- Out of the mouth of babes: VOL XXIX -

After finishing a brownie:
"Mommy, I forgot what does an ice cweam [cream] bar taste yike?"

In anticipation of family vacation:
"Mommy, are you ah-cited for bay-cation? ...Because I am!  But pob-ee [probably] it will take foreva' to get 'dere."

 

 

While putting a Band-Aid on her hand:
"Where is my boo-boo?! I fink 'dere used to be one right here..."

 

As Juliette was crying while getting into her carseat before church:
"I guess Ju-wee-ette is 'cared [scared] to go to church because she doesn't want to be bwessed [blessed] or sumping."

After Juliette had a blowout:
Scarlett:  "Why does Ju-wee-ette have dia-wee-uh [diarrhea]?"
Harper:  "Scarlett, that isn't diarrhea, it's just the way babies' poop is because they can't have poops like us because their buttholes are too small."
Scarlett:  "Oh."

 

 

While dragging Juliette's baptism gown across the floor:
"Mommy, is this your wedding dress?"

While playing church with a slew of stuffed animals:
"OKKKKK, EVERYONE, get down on yo' knees!"

While watching Juliette nurse:
"Awe [are] you feeing her?  DON'T FEED HER!  She is just gonna poop in her dia-puh!"

Randomly:
Scarlett:  "Mommy, I wish I was a grown up."
Me:  "Oh, really?  Why?"
Scarlett:  "Because 'DEN you would be a gwanma [grandma]!"

 

As Juliette was nursing:
Scarlett:  "Ju-wee-ette yikes yo' boobies!"
Brian:  "So does Daddy..."
Scarlett:  "But Mommy, 'DAT is so silly, Daddy isn't a baby!"
Me:  .....

Randomly:
"Mommy, Daddy dwinks [drinks] a WOT [lot] of bee-yuhs [beers], because he dwinks one, two, fee, four, five.  And a wot of bee-yuh is NOT HEL-FEE [healthy] because he should drink water instead."

 

Randomly, 5 days into quarantine [with 9 more to go!]:
"I bet my teacha [teacher] is missing me!"

 

Every 10 minutes [seemingly] during our 2-week quarantine:
Scarlett:  "Mommy, do I have COVID?"
Me:  "No."
Scarlett:  "Does Haw-puh [Harper]?"
Me:  "Yes."
Scarlett:  "Oh."

While complain/pouting to Brian during quarantine:
"You awe [are] sick and Mommy is feeding 'da baby and Haw-puh [Harper] got in trouble so I have nobody to 'nuggle wif'..."

 

As Juliette is sleeping in her swing:
"It's nice for us to get a break from 'da baby!  Because we are sick of taking care of 'da baby, right Mommy?"

- Out of the mouth of babes: VOL XXVIII -

Randomly:
Scarlett:  "Why do Daddy not yike [like] milk?"
Me:  "I don't know, he just never drinks it..."
Scarlett:  "Yeah, because he is always drinking bee-yuh [beer] and 'dat is NOT hel-fee [healthy]... We should tell him to stop doing 'dat else he might get a cav-a-vee [cavity] or sumping [something]!"

At dinner:
Scarlett:  "Mommy, I didn't have a nakkin [napkin], so I just wiped my hands on 'da back of my wompa [romper]."
Me:  .....

 

While examining Juliette on her first night home from the hospital:
Brian:  "Hey!  Don't pull on her legs, buddy.  That's way too rough, she's very fragile!"
Scarlett:  "She's NOT. EVEN. WEAL [real]!"
Brian:  "Yes, she is real."
Scarlett:  "No!  She's not even weal, she's not movin'."

Randomly:
Me:  "Are you glad you guys have a sister or did you both still wish the baby was a brother?"
Harper:  "I'm glad I have a sister!"
Scarlett:  "I wished she was a brudduh [brother]."
Me:  "You do?  You don't like her?!"
Scarlett:  "Welllllll, 'da problem is:  I YIKE [like] her, but I don't yike 'da yitta [little] hairs on her ears, so I wanted a brudduh."
Me:  .....

Randomly, excitedly, a few days postpartum:
"I finkkkkkk [think] 'dere's anudduh [another] baby in your tummy!"

As Juliette is spitting up a tiny bit of milk:
Me:  "Ooop, I think she's throwing up a little bit!"
Scarlett:  "Oh NOOOO, wet [let] me go get a bucket!"

During breakfast on our first full day home with Juliette:
Me:  "So what should we do today?"
Scarlett:  "Ummmm...play wif [with] 'da baby?"

