mama. (June 2015)

A: (Jane ran into Aaron's room one morning and woke him up after getting yelled at by Aaron she left with the door open ) Mom, Mom, Mom
M: (walking into the room) Yes?
A: You please shut the door! I not done sleeping.
M: Sure (I shut the door and he fell back to sleep)(June 2015)

A: (driving to the airport to pick up Bart a day after his birthday) Mom, stop by Sam's Club and pick up cups
M: Cups? Why do we need cups
A: For daddy happy birthday party (May 2015)

Jane: (as Emily and Grandma Becky were playing a duet) she came running into the family room so excited and say "Mom that sounds like, like, like....... music" (April 2015)

Aaron: (As I got the cheese out to shred) Me cheese
M: OK just let me shred it first
Aaron: (as I start to shred) Go mommy Go. Go mommy Go.....(March 2015)

E: Mom you know what's the best thing about you having to wear that boot on your foot?
M: What Emily
E: You only have to find one shoe in the morning (March 2015)

E: Guess what was the happiest thing that happened to me today?
M: What
E: Well this boy in my class threw up and it really stunk but because I have this cold I couldn't smell it.
M: Way to look on the positive side Emily!!(March 2015)

J: mom what did they do to your foot
M: One of the things they did was put pins in my toes
J: Can I look at them
M: Sure if your very careful and don't touch. Then you need to go to bed.
J: (a 1/2 hour later she came into my room) mom I can't sleep I keep thinking about those pins in your toes and it's giving me nightmares (Feb 2015)

E: Mom ready for you to check my room
M: OK, (walked in the room) Emily you call this clean?
E: Yes you see a tornato hit my calico critter house and it scattered it all over the floor but it's all part of the game so I don't want to clean it up.
M: Really then what about this pencil?
E: That was part of the game it was a tower standing next to the house.
M: hmmm... well I'll let the "game" continue one more day but then it has to be cleaned up (January 2015)

A: (handing me the IPAD) mickey mouse..watch..IPAD
M: Sure as soon as you pick up your trains
A: (looked at me every so calmly and said) No mommy do it.
M: Mommy do it? What do you think I'm your servant?
A: laughed (Jan 2015)

A: (grabbing his bum) POOP MOMMY!
M: (ran to the bathroom with him and got in on the toilet) Yeah! We made it
A: (started grunting then stopped) shooo mommy ( (Jan 2015)

M: Jane do you want me.....
J: Don't talk to me!!!
M: Jane I just....
J: Don't talk to me!!!
M: It's not bad I'm just trying to see what you want....
J: DON'T TALK TO ME... HUH.... I almost had my hair in a pony tail and then you talked to me and made me mess up!!!!(Jan 2015)

M: (while I was fiddling with the visor it fell out of the socket, I couldn't get it back in so Bart pulled the car over, walked over to my side, shoved it back in place and declared)
B: Don't touch
M: (Laughing) you sound like your talking to Aaron (Jan 2015)

M: Emily you need to go comb your hair.
E: I just did
M: Well go do it again I see a lot of snarls in the back.
E: No I don't want to
M: O.K. well do you know what happens when you don't comb out your snarls in your hair everyday?
E: No what M: Well let me tell you a story about your Aunt Ally. One summer she wouldn't let anybody comb her hair and her snarls turned into a big rat's nest in the back of her hair and it got so bad she had to get it all cut off. E: Really how short. M: Like to her neck..... Wait I love you with hair that short. I don't think you should comb your hair. Let it get really snarly and then I can take you to the hairdressers and cut it short like I like it.E: (Grabbed the comb and started combing) Thank you for telling me that story. I'm not having short hair (Nov 2014)

M: (during our nightly bedtime routine) Aaron what song do you want me to sing (he always responses with "emple" (meaning I love to see the temple)
A: (shakes his head) ah uh
M: OK so you want a different one? How about I am a Child of God.
A: ah au
M: Do you want another one
A: ah au
M: Fine then you sing to me tonight then
A: (Very loudly) le i Go, le i Go, le i GO (i.e. Let it go) (Oct 2014)

E: (confessions from Emily) I tell people I don't like to play with Barbies because everybody in the 3rd grade says Barbies are dumb, but I actually do like playing with them.(Oct 2014)

E: (driving through Gunnison Emily notices the prison). Mom have you ever been inside that prison.
M: No but I know Grandma Becky went in once to play some music.
E: Who was she playing music for?
M: I guess the prisoners.
E: I wonder what songs they played....... I bet I know (singing) We are so sorry your in here for being so bad.... being so bad. You shouldn't have done whatever you did to get in here. If you wouldn't have done it you could be out here and be so happy and do whatever you want to.(Aug 2014)

E: (Coming home from Bart's cousin Juylie's Wedding) I loved all the dancing. I'm definately having dancing at my wedding.
M: Maybe you could have your reception in our back yard?
E: Yeah but where will all the people dance.
M: Maybe once we get the grass planted in the weed patch we can bring in a portable dance floor like Ally did at her wedding
E: Oh.... but do you think the grass will be planted before my wedding?
M: I hope so but who knows we are on your dad's timetable (July 2014)

M: (Emily came running in to get more cups for the lemonade stand) Em when you guys are done lets hurry and clean up before your dad gets home.
E: Not right now mom the lemonade is selling like hot cakes(June 2014)

