Kaylee: when we were by the tomatoes, we saw a HOLY SMOKES MOMMA tomato.
Emma: YOU WILL FREAK OUT ABOUT IT.
Emma: Batman caught a Monarch butterfly, but it still had flight power, so I made him let it go and it got away.
the girls and I were in one vehicle, following Jesse in the other.
me: oh, sorry girls, Dad made it through the light and we didn't.
Lily: why didn't you put on super speed?
Lily: why do they call it football if they don't use their feet?
Lily to Emma: you need to do what I say because it says so in the Bible.
(I didn't teach her this)
Kaylee: I just waited a couple whiles and then, poom, turned on.
Lily: are the Phoenix birds real?
me: well, those are something called mythical creatures, like mermaids, unicorns, and the Loch Ness monster. They probably aren't real, but it's fun to imagine they could be real.
Lily: oh yes, it's fun to pretend Santa is real.
Emma: yes, and to pretend Pluto is real!
me: ...well, I mean, Pluto is real. It's not a planet, but it's still out there.
Emma: my Sunday school teacher told me she lived way back in the day when Pluto was a planet!
Lily: I LOVE IT!
Emma: I don't, it's not good for me.
Lily: it's so good!
Emma: well that's ok, we have different taste bugs.
Jesse: what kind of donut do you want?
Emma: oh, I don't know. The kind I wanted last time and had a fit about!
Lily: the very first humans alive were paleontologists, right?
Kaylee: is right here (pointing to her elbow) a bending bone?
Lily: I just think bones are super important.
Emma: Mom, is your brain your squishiest part of your body, or your butt?
Kaylee was watching Beauty and the Beast.
Kaylee: is this Mom's work?
Jesse: what?
Kaylee: well, Mom is pretty like Belle, and you're like the Beast.
cup of joe: my ramblings as a wife and mom as I describe the adventures of my family.
