Happy St. Patrick's Day

In the chaos that was this morning, I told Juli to go get a green shirt to wear today because it is St. Patrick's Day. She said, "Oh! It's St. Patrick's Day!" pause, "Are we going to have a drink?"

It didn't click at first so I said, "When we go downstairs, I'll get your cup like I always do."

She says, "NO Mommy, It's St. Patrick's Day! You just drink all day!!"

I said, "What do you mean?" I know full well what she meant, but I wasn't sure if she did.

She said, "On St. Patrick's Day, you just drink all day. You don't eat." Clearly, she didn't really know what she meant!

I asked her who told her that and she said Daddy. LOL. Nice. I'm not sure if he did or not, but I told her it was okay to eat today. ;-)

Knock Knock

Juli has been into knock knock jokes for a while and now Livi is trying to tell her own. They make no sense, but it still cracks me up.

The other day we were in the car and Juli was telling knock knock jokes. Livi kept yelling, "MOMMY, MOMMY"

So I said, "what Liv?"

Liv - Knock Knock
Me - Who's there?
Liv - LIVI! *cracking up*

Then last night she was laying in bed and kept telling me this one:

Liv - Knock Knock
Me - Who's there?
Liv - AAAAApple!
Me - Apple who?
Liv - HAHAHAHA

What a silly girl!

Sh!t Happens

The girls were playing in the family room while James and I were in the dining room chatting. Juli came in and after a minute I asked her where Livi was, she of course didn't know. So I went to the family room to check on her.

When I went in, she was sitting on the floor playing with something. As I looked at her, I realized her pants were off. A split second later I realized her diaper was also off.

OH MY GOD - IT'S POOP! SHE'S PLAYING WITH POOP!! EWW! EWW! EWW!

And a bunch of other things along those lines ran through my head. Luckily it was only one turd and she only got it on her hands! It could have been SO much worse!

I grabbed her hands and yelled for James. He cleaned her up while I held her wrists. We whisked her right up to the bath after that.

And I thought she was going to be my good girl...

Making a List, Checking it Twice

The other day we had to run out to pick up a few things. Juli is very interested in trying to read/write everything so we went over my (very short) list. It looked a little like this:

• milk
• bread
• AAA batteries

I decided to run to Target since I had my eye on some storage containers and a few other things not necessary, just wanted. We got the things on the list and were browsing around. I picked up a 2009 calendar since we didn't have one yet and Juli says, "Mommy, we do not need that, it's not on the list." Ok, so I had to explain to her that we didn't have a calendar yet, so we did need it even though we didn't put it on the list.

I also picked up a few other things, that I can't even remember what they are right now, but got the same reaction. "Mommy, that's not on our list, we don't need it." "Mommy, that is not on our list, you should put it back." I heard a few snickers from other shoppers. Luckily someone was amused by it.

I think next time I'm not sharing my list with her. ;-)

Mooooo

76/365: Mooooo, originally uploaded by sanboogie.

We bought a box of fudge while we were down the shore. Juli saw us putting it in the fridge and wanted to know what it was. James told her it was a cow. She asked if she could see it. He told her yes, but she had to cover her ears.

He proceeded to moo as he opened the box and quickly closed it. Livi came over and got in on the action. They had to make sure they covered their ears or the cow wouldn't moo.

This went on until James told them it was time for the cow to go to sleep and we needed to put him back in the fridge. He gave Juli the honor and told her she had to be super careful putting him back.

I never saw her move so slow and cautiously before! LOL!!!

It was still a cow until the next day when we took the fudge out to have a piece. Gullible kids.

Mahpartments

Today the girls were going to hang out at Aunt Jenn's "mahpartment" so that I could get rid of some of the dust and grime left behind by the HVAC guys. Juli told me she really likes Aunt Jenn's mahpartment. She wanted to know why we don't live in a mahpartment. I told her because we live in a house.

She thought about it for a while and then told me that when she gets bigger she is going to get a mahpartment with Katelyn. LOL

My gosh, I am SO not ready to think about that!!

Our House

The other night we were driving to my mom's house and Juli saw a church. She asked if that was where we got married. I told her no, the church we got married in is near Nonna's house. The rest of the conversation went like this:

Juli - Why?
Me - Because that is where I lived.
Juli - Why?
Me - I grew up there. It is where I lived before I married Daddy.
Juli - No we live in our white house.
Me - We do now. Mommy and Daddy bought that house and moved there when we got married.
Juli - But it's too heavy!
Me - What?
Juli - It's too heavy!
Me - the house?
Juli - yeah, it's too heavy. Too many people would have to hold it up and move it.
Me - {Giggle} Honey, we didn't MOVE the house, we moved into the house. We packed our bags and put our stuff inside the house. The house stayed where it was, we only moved our stuff.
Juli - But it's still too heavy.

LOL

Daddy's Daughter

Tonight we were sitting in the family room and Juli was talking to my mom. Somehow they got to a point in the conversation that went like this:

Juli (to Nonna): Am I your daughter too?

Nonna: No, your mommy is my daughter. You are her daughter.

Juli: No, I'm daddy's daughter.

*laughter*

Nonna: You're mommy's daughter too.

Juli: No I'm not, I'm daddy's daughter.

Sandy: Did you grow in my belly?

Juli: Yes.

Sandy: Then you are my daughter.

Juli: No, I'm not. I'm DADDY'S daughter.


Um, yeah. She's not "Daddy's Little Girl" or anything, is she? LOL.