After leaving the pediatrician's office for Juliette's 24-hour newborn follow-up:
"Should we go get a tweat [treat] since Ju-wee-ette was so good for 'da docta'?"

 

 

 

On Thursday morning at the crack of dawn, after crying all night Wednesday evening about not wanting to go to school:
"I want to go to 'cool!  Time to eat breakfast and get dressed and hop in 'da van for 'cool!" 

 

Randomly:
Scarlett:  "Mommy, how wong [long] will it be 'til 'da baby can talk?"
Me:  "Maybe next year after her birthday?"
Scarlett:  "Ohhhhhh, yeah, pob-ee [probably] so.  So how WONG is 'dat, is what I'm saying?  10 minutes maybe?"
Me:  "No, a whole year..."
Scarlett:  "OHHHHH, I gotcha."

 

 

 

Randomly:
Scarlett:  "OK.  SO!  Pwee-tend [pretend] you are my mommy..."
Me:  .....

As Juliette is crying loudly:
"Does she fink [think] we are strangas?"

On the way home from school:
Scarlett:  "Mommy, did you tummy grow all 'da way down yet?"
Me:  "No, I still have to lose a little bit of weight I gained..."
Scarlett: "Oh.  Are you gonna do 'dat when we get home?"
Me:  .....

Randomly:
"Mommy!  I finkkkk [think] ONE of my finga' nails is 'tarting to grow!" 

As Juliette was crying after being put down:
Me:  "I think we're holding her too much and turning her into a monster!"
Scarlett:  "A MONSTA'?!  If she is a monsta' we will frow [throw] her in 'da trash!  Right, Momma?"
Me:  .....

 

 

 

- Out of the mouth of babes: VOL XIII -

Some oldies, but all goodies!  Easter and COVID and remote learning and May Crowning and the beginning of summer break...and lots of things in between!  I love this sweet little human and her innocent soul more than life itself! <3

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Randomly:
Harper:  "Dad, can I have your phone for a minute?  I need to talk to Siri."
Brian:  "Ok..."
Harper:  "Siri, when's it gonna be Easter Day?  There is a virus going around and we might not be able to have Easter.  What should we do?"
Siri:  .....

 

While driving one afternoon:
Scarlett [pointing out the car window excitedly]: "Eeeee ba-ba [Easter Bunny]!"
Harper:  "Scarlett, I think you mean to say 'RABBIT.'"
Scarlett:  "Oh."
Me:  "Yes, there are lots of little bunny rabbits that live in the grass; is that what you saw, Scarlett?"
Scarlett:  "Yeah."
Harper:  "Yeah, Scarlett, the Easter Bunny only comes at Easter but there are lots of other rabbits.  Even you can catch one and keep it as a pet on a leash!"
Scarlett:  "Oh."

During a rage:
"I feel like everyone has been mean to me for 100 years now, and you just did something that made me really mad again!"

After asking for a snack one evening after I got home from work:
"We are hungry, because we didn't eat anything for lunch; Daddy didn't feed us lunch at all today and that's why we're STARVING now!"


After my Dad came inside the house to use the restroom one day at the beginning of sheltering in:
"But it's ok if the virus is going around and Papa is juuuuust in our house to go pee and wash his hands.  But I'm glad he's not walking ALL around the house, like to my bedroom or your bedroom." 

 

As Scarlett was leaning in for a kiss on the lips:
"Yeah Scar, let's just do it on the cheek since the virus is going around."


Randomly:
Harper:  "Anyway, how do you make a baby start growing in your tummy?
Me:  .....

 

While driving around one evening to get a change of scenery:
"Mom, do we live on the moon?"


Randomly:
Harper:  "Mom, when I'm a grown up, will my name still be Harper?"
Me:  "Yes."
Harper:  "Oh.  Well it's kind of a silly name for a grown-up."

 

While coloring a picture of Mary for the May Crowning:
Me:  "And if you were at school on May 1, you would all take flowers to the statue outside the school."
Harper:  "But Mom, would 'THE REAL' Mary be at school on that day, is the question..."
Me:  "No, she lives in Heaven now with Jesus." 
Harper:  "Ok, can you just type in some 'Mary videos' on YouTube then so I can watch them and see her?"


...and while watching videos of Mary:
Harper:  "Well before these videos, I already knew what she looks like."
Me:  "How?"
Harper:  "Because I have a smart brain!  She has a blue dress with a white cape and another blue cape on her head.  Can Mary see us from Heaven, is the question..."
Me:  "Yes. She lives there with God and Jesus."
Harper:  "Ok.  Does Mary ever take a shower, is the next question..."
Me:  .....