M: (Our next door neighbors kids were over playing and trouble arose between Jane and Emily). Come here Jane and lets rock. I can see your mad.
J: Yeah because Sofia came over to play with me but Emily comes and gets in the way.
M: So your mad because Emily is taking over and you want to be in charge.
J: Yeah, it's like nobody wants to play with me.
M: Well Jane, I happen to know that Sofia's brother Victor came over just to play with you. His mom told me he is always asking her when he can come over and play with Jane.
M: Your so awesome Jane that everyone wants to play with you.
J: (Scrunched her eyes up in her confused look). Not everyone because lots of people in the world don't even know who I am.
M: Well if they ever met you they would for sure want to play with you. (June 2014)

J: Mom can I have a snickers ice cream bar?
M: Jane those are daddy's
J: But why does Daddy always get the good ice cream (May 2014)

M: (helping Jane find clothes to wear for the day) Wow Jane I think today needs to be a clean your bedroom day.
J: I don't think I have time. I've got preschool then I eat lunch, go outside and play for a while, come back inside and play in my room, then Emily's home and we have to help her and then it's my soccer game.
M: Wow what a busy day!!! (May 2014)

E: Mom are you going to have another baby?
M: I don't know babies are really hard and take a lot of work
J: It's OK if you have a baby, I'll take over with Aaron (May 2014)

M: (sometimes when my kids demand me to do something for them I'll say ) Do it yourself, I'm not your maid
J:(during lunch) Mom get me more milk my butler(April 2014)

J: (talking with Grandma Becky and Emily about all the fun things they were planning on doing in Teasdale over Spring Break) Wow I might just forget about my mom I'll be having so much fun (April 2014)

E: Do you know Dayson has his own T.V. in his bedroom. It's so unfair
M: Yep sometimes life is unfair
E: Yeah especially with a mom like you that makes us buy our own stuff like that (March 2014)

M: I think your family would prefer an all inclusive vacation. I don't think it matters to either of us and our kids hardly eat anything so they wouldn't care. Well except Aaron. He'd probably love an all inclusive vacation(March 2014)

E: (While Bart was getting his hair cut)Dad I have a question
B: What Emily?
E: Does hair have germs?
B: No but it itches
E: Mine doesn't itch..... I'm glad I'm a girl (Feb 2014)

B: (with our busy Aaron we have to lock up everything including locking the bathroom doors) It feels like we live in a prison lately
J: (she came running in the kitchen from the backyard and headed to the bathroom) Gotta poop, gotta poop, gotta poop, (saw that the door was closed and thinking it was locked ran around to the other door closest to the freezer. pulled on the latch and with relief that it wasn't locked) Oh thank you door, thank you thank you...... (Feb 2014)

J: (at dinner time) I'm not hungry right now mom but I think I'll be hungry at dessert time(Jan 2014)

J: (yelling in a panic from the back seat) Oh no mom my seat belt came undone.
M: Well snap it in again.
J: I can't get it snapped in
M: Try again
J: I still can't
M: OK then moved to the seat next to you and put that seat belt on.
J: If I move a cop will see me and know I'm not in my seat belt and put me in jail and then you will be alone everyday to clean the house by yourself(Jan 2014).

J: (on Christmas Eve) tomorrow I'm going to think about Jesus all day.
M: that's a great idea Jane. We could even wait to open presents so we can think about him all day.
J: well.....I could think about Jesus while I open presents (Dec 2013)

E: (Our Elf was discovered on the floor with Aaron as the culprit being the one who drug her around and left her in the middle of the floor. Emily was very distraught upon finding this Elf knowing that because she was touched she probably wouldn't be able to make it back to the North Pole). I just don't know what we are going to do about the Elf. It's not going to be able to go back to the North Pole again because it's in the middle of the floor and it will keep getting touched. (thinking) What can we do? I hate this but I think the only thing that can be done is to get rid of Aaron so the Elf won't be touched and can move again(Dec 2013)

J: (Emily found an old small stocking with her name on it so she put it next to her other one on the mantel. Jane noticed it a day or so later and said) Mom we have 2 Emily stockings and we need to take this one off. If people come over and see it they will think our family has 2 Emily's and that one of them is in college. (Dec 2013)

E: You know mom fast Sunday is just the same. It doesn't go any faster.
M: I know fast also means to go without food.
E: Well I'm eating breakfast in the morning
M: That's fine but in a few months you'll be baptized and Heavenly Father will want you to start fasting
E: What happens if I'm at church and I get really hungry
M: Well that's part of fasting learning to not whine when your hungry.
E: Maybe some can do it but I'm a sensitive kid (Dec 2013)

B: (to Jane who was refusing to touch her dinner). Jane I guess if you don't want to eat dinner than you will just have to skip the treat for Family night.
J: (after a few minutes of shuffling her food around her plate she pointing to each of us and said) Well you and you and you and you all have to finish your dinner if you want a treat too!!
E: Wow Jane your face looks mad
J: I'll show you my madder face with my mad hands (Nov 2013)

E: Mom Zoey's family is really rich. She told me between her mom, dad, older sister, her and her younger brother they have like $400(Nov 2013)

J: what's Thanksgiving?
M: it's a holiday where we are thankful so we get together with family and eat yummy food.
J: like bananas?
M: more like turkey and stuffing and pumpkin pie.
J: stuffing? Like from the couch? (Nov 2013)

E: (during dinner Bart and I were discussing who would take the kids out trick or treating and who would stay behind and hand out candy) Well mom if you want to lose weight you should be the one to come and take us trick or treating (Oct 2013)

J: (while Bart was tucking Jane into bed leaving Emily behind crying because she hadn't finished her homework and she realized she was going to miss hearing her dad read the book) Dad I guess I shouldn't play with Emily after school because she doesn't do her homework right away. Next time I will tell her to finish your homework first before we play. (the crying continues....) Dad I don't think Emily is getting enough sleep. She's really cranky. (Oct 2013)

