28 Dec
Bec: “We are going to visit Daddy’s undergraduate advisor at his house, and we need you to be on your very best behavior. He doesn’t have kids, and so it’s really important that you are exceedingly good.”
Ava: “So, basically, you want us to lie about what kids are really like.”
Bec: “Yes, exactly.”
26 Dec
Bec: “Olivia, you’re one of my most favorite things in this whole world.”
Liv: “More favoriter than Ava?”
19 Dec
Bryan, singing: “I just met you, and this is cray-cray.”
Rebecca: “Are you a 14 year old girl?”
Bryan: “OMG, Mom.”
28 Nov
“Don’t do that to your sister.”
“Please stop stepping on my toes.”
“Put that in the closet/hamper.”
“That’s the third time I’ve asked you.”
“Please quit licking that.”
“I love you.”
“Knock it off right now!”
“Please be careful around your brother.”
“Could you walk like a normal person?”
24 Nov
From the back of the Man Van:
Ava: “MOM! OLIVIA JUST BACK SASSED ME!”
Olivia: “I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!”
11 Nov
Ava: “Olivia, did you get my rainboots?”
Liv: “No…”
Ava: “I asked you four times! Wow, now I’m living in Mom’s world.”
Liv: “What?”
Ava: “Nevermind. You will understand when you’re older.”
5 Nov
Ava: “Mom, is it true a high voice can break glass?”
Bec: “Yes.”
Ava, immediately excited: “Do you have a glass I can break?!”
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Liv: “See my ‘O’ shaped rock, Mama?”
Ava: “That’s not a rock. It’s a Crinoid fossil….oops…”
Liv: “WHAT HAPPENED?”
Bec: “Well, now you have two ‘U’ shaped rocks…”
Liv, wailing: “AVA BROKE MY ROCK!!”
Bry: “That’s okay. It will only take 300 million years to make another one.”
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