In honor of Mother's Day, here are 10 of my most favorite sayings by my three kiddos:
10. While visiting Epcot at Disney World this past December, Emmett excitedly announced while we were visiting "China" - "Look! Now I have TWO Chinas!!!"
9. Two year old Hannah used to refer to the 12 Apostles from Church as the 12 Impossibles. So, while watching General Conference , she would cuddle up with me and ask all serious like, "Is that one of the 12 Impossibles talking?"
8. Whenever 4 year old Lilly wanted to convince us of the seriousness of a situation or ascertain if something really was true, she would always say (or ask) "For real and whole life."
7. Emmett has made a new hybrid word from "Owies" and "Boo boos" when referring to any type of injury he may encounter. He now calls them his "boobies."
6. When 2 year old Lilly decided she wanted to learn the names of all the Presidents of the Church, we decided it was a worthy goal for our whole family. So every night after reading the scriptures we would review the Prophets. Lilly's favorites were "Lorenzo Snow White" and "David Okay."
5. Hannah used to call elevators "alligators" and escalators "Eskimos." In fond remembrance, we still refer to them as such when no one outside of our family is listening.
4. The first time we took Emmett back to our hotel in China (after knowing him for only about an hour), he surprised us all by walking up to the telephone. picking it up, and mimicking "Hello" after I said it! His version was a bit more like "Henno," but still pretty remarkable for a kid who had never heard English before!
3. One day during Sacrament meeting at Church, a 3 year old Hannah whispered to me that she was really thirsty. I told her I would take her to get a drink as soon as the Sacrament was finished being passed. She tried to be patient, but I could hear her mumble quietly that she was really, really, really thirsty. When the young man with the tray of bread finally came to us, Hannah took one look at the tray and began wailing "But I'm not HUNGRY, I'm THIRSTY!" Everyone around us found it quite humorous.
2. One day Emmett was sharing with us all the good info he learned at preschool about Fire Safety. He told us if there was a fire we were supposed to call 911 and inform them "Der a fawa a my hou!" (Translation : There's a fire at my house. Thank goodness for speech class and that so far he hasn't had to save our family!)
1. When Lilly was two years old, people would ask her how old she was. She would proudly raise her 2 pudgy fingers with her curls bouncing, look at them with her big blue eyes and tell them "I'm TOO much!" The best part is that we didn't even teach her that:)