J: mom when we get home can we play a game?
M: I wish I could Jane but I've got to make dinner
J: Why do you always have to make dinner. Dinner is disgusting! Dinner is like eating dog food! Actually Dinner is like eating Dog Poop!!
M: Well if i don't make dinner what will everyone eat?
J: We can always eat bananas
M: Oh how I wish it was that simple Jane (Oct. 2013)

M: (after finishing a chapter out of stuart little) Oh how sad that Margalo flew away.
E: Well it was better than being eaten up
M: Yeah but don't you think Stuart will miss his best friend?
E: (starting to cry) Yeah that's really sad. Mom promise me we won't ever move again so I don't have to miss my friends.(Oct 2013)

E: Today at school a girl and a boy in my class tried to kiss. They went behind a tree on the playground and there lips were like this close but some other kids came running around the tree and interrupted them.
M: Gross! I hope you don't kiss any boys.
E: I won't until I have to once I'm married (Sept 2013)

E: I can't wait to have kids
M: Yeah why?
E: So I can boss them around (Sept 2013)

E: Mom all you need in this life is Faith, love and to have kids (Aug 2013)

(dinner time conversation)
J: mom will you pay me a dollar if I stay in my bed tonight?
B: Nobody gets paid around here for sleeping in their own beds. Do you think someone pays me to sleep in my bed?
E: Well mom will daddy get paid when he sleeps in another room?
M: Your dad doesnt sleep in another room, He doesn't even sleep on a different side of the bed.
E: Well Jane and I always switch beds and sometimes sleep on different sides of our own beds
M: I guess your more flexible than daddy
E: I know what that means! It means someone can adjust to problems that come their way. Oh and they can also do the splits. (Aug 2013)

E: (while spending a Friday night as a family watching Hoarders on TV)
Ooh mom what's that
M: a closet full of cat poop. Yucky huh
E: So that's why you don't want me to get a cat
M: exactly(Aug 2013)

A: (whenever Aaron goes for things he know he shouldn't like the air vents, pulling out forbidden drawers, tipping over the clothes drying rack etc. right before he knows he's being naughty he turns to me and says) AH AH (int. ah oh) (July 2013)

J: (waking up in the car after falling asleep on the drive home from Teasdale) Mom are we still on Earth (July 2013)

A: Na Na (his word for mama and for food) (June 2013)

A: DaDa (what he calls Bart) (June 2013)

B: So girls what did you have for lunch today?
J: I don't know, somethin' sorta yucky (June 2013)

E: I think I want to sell these paintings I drew today.
M: Who are you going to sell them too?
E: Maybe I could go ask Sophia's mom if she wants to buy one. Cause she's a grown up and grown ups always have money. Well... unless you are a poor grown up and then you only have a few coins. (June 2012)

M: Do you think it's a good idea that Aaron eats either an otter pot or some ice cream every day?
B: I don't think he minds (June 2013)

E: (after getting lost for the 3rd time on our first day in Hawaii) Hawaii sure is a great place to get lost (May 2013)

E: Mom I feel incredible today
M: Oh yeah why
E: Because I am great at the hulahoop

E: Jane if you don't do what I say I'm going to call you.... I'm going to call you a a a (pause) dude. Yeah and that like calling you a boy and you don't want to be called that so you better do what I say (April 2013)

E: (pulling into a store and Emily notices this hole in the wall Mexican fast food joint in the same parking lot) Mom I bet there is so many people there
M: Really how come?
E: Because it says Now open. That means they were probably under construction for a long time and people have been waiting to eat there and now that it is open everyone is rushing in to eat there.(March 2013)

Grandma Becky: I don't know about that trampoline pit. It seems too dangerous. I think you should just fill it in.
M: That wouldn't work with it being surrounded with cement.
Grandma Becky: Well what else could you do with it?
E: We could always use it to bury someone in it (March 2013)

J: (while cleaning her room) Yeah I found my purple pajamas!
E: That's what happens when we clean. Things show up again(Jan 2013)

B: Your mom is sick today so hurry and get dressed and I'll pour you some cereal.
J: Are you going to work?
B: Yep
J: If you are going to work and mommy is sick who will take care of us? How will I get to preschool? (Pause) It's going to be a rough day. (Jan 2013)

B: Emily if you only eat your salad and not your chicken nuggets you'll turn into a vegetable.
E: No I will turn into a rabbit because that is all they eat.
J: I'm eating all of my pizza so I will turn into a lion.
E: No you won't you'll just turn into Max (Jan 2013)

J: (Jane was lingering looking at something at the store. I walked away so she would follow me she ran after me saying) Hey lady Wait up (Dec 2012)

E: I just don't want to do homework tonight
J: Common Em that is how you grow and get bigger
E: That is not how you get bigger. You get bigger by eating lots of vegetables ( Nov 2012)

E: Mom I'm hungryM: OK what do you want for lunch?E: I don't know
M: Well we have ham, bananas, apples, a sandwhichE: Ohhh I don't know I only like cereal and candy anymore (Oct 2012)

E: Mom do you know what Midget means?M: What?E: Well this 4th grader on the bus tells me I'm her 1st grade buddy and she's my 4th grade buddy. Then she said I'm an adorable midget, so midget must mean that I'm adorable and cute.M: I agree you are adorable and cute (Sept 2012)

J: Mommy the reason you can't bend over is because your belly is so big.J: (putting her arms out as far away from her belly as they go) Yeah it's like this huge (Sept 2012)

