Ice Skates??

Yesterday we were driving to a party when Juli asked me the following question.

"Mommy, why don't little cars wear ice skates too?"

I was stumped. I asked her what she meant, ice skates like who?

She said you know, ice skates like we have on top of our car. I looked around as we sat at the light, we were one of 4 SUVs and there was a small car to our left in front of us. I realized the small car was the only one that didn't have a roof rack of any type.

Ohhh! Ice skates! Haha!

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. ;-)

Silly Cupid

Juli has a drawer full of bathing suits (or bathing soups as Juli calls them) in her room. Tonight she asked me where I got one from. I told her, "They are there from last summer. That's where we keep it."

She turned around with her eyes all wide and said, "Really? That's so nice of him!"

I said, "What?? What are you talking about? Who?"

She said, "My bathing soups, they're from Cupid!"

I laughed and told her, "No, I said that is where we KEEP IT, not CUPID."

Pizza Talk

Somehow, the other day, Juli was talking about pizza and school. She insists she doesn't like pizza because she doesn't like sauce. I tried to explain to her that she really likes ketchup and they are made from the same thing, tomatoes. She promptly told me, she doesn't like tomatoes or sauce and ketchup is NOT the same thing.

So I asked her what she does on Pizza Friday at school. Does she eat sauce or do they get white pizza? She said, "Mommy, at school I eat Greasy Pizza. I really like Greasy Pizza."

I said, "Oh, the pizza is greasy? Do you eat the sauce?"

Juli said, "No, it doesn't have sauce, it has grease. It's Greasy Pizza."

I tried to clarify if it was white pizza and she thinks so, but she just kept calling it Greasy Pizza.

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. ;-)

And so it begins...

Tonight we were in the bathroom brushing our teeth before bed when Juli said, "Mommy, my shoes are not Skechers."

I said, "What??"

She said, "I SAID, my shoes are not skechers."

me - "I know." "Who told you that?"

Juli - "Hannah did."

me - "Does Hannah have skechers?"

Juli - "Yes." pause "Skechers are super fast. They are the fastest shoes and I don't have them."

Me - "Your shoes are superfast too. You told me they were superfast when we bought them."

Juli - "But Mommy, they aren't Skechers."

Me - "They're Nikes and Nikes are better than Skechers."

Ok so I didn't really say that last part. I wanted to. Does that make me bad? LOL I did say, "They're Nikes and they are super fast too. Skechers is just the name of Hannah's shoes, Nike is the name of your shoes. It doesn't really matter what kind of shoes they are."

In case you were wondering, Juli's response was - "Oh. Can I have my teeth medicine* now?"

LOL



*Teeth medicine = chewable flouride tablets (our water doesn't have flouride in it)

Chickendale?

This morning as we were eating breakfast Juli asked me if we could go see her friend. I asked her which friend, to which she replied, "Chickendale."

I thought for a minute, but could not figure out who she was talking about. I asked her where Chickendale is. She said on the ride. Mmm hmm, okay. I thought maybe it was something she saw at school or on TV.

I told her I didn't know who Chickendale is. She said to me, "Mommy. When we went to Disney, remember? And we went on the ride and the two guys were there. That's my friend Chickendale."

Here's Juli and Chickendale.

Where Are Your Manners?

The other night Juli requested we have mac and cheese for dinner. So we had mac and cheese and hot dogs. I had the hot dogs on their plates and was waiting for the mac and cheese to cool down when Juli said, "Mommy, where ARE my mac and cheese??"

I turned around and said, "Juli, where are YOUR manners??"

To which she softly replied with a smile, "In my heart."

Lightning Bugs

After helping James with his bike the other night, Juli noticed that the lightning bugs were out. She quickly ran into the garage to get her bug house. She immediately caught one and shoved lovingly placed him into the bug house. When we were ready to go in the house, she asked me if her new buggy friend could come in and watch Blues Clues with her. Since it was only a lightning bug and nothing resembling a tarantula I agreed. It was only in the house for about 5 minutes, then we took it out to get "fresh air" on the porch.

Juli and her new friend.

Buggy Buddy.

Gobbles

Last Sunday, Juli went to Katie's house to swim and play with the kids (Jared and Angie were there too). Denise picked up goggles for the the girls.

Juli had just told me a few days before that that she needed "gobbles." I had no idea what she was talking about, I asked her if she meant turkey, LOL! She got really frustrated and told me "NO MOMMY! When I swim I need gobbles so I can see!!!"

Here's Katie and Juli in their "gobbles."

{Picture shamelessly stolen from Denise's blog}

More on Denise's blog.

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!!

Cute Babies

Today we were in Target when Juli saw two babies in a stroller (although they looked slightly younger than her and Livi). She turns around to me and says, "Aww, Mommy. Look at those cute babies." I turned around and smiled at the mom and looked at the babies.

Then she turns back around and says, "We have a baby too, and she's REALLLLY cute."

Of course I agree with her, but that didn't make it any less embarrassing!

Oh My Darling

This morning Juli was being a bit of a pain in the rear so I decided to get out of the house. We went to Target to pick up a few things. On the way home, I hear Juli singing in the back. I thought she was singing Oh My Darling Clementine, but after listening some more I realized she was singing something very different to the tune of Clementine. Her song went a little something like this:

I get time out
When I don't listen
And Mommy gets so mad.

But I am good
Now I wont sit
in time out when I get home...

I wish I had started listening sooner!! Can you tell she spent some time in Time Out this morning??

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

Remember when?

Tonight at dinner Juli asked if rocks are pretty. So James said they could be then he explained to her that diamonds are rocks and used my engagement ring as an example. It was hanging on a hook over the sink from earlier when I was washing dishes. I had also hung a necklace of hers there. She noticed it and said and my heart necklace is a pretty rock too. (It's not a rock, it may actually be plastic or something on a sterling silver chain, not sure.) The conversation that followed, went like this:

Juli: Remember when I was a baby and I bought that necklace?

{It was actually a gift from one of my coworkers.}

Me: How did you buy it, with what money?

Juli: Remember when I was little and people used to put lots of money in my pockets?

Me: Ummm.... no.

Juli: Well they did, and I wasted it all.

Me: You wasted it? On what?

Juli: On necklaces and stuff.

Me: Oh.


Ok...

Feeding Time

I was getting lunch ready when Juli started the following conversation:

Juli - Mommy, can we go to the zoo again so I can feed the sheep?

Sandy - Sure, we can go to the zoo again. Maybe when the weather gets a little warmer.

Juli - We can? OK!

...

Juli - Mommy, can we go back to Disney so I can feed the princesses?

Sandy - So you can feed the princesses???

Juli - um no, see them.

Sandy - Oh... yeah but not for a while.

Juli - Ok, I want to go to Bunnytown too.

Sandy - Ok, then.

{Bunnytown is a show on Disney}

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

PBS & PJs

This morning we had some errands to run. We get in the car and Juli asks if we can use PBS for PJs. I had no idea what she was talking about. I thought maybe she saw some pajamas on sale while watching TV, since she does watch PBS. I asked her what she meant and she said, "Daddy's PBS. Can we use it?"

I still have no idea what she's talking about and I tell her as much. She said, "DADDY's PBS. YOU KNOW! I put numbers and letters in it with Daddy. We need it to go to PJs."

Oh.

She wanted to use the GPS to get to BJs (the wholesale club).

LOL

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.

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!