While tidying up the living room:
Me:  "GROSS!  Whose dried up booger is this on the couch?!"
Harper:  "Scarlett's."
Me:  "How do you know?"
Harper:  "Well, all I can say is that I don't do that anymore since you told me not to that one time.  And Scarlett probably learned how to do it after that." 

While eating breakfast:
"Look, Dad, I'm unrolling my cinnamon roll like toilet paper!"

On the way to her teacher's house to drop off a Teacher Appreciation Day gift:
Me:  "I hope Ms. Leah likes what we made for her!"
Harper:  "She will like it, I already know.  She always loves everything I make her in class."

While watching Cinderella for the first time:
"I'm reallllly glad I'm not Cinderella so I don't have to clean every single day!"  

 

 

- Out of the mouth of babes: VOL XI -

Just found a little iPhone note full of Harper's quotes!  Pot of gold on a rainy day! 

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While driving through town one night:
"Owww!  That truck just shined his lights RIGHT in my eyes!  That wasn't too nice!"


While watching me do the dishes after dinner:
Harper:  "Mommy, can you come play hide and seek?"
Me:  "Well, hold on.  I have to clean up, we can't just --"
Harper:  "--jack around in this dirty ole' house?"

At the Disney resort last December, after watching a bird swoop in and swipe a bread crust off someone's plate:
Harper:  "What will happen if birds peck us while we're eating our ham-boogers?"
Me:  "Well, it will just hurt our skin a little, I guess..."
Harper:  ".....So we won't die or anything?"
Me:  "No....."
Harper:  "Oh!"


While driving around looking at Christmas decor [also last December]:
"Wow, they have sooo much blow ups!"


At Disney on Ice:
"Does Moana ever see Ariel in the pool?"

Also at Disney on Ice, as Elsa and Anna are furiously skating around in a snow storm:
"Do you think Anna knows all that snow is just coming out of that machine up there on the ceiling?"



After smashing a spider on the wall:
Harper:  "I'm the one that gets spiders ALL the time because I'm brave, but you needa' get brave and get them too, Mommy.  They won't even come alive anymore after you smash them!  They're dead forever!"
Me:  *still scared*


After observing our waitress at a restaurant:
"I like how you make people's orders!"

After taking a drink of hot chocolate fresh off the stove:
Me:  "Oh, be careful, babe!  It's super hot, and I don't want you to burn your mouth!"
Harper:  "It's ok, it only burned my teeth...  Sissy, you're too little for hot chocolate, because it can burn your teeth!" 



While driving home one evening:
Harper:  "There's the moon following us!  Think we can get a moon sometime?"
Me:  "How would we get a moon?"
Harper:  "Jump high!  Or get a ladder!"

After strolling out of bed for the third time with her seventh excuse to get up:
Harper:  "The reason I comed out here is because I'm 'firsty." 
Me:  "No, Harper.  Go back to bed."
Harper:  "Well if you don't give me a drink, I'll cry for a hundred nights!"


While examining a pregnant goat at the petting zoo:
"I think that one's gonna have two babies come out of its tummy because it has two nipples!"



After "babysitting" Scarlett for ten minutes while I took a shower:
"Having a baby is SOOO much work!!!"

After polishing off her Valentine's Day candy stash:
Me:  "Where's all the M&Ms?"
Harper:  "I think they're hiding or something?"


After Scarlett laid down for a nap:
Me:  "Harper, do you want to take a little nap today?"
Harper:  "Ummmm, well, not really.  But thank you, Mommy, for asking!" 

- Out of the mouth of babes: VOL X -

Throwback Tuesday...is that even a thing?  ...Today it is!  

Just found these gems on a note on my phone, and they're too sweet not to share!  Rewind to summer 2019!

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[Over the summer] while looking at her Tupperware container full of lightening bugs after I accidentally closed the lid over one's head:
"Awwwwwww, that's sad, one of the bugs broke his ears off!"


As Scarlett was holding a lightening bug:
"Scarlett!  You need 'da go outside and let him go so he can fly and doesn't get scared!"

While examining a different lightening bug that she had trapped inside a Ziploc bag for a few days:
Harper:  "I think he stopped lighting up because he's scared..."
Me:  "Hunny, I think he's dead."
Harper:  "No, Mommy, he's just scared. But he said he wants to sleep with me so when I'm scared in the middle of the night in the dark he can light up for me."


Later on, in reference to same said [dead] lightening bug:
"Daddy, I think the lightening but is hungry and we need to put some food in his bag!"