M: Emily could you come take off my shoesE: OK momM: Em's you treat me so niceE: yeah and I'll treat the baby nice too (Sept 2012)

Pauline: You too are such good girls. Where did you ever come from?J: Heaven(August 2012)

M: (after packing up the whole house I walked into the kitchen to find Jane dumping out all the laundry detergent) Jane what are you doing? You haven't done something like that since you were a baby!J: But mom I didn't have anything else to play with.(August 2012)

LaRon: Now Jane there are rules at my house and you can't cry unless you ask for my permission.J: (After a long day of playing without a nap Jane was tired and wanted some milk and walked up to LaRon) WaWon can I cry now?LaRon: Nope not yetJ: OK (and she didn't)(August 2012)

J: What if Jesus came to our house?M: That would be neatJ: Yeah I like Jesus....Actually I love him(August 2012)

J: Thanks for the money EmilyE: No problem. Sometimes you just get so much money that you don't know what to do with it and then it just fills up your piggy bank and you can't fit anymore(Aug 2012)

E: Mom if I marry Max will you come to my wedding?M: No Emily because you can't marry your cousin.

E: Well if I do will you come to my wedding?

M: I don't think Max is going to marry you Emily because he's your cousin.

J: You can come to my wedding because I am NOT going to marry Benny.(July 2012)

E: (watching me hold William) mom this is giving you good practice for a new baby(July 2012)

E: ( after my mom had given each of us girls some jewelry, we then went to walmart and was walking by the jewelry counter. Emily looked through the glass admiring all the glitter) Mom Grandma Becky's a jewelry girl like me huh?(July 2012)

E: I want to name our baby Willy

M: Well that will be too confusing with cousin William

E: I guess that's a no comprendo then. That means no can do you know mom(July 2012)

B: Do you guys want your windows rolled down while we drive home?

E: Yeah today is fine because we don't have any make up on (July 2012)

E: Mom you know sugar house park has fireworks on July 4th?

M: Yeah but we will be in Teasdale

E: Ooohh

M: Well I guess if you'd rather just stay home we could do that or we could go play with Bentley, Bryler and Willy will be there to.

E: Man this is a hard decision. If one of the choices were boring it would be easy but there both fun so now it's really hard.(June 2012)

M: (while driving Emily kept insisting I reach back and take away some garbage she had) Emily I can't reach back I am driving and can't take my hands off the wheel or we would crash. I only have 2 hands you know

J: Yeah and caterpillers have 5 hands. (June 2012)

E: (watching me struggle to get up after we stopped to rest under a big tree while on a bike ride) The bigger your belly the harder it is to get up right mom?

M: Absolutely Emily

J:(after singing and doing the actions for the primary song "Nephi's Courage", you know the one "I will go, I will do...") I sometimes don't do that

M: What don't you do Jane?

J: obey (June 2012)

E: (talking to Jane) Hey stinky Pete

J: (angrily) I'm not stinky Pete

E: I know your real name is not stinky Pete that's just a nickname I am calling you.

J: (even more angrily) I am not stinky Pete, I am loving Jane! (June 2012)

(sitting on a bench at the snow shack with my sister. The 3 girls were on the curb in front of us. We were all eating our snow cones. I was talking to Sarah but once in a while I overheard the girls conversation. Here are parts of it)

J: Emi Jesus helped you out the other day huh?

J: Mom when we die we will come back alive

E: Yeah Jane it's called the resurrection

Bentley: My grandma is 66 and she still jumps on the tramp with me (June 2012)

J: (eating at cafe rio and Jane notices a statue of some saint with long hair on a shelf on the wall) Mom who is that guy?

M: I don't know

J: It's Joseph Smith. His name is Joseph but it's also Joe(June 2012)

M: (driving home after picking Jane up from Pauline) Jane you took a great nap today

J: (so matter of factly )Yeah but I only take naps at

Nona's now(May 2012)

J: Nona I'm going to miss my Nona days(May 2012)

J: My favorite part of Disneyland was when Rapunzel held my hand (May 2012)

J: (Found a doll crib in the garage that I had stashed away to dejunk my house to sell, she pulled it out put a stuffed animal on it and told me the monkey was going to sleep and needed a blanket. I quickly found a small piece of bubble wrap and laid it on the monkey) No Mooommm, That doesn't work it's not comfy cozy (May 2012)

J: (while walking to the store and Emily was on her bike she stopped and gave Jane a ring that she was wearing. I think it was bugging her to ride her bike with it on. Jane lit up like the forth of July and said) Oh Emily thank you so much for letting me wear this. I didn't have a ring. Thanks Emi Thanks so much(April 2012)

J: When your baby comes out of your tummy and my baby comes out of my tummy and daddy's baby comes out of his tummy and Emily's baby comes out of her tummy, they can all be friends (April 2012)

E: I think the baby is a girl and I want to name her Rosie OK? (April 2012)

J: (after Jane found something I threw away of hers she promptly took it out of the garbage and climbed on the counter, stood up and reached to put it on top of the fridge)

E: Jane what are you doing?

J: I'm putting this up high so mommy can't get it. (March 2012)

E: (every night Emily has two books that she brings home from school to read. We then sign a chart and pick one of the 3 boxes, read by adult, read by child with adult help, or read by child. After working through a book that was really hard for Emily at the end of it she let out a long sigh and shook her head) That was definitely not read by child!(Feb 21012)

E: (Emily's school in connection with the super bowl was having a food drive. The students got to pick which box to put their canned food in) Mom I don't know which box to put my food in. The Giants or the Patriots.

M: I don't know Emily maybe you should ask your dad.

