23 Oct
Rebecca: “You know, it’s not often we just drive for the sake of driving. Pay attention and enjoy the scenery. Mommy and Dad used to do this all the time when we were kids.”
Ava: “Really? Why?”
Bryan: “Because we didn’t have the Internet.”
Ava: “This is really bad for the environment.”
Olivia: “And it’s boring.”
12 Oct
Ava: “Wait, what? Gramma Great is HOW OLD? She looks like she’s 54.”
28 Sep
Olivia, while watching How to Train Your Dragon: “I’m not even scared, Ava. …Are you?”
18 Sep
Olivia, via a chef puppet and while holding a sheep at the local play place: “I’m going to make roasted leg of lamb!”
10 Sep
Ava: I am going to die of thirst.
Bec: You are not going to die of thirst.
Ava: Mom. It’s an expression.
30 Aug
Questions from an afternoon with Olivia:
“How many nails were used to build our house?”
“Is daddy older than you?” (No, I am older than daddy.) “Why?”
“Where does the electricity come from?”
“How did birds start?”
29 Aug
Ava, on calming Olivia when she’s in the midst of a massive tantrum:
1. Give her anything she wants.
2. Snuggle up with her.
3. Whatever you do, don’t yell at her.
I’m a bit concerned about number one, but I have to say the rest is pretty sound advice!
15 Aug
Ava: “Well, we spent the first hour on procedures. Procedures for recess, procedures for going home, procedures for everything. Then we had recess. Then more on procedures. Then we had lunch. I had a hot dog with ketchup. Then we talked about procedures again, then music class. Then, more procedures. Basically for every time I just said ‘procedures,’ we talked for an hour about procedures. That was the whole day. Procedures.”
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