Pantry Raid

So this is where Mommy keeps all the good stuff!

Now how do I get these open?

Uh-oh, busted!

Maybe if I flash my cute smile, she'll let me have them...

Shake Shake Shake

This morning I was doing Richard Simmons' Disco Sweat. I left everything in the DVD Player and just shut the TV off. Juli knows how to turn the TV on, so this is what I came back to... LOL

Kid Conversations

Yesterday I picked Juli and Katie up from school. Their conversation went like this:

Katie - Juli, member when we went to Best Buy?

...

Me - Juli, do you remember when you went for a ride with Katie, Cici & Uncle Joe to Best Buy on New Years Eve?

Katie - Juli, member when we went to Best Buy?

Juli- yeah, and I ate chicken nuggets.

Katie - Yeah, it was a great time! {LOL}

Juli - The chicken nuggets are too hot. They burn my tongue.

Katie - Yeah...

Katie - James wasn't there.

Chair & Stool

This morning when we woke up, Juli hopped up and sat on James' chest. James said to her, "Am I a chair?"

Juli said, "Kind of." (LOL)

James said to her, "Kind of? Well what about you, are you a chair? Can I sit on you?"

She paused for a split second and said, "hmm. I'm kind of like a stool."

LOL

Katie's Favorite Girl

I thought I would post this picture of Katie and her favorite girl, Livi, since it's so cute/funny!

Donut Holes

We went to Dunkin Donuts this morning to get Munchkins for Juli's class to celebrate her birthday. When we got there she told me she wanted a donut with colored sprinkles. I told her no, it was too early, we were just there to get donuts for her class. I told her she could have one munchkin on the way to school. When we got the munchkins I gave her one.

Then I hear, "Awwww, Mommy!"

I said, "What's the matter Jul?" I was thinking she was going to say it wasn't a sprinkle donut.

She said, "It doesn't have a hole!" (keep in mind she has had these before).

Me - "It is the hole."

Her - "Mommy, there is NO hole!"

Me - "I know, that IS the donut's hole. They pop it out and make it a munchkin." (Yes, I know this is not actually true!)

I looked in the rearview mirror and she was just looking at the munchkin. Then she looked at me like I was crazy, then back ate her munchkin and finally took a bite.

Don't Mow the Patio!

Yesterday James mowed the lawn so there was clippings and leaves on the cement and patio area. The girls and I went out on the patio for a while and I was going to sweep it. James told me not to bother he would just blow it off. He got out the weed whacker with the blower attachment and cleared off the patio. Juli was yelling at him to stop. I thought it was because of the noise. It only took him a second so when he turned it off, she yelled, "Silly Daddy!!" We were like why is Daddy silly? She said, "SILLY DADDY, YOU DON'T MOW THE PATIO!"

Here I Am to Save the Day!

Juli had school again after almost a week of not being there. As I'm driving into the parking lot she yells - "THERE'S THE PLAYGROUND!!!".

I said, "Yep, there it is."

Then she says, "Where are my friends?"

me - "They are probably inside."

J - "Are they waiting for me?"

me - "Sure."

We go in and I'm getting everything into her cubby. As I'm doing this she runs into the classroom and goes, "I'M HERE EVERYONE!!". lol

Well at least I know she likes it!

Wordless Wednesday 9.5.07 - Because There Are No Words... LOL

Blog Taste

Juli is sitting on my lap and I said to her, "Do you want to help me make a blog?"

She said, "What does it taste like?"

lol

Alligators

Juli and I went to Target the other night and she wanted to go on the alligator. What??? Alligators at Target?!? Relax, she means elevator.

For some reason she always calls it an alligator. We have corrected her many many times and she CAN say elevator. She just calls it an alligator. She also calls the escalator the same thing, but she really likes to get on the escalator. She's a little nervous about elevators. We usually don't go on the escalator, since we usually have Olivia and it's a pain to take her seat on and off the cart, so we just take the elevator. I tell her when we come without Olivia, she can go on the escalator. So the other night Juli and I were alone, as soon as she saw the escalator she said, "Mommy, I ride the alligator?". Sure kid, knock yourself out.

That's my Juli - "the girl who rides alligators".

Juli-isms

Juli has some kind of strange accent/language going on. Who knows where it came from. She says some things that I think are pretty funny/cute. I know I won't remember them later on in life, so I think its time to start jotting them down somewhere. Here we go...

Open. Easy enough to say, right? Juli says Eww-pen. "Eww-pen it for me peas." She has always said it that way and I don't think its going to change anytime soon.

Milk. In Juli-ese this becomes Nuk. She can say it right. She has said it right. She simply refuses. I think she just likes calling it Nuk. Yesterday we passed a piano store. She told me she wanted to go in and see the pianos. I thought to myself, wow, maybe she'll want to play; we can get her lessons. She can be a world class pianist. She then told me she wanted to go in and bang on them all with her Nuk cup. Ok, maybe she'll be part of a demolition crew instead. lol.

Dressed. We get dressed. Juli gets bressed. This one is funny, but has the potential to be highly embarrassing should she want to get bressed while we are out in public. She calls all shirts and dresses her bress. Not too bad, unless you over hear her talking about it in say, Target or something. Like the time she told me her bress was too small and she needed a new one. She saw a shirt she liked and decided the one she had on was too small, but of course she doesn't say shirt. She basically said, "Mommy, my bress is too small. I need new one." Luckily, I don't think there were a lot of people around to hear her having a fit about her too-small bress.