E: Dad which one should I choose?

D: It doesn't matter Emily

E: Man I just wished they had girl choices like the Fairies (Feb 2012)

M: (as I opened the car door to get Jane out I discovered she had taken off her socks and shoes) Jane you little turkey you took your shoes off again

J: I not a turkey, I Rapenzel. The lady at Lagoon told me that.(Jan 2012)

E: Mom did you know that if I get a hole in my tights..

M: (cutting her off angrily) Emily did you get ANOTHER hole in your tights?

E: No just listen. If I get a hole in my tights around my bum I could wear underwear the same color and then nobody would know I have a hole in my tights( Jan 2012)

E: (looking on the ground while we were on a walk) Look mom at the litter

M: I know its bad isn't it? We never want to throw trash on the ground because then someone will have to come and clean it up

E: Yeah like Jesus..... Hey I know we can clean it up and make the world a better place

M: Good idea Em's (Dec 2011)

E: (Emily had a friend over and I overheard her friend asking if there was anything to eat) Yeah but all of it is gross (Dec 2011)

J: (while scaling a stair rail) Don't ever do this mommy it is dangerous because you are big. I am little so it is OK for me to do it (Dec 2011)

J: (clinging to her dad and avoiding all eye contact while trying to get her wishes known to Santa) I want a barbie doll and a little doll house.

M: (later in the car knowing Santa has already finished shopping for the girls) Jane I thought you were going to ask Santa for a Rapunzel Dolly?

J: I did

M: (under my breath to Bart) I guess its still alright as long as she thinks she asked Santa for Rapunzel.

M: (as I put some paper on top of the fridge to keep it out of reach) Emily don't use anymore of this paper it's special

E: Well mom I know how to get things off the fridge now so it doesn't work to put it there anymore (Dec 2011)

M: (reading a book I pointed to a tiger and asked) What's this Jane?

J: A lion

M: it's actually a tiger because it has stripes, what is it?

J: a tiger... but it's weally a lion (Nov 2011)

M: (driving home) OK Emily we need to stop having races over everything it makes Jane get upset.

J: Yeah I upset.... Mom and me upset (Nov 2011)

J: (Coming upstairs after Bart just left for his church meetings) Where's dadddy?

M: He just left for a meeting

J: Ohh I wanted to tive him a love but I fordot(Nov 2011)

J: Where are we going?

M: To Sam's Club

J: Oh the one with the little potty?

M: No the other one

J: OH Poor Janie (Nov 2011)

M: (after dinner I promised my girls they could have one of their Halloween treats)

J: I need two betause I am two (Nov 2011)

M: (filling out a questionnaire at a local store to sign my kids up for a kids club) Emily what's your favorite food?

E: Candy

M: Jane what's your favorite food?

J: Hot dogs with Nona (Oct 2011)

M: (right before nap time) Jane tonight you get to go trick or treating

J: I'm too tired. I can't go

M: Oh that's too bad I guess Daddy will have to take Emily by herself and then you won't get any candy

J: Daddy can take my bag and get me candy. (Oct 2011)

E: (noticing me sneaking a piece of Jane's Halloween candy) Mom what are you doing?

M: Um......just taking a piece of candy

E: Well good thing Jane isn't in the kitchen. But if I weren't in the kitchen and Jane was you would probably want to sneak a piece of my candy instead of Jane's right? (Oct 2011)

J: (in the middle of the blessing on the food )And please bless us to be nice to our sister and not fight (looks up suddenly smiles at Emily and says) I prayed that we won't fight Emi (Oct 2011)

M: (as my girls were jumping off the couch) I think your dad would be mad if he saw you doing that.

E: Well good thing he's not here(Oct 2011)

E: I think Aliens are nocturnal(Oct 2011)

E: (at Lagoon with my family) Oh mom this is the greatest day.

M: Why?

E: Because I'm with Bentley (Oct 2011)

J: (after Emily got in the car after school) Hi Emi I missed you today (Sept 2011)

J: (While driving Bart and I were having a conversation and Jane was unsuccessfully trying to get our attention so Bart would roll her window up finally she bursts out loudly) Woll up my wino or I'll make your butt i.e "Roll up my window or I'll spank your butt (Sept 2011)

E: (I think Emily spent way too much time with all the thousand of dogs that were camping with us) I really want a dog

M: Well maybe when you are older

E: How come I have to be older

M: Well you have to be able to take care of it like feed it and walk it all by yourself

E: Yeah cause if I had a dog now I'd walk it and stop and talk to the neighbors and it would probably wonder away while I was talking

M: I'm sure it would so we better wait until you are older(Sept 2011)

E:(During Emily's soccer game she was getting a little discouraged after the other team was continually scoring and her team wasn't) OH I hate soccer, I don't want to play anymore, mom why did you ever sign me up?

M: Why do you hate soccer?

E: Because the other team keeps kicking it in there a lot and we've only done it once.

M: That's OK don't think about that just have fun and only worry about running after the ball and kicking it.

E: So how do I do that? I should just stop thinking?

M: Yes sometimes it helps if you can just stop thinking.(Aug 2011)

J: (whenever she needs to get my attention she will clear her throat and it sounds like this) AAhhKHmm(August 2011)

E: Mom why do you get a window (in the car) that rolls down the whole way and mine doesn't.

M: Well when you are old enough to sit in the front seat yours will roll down too.

E: I can't wait to be a grown up, but it is taking me forever to make it and I don't think I can wait that long

M: Oh Emily you don't want to be a grown up yet. Grown up's have to work and have lots of chores.

E: I'm OK with that.

