May 2012
6 posts
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“Are you kidding me?”
– Lark
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“Are you a muppet, or are you a girl?”
– Lark, singing this
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“What kind of person throws cheese at someone’s head???”
– Robin, at the dinner table
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“A kanye-roo”
– Lark, pronouncing Kangaroo
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“Mommy, how do you become famous and rich?”
– Finch
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“What do you want us to do with your evil minion?”
– Robin, to me, about Lark
April 2012
10 posts
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“Dat my booty!”
– Lark, looking at pictures from her birth
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Me: Do you know what the equator is?
Finch: Yes, it's an imaginary line of hot water.
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“Do you have something pacific in mind?”
– Wren
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Battle Cat
Hub (talking about the babe and the dog): She's like She-Ra, with her sidekick. What was the cat's name?
Me: She-Ra had a horse.
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“Mommy, what are those, dinosaur?”
– Lark, checking out my ponyhair shoes.
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“Up, two, fee, four…
Don’t braid my hair-do, Mommy!”
– Lark
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“Now I know my A-B-C-ya. Next time won’t you sing with Nia.”
– Lark
“Why would the Easter Bunny give me a book with murdering in it? I mean, I like...”
– Finch, who is reading The Magic Finger
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Robin: Lark, apologize right now!
Lark: Apologize. Apologize. Apologize
March 2012
9 posts
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Life is pretty good.
Wren: Remember when we went to that festival? With the horses and stables and barns and peacocks?
Me: Which one?
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“You can’t kick someone out unless they’re physically hurting...”
– Wren stating a rule of the playfort aka “the hotel”
Me: So do you believe there's a heaven?
Finch: Yes.
Me: Do humans go there?
Finch: No, only animals.
Me: How do they get there?
Finch: They fly up there in a tiny ship after they die.
Oh.
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“I thought God was just dead and he was in the sky. Or is that heaven?”
– Finch
“What if someone wanted to learn the cupid shuffle and a choreographer taught...”
– Wren
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“It’s sunny
It’s foggy
It looks like a horror story”
– Robin, singing about the weather to the tune of “It’s raining, it’s pouring”
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“I just had the most amazing idea ever! But I don’t think it’s safe.”
– Wren
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“So, do you like fish?”
– Robin, talking to a friend at the bus stop.
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Lark at 26 months...
A few things I don’t want to forget…
She’s super confident, and always proud whenever she does something new. “I did it, Mommy!”
She’s grateful. If I’m reading something online and click a picture of interest she may point to, she instantly says “Thank you, mommy!”.
She wants to help with everything.
She’s still afraid of the vacuum.
...
February 2012
12 posts
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“I love my hair!”
– Lark, after watching the Sesame Street vid
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“I can’t wait to do my laundry!”
– Robin, before the repairman arrived
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“I love you, naa!”
– Babe trying to get her sis to share lunch
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“Please, stop fighting over cheese. It’s not the end of the world!”
– Finch
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“Sometimes he has playdates that are unexpected.”
– Finch, on why he has to brush his pillow pet, Penguini.
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“Can tornados happen during the winter? Did Harriet Tubman ever faint while...”
– Finch during dinner
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Me: Very nice, Lark!
Lark: Perfect!
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“I can make Crème brûlée for lunch.”
– One of Robin’s reasons he should be homeschooled again
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“People don’t appreciate cows’ hard work if they put food coloring in...”
– Finch
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Me: *singing*
Baby: Shhhh! Be quiet, mommy!
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“I don’t think such an energetic baby should take naps during the day.”
– Wren talking about Lark
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Me: Cool it, Ollie!
Lark: Yea Ollie, cool it!
January 2012
8 posts
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“He can’t do it himself, with no disposable thumbs.”
– Hub, talking about the dog
“Can you stop killing his magic? He’s Harry Potter, ok?”
– Says Robin to Wren as he walks away humming the theme song from the HP movies
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“Ew, that looks like it’s from Justice baby.”
– Wren
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“That was fourth grade! Things change.”
– Robin, talking about his former nemesis
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“What happens when kids don’t sleep with a teddy? I think they get bad...”
– Finch
“My hobo, please?”
– Lark when she wants to read Busytown. Hobos are her fav in the books.
Wren: For her age, she's really tall.
Finch: But for my age, she's really short.
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*reading sentence* Finch: Eating chocolate can make dogs sick. Wait, if I eat chocolate, the dog gets sick?
-My future grammar nerd
December 2011
4 posts
“Can a bull run up stairs and into an apartment?”
– Finch, at Grandma’s
March of the Penguins
Finch: What happens if you touch a penguin?
Wren: You get rabies!
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“Would you like me to induce your coma?”
– L, trying to get Lark to nap
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Baby found a bunch of tampons in a drawer, opened them, and said “banana!” Not quite, m’dear.