overheard

tonight at dinner, there was much commotion (as usual), but the littles decided it was William’s turn to pray before they began eating.  this was william’s prayer:

“dear jesus, thank you for my sweet sister, and for baby caroline*, and for baby jakey.  please help jakey get more teeth.  he only has two.  and please help him grow to be big like me.”

to which hudson chimed in:  “yeah!  help jakey to grow big like us!”

I think there was more praying or maybe some distraction after that, but it was too hilarious not to write down!

(*baby Caroline is the precious daughter of friends of ours.  William was able to hold her at her baptism party and since then, she is at the top of his list!)

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Hudson:  “daddy is great”

William:  “daddy is always nice”

Hatch:  “those two have selective memories!”

Anna:  “me wants my da-da wight now.  me needs him.”

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anna last week:

“me wubs Guppie**.  Me wants him come here and pick me up and give me kisses.  Me weally wubs Guppie!”

**Guppie is the name Anna has fondly given to our cousin, Thomas.  We’re not sure why, but our Nana was right there when she called him Guppie for the first time, and it was hysterical . . . and, of course, the name stuck!

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me:  “anna, what’s your baby’s name?”

anna:  ki-ki-ka-ka-lou-lee-la-la

me:  that’s pretty, anna.

anna:  it spanish, momma.  it spanish.

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Anna is also practicing being mean every so often, so she turns to her brothers, with her big ole bow on her head and says in her mean voice: “you BAD GUYS.”  And, she keeps telling me “mama, me no yubs you dat much.”  Sister is a mess.  An adorable, independent, little, pink-wearing MESS!

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I turned around yesterday and saw these two.  this is what they told me:

“mom, these aren’t pajamas, they are costumes.  and, today, at school, there was a monkey eating a lollipop.”  (which I later found out was true!  along with a lemur, a snake, bunnies, a duck, a kangaroo (!), a hedgehog, and some other amazing animals!) 

these two are rascals!

as for me, I am putting on my “costume” and heading to bed.  nighty night!