March Quotes

Dallin:  (watching me cut some fruit)  Mom--you're not ever supposed to cut toward yourself.  

You would never get your whittling badge.

We made a fun rainbow fruit platter with "cloud" fruit dip on one side of the rainbow, and a pot of gold on the other side of the rainbow.  Everyone got a piece of gold if they ate at least one of each colored fruit.  Well, Sydney, without ever having tasted rolos before, just bypassed the fruit and started digging into the pot of gold.  "How does she even know those are yummy?" I wondered aloud.  Dallin replied, "Probably because they are the most blingyest."

Daphne was brushing her cousin Jemma's hair, and they had a funny little conversation that went like this: 
Jemma:  Ouch, Daphne!
Daphne:  Jemma, don't you know it takes a little bit of pain to be beautiful?
Jemma:  what's paint?
Daphne:  pain--it means it hurts a little bit
Jemma:  (thinks for a minute)  Well, that's for grown-ups, not kids, right?

Aunt Jen:  If you could give Papa anything for his birthday, what would you give him?

Hayden:  (thinking)  Hmm, . . . that'th a hard one.  (thinking) It would have to be thomething that he really needth. . .  (more thinking . . .)  I gueth, a glath of water?

Daphne:  Hayden, do you love me?

Hayden:  yeah.

Daphne:  Will you feed my sheep?

Uncle Eric:  You have sheep?

Daphne:  No, but if Obama is reelected we're getting chickens.

Arthur (answering his cell phone):  Hello?

Daphne: Um, Dad?

Arthur:  Yeah?

Daphne:  I just wanted to let you know that we ate all the ice cream, so if you want any when you get home, you should stop at the store and get some.

Sean's kindergarten teacher told me this story at parent teacher conference.  One day during announcements, Sean heard this over the intercom, "Don't forget to bring your dad to bookfair tomorrow for Donuts for Dads!"  His hand immediately went up, and when the announcements were finished, Miss Phillips called on Sean.  He said, "My dad can't come to donuts for dads."  Miss Phillips said, "That's okay--not everybody can come."  Sean announced, "Well, he can't come because he's on a diet."

Daphne:  Boys! do I have to come back there and sit between you?

Hayden:  You made me whine, Mom!

Daphne:  No one can make you whine, Hayden.  You choose to whine.

(can you tell she's been listening?)

Hayden after Star Tours:  I totally thought Darth Vader wath real.  I was about to unbuckle my theatbelt and punch him in the fathe (face).

Dallin:  Who wants to pitch in to buy the Empire Wars computer game?!?

Daphne:  . . .  uh, not interested.

After the boys missed the school bus for the 3rd time in one week, Hayden said, 

"Hey!  I have a great idea!  

We should sleep shorter!"