July
After lots of whining, asking me questions over and over
again that I didn’t know how to answer, etc, on the ride home from Gee Terri’s
house, I said, “Julia, let’s have some quiet time… starting right now!”
Julia: “Is that what you want to say to your precious
daughter?”
Julia was playing doctor. Having recently saw someone with a
prosthetic leg, she decided to center her medical case around that. I was her
patient and my mom was her nurse.
Julia: “Nurse! Help me cut this lady’s leg off”
Gee Terri: “I have a
policy against cutting off perfectly good legs.”
Julia: “Well I don’t! Hand me my imaginary scissors!”
I’d injured my shoulder, and every time I moved my arm in a
certain way, it caused me severe pain. I kept shouting out in pain and
complaining about how much my shoulder hurt as we got ready in the morning
before VBS.
Julia: “Mom! Stop whining! I’m so sick of hearing you
whine!”
Julia: “Why are some people such fat?”
K: “What?”
Julia: “Oh, never mind. It’s not appropriate to ask.”
K: “You can ask me anything. What is it?”
J: “Why are some people such fat?”
Playing hair salon… I was a hairdresser named Audrey (of
course) and Julia was my customer named Penelope.
J: “I’m a grown up even though my kids think I’m like a
kid.”
K: “Why do your kids think you are like a kid?”
J: “I don’t know.”
K: “How many kids do you have?”
J: “Ten… I mean, fourteen.”
K: “How old are they?”
J: “Two.”
K: “Two?”
J: “I mean, one.”
K: “So they’re one and two years old?”
J: “Yeah.”
K: “Who is your husband?”
J: “Hudson”
K: “What’s his job?”
J: “He takes the babies to daycare before we both go to
work.”
K: “What kind of work does he do?”
J: “He keeps the babies clean… and takes them to the
hospital.”
K: “Why do the babies have to go to the hospital?”
J: “They just came out of me there today. They cut my belly
and got them out.”
K: “Today? Oh wow. Are you hurting?”
J: “No, I don’t hurt. The babies just slid out of my bottom
the normal way.”
K: “What are their names?”
J: “Well, I wanted to call one Tickleface… but they’re all
named Audrey.”
When I pulled Julia’s headphones off her while she was
listening to music on her leappad, she said, “Hey! What’s the big idea??”
Doing Gee’s back stretches with her
Julia: “What’s next, Coach Gee?”
August
My mom: “Where did you learn to swirl frosting like that?”
Julia: “Talented.”
Julia, getting ready to nap with us and her penguin stuffed
animal, Dirty: “Daddy and I are partners, and you and Dirty are partners. When
you wake up you can tell us the fun things that you and Dirty did while you
were sleeping.”
September
Julia: “Your hair looks nice, Mommy! Did you get a haircut?”
Kaitlin: “No, I just put my hair up in a little ponytail.”
Julia: “Well, it looks nice!”
Kaitlin: “Thanks, Julia!”
Delighted that Aaron didn’t pinch her chin while fastening
on her bike helmet
Julia: “Daddy! You’re getting to be a natural!”
While saying bedtime prayers
Julia: “I want to thank you, God, for a little thing I call
spending time with Gee Gee and Papa.”
Julia, singing: “We’re going to see the lighthouse in
Washington, B.C.!”
Kaitlin, referring to a book in which the child draws pilgrims
and a turkey: “What did the boy draw a photo of?”
Julia: “A Thanksgiving boy and girl and a chicken.”
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