Blog Redo

I'm restructuring our blog, but I don't want to lose these cute quotes. The easiest thing seemed to me to be to just copy them as a post and go from there. So, here are some funny things my kiddos have said!

Erilyn (pointing to Tanner's "groinal" area while I was giving him a bath): What's that?

Mom: That's his penis. That's where his potty comes out.

On cue, Tanner pees.

Anthon: Girls don't have that kind of penis, Erilyn. Or at least, they don't use theirs.

?! Time for a little "chat," with Anthon I suppose:)
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Erilyn (worried): But I don't need to go to the dentist; my tongue isn't loose anymore!
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At dinner tonight, I asked Kirk if Anthon took a nap (I had been out to take Tanner to his first check up and Kirk had laid down with the kids). Kirk said yes, he'd taken a short nap. Then, Erilyn chimed in with, "I didn't take a nap." "Yes, you did," said Kirk. "No. I didn't. I stayed quiet and just looked at Daddy."
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I had the kids with me in Walmart yesterday and I picked up a couple of cartons of eggs. I said, "We need lots of eggs so we can dye them for Easter." Anthon replied, incredulously--and very loudly--"But Mo-om! Easter eggs are supposed to be filled with candy not yolks!"
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One night at dinner, I was teasing Anthon about how he eats so fast and he just said he couldn't help it. Then, after thinking about it for a minute, he says, "Well, my legs walk faster than everyone else's, so maybe that's just how my mouth was made, too."
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After telling Erilyn several times to pick up her horsey in the bathroom and put it away and hearing, "I did, Mom!" every time, I frustratingly dragged her to the bathroom to show her the little stick horse she likes to ride right there on the bathroom floor. She just looked at me and, in a VERY exasperated voice said, "Mo-om, that not a horsey; that a hunicorn!" (pronounced who-nicorn). After laughing and telling her, oh, alright, put away your unicorn then I got curious and checked on her stuffed animal shelf. Sure enough, there was her stuffed horsey. Put away, just like she said.
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We've been sad to hear Erilyn pronouncing "here" and "glasses" correctly. The way she used to say them was so endearing! Example, "Mommy, my tummy's right near!" or, while playing hide and seek, "I'm right near!" Glasses was pronounced "Lackeys," as in, "Mom, where my lackeys?" My only consolation is that she now pronounces crocodile "Cro-a-dio!" And it is imperative it be said in a loud, warning, tone. I get sad when my kids start talking clearly. Toddler-ese is so cute!
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Anthon: Hey Mom, is today Fast Sunday?
Mom: Yes.
Anthon: (thinking...then) But it didn't go any faster than regular Sundays.
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Kirk: Hey Anthon, do you want to go downstairs and get the plunger for me?
Anthon: No.
Kirk: Anthon, you're not supposed to say "no" to Mom or Dad.
Anthon: But Dad! You asked me if I wanted to!
Mom: Very astute observation, Anthon.
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Anthon: Stop Mom! There's a car coming!
Mom: It's okay, it's not turning.
Anthon: How do you know it's not turning? Did you read his mind?
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Kirk: Hey Anthon--what do you think of me running for public office some day?
Anthon: (matter of factly) But Dad, you're not even a prophet yet.
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Erilyn: (very early in the morning, ecstaticly--sp?--jumping up and down, arms in the air, chanting...) Hooray! Candy for breakfast! Candy for breakfast! (And no, we didn't really give her candy for breakfast.)
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After Kirk walked into a different room in the middle of something I was saying to him, Anthon puts his hands on his hips and says, in a shockingly, and embarrasingly accurate impersonation of me, "Kirk, are you even listening?!"
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Kirk: It's time for spankins, Anthon.
Anthon: Can it be a soft one?
Kirk: Nope.
Anthon: (incredulously) But I don't like hard ones!
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Anthon: Hey Mom, did you know that God is higher than space?
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Mom: Anthon! How was your first day of school? I was thinking about you all day, wondering what you were doing. I missed you so much! Did you miss me?
Anthon: (exasperated sigh) Mom, I didn't even have time to think aboutchya.
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Anthon: (to a friend) Do you know how I know I need to go potty?
Friend: How?
Anthon: I need to go potty because I've been itchy for like a year!
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Anthon: Mom, what are fireworks?
Mom: (pointing to the fireworks in the sky) Those are fireworks. I don't know how they make them though.
Anthon: Yes you do; they put fire in them and then they're fireworks.
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Mom: (after the fireworks were over) Anthon, did you have a good night?
Anthon: At first I thought it was the worst vacation ever, but then I saw the fireworks and I LOVED it!
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Anthon: I slept so long that my sweat wasn't even hot. It was cold.
(Parental chuckle)
Anthon (adament): I'm not joking!
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Mom: Did you like the rolls, Anthon?
Anthon: No.
Mom: Really? But you ate three!
Anthon: Well, I just wanted to see if they all tasted the same.
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Anthon: Dad--what did you just give Erilyn?
Dad: A kick in the pants.
Anthon: What's a kick in the pants like, Dad?
Dad: Oh, they're very fun.
Anthon: (resigned sigh...) Oh alright, I'll have a kick in the pants.