While driving to school:
Me:  "Mannnn, I'm really tired. I need some coffee today!"
Harper:  "Yes, 'else you will be crabby!"
Me:  "Yes....."
Harper:  "Sometimes when I don't drink hot chocolate in the mornings, I get crabby.  Sometimes.  But not that much."


While drawing a very intricate family portrait:
"Does Scarlett have eyebrows yet?"

As Brian was laying hardwood floor at our new house:
Me:  "Let's go, we have to buy Daddy some knee pads and bring them back to the house." 
Harper:  "So if Daddy falls down he won't hurt his knees?"


Randomly:
Harper:  "Mommy, when I was in your tummy did I kick you every day?"
Me:  "Yes, EVERY day!"
Harper:  "Do you know why I did that?  It was because I was hungry and I wanted you to feed me!"
Me:  "Oh, I fed you alright..."
Harper:  "Yeah, and I was always hungry and you had to eat all the healthy food so my brain grew big!"

After letting a grasshopper out of her bug box so he could live outside:
"Well Scar, now we sadly don't have a bug!" 


While rubbing my [stubbly] legs:
"Hairs are growing in you!  Need 'da shave so they're smooth, Mom.  See, feel my legs, they're soft and smooth!"

While pulling in the driveway at Garett's:
Me:  "Actually, let's park on the street tonight so Daddy can have the driveway when he gets home really late."
Harper:  "Yep, that would be a better choice, Mom!"


Randomly:
"Mommy, I was thinking that moles aren't really cute because they're just all brown.  But that's just how God made everyone!  And in the world, we have lots of people because that's the way God made us all different!"

While driving in the car:
Harper:  "Ew! A booger!"
Me:  "Gross! Did you wipe it in the Kleenex you have back there?"
Harper:  "No, I already 'frowed it on your car seat because that seat is already dirty with mud and stuff.  Your car is so junky, Mom... You need 'da clean it!" 


When caught in a daze:
Me:  "You're looking tired..."
Harper:  "No, my eyes were just stuck on something."


Randomly:
"When I grow up, I will marry my boyfriend!"

- Disney: Part IV -

Hollaaaa, we're up and at it again! 

After being so excited to review all of our photos and recount all of our memories, I forgot to keep giving credit where credit is due...

...so I just want to shout it from the rooftops again that NONE of this would've been possible without our dear cousin [and best friend!] Laura!!! She is a travel consultant with It's A Small World Adventures, and you don't have to interact with her for very long at all to see how passionate and wonderful she is about her work!  She knows the ins and outs of EVERYTHING Disney, and [aside from booking all of our tickets and FastPasses months before the trip] she offered tons of tips and tricks while we were there to make our trip the very best it could be.  Thank you, Laura!!!  You embody all of 'dat true Disney magic and were exactly what we needed; we love you so much!

So anyway...

...justlikethat, the sun rose on day 4 of 4.  We packed our bags and checked them with the resort's bell services before hopping in an Uber to Disney Springs!

Eating and shopping and people watching were the goals of the day.  All three of us were exhausted [and as Daddy's plans to feed us kept falling through, Momma got progressively more crabby...], but breakfast! Coffee! Relaxing! Retail therapy! All of these things swooped in to save the day!  Harper searched the souvenir stores high and low and settled on some little swaddled baby animals [one for her and one for Scarlett, of course!].

While waiting for our food at the Rainforest Cafe:
Me:  "Are all these animals real or what?"
Harper:  "No, they're just pretend.  See, that parrot isn't moving, those butterflies aren't moving..."
Me:  "Oh.  Well what about those elephants and gorillas?! They're moving!"
Harper:  "Well those are all pretend too, Mom... They're just moving because they have batteries."

After pretending to be "pragnant" with her new baby pegasus and retrieving our bags from the resort, we found ourselves back at the airport!  [Sissy Girl, we're coming for youuuuu!]

Tapping our toes and waiting around for an 11:20pm flight [that got delayed to 11:45, humph] was not the hugest highlight of the trip...

...but soon enough we were on the plane and in the air! 

Moments before passing out [at nearly midnight]:

"Pretty soon are those ladies gonna pass around snacks?"

But she was zzzzzz'ing before the snacks came and woke up the next morning in her very own bed!

#thatsawrap
#disney2019
#familyvacation
#memoriesforalifetime
#thatsallfolks !!!!!

- Disney: Part III -

Magic Kingdom, is that you calling our name??!  

Yes, indeed!  RISE AND SHINE, you pretty little princess!!!

