15 May
Olivia, as we walked back stage immediately before her performance: “Mom, what am I supposed to do when I have to throw up?”
Bec: “You mean, ‘if’ you throw up?”
Olivia: “No, WHEN.”
Bec: “I suppose you run off stage.”
Olivia: “Well, we’re not supposed to leave the stage…”
Bec: “I think they’ll probably make an exception for you.”
10 Apr
Olivia, to Bryan, who was wearing a suit and tie: “Did you forget to put on a rose?”
14 Mar
Olivia: “Gramma told me that her hair turned a different color because she heard too much whining.”
15 Feb
Bryan, to Owen: “You look like Winston Churchill this morning.”
Bec: “What? If anyone, he looks like Hitchcock.”
1 Feb
Kansas Day, which marks the admission of Kansas as free state into the Union, is celebrated every January 29th. It’s a big deal around here, and it’s covered extensively in the local schools.
Ava: “Mom, I know what the state motto is. Ad Astra per Aspera. It means ‘to the stars through difficulty.’ LITERALLY.”
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Hearing her literal interpretation reminded me of another play on the motto–one Bryan jokingly submitted as a potential tagline for his company. His idea was Ad Astra per Aspirin, meaning, of course, “to the stars through pharmaceuticals.”
23 Jan
Ava just handed this to me. Her sweet smile dissipated, and she admonished: “I only have ONE.”
It should last me at least the next 20 minutes.
10 Jan
Bec: “Let’s run away. Just you and me. Away from all of this chaos, all of this noise. We can just be together in peace.”
Owen: [Smiles, grunts, farts.]
Bec: “I’ll take that as a yes.”
9 Jan
Olivia, out of the blue: “Mom, do you know WHY I want to be a squirrel?”
Bec: “You want to be a squirrel?”
Olivia: “Yes, because then I could climb to the top of trees. Also: no clothes. Just fur.”
31 Dec
Olivia, to Gramma: “I have four loose teeth, but this one is the loosiest.”
Olivia, to me, regarding my curly hair (which is typically styled by a spin under my diffuser): “Your hair is so tangly. Did you use your destroyer?”
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