More funnies from October and November

Oct 21--Ryn usually is all too happy to send Elle home with me while she has her playgroup. But, for the record, I have to report her exact words on this day: "Is Elle going home? I want Elle to play with me at Anna's house!"

When Elle pulled up her own pants that day, I told her she was a big girl and she replied, "No, I'm a HERO!"

And when Ryn wanted to look again at where we live now in relation to where she was born, she asked me to pull out the "blub". You know, the globe :).

Oct 22--While taking our vitamins at breakfast, Ryn asked why I swallowed mine instead of chewing them up, so I explained that mine didn't taste good like their gummy vitamins. She felt bad for me and insisted, "we have to get you some good ones."

Oct 23--Elle finished her lunch and raised her hands up above her head with a look that said, "I'm waiting for you to acknowledge this achievement, Mom..." So I said, "Ta da!!!" She corrected me with, "No. Say 'raise the roof!' " ?!@?!

Oct 26--I was putting on my make up and Elle came along swinging a sword at me, saying, "Die, witch!" In my defense, Ryn pointed out matter-of-factly, "She can't die. She's putting on her make up." Luckily for me, Elle had found another target by the time I emerged from my bathroom.

Oct 30--I had told Elle 'no' about something and she talked back in some way, so I asked, "Elle, what do we say when Mom says 'no'?", hoping to hear her reply, "we say 'OK, Mom'" like I've been teaching her to say. (We'll look forward to the fruits of these labors sometime during the millennium :) ). Ryn jumped in as my Teacher's Assistant, though, and prompted, "When Moms say no, you say, "AWWWW!"

Nov 7--Elle leaned over to Eden during lunch and said so sweetly, "She's my bwest fwiend." I smiled and Ryn knew right where I was going. "Write that on the calendar, Mom." :) Pretty scary how well they watch us....

Later that day, Elle wanted a snack and started scanning the pantry shelves. "I see the crappers up there!" (crackers :) )

Nov 9--Elle was in the middle of her normal marathon lunch and I had had it. "Elle, I'm not sitting at this table all day long," I warned. "But it's a nice table," she pointed out, hoping to ease my wrath :).

Nov 10--Elle's positive thinking continues...I wouldn't let them have popcorn while they watched a movie because they'd been on Halloween candy overload. So Elle kept proposing every single thing in the pantry until I finally agreed to some plain Cheerios. She got comfortable on the couch with her little bowl and looked up happily, "This is kinda like popcorn!"

Nov 11--one of my favorite vocabulary twists right now is scoop instead of scoot. "Scoop away!" is the one we hear all the time instead of 'scoot back' . "Can you scoop my chair?" is another one that makes me smile.

Nov 13--The Sunday before we had eaten dinner with our good friends, the Lehnardts--Michelle, Erik, Mary, Lucy the Cat and the 5 knights in shining armor who love our girls so much that they hate coming home. Every time we have to leave, Ryn asks, "Can we stay here forever?" Since that is not an option, and since even seeing them more than once a month is difficult with every one's busy schedules, the girls have started playing "Michelle, Erik, and Mary". Depending on how many of us are home, the boys and Lucy are thrown in, too. At lunch on this day, I was supposed to be playing the role of Erik, and I said something to the girls in French. Ryn reminded me that I wasn't staying in character. "No, Dad, you don't know how to speak en francais."