Crabby and Whiny

Molly:  Can we please not have bed time yet?

Me:  Nope, it's bed time.  You are crabby and whiny and need sleep.

Molly:  *walking into the other room*  C'mon, Charlotte!  It's bed time.  I'm crabby and whiny.

(June 25, 2013)

Shake Booty

Me:  *pouring a cup of juice for Charlotte at 2:45 a.m.*  Can we please go back to bed with the juice?

Charlotte:  *dancing in the middle of the kitchen*  Shake booty!  Shake booty!

Me:  I'll take that as a "no."

(June 26, 2013)

Not in Her Belly

Charlotte:  *bringing me her empty dinner plate*  Mo!  Mo!  (More!  More!)

Me:  Did you eat all of that?

Charlotte:  *nods her head*  Mo!  Mo!

Me:  Where is all your food?  *because she has a habit of hiding her food and leaving it places*

Charlotte:  *points to her mouth*  Mo!  Mo!

Me:  Is it in your belly?

Charlotte:  *pulls out the neck of her shirt and looks down it at her tummy*  No.

(June 25, 2013)

Drew a Heart for You

Me:  *peeking at what she's doing on my iPhone*  Oh, are you drawing shapes in that game?

Molly:  Uh-huh.  And pictures.  And see?  I drew a heart for you.  Because I love you.

Me:  *melting*

(June 24, 2013)

Smashed Right Inta

Molly:  *after a bird flew into the window* Oh. My. Gosh!  Did you see that?  That bird just smashed right inta our house!  He just smashed right inta it.  I have to tell Daddy about that when he gets home.  Oh my gosh.  That was not cool.  That was NOT awesome.  He just smashed right inta.

(June 23, 2013)

Molly Took It

Charlotte:  *pointing to her diaper*  Elmo.

Me:  Yup, that's Elmo.

Charlotte:  My Elmo?

Me:  I don't know where your Elmo is.  *It has been weeks since anyone played with Elmo.*

Charlotte:  Mowee toot it!  (Molly took it!)

(June 22, 2013)

Mongoose

Molly:  What do you have?

Me:  Tea.

Molly:  Ew.  I don't like tea.

Me:  You've never had tea.

Molly:  Well ... that's a mongoose!

(June 14, 2013)

Inside Voice

Molly:  *all sorts of loud jabber*

Me:  Shhh.  Do you even have an inside voice?

Molly:  Hmmmm ... nope!  I just have a yell. 

(June 10, 2013)

Hide an' Seek

Charlotte:  *runs in and stands behind my chair*

Me:  What ya doin'?

Charlotte:  Hide an' seek.

Me:  Oh, gotcha.  Hide and seek.

Charlotte:  Hide an' seek.  1, 2, boo!

(June 6, 2013)

Count

Molly:  *attempting to play Hide and Seek with her sister*  Now count, Charlotte!

Charlotte:  1, 2, 1, 2, count!

(June 1, 2013)