Out of the mouths of babes--February

This is what it looks like outside my door right now:

What is this white fluffy substance falling from the sky?
Talk about March coming in like a lion!
And school is already canceled for tomorrow.
So, while I'm figuring out how we're going to
entertain ourselves stuck in the house all day,
you enjoy this month's post.

2/1--Here are the lyrics to the latest original song by Whitney:
"I love water.
It helps me to grow.
I love healthy things.
But my mom feeds me unhealthy things.
So I force them away!"
What kind of dream world is she living in? If anything, I'm the mom accused of being stingy with the treats.

singer/songwriter

2/5--We were having a family discussion about North Carolina being in "The South"
Here was Brandon's argument, "Then how come we're called NORTH Carolina? In your face!"

I'm never wrong! In your face!

2/5--Andrew baked a frozen pizza so I could go on a Girl's Night Out tonight. He kinda overcooked it and Whit said, "My pizza tastes like batteries." Ewww.

2/6--Here's something you don't expect to hear about your baby, "Mom! Caroline's breakdancing!" Or at least that's what Whitney thought.

Check out her moves!

2/16--Confessions of a four year old girl: "Once I ate my sleepy dust."
Me: Ewwww
Her: (in a defensive tone) "It didn't taste like cement!"

Yea, I think I'd eat it again.

2/21--We talked about what the kids want to be when they grow up.
Whitney: "I want to be a cook, a gymnast, and of course a Lego designer."
Well, of course. Why didn't I think of that?
Brandon: "I don't know. I guess I want to be a math teacher. Or someone who finds the ships that wrecked in the Bermuda Triangle."

Why not a BMX stunt rider?

2/22--In the middle of church, B leaned over to me and said, "I remember Gigi's[my mom's] old house. Do you?"
Me: Yes, that's the house where I grew up.
Him: I remember being in the room with the big bed. I was laying down and you were trying to get a raisin out of my nose.
Where did he pull that from? He's right, though. I totally remember doing that. I think he was 3...that would've been almost 5 years ago!

He has moved on from raisins in the nose
to tape over the eyes.

2/22--Out of the mouth of Andrew... He can sometimes talk in his sleep and that happened tonight. He fell asleep, but was still trying to carry on a conversation with me. He could tell he was incoherent and said, "I'll just stop talking. I'm such a cornbread." Cracked me up.

2/23--W's random thought for the day: "I mostly like eating and playing around."
Pretty much sums up the life of a happy 4-yr-old girl.

She also likes to have book club in the bathtub
while dressed up as a princess. Go figure.

2/27--When I was saying goodnight to Brandon in his room tonight he shared this plan with me: "What if we turned my bed into a starship? We could put metal all around and paint it silver. And I"d have an anti-gravity switch. And another switch to control the temperature so it wouldn't get too hot if we were close to the sun or too cold if we were far away from it."
Sounds like he's got all the details worked out. I better add it to my list of home improvement projects.

Future astronaut?

2/27--Whitney likes to use fancy words. Today she said, "I have several shoes. Mom, I know what 'several' means. It means 'a lot.' So, I love you several!"

And we love YOU several as well, Whit.

2/28--We were at the science center today and watching some fish in an aquarium. Whit said, "I wish I was a fish."
Why?
"So you wouldn't have to tell me what to do and I wouldn't have to go to a corner."
And I thought we were having a GOOD day.

Lucky Nemo.
I bet he never has to go in time out.

And a bonus picture of sweet Caroline:
Nine months old now.
Getting so big!