5.2.11
Today's "funny" from Camille: We're studying vision & optical illusions and looking at some books with images that appear to move. Her reaction: "It's like this book has got batteries or something! This is seriously blowing my mind!"
4.22.11
Camille's words of wisdom today: "Lily, do you know what your surprise is once you eat all of those jelly beans? Empty eggs and dirty teeth. Now let's go brush!!"
3.2.11Reading excerpts from Tom Sawyer today & Camille tells me, "You know, Tom reminds me of Brer Rabbit. You know, but no Tar Baby." Love that girl! And, I'm LOVING Writing with Ease (hence the Tom Sawyer excerpt).
2.23.11Doing housework with Camille this afternoon (earning her allowance) - and she tells me that she's not going to be wasting so much money on her kids. "I think I'll give them like a quarter a week. That should be good."
2.15.11silly things from the girls this morning: Camille - "Yeah, stealing is really wrong. It's on the Top Ten Commandments!" Lily - (when asked if she was dancing like she had ants in her pants) "No ants. Have poo poo in pants."
1.2.11Lily's first complete sentence today..."Wake up, Daddy!" Love it!
12.29.10Camille's thoughts on Go Diego Go and his tampering with the food chain: "Diego does not rescue animals. He only makes them hungry."
12.14.10Overheard while the girls were playing today - all Camille: "This was supposed to be a fun tea party, but it seems that it's turning into a monster bash." "Lily is not a very good hostess, Mom. She doesn't even ask what the guests want. She just throws some stuff on a plate and makes them take it."
11.30.10Camille in response to a commercial we saw recently: "Burnt dinners for a whole year? That is definitely NOT the good stuff. This song is makes. no. sense!"
11.18.10laughed so hard at my daughters today. We were driving down 35 with the windows down and sunroof open. Both were giggling and squealing, and Camille shouted, "We never have this kind of fun! This is awesome!!" Seriously. All it took was rolling down a couple of windows?? Christmas is going to be cheap this year ;)
9.22.10me: I have a surprise for you. Camille: Is it edible? Me: Um, no. Camille: Man. I love edible surprises.
8.23.10overheard Camille say to a friend while watching Franny's Feet on Sprout: "Every time she goes on an adventure, she talks to strangers! Now that's just crazy!" She's become quite the realist lately, and finds most children's cartoons absurd. (i.e. "If Dora would just quit all that talking and looking around at the camera maybe she could solve the problem herself. She's just wasting time!") LOL!
8.17.10Had an awesome first day of school with Camille yesterday!! In science we're learning about living & non-living things and she informed me that we were living, pancakes were not. Plants are living, dead puppies are not. Um, okay. ;) Silly girl.
7.14.10Camille: Next Christmas I'm going to ask Santa for a unicorn. Me: Oh yeah? What would you do with a unicorn? C: Keep it around for good luck & good dreams. Me: Well where would you keep it? C: In my closet. Me: But, wouldn't it poop. C: Mom, unicorns poop rainbows and butterflies. And it smells like flowers, so we'd let it poop all over the place. :giggle: So glad she's got it all figured out ;)
7.6.10Reading a book tonight & there were pictures
of slugs on the page. Me: ICK! Camille: Mom, it's not a big deal.
It's just a slug, and a slug is just a homeless snail. (giggle!)
6.27.10After spending some time reading a Gems & Minerals book, Camille tells us: "For the rest of my birthdays, you guys can just give me diamonds and crystals. And, Littlest Pet Shop....made out of diamonds and crystals." hee hee.....
6.25.10Camille had me cracking up tonight while decorating cupcakes. Looking for music on XM Radio - "All they have is this Adult R&B. I'm really in the mood for the plain R&B." While listening to New Wave (The Cult) - "So, this is pretty much, um...terrible. Don't you think?"
6.12.10Camille upon waking this morning: I am a stretchy earth fairy. Me: Well however did this happen? C: I ate a lot of gum, and I became very stretchy.
6.10.10Just in case you were wondering. Camille plans on having four children: Pippy, Piper, Xavier and Amanda. So there you have it.
5.22.10Reading Dr. Seuss' "The Thinks You Can Think" today. One little line read something like "Why do the Beft always walk to the left?" To which Camille responded - "Cause it rhymes, Mom. Cause it rhymes." LOL!
5.10.10Lily's whining and fussing in the hallway. Camille brings her a pillow. "Would you like to cry somewhere a little more comfortable? How about a pillow?"
5.9.10Camille: "Dad and I are going to the store to buy you a plant." Me: "We can all go together later if you guys would rather just hang out this morning." Camille: "Mom, you're not supposed to know what you're getting for Mother's Day." Me: "um...okay?!"
4.7.10Camille, the little mama around here, just got out of bed to tell me that she was a little concerned about Lily's diaper rash, and that she needed to be sure that I had put some Dr. Smith's on Lily before bed. Bless her. She's such a good big sister! ♥
3.22.10"I am saving these cough drop wrappers in a small box for the tooth fairy. I'm thinking she can use them as a parachute, a raft, or maybe a bit of shade. If we had some nails and some string, we might be able to make her a hammock."
3.21.10"It's so hard to be a big girl. I've got this new haircut, and you guys say I look older, but it's still really hard to be a big girl." Camille, big girl, age 6
3.13.10after being (playfully) bitten by a ferret tonight at the pet store, Camille tells us, "I need to go to a place that has no ferrets." "We're headed home," we tell her, "There are no ferrets at our house." "But, I need another world that is ferret-free! I think I might die in my sleep tonight. I really hope there are no ferrets in heaven." Drama! ;)
12.21.09Tonight nearing the end of the BLORA light trail, the girls were
getting tired. Me, "Camille are you done with all of these lights?"
Camille, "Yeah, I am lit up!" LOL! We had fun and plan to make this
trip again next year!
12.17.09I dropped the carseat in the driveway (what is it with me and the driveway?!), and said, "Oh, shoot." Camille says, "Ahem. Mom, that is a bad word. I have known this all my life."
12.16.09..so we've been learning about "silent e." Last night I read a Christmas book that mentioned Chanukkah, and Camille corrected me - thinking I needed to pronounce the "ch." When I explained, she seemed shocked, "You mean there's a silent C?!"
12.11.09Camille had her first complete freak-out "I want that" in the store today. *sigh* On the way home she said, "My life used to be so wonderful, and now it has turned into a storm!"
So, a little later, once she realized that she had really acted inappropriately, she told me, "If there was an award for the worst family member ever, they would give it to me."DRAMA! (she cracks me up though - LOL!)
12.5.09