E: Actually mom I want to be a grown up like dad because he never has to cook.(August 2011)

E: I'm very creative. Do you know what creative means? It means you keep putting together things until you get tired of doing it (July 2011)

E: Mommy did you know daddy when you were a little kid?

M: Nope I grew up in Teasdale and your dad grew up here

E: So then you moved here and met daddy and he thought you were so gorgeous and you thought daddy was so handsome that you got married (June 2011)

E: (while driving in the car) Daddy your head almost touches the ceiling. It will probably touch the ceiling by your next birthday and if not then for sure 2 more birthdays and then we will definitely have to get a new car.(June 2011)

J:(I love it when I say yes to Jane when she asks for the simplest things like being able to choose what shirt to wear she will say..) Nank you mommy (May 2011)

E: Can I ride my bike to Fresh Market to get the plants?

M: Fresh market doesn't have plants so we will have to go to a Gardening Store

E: Oh like Home Depot where the commercial says to spend more and plant less?(May 2011)

J: (whenever Jane gets herself in a pickle like when she has climbed on a table and can't get down I'll hear this cry for help over and over) Dombody help me!!! (May 2011)

J:(while Bart and I were talking to each other she put her hands on each of Bart's cheeks turned his face so it was directly in front of her and said) Listen to me!!!(May 2011)

M:Ems in a couple of weeks we have to go get your shots for kindgergarten. Maybe if you are really brave we can get a donut afterwards?

E: Well can I still get a donut if I'm only sort of Brave. Sort of brave means that I will only cry just a little bit instead of a lot when it hurts(April 2011)

E: If I'm really perfect can we go everyday and get a donut?

M: What do you mean perfect?

E: You know like I can always clean my room without you helping me and not whine about it(April 2011)

M: Emily after you clean the living room we can paint your toenails.

E: (runs into the living room and then stops) Oh mom I can't clean this myself it's a disaster in here (March 2011)

E: Mom would you like me to give you some of my imagination so you can see my friend Sally (March 2011)

E: (We were driving and Emily caught a whiff of something stinky). Yuck something stinks. Jane did you poop?

J: Nope tean i.e. "clean" (March 2011)

M: Emily thanks so much for helping me.

E: I know helping makes our day more bright (March 2011)

M: Jane guess where you get to go tomorrow?..... Nona's

J: lucky...........ducky (March 2011)

E: Mom this barbie lives in North Dakota but just for pretend

M: How do you know about North Dakota?

E: It's on the puzzle of the whole Earth at school

M: Wow that's really smart to remember it from the puzzle

E: I know that's what my brain tells me (Feb 2011)

M: (When Jane doesn't want to go to sleep at night sometimes we talk about how everyone is in bed and then how Jane needs to go to bed as well. Here's how it went last night)

M: Emi's asleep

J: (nods) Emi leep

M: Daddy's asleep

J: (nods) daddy leep

M: Mommy's going to sleep

J: (nods) mommy leep

M: Nona's asleep

J: (nods) Nona leep

M: Papa's asleep

J: (stops and looks up) No Papa watch ball game (Feb 2011)

M: Ems what do you want to watch Martha Speaks or Clifford

E: I think Martha Speaks because that shows uses a lot of words (Feb 2011)

E: Mom why are you always mean. Daddy is always nice and you are not. Is there any way you could change? (Feb 2011)

E: (sitting in the overflow room towards the end of the second hour of stake conference) I hate church TV (Feb 2011)

E: (After a day at preschool) Today I took off my coat, went to the Dinosaur class, then went downstairs, played, circle rug time, snack, outside, played again, art studio, circle rug time with stories, lunch, nap time, snack time and played again. Man I'm tired! (Feb 2011)

E: When I drink this water is makes my heart cold (February 2011)

E: (Coming up to me after I put on a new shirt my mom gave me for my birthday) Mom you smell like Grandma Becky (January 2011)

J: (I think this is the first 3 word utterance I've heard Jane use) Powder watch me (January 2011)

J: (laughing hysterically at something her daddy did then shaking her head turned to me) lilly daddy (interpretation silly daddy)(January 2011)

J: (looking at a nativity book by herself) Waa Waa (imitating a baby crying and then she kissed, with a big smack, the picture of the baby Jesus, looking up with big smile) kiss baby (December 2010)

J: (pounding on the piano and then turning to me and covering her ears) Loud, Loud (December 2010)

E: (just before getting in the tub) Mom this water is cold

M: It's warm now

E: No it's not

M: Trust me Emily it is

E: (putting her toe in) Your right. I guess my hypothesis was wrong (December 2010)

E: (sitting in sacrament meeting and whispering) mom this is Jesus' house right?

M: Right

E: Wow it sure is a big one. How does he keep track of everyone in it? (Dec 2010)

E: I just can't get this heart right. Will you draw me one mom?

M: sure

E: Wow your heart is perfect. I wish I could make perfect hearts

M: You will you just have to keep practicing.

E: I guess I need heart lessons (Dec 2010)

M: Emily do you know that Grandpa Dick is bringing us a real Christmas Tree today?

