Jonah: I wish I could be married. I want to be a dad.
Me: Why, you want to have kids?
Jonah: No, cause I want to be in charge.
Guy on Star Wars: "Lord Vader, we are honored by your presence."Levi: "What? Presents? Is it his birthday?"
Jonah, to Peter: "But your grandpa died."Peter: "Yeah, actually both of my grandpas died. They both got old and they died."Jonah: "Hmmm. That's just terrible."
Eden: "Why do I have so many wedgies?!?!"
Eden, after talking about strangers taking kids: "Well, if a stranger comes to our door, you can just tell them you don't have any kids."
Levi: "Mom, you look like a beautiful elephant."
3/26/2012Levi: "Mom, my tummy is growling for ice cream!"
4/25/12Levi: "I don't want to ever drive to work."Me: "Well, how will you get there?"Levi: "I just don't want to have work, I just want to stay home and watch movies when I'm a dad."
June 2012Sometimes we threaten to throw away the kids' toys if they don't pick them up. While we were having the kids clean their rooms, I heard Eden talking to Levi in her room: "I don't care if Daddy throws away my toys, because I'll just get new ones for Christmas!"
Eden, shouting at up during dinner: "I'm gonna have a toot! Everybody plug them ears!"
Eden: "Mom, I'm allergic to big dogs."
Me, trying to encourage Eden to be nice after she got in trouble: "Eden, you're not mean. You're a nice girl."Eden: "Well, I'm a little bit mean."
Eden: "Being a mom is not fun."
Levi (having a conversation about the Green Goblin): "No, the Goblin is ugly. If someone don't like the Goblin, he's ugly."
We were at the library, sitting on the floor by the book return waiting in line for a show, when a heavier-set lady came by to drop her books off. After she left, Eden turned to me and whispered, "Sometimes moms have big bottoms!"
Eden: "Mom, what happens if we eat a band aid?"
Jonah: "You've got to try and think in your head!"
Jonah: "I love you, Dad."Eden: "I love you too, Dad."Levi: "Me don't like you, Dad. Me like Mom."
Levi: "Us have a good family. Us not have a bad family, us have a good family!"
Levi: "Jonah not my fwend wast week."
Levi: "Me wuv you, Momma!"
Eden: "Mom, did Jesus say I'm a beautiful girl?"
I took Eden and Levi to the store with me to pick out a birthday present for their friend. Eden told me on the way: "Mom, Eden and Levi will pick by ourself. NOT MOMMA. And Momma will pay it."
Eden in the car: "Mom, my pee is coming!"Me: "Okay, hold it till we get home."Levi: "Me just got toots in my seat. Them big toots."
Eden, to Peter: "Hey! We don't say 'stupid!'"Peter: "I didn't. I said 'super.'"Eden: "Oh. That's a nice word."
Levi, anytime he doesn't know how to do something: "I can't know it!"
Levi: "Milk feel me sick, but juice feel me better."
Me, in the car: "When we get home, we're brushing our teeth and going to bed."Eden: "And I'm gonna have a good dream about a prince and get married!"
I was giving Jonah an "Anaconda Squeeze" and he said, "Mom, don't squeeze me or I'll pop like a balloon! Wait, I'm not a balloon, I'm a guy!"
Me: "Jonah, I've got to go. Can I have a hug and a kiss?"Jonah: "How about a high five?"
Levi: "Us don't got a truck. Us got a car. Us got a white car! Us am!"
Eden: "Daddy, I have something for you: a question."
Jonah: "Mom, I'm going to fix your tummy so you can have a baby in it."Me: "You think we need a baby?"Jonah: "Yeah, then we can be a family!"
Eden: "Mom, I'm not in charge. I'm just a kid!"Levi: "I'm in charge!"
Eden: "I like candy. Candy makes us feel good. It not hurt us."
Levi: "Hey, Dat MINES! (Hey, that's mine). Dis my aunt Nader." (This is my Darth Vadar).
Eden: "Mom, Can I have a bagel with sunscreen?"
At (breakfast for) dinner tonight I said to Peter, "Good hash browns." Then Eden said, "Good um...these!" *pointing to her oven pancakes*
While cleaning up toys, Peter told the kids to "open their eyes" and pick up the toys on the floor. Levi said, "Daddy, my eyes are open. Look!"
In the car, Me: "Look at all those orange trees!"Eden: "Mom, those trees are green!"
Eden praying: "Please bless Jesus to come to the earth and save us."
