"Wouldn't it be nice if Cora was older."
Regarding our trip to Ireland-
Evie: "Will you see Saint Patrick while you're there?"
Heidi: "But we can't eat a crab."
Me: "Why not?"
Heidi: "Because. It's not food. It lives in the sea."
Audrey: "Why are you playing this music? It's not the 4th of July."
Heidi: "I don't want to get married."
Me: "Why not?"
Heidi: "I'm too little. I just want to bring flowers."
The day before Heidi started pre-k-
Evie: "Heidi, you're going to homeschool and I'll be your teacher. We're going to do some reviews of pre-k and maybe Kindergarten."
that's marker on the budding tattoo artist's legs |
Looking in the window of a Nail Spa at the mall-
Audrey (noticing the chairs): "Look, it's a dentist!"
Evie (upon closer inspection of the sign): "No Audrey, it's an 'S' 'P' 'A'."
Me: "Cora, are you intent on being miserable?"
Cora: "Ya."
Heidi: "Why is she a miserable?"
Evie: "Mermaids don't have legs."
Heidi: "Yes they do- under their swimming fing."
Unable to find a specific American Girl book to show me a picture of a tart; holding up a different one instead-
Audrey: "Mom, I couldn't find the book but it was this species of book."