E: Really? Do you think it will talk (December 2010)

E: (after I said no to her wanting a treat) Mom when I'm a mom and I have a daughter and she asks for a treat I'll say yes daughter whenever you want one I will get it for you and I'll be the bestest mom ever(Nov 2010)

E: (while watching a big balloon of Mount Rushmore during the Macy's parade) Look mom there are the guys on the coins

M: They are actually Presidents of the United States

E: Well they're still the guys on the coins (Nov 2010)

E: (hanging out on her bed with me as Jane ran around the room entertaining us) Mom isn't Jane just so cute? (Nov 2010)

M: Let's all go to Baskin Robbins for ice cream

E: Why don't we go to that place with the frozen yogurt

M: Well we go to Baskin Robbins because 7 years ago on this date your daddy asked me to marry him there

E: Oh so is that what you did on your honey move? (Nov 2010)

M: Maybe we should get rid of all the sippy cups (while watching Jane eat her breakfast with a cup of milk because all the sippy cups were dirty)

J: No WASH! (meaning no mom just wash them)(Nov 2010)

Nona: (after a few times of not listening to her) Emily I'm starting to get angry

E: but Nona I thought you loved me all the time (as her lip starts to quiver and tears come to her eyes) (Nov 2010)

E: Dad I'm not part of the club at school because I don't have a pillow pet.

D: That doesn't sound like fun club. You should start your own club of everyone is friends

E: Yeah but everyone wants to be part of the pillow pet club

D: Well you will always be part of my club (and he gave her a big hug)

E: (snuggled into her dad with a big smile) (Nov 2010)

B: Hey littles (his nickname for Jane)(Nov 2010)

E: Today I want you to pick me up early so we are home in time to watch Curious George (I've been having to work a bit later on Tuesdays and she's been missing her show)

M: I'll try Emily but Tuesday's I am testing and sometimes it goes longer.

E: Well when it is time to go just get up and walk out the door and when your boss tells you to keep working just keep on walking to your car and come pick me up(Nov 2010)

M: (vacuuming while Emily was in the tub)

E: Hey who's vacuuming, is that you dad?

M: No it's me Emily

E: Oh so why does dad never vacuum?

M: Good question(Nov 2010)

E: (pointing to her face) Mom, do you see all these cracks? This means I'm going to crack up(Oct 2010)

E: (driving home from preschool) Oh mom I almost forgot. Somebody put a bead up my nose today?

M: What? Who is somebody?

E: I don't know I forgot?

M: Could that somebody be you Emily?

E: Well yeah

M: How did you get it out?

E: I didn't

M: (starting to panic) Oh so you still have a bead up your nose OK just plug the side of your nose that the bead isn't in and blow really hard.

E: (Blowing as hard as she could and luckily out popped a black bead)

M: How long has that been up your nose?

E: Just all day mom(October 2010)

E: Jane someday you'll be just like me... but not today(Sept 2010)

J: (singing while rocking a baby doll) ah ya ah ah ya ah baby ah ah ah ya ah night (Sept 2010)

E: (in toys r us after she picked out a doll stroller that she had earned by "babysitting" Jane) OK now lets go look at more toys that we can't buy today (Sept 2010)

J: (running up to Emily with arms wide open after Emily announced she is going to bed) hugs, hugs (Sept 2010)

E: (crying with real tears pouring down her cheeks) Mom (sniff sniff) the beast is almost killed (Sept 2010)

E: (while helping me roll out the dough for Calzones. She looked at the filling and said) "That looks awful.

M: What do you mean its really good

E: Well it might TASTE good but it still looks AWFUL(Sept 2010)

M: (when my girls were goofing around in the tub) Emily you two need to stop I don't want Jane to drown.

E: It's OK mom I won't let her drown, she's my best friend(Sept 2010)

E: When I was in heaven I told Heavenly Father I want a turn.

M: Oh yeah a turn for what?

E: To come to Earth and he told me I need to wait my turn(Sept 2010)

M: Emily you and Jane need to stop right now.

E: (Running away laughing)

M: Emily you are in big trouble now

E: (taking Jane and running away laughing together) We are team right Jane(Sept 2010)

E: Mom tell me a story

M: OK but only one tonight. Which one do you want?

E: Hmmm tell me my options(Sept 2010)

J: hoe we (interpretation hold me)(August 2010)

E: Papa let's make a deal. You play with me and I'll be very happy(August 2010)

E: Mom do you know that red and white make pink?

M: Yeah, where did you learn that from?

E: I don't know I guess I'm just smart(August 2010)

E: (having lunch with Max after her dance recital. I think this sounded like they were on a date) Thanks Max for coming to my concert.

Max: Your welcome. I really enjoyed it(August 2010)

E: (when she was really mad at me) Mom I don't want you to be my mom anymore. I'm going to throw you in the garbage

M: Good luck with that(August 2010)

E: Dad why are you not eating lunch with me?

D: Because it's fast Sunday so I'm not eating lunch

E: Oh I see, you only eat lunch on slow Sundays(August 2010)

D: Emily is time to start settling down and have some quiet time before bed

E: I know but it's to hard. I just have so many words in my head(July 2010)

E: Mom sometimes I think I'm a genius (July 2010)

E: Mom when I get big I'm going to get married in the Temple and then Jesus will send me kids and then I'll call you up on the phone and ask if I can come visit. OK (July 2010)

J: (singing on the way to Pauline's house ) Nona, Nona, Nona, Nona (July 2010)

J: (Yelling) MAMA, MAMA, MAMA (whenever we are in a public place and I'm walking away from her) (June 2010)

E: (She constantly wants to stop by Mrs. Bakers donut shop for a treat and asks every time we drive by) When can we stop by this pink place and get a donut?

M: Well not today it's Sunday

E: Well maybe if I'm a really good listener on our vacation when we get back I can get one? (June 2010)

E: Mom you can't always get what you get. (June 2010)

Allyson: (After seeing Jane's extreme stubbornness) I think Jane has a full vocabulary in her head but she knows you want her to talk so she is so stubborn she just isn't going to talk. (June 2010)

M: We should go buy Daddy a father's day tomorrow. I wonder what we should buy him? Do you have any ideas?

