The Kids Said…
Caroline (when Madison first started smiling): “She’s not a MADison. She’s a HAPPYison!”
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Me: “Did your schoolteacher read you Charlotte’s Web?”
Brooke: “Huh? No. I’ve never heard of Charlotte’s website.”
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Spencer (singing to himself): “If you’re happy and you know it then you’re so dumb.”
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Caroline (giving me no context whatsoever): “Can you guess what I’m thinking of?”
Me: “Uh…no…”
Caroline (flourishing a paper on which she drew a huge dollar sign across it and saying greedily): “MONEY!”
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Enter Caroline screaming.
Caroline: “I wanted the camera and Brooke threw it at my head!”
Enter Brooke.
Brooke (innocently): “Caroline was crying because she wanted the camera.”
Me: “Yeah. And you threw it at her.”
Brooke on her way to time out (mumbling to herself a little too proudly considering the situation): “Yes and I had good aim. It bounced off her head just like I wanted it to.”
Kindness and compassion. We’re working on it.
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Me: “Tomorrow we have to move the clocks back.”
Brooke without missing a beat: “Okay. We’ll move Dad’s clock to my room, the kitchen clock to Spencer’s room, and the downstairs clock back up here.”
Me: “We don’t actually move the clocks. I mean we have to move the time.” I commence trying to explain the concept of Daylight Saving.
Brooke: *blink* *blink* “That really makes no sense.”
November 2, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
And moving the clocks from room to room made perfect sense. Ha! (Though she’s right, Daylight Savings makes NO SENSE! My kids were waking up in the 6:00 hour before, now it’ll be 5! Eeek!)
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November 3, 2014 @ 4:53 pm
Love Caroline’s observation of her baby sister’s name. And so funny about Brooke throwing the camera at Caroline’s head and being so proud she hit her target. Love Spencer’s rendition of the song. So funny! All of them!