We broke through the gates just minutes after the park opened and quickly knocked out Peter Pan's Flight and It's A Small World.  No lines!  [...If onlyyyy the rest of the day would've followed suit!]

After jumping off Under The Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid, we waited in line to see the REAL Ariel at her grotto!  This was definitely a highlight; Harper was totally starstruck. :)

About 30 minutes after leaving the grotto:
Harper:  "When Ariel was born, was she a mermaid?"
Me:  "Yes!"
Harper:  "Well, did she come out of another mermaid's tummy?"
Me:  "Yep..." ..........

The rest of the morning ticked by fairly quickly as we waited in lines here, there, and everywhere to check off Goofy's Barnstormer roller coaster and Dumbo the Flying Elephant [x2!].  Right before lunch, we used a FastPass for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad/roller coaster; after that, Harper was hooked on "big rides" and was beggggging to go on more!

At 2:00, we took a break to enjoy the parade down Main Street...

...which showed off all our favorite characters and princesses right up close!

Afterwards, we snagged a stroller to save Harper some energy [because why reinvent the wheel on something that worked out perfectly for us at Hollywood Studios?!] and then headed straight for the lines to see Rapunzel and Tiana.  Starstruck again!  These character meet and greets are the best!

I think I forgot to mention at the beginning that we hit up Magic Kingdom on a Saturday, and a Saturday with beautiful weather and EXTENDED hours at that [8am-midnight!]...  Needless to say, the place was absolutely PACKED.  The lines for all the rides ranged from 45-120 minutes, and even the lines to meet princesses were usually 45 minutes long.  We had to park the stroller outside in a designated place before hopping in ANY line, and Harper was just amazing through all of it [she definitely didn't inherit the "patience" gene from her momma!].  I figured she'd be antsy and fidgety and bored through it all -- mostly because she's 4 years old and, honestly, I was antsy! -- but she never complained once and usually ended up striking up a conversation with our neighbors in line.  Brian and I were both sooo pleasantly surprised with her perfect behavior and calm demeanor for the duration of the day.  You're the real deal and a total dream, Harp!!!

12 hours into the park day and we still be goin' strong...

...and even stronger with an adrenaline rush of meeting Cinderella and Elena!!!  Cinderella bun #ONPOINT.

At 8:30pm, there was a Frozen show on the castle steps; Elsa lit the castle with tons of twinkling ice!

Then, fireworks and light show at 9:30pm...

...and as people flooded out of the park following the finale fireworks, we fought the crowd hard and DASHED the opposite direction straight to the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Roller Coaster!  We ended up waiting about 60 minutes before we actually stepped foot on the ride, but we'd been eyeing the ride and its horrid line allllll day, so now's the time to #gobigorgohome!  We met some wonderful people standing behind us who came all the way from England to honeymoon with Micky Mouse;  Harper loved chatting with Ashley and "Princess" [never did learn the poor guy's real name, lol!], and they really enjoyed her, too. 

After coming off the Mine Train on a huge high, we had 1.5 hours left to squeeze in every.last.ounce of fun that we could.  Harper caught her third wind and was cartwheeling around the park while she waited for me to use our 11:15pm Space Mountain FastPass.  And when I came out and Brian went in to use his, Harper and I ran to the opposite end of the park for another go at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad!  We skipped through a fairly short line and hopped on the ride...

...and then went right back in to the line and rode AGAIN!  Upon riding for the second time, Harper announced that she had to go potty but really wanted to ride ONE.LAST.TIME, so when we got off we sprinted out the gates in hot pursuit of a restroom...

...but none were to be found...

...and the minutes were ticking by...

...11:56 pm...

...11:57 pm...

...and finally I told her we could keep running around looking for a potty OR go on the ride one last time and then find the potty...

...[!!!]...

...to which she replied, "Mommy, PLEASE let's go on the ride!!! I peed in my pants just a little, but I can hold the rest until afterwards!"  Oyyy vey.

So at 11:59:56, we lunged through the gates...

...and at 12:03, WE WERE SEATED ON THE LAST RIDE OF THE DAY! 

Harper girl, I literally can't believe that YOU ARE SO CRAZY.  I love doing life with you and trying to keep up with your adventurous spirit, hahah!  When we exited Big Thunder Mountain [for the third time in the last 30 minutes but the fourth time total!], Brian was waiting for us by the stroller parking and we found a restroom not too far away.  

After an undies change, a monorail ride, and an Uber lift back to the resort...

...we dumped a VERY limp, totally lifeless noodle into the bed...

 ...and quickly followed suit, ourselves!  

WOWWWWZERS, what a day!