Me: (hearing some loud thumps and scuffling in Hayden's room) Whatchya up to, Hayden?
Hayden: Oh just some light saber jedi training.
Bennett: We don't eat spiders, right, Mama?
Me: No, we don't eat spiders.
Bennett: Yeah, that's yucky! We eat waffles! Yeah, that's a good idea.
(We've had that same conversation a bunch of times, and he always talks about eating waffles or macaroni instead of spiders. I'm not sure what made him think of this in the first place, but he likes to have this conversation.)
Sydney: Wait, why are you breaking that? (taking down the Christmas tree)
Dallin: Cause Dad told me to put it away.
Sydney: Why? Is it time for Halloween or something?
Hayden: No, it's time for the count down to New Years.
(Sadly, we don't really have any exciting decorations for awhile, which is probably what Sydney is mostly concerned with.)
Me: (Crying about something or another.)
Daphne: Mom, are you okay?
Me: Yeah, I'm fine.
Sydney: I don't know what happened. One minute she was smiling and the next minute she was crying!
(story of this pregnancy, let me tell you!)
Sydney: Something smells delicious! I love that smell!
Me: Tilex? I think you are smelling Tilex.
Sydney: Well I love it!
Sydney: Mom! Bennett broke your green broom thing!
Me: The swiffer? Bennett, did you break my swiffer?
Bennett: Yep. I broke it really good.
Later ... Sydney: Mom! Sean fixed your swiffer! He's "Fix it Felix!"
Sydney came in from raking leaves in the backyard and showed me red hands. She said, "I have to be done now. Hayden was born in November so he's used to the cold, but I was born in the summer so I am used to the hot."
Bennett: (holding up his sippy cup to clink with my cup) Cheers, Mama!
Bennett: (sitting on the hearth) This is so very cozy!
Bennett: Uh. Huh! (he responds with Uh-huh, but puts such a big space between the two syllables that it sounds like two sentences.)
Me or Arthur or anybody really: Hey, how's your diaper? Do you need a diaper change?
Bennett: Nope. Still good.
(even if its clearly NOT still good.)
