Dollar Tree Christmas Shopping for Family

Bryan: Liv, that's a lot of stuff in your basket.  Is this for Abby?
Liv:  No.
Bryan:  Who's it for?
Liv:  All me.

Candy Canes

Liv: Can I ' canny cane?
Me:  Yes, here you go.
Liv:  Nooooo, es broken.
Me:  But it tastes the same.  Here you go.
Liv:  No i'doesn't.  It tastes broken.

Boony and ponytails

• Liv loves balloons, which she calls "boonies" or a "boony."
• Liv told me she wants "2 ponytails like Daddy dooooooooes" [pronounced "dews"]

Ooooh-la-la

Abby:  Oooooh-la-laa.  Oooohhh-la-laa is Spanish.
Me:  What does it mean?
Abby:  This is so warm.

Medium Good

Me:  Abby, how are you doing at writing your letters with Ms. Chelsea at school?
Abby:  Medium good

Teaching Money

We thought we should teach the girls the value of a dollar and money principles, so we gave them banks.  The next morning Liv's first words were, "I want to look at my money." 

Whoopsies.

champions

Lucy:  I don't want to wear my BU shirt [to school on college shirt day] because it might make other people feel bad because their team loses and our team always wins.

Liv's Favorite Words and Phrases

"Memowade" - Lemonade

"I did it!" - applies to everything

"Hi pops." - so sweet because she wants to call Pops all the time

It's starting

Lucy: can I put makeup on baby brother?

Me [on behalf of him]: No.

Facts and Funnies: April 2013

April 7

- his stats: 9 lbs, 2 oz weight; 20" height


April 9
- Lucy's bedtime comment tonight was that when she grows up she doesn't want to be an artist anymore. She wants to be a teacher or a babysitter.

Facts & Funnies: Feb 2013

Feb. 1
Lucy:  I'm tired of being little.

Feb. 15
Abby:  Did his straw fall out?  [talking about baby brother's umbilical cord]

Feb. 18
Abby:  I had a dream about God and Jesus.

Feb.
Me:  Who wants to......?
Liv: MEEEEEEEE!!!

Feb.
Bryan: What's her name?
Abby: Lucy
Bryan: What's my name?
Abby:  Bryan
Bryan: What's Mommy's name?
Abby:  Babe
Bryan:  What's your name?
Abby:  Abby
Bryan:  What's your whole name?
Abby:  Abby.  Gail Sue Larson

Feb. 24
- back up to 6 lbs, 2 oz birth weight