April
Julia: “You’ll understand when you’re thirteen, mom.”
At the end of stations of the cross on Good Friday
Julia: “That was the fastest mass ever!”
Me: “It wasn’t mass. It was stations of the cross. What do you want to thank Jesus for?”
Julia: “I want to thank Jesus for the fastest crucifix ever!”
Me: “It wasn’t mass. It was stations of the cross. What do you want to thank Jesus for?”
Julia: “I want to thank Jesus for the fastest crucifix ever!”
Julia (to Aaron): "Don’t sing ever again."
Julia pretended to be a conductor and put together a concert. These were the names of her songs:
1- Twinkle Twinkle
2-
The Fairy that Didn’t Have Her Wings Yet Because
She Has to Get Them
3-
The Fairy That Didn’t Know How to Swim
4-
The Indian that was a Princess but Didn’t Know
How to Be a Princess Because She Was a Baker Before She was a Princess
5-
The Girl Who Sat on a Couch But Didn’t Know How
to Sit on a Couch Because Her Father Died and Then Her Mother Married a New Boy
Who was a King
6-
The Font Fairy who was a Princess
7-
The Princess who was Brave
8-
The Princess and the Frog
9-
The Princess who always wears pink because She
has a Lot of Dresses That are Pink
10-Indian of England
11-The Indian of Leopard
Julia: “Do you think there will be games in heaven? We wouldn’t
want to go there if there were no games, would we, Daddy?!?”
Exploring our hotel room in Oklahoma City:
Julia: “Our room has a TV in it! Can you believe it? And our closet
has a little chair and an iron! How cute!”
May
Julia: “Mommy, daddy… Is Santa real?”
Aaron: “Well, St. Nicolas is real.”
Julia: “Is Santa real?”
Kaitlin: “Why are you asking about Santa? Let’s talk about this
when it’s closer to Christmas.”
Julia: “Is Santa real? Because I asked for a green lantern for
Christmas and I got a red lantern. It just doesn’t make sense.”
Kaitlin: “Do you like your red lantern?”
Julia: “Yes, but it just doesn’t make any sense.”
Kaitlin: “Well, speaking of holidays… what do you want to be next
Halloween?”
Julia, holding up her size 3T flower girl dress from 2
summers ago: “Can I wear this, mommy?”
K: “No, sweetie, that’s too small. Let’s give it to
Mary-Claire.”
J: “No. If you ever get another baby in your belly, we can
give it to her. Or we can give it to the baby in Meghan’s belly.”
K: “I don’t have another baby, and Meghan’s baby has already
been born, remember? Elizabeth?”
J: “Yeah, let’s give it to Elizabeth.”
K: “Well, it won’t fit Elizabeth, so why don’t we give it to
Mary-Claire?”
J, getting upset: “No… I don’t think so. Let’s not talk
about this anymore.”
K: “Okay, that’s fine – we won’t talk about it more tonight.
Let’s say our prayers.”
Aaron and Kaitlin say some prayers while Julia pouts…
K: “Julia, what do you want to thank Jesus for?”
J: “Nothing.”
J: “Nothing.”
A: “Nothing?”
K: “What about the fact that we’re snuggling right now? Or
that you got to play outside with your daddy tonight?”
J: “No, nothing.”
K: “That’s not very nice that you aren’t going to thank God
for anything tonight.”
A: “That’s pretty disappointing, Julia.”
J: “I said, Nothing! Remember the book Nothing? From the
library? About the store where they sold nothing? I was thanking God for that!”
(That was a book we’d checked out probably a year before! Good
memory… and nice save, Julia. Nice save.)
Kaitlin: “St. Julie, pray for us. St. Augustine, pray for us…”
Julia: “Mommy, can I say the names?”
K: “No, I think I will. You can say, ‘pray for us!’”
J: “Mommy, I won’t say, ‘Bacon and eggs, pray for us,’ this
time.”
K: “Okay, Julia. I still think I’ll just say the names.”
J: “I’m sorry about that, mommy.”
J: “I’m sorry about that, mommy.”
K: “It’s okay, Julia.”
J: “It’s okay?”
K: “Well, it is nice to say the real names instead of silly
names like bacon and eggs.”
J: “Well, I’m sorry about that, Mommy. I’m sorry I was being
such a child. I promise I won’t say that again. Can I say the names please?”
K: “Okay, Julia. Sure.”
J: “St. Blaise”
K: “Pray for us.”
J: “St. Philomena”
K: “Pray for us.”
J: “Who is that nun again?”
K: “St. Julia?”
J: “Yes, that’s right! St. Julia”
K: “Pray for us.”
Julia, looking at her finger: “My cut is gone!”
Leaning, whispering, delighted: “God healed me even though I
didn’t ask him to!”
Julia: “Don’t kiss me! I’m not your daughter – I’m a police man!”
Aaron: “Do you like the swimsuit mommy picked out for you?”
Julia: “I don’t like it…. I LOVE it!”
My mom was trying to figure out what to bring to the
chiropractor’s office to keep Julia busy.
Julia: “Oh, I know! My leap pad is good at distracting me!”
Julia: “WHAT are you wearing?”
Me: “It’s a nightgown.”
Julia: “WHERE is your bra? Why aren’t you wearing a bra?”
The next morning...
Julia: “Why are you wearing that AGAIN?”
K: “I just wore it one night before this. It really wasn’t
dirty”
J: “WHERE are your purple pants?”
While playing church, Julia preached the homily:
“My friends call me Jessie, but my real name is Penelope
Audrey Grayless Ailene Isley. I’m really glad to be here today. My favorite
foods are pizza and grapes. When I went on an airplane my ears popped, but
they’re okay now because I’m out of the plane and I landed to Disney World. You
should listen today because church isn’t going to be too long. Listen really
good and fast because it’s really going to be crowded here. You all should come
over to my house sometime.”
June
Julia: "My name is Julia Grace Isley, that’s my real name but my
pretend name is Penelope Audrey Tuna Fish Abby Arnold. And my other last name
is Tinker Bell because I’m in a Tinker Bell dress with my wings and I can fly
like this! And now, for my beautiful lipstick."
