Waking Up
“Mommo? Is it wakeup time? The clock says eleventeen. I think we should all get up now.”
–Riley, asked at 4:17am
“Oh! The sun’s going to take forever!”
–Riley, when told he can’t get up until the sun rises
“I’m not giggling.”
–Emmett, asked to quiet down while giggling with his invisible friends at 3am
“Jammies!”
–All the Pigs, when asked if they’d rather get dressed or stay in jammies all day long
Getting the Day Started with Music
“I want the G. The G-L-E-E? The “Don’t Stop” one?”
–Emmmett, asking to listen to the song “Don’t Stop Believin'” from the Glee cast
“Mama? From the time I was born, all I want to do is dance!”
–Emmett
“We always listen to what Emmett wants. I want to listen to Star Wars.”
–Riley
“Dum-dum, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum, dum-dum-dum-dum.”
–Asher, singing the Star Wars theme
School
“Oh, I don’t want to do handwriting. How about we get on Lego.com instead. Shhh. It’s okay. Don’t worry, honey. It’s fine not to do homework.”
–Emmett
“Mama? How about instead of writing “He ran into the cape,” I write “I ran?”
–Riley, trying to figure out the shortest sentence he could write using the word “ran”
“You’re killing me! I did this yesterday! Why are you always making me write?”
–Emmett
“Mamo? How’s this?”
–Tessa, who wrote “Tessa gets into chruble a lot” for her sentence using the word “into”
“Ugh! You make me pee everyday!”
–Tessa, when asked to go potty after an exemplary demonstration of the potty dance
“I want to go there! Can we go there?”
–Emmett, after every history lesson in which he learns about a new country
“Mamo? Can I be in fourth grade?”
–Tessa, when told all the Pigs were moving onto first grade language arts
“It’s not my fault. It’s yours.”
–Tessa, responding to Mom asking why her homework had such sloppy penmanship
Playtime
Tessa, answering her Minnie Mouse cell phone, “Uh, hi. Yes, Obi Wan Kenobi? This is Princess Leia. We really need your help here. If you don’t come, Darth Sidious and Darth Vader will be unstoppable. Ok. Sounds good. We’ll meet you at the Death Star. Thanks!”
“Daddo? This hill keeps telling me to go faster.”
–Riley, riding his bike on a steep hill
“Riley? I’m gonna have some Tessa-Riley time first and dress up like Princess Leia, and then there’s gonna be some Tessa-Emmett time and dress up like Anna. Okay?”
-Tessa
“Why do I have to say excuse me every time my mouth and my booty burp?”
–Tessa
“I don’t like wearing a cape and mask when I ride a bike. It makes me go too fast.”
–Riley, after cartwheeling over the curb on his bike while wearing a cape and mask
“The sandbox is Tatooine.”
–Emmett
“Are capertillers diurnal?”
–Tessa, completely out of the blue
“Maybe.”
–Emmett, after smelling his fingers in response to being asked if he needs to wash his hands
“That was AWESOME!”
–Tessa, after watching Dad blast a model rocket into the sky
Meals
“Mama? My tummy is telling me that it wants to eat ice cream for dinner.”
–Tessa
“Oh! Why can’t I eat pretzels for dinner?!”
–Riley
“Why?”
–Asher, when handed a banana and told to eat it
“No, thanks. I’ll just put noodles on them.”
–Emmett, responding to whether he wants pesto on his fake chicken sliders
“Num, num.”
–Asher, taking a vanilla chip bar for a snack
At Bedtime/Night
“The night sky is a blanket for the trees.”
–Tessa
“Oh! You are always making us go to sleep!”
–Riley
“I had a bad dream. I need a snuggle.”
–Tessa, less than two-minutes after she went to bed
“Night, night.”
–Asher, waving as he closes the bedroom door on everyone gathered for a nighttime story
“At our next house can we have just one room that we all sleep in together?”
–Tessa, Riley, and Emmett, each separately
“I had a dream about a scary kitty with glowing eyes. But instead of being afraid, I just ate it!”
–Tessa
“I dreamed about a super tall volcano with dinosaurs but instead of the dinosaurs eating me, I rode one all the way down the side of the volcano and into the grass. It was AWSOME!”
–Tessa
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