E: Yeah, we should go to all the stores in the world to find something like Market Square, Cosco, fresh market, market square. (June 2010)

E: We could never ever drive to Ally's house, that would be exhausting (May 2010)

E: Man there's so many Emily's in this town.(May 2010)

E: (After a truck carrying a playhouse on a trailer passed us at a stop light) Mom I don't like our car anymore.

M: How come I think our car is fine

E: No we need something else. Hey how about we get a truck?

M: Oh Emily we don't need a truck

E: Yes we do and we could get one with a trailer and then we would be able to carry a playhouse to our house.(May 2010)

B: (Here is one of Bart's famous sayings which Emily has adopted) We're off like a herd of Turtles (May 2010)

E: (I've been trying to enforce the "bathrooms are a place for privacy" policy. This is what Emily said after Jane followed him into the bathroom). Mommy Jane isn't letting dad have his private in peace in the bathroom (May 2010)

E: (After I told her she needed to clean her room before I would turn on the TV) OK but could you do me a really big favor and pick up all the books in my room (April 2010)

E: Miss Sharon says mommies have to listen to everything there daughters tell them to do. (April 2010)

E: Is it fast Sunday or slow Sunday (April 2010)

E:(A sign we watch too much reality T.V. Racing to the steps) I won the race and immunity (April 2010)

E: (After getting all dressed up and putting on a necklace) Mom I'm going to MY Young Women's, would you like to come along(March 2010)

M: I think I need a nap today

E: OK mom you go take a nap and I'll stay up and take care of business (March 2010)

Raquel: (After looking at the vegetarian comment below) Emily, Are you a vegetarian?

E: No I'm a Sunbeam (February 2010)

E: (Pushing her plate away from her at dinner) Yuck, I think I'm a vegetarian (February 2010)

E: (talking to the TV while watching Olympic speed skating with her dad) Come on you can do it, keep going, you can do it (February 2010)

E: What time is Jane going to grow up?

M: Jane and you are always growing and getting bigger

E: I think I'm going to win at growing up (January 2010)

E: (After she finished crying over smashing her finger in the cupboard) I smashed my finger to smitherings. (January 2010)

E: Why does the Sun have to go to bed? (January 2010)

E: (As her dad was putting her to bed after a lengthy discussion with us about not writing on the carpet ever again) Daddy, why am I a naughty girl? Maybe when I grew up I'll be a good girl (January 2010)

J: yah, yah, yah (sitting in her crib cradling a doll and rocking back and forth) (January 2010)

E: (Running into the kitchen while watching Charlotte's Web) Mom there are lots of miracles happening. Maybe you could come watch the next one. (January 2010)

E: (In the most excited voice like she's found a partner in crime at the grocery store) Mom, Mom did you see, that little boy sucks his fingers just like me. (January 2010)

E: Mom come in my room

M: Emily I want to stay here and be with daddy

E: But mom I need to be tended in MY room(January 2010)

J: Nigh-Nigh (as I left her room after laying her down for her nap)(December 2009)

E: (singing the Farmer and the Dell song) hi ho badero the husband takes a wife. The wife takes a Bart. (November 2009)

J: Nigh, Nigh (when I gave her a blanket) (November 2009)

J: Da.. Da.. Da... (while watching a dog rather intentively in the park) (November 2009)

M: Emily you take care of yourself and Dad will take of his self.

E: But I want to take care of Bart's self.(November 2009)

E: Mom, no more calling me Emsabobs.

M: How come, I really like that name?

E: Yeah fun for you but not for me.(October 2009)

M: (singing) there were three in the bed and the little one said roll over, roll over...

E: Don't sing that song, it's giving me a headache.(October 2009)

M: Emily did you spray some of that cologne on you?

E: Yeah I like smelling like a man(September 2009)

Suzanne: Emily I really like your Cinderella slippers, I sure wish I had some.

E: Maybe you can get some when you grow up (September 2009)

E: Oh this pokie is getting in my nerves (referring to the seam of her sock). (September 2009)

J: more (September 2009)

E: Mom come look I made a pumpkin that looks just like you. (September 2009)

J: NumNum, NumNum (she says this whenever she is eating or found something on the floor to chew on).(August 2009)

E: Mom why didn't you say hi to that man in the street.

M: Your right I guess I should have said hi. (I've been trying to get her to be more friendly to people at church and didn't want to sound like a hypocrite.)

E: I guess you must be shy

M: Sometimes I am

E: That's OK I'm shy too(August 2009)

E: But where will I sleep (referring to Grandpa Dick's tease that he was going to sleep in her bed).

D: Emily you can sleep in our room on the floor or in our bed with us.

E: OK (pause) but they can't sleep over we don't have enough cereal for them in the morning. (July 2009)

E: If your angry you need to stomp your feet, so it will help you calm down (July 2009)

J: mama, mama, mama (whenever I leave the room or she is really hungry.(July 2009)

E: Mom I want to see the pretend monsters in the little house

M: Emily, pretend means they are in your head and you imagine them.

E: I need you to take them out of your head and put them in the little house. (july 2009)

E: Mom last night dad called me a silly girl but I'm not a silly girl, I'm a smart girl. (June 2009)

E: Mom get that toot toot away from Jane. (referring to a plastic Hawaiian lay that Emily likes to put around her waist and pretend it is a tutu.)

M: Emily, Jane likes to play with it.

E: But mom I need my toot toot.

M: Why do you need it Emily

E: So I can toot! (June 2009)