3-11-22
Nicole: “The new school chocolate milk tastes like chocolate that has been left on the sidewalk for a year.”
3-13-22
I’m teaching a lesson to Allie about Joseph from the Bible.
Me: “How would you feel if Nicole was the favorite child and we treated her special?”
Allie: “I’d be fine.”
3-14-22
After learning they could earn up to $100 to spend at Disney World
Allie, in a trance, whispers: “…One hundred dollars…”
3-14-22
Me: “What color food coloring do you want?”
Allie: “You can choose. But if you choose red, I’ll be proud of you.”
3-17-22
Nicole says most of the kids in her class don’t like sugary things except cookies and ice cream and doughnuts.
Nicole explaining when she tried a Twinkie at school:
“One time, at school, I tried one and the taste was horrible! And it stayed in my mouth! And I just had to live with it for the rest of the day. I couldn’t wash it out!…I tried washing it out…Everyone hated them. Everyone just ran to the sink.”
3-20-22
We found the notes written by Allie a few days ago that said, “sad,” “bad,” “mad,” “and it bracs mi hrat.” Another note in the same series that I had found yesterday read, “havabaddae,” and, “Nicol is so bad.”
Tonight, a few minutes after finding and laughing about the notes together, I was outside their room and heard this. It was so adorable, I scribbled it down immediately.
Allie: “Nicole, do you know what I feel in my heart?”
Nicole: “What.”
Allie: “Peace.”
She proceeds to sing a cheery song: “If you’re feeling mad or bad, just remember. If you’re feeling mad or bad, then you should come to me.” (I posted on YouTube)
3-23-22
Nicole: “Gun! Gun! Gun!”
Mom: “You should try that with boys in your class.”
Dad: “She would probably get in trouble.”
Mom: “Are you allowed to shoot other kids on your playground?”
Nicole bursts into uncontrollable laughter.
3-24-22
Allie: “I eat a lot and I pee a lot. Why does that happen?”
Mom: “Because you’re growing. Little people need to eat a lot, which means they pee and poop a lot.”
Allie: “I’m not little. I’m big.”
3-28-22
Allie, chatting away with her new friend:
“I like bright colors, except makeup because it’s too sparkly, and also, my mom won’t let me wear it.”
4-4-22
Nicole: “Tomorrow, I want to ask Daddy for some jobs.”
Me: “Why?”
Nicole: “Because…he has a voice like Grandpa.”
Me: “What do you mean?”
Nicole: “He has a kind and loving voice.”
4-17-22
Allie saying a prayer:
“Please bless people who are nice to me, like my parents…or sister…sometimes.”
4-22-22
While watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:
Indiana Jones: "Oh rats."
Allie: "I love rats…uh-oh! Don’t step on the rats!"
Me: "Why not?"
Allie: "They [the rats] might die."
...(Defending them) "That’s just how they live!"
5-14-22
Allie: “Daddy shouldn’t have boughten flowers for you.”
Me: “Do you know why he bought them? To make me happy.”
Allie: “Well, flowers die, and that makes people sad. Because they don’t look pretty when they die.”
Funny story from Daddy's childhood:
He was about sixteen years old, and his grandma said to him, “You must be breaking all the girls’ hearts.”
He said, “Oh, I don’t think I’m allowed to date.”
And his grandma looked at his mom like she was so angry. And she said, “You should be out taking girls to get ice cream.”
5-20-22
Allie: “Did they put up a gate when they built our house?”
Me: “Probably, to keep people safe.”
Nicole reiterates what I said and gives a brief lecture in support of it.
Allie gives her own lecture: “That’s what they do! But it doesn't matter because they’re trying to keep people safe, you know.”
5/21/22
Allie: "Nicole, will you please read?"
Nicole: "No, not now."
Allie: "Nicole's being mean to me!"
Me: "That's not being mean. She just doesn't want to read."
Allie: "Nicole's being nice to me zero percent."