Eden, introducing Levi: "This is my sister, Levi!" (Still confused about brothers vs. sisters)
Eden: "Mom, can I bring this toy in the store?"Me: "No, leave it in the car."Levi: "Mom, can I bring my band-aid?"
At a restaurant, the waiter handed Eden her drink and she said, "Thank you very much, guy!"
Jonah, yelling while Peter's driving: "Here comes a car! Excuse me, Dad, watch the road!"
Jonah: "Come on, Dad! I command you!"
Me: "Eden, who do you want to invite to your birthday party this year?"Eden: "Um, Jesus!"
We have been practicing bearing our testimonies at each Family Home Evening. This week, Eden got up and started by saying, "I'd like to test my mony..."
Eden and Levi were fighting over who had to eat a piece of quesadilla that neither of them wanted. Jonah, the peacemaker, said, "Hey guys, listen. Just give it to Mommy and she will eat it."
Eden was yelling something to me across the dinner table so Peter tried to get Eden to sit down and eat her food. Eden said to Peter, "Daddy, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to Mommy!"
Jonah, eating a melting Kit Kat: "Mom, I don't want this anymore. It's all muddy!"
Eden: "Look, Mom! I did a little poop! It's a teddy bear poop!"
Eden, after a bath: "Hey, mom, look at my bottom! I'm going to give it a tickle." *tickling her bottom* "Tickle, tickle, tickle!"
Eden at Target, screaming down the aisle to a lady shopping:"Hi! I'm Eden! I go poop on the POTTY!"
Jonah: "Mom, let's be elephants!"Me: "Okay, I'm the Mommy Elephant."Jonah: "Yeah, and Daddy's the Daddy Elephant and I'm the Jonah Elephant!"
Jonah, watching me put on my make-up: "Mom, are you going to color your face?"
Eden, watching me eat guacamole: "Mom, is that green poop?"
Eden: "Oh, dear..."
Eden: "I'm a big girl, daddy."Peter: "No you're not, until you go on the potty."Eden: "I'm never going on the potty! Never, never, never!"
Before we were all heading out for the evening:Jonah: "You guys ready to roll? Let's roll, guys!"
In the car on the way home:Jonah: "Mom, Eden's asleep. She needs a nap."Me: "You're taking one too, when we get home."Jonah: "No I'm not. No, thank you, Mommy."
Eden: "Oh, Mommy..."
Eden: "Mommy, who's that?"Me: "Malificent. Can you say Malificent?"Eden: "Um... no."
Conversation while Jonah is on the pot:Me: "You gonna wipe your bottom?"Jonah: "Hmm. Maybe tomorrow."
Jonah has been watching the movie "Annie" a lot lately. Now when I walk in a room where he is doing something he shouldn't, he turns around and says, "I love you, Miss Mommy," just like the kids in the movie say to Miss Hannigan. Really? Am I in the same category as Miss Hannigan?
Jonah looking out for Eden: "Eden, that is NOT a good idea."
Helping Jonah pick out books tonight,Me: "Do you want Clifford?"Jonah: "Yes."Me: "Do you want Waldo?"Jonah: "Yes."Me: "Do you want princesses?"Jonah: "No, Eww."
Peter, Eden and Levi were waiting in the car for Jonah and I to come out of the store. As I opened the door, Eden shouted very friendly like," Hey, what's going ON, guys?"
Jonah: "Mommy, can I get the animals out?"Me: "No."Jonah: "Daddy, can I get the animals out? Say yes!"
Jonah: "Daddy, be quiet!"Peter: "Why?"Jonah: "Just because, THAT'S why."
While in a store, Peter went in a dressing room to try on some clothes. Eden said really loudly, "Daddy going poo-poo?"
Jonah was tired when he said his prayer tonight, "Dear Heavenly Father...[a mumbled whine]... in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
While looking at a picture of his Aunt Michaela on a blog, Jonah said, "Hey who's that guy? It's Michaela?"
While we were driving in the car, Levi was acting crazy in his car seat and I called him "psycho." Jonah said, "No, Mommy. That's not psycho. That's Levi."
Me: 'Eden, do you want some fruit snacks?"Eden: 'Yes, your majesty.'
While driving alongside a cornfield, Jonah exclaims, "Look, Mom! Popcorn!"
I came into the room where Eden and Jonah were playing with their toys and asked, "Who's gonna give Mommy a kiss?" Jonah answered, "Eden's turn?"
