forget me not May 2015

Ace

• One word- GRADUATION!!
• "You'd think old people would drive faster since they don't have as long left to live."
• You graduated with honors.  I had no idea until I saw your name in the program.  I'm not sure if you knew about it either.
• You changed one of your classes to a pass/fail because it was a general, you weren't interested in the subject, and you wanted to focus on your other classes for your final semester.  You ended up getting a 95% in that class and you thought you may have graduated with honors if that class had been factored in to your GPA.

Mac

• You are so proper in your speech.  You always say "a bit, straightaway, extremely, and literally". ("I just have a bit more" or "I'll come home straightaway." are common phrases.)
• You are always trying to have a vote and to persuade (manipulate?) your siblings to vote your way.
• You ask Daddy if he knows how to make a top.  "The spinning kind. We can make a wooden one.  It's called a dreidel."
• After I told you to find a spider and kill it, "Who votes for survival?  Survival!  Survival! [chanting]  I don't think it's fair that spiders don't get to kill us."
• You got a math award at school again this year.  We are so proud of you!  Your teacher said, "Mac has developed a number sense that keeps him at the top of the class in math chapter test scores.  He is a master with critical thinking, two step problems."
• You have started putting a lot more thought into your prayers instead of just racing through them.  It's nice to hear.
• "It's nearly done."
• "What's a quadrilateral?  Just kidding.  Of course I know."  Smarty pants.
• "Wow.  You're really good at puzzles.  Like, really good.  I'm surprised at how good you are.  I had no idea you were that good."  Thanks for the vote of confidence, Kid.
• You were emptying the dishwasher and started to feel dizzy so you left to go play basketball.
• "How did they come up with all those mythical creatures?  Nobody's imagination is that good except ADHD imaginations."
• You are very into puzzles right now.  You put together a 500 piece puzzle and a 750 piece puzzle  really quickly and you didn't get frustrated when Pip ruined the edges on one and you had to redo a lot of the puzzle.  Your teacher gave you the 750 piece puzzle but I'm pretty sure you're the only one in your class who got something from him.

Romeo

• "Come on little spider we have a surprise for you. . .it's killing you!"
• "If we get to move some place next to the Lego place can we go there if we get money?  Yippee!  I can learn to drive.  'Cause they have cars there."
• You got piña collada cotton candy and kept calling it pina colladi
• You were reading scriptures by yourself one night.  When you came to the word 'disciples' you guessed it was 'despicable.'
• Whenever you fight with Poppie you always threaten "I'm never going to play princesses with you again!"  You're usually playing princesses with her 10 minutes later.
• You are really the only kid who will try new foods.  Daddy will ask who wants to try something and you almost always volunteer even before the bribe is offered.

Poppie

• Watching everyone march in for Daddy's graduation you said, "They look like a bunch of little ants!"
• During a conference with Papa he asked you if you were going to graduate and you said yes.  He asked what you were going to graduate in and you thought for a minute then said, "Ummm, flowers."
• Computer= be cuter
• While driving in the car "Mom, you know why I don't like bumps?"  No, why?  "Because, Mom.  I don't like them."
• You kept asking if we could go to the human park (as opposed to the dog park).
• hankerchief= hanky-chif
• After grabbing an apple from the fridge you licked it and said, "Mmmm.  Fresh."
• "Mac sometimes bees mean to me."  Romeo sometimes is mean to you, too.  "No, Romeo bees mean to me a lot and sometimes."
• Daddy said you could have a brownie or cake.  "Yay!  That means I can have both."  Not 'and,' 'or'.  "Brownies and cake."  You can't have both.  Pick one.  "C'mon, Dad.  Just say 'and.'"
• Watching a Universal movie with Earth at the beginning "Look, Mom!  Earth! That's where we live!"
• Daddy and I were both trying to go to the neighbors' house but I had to do something first and I told you kids not to let him leave.  You and Romeo stood in front of the door and you said "I won't ever be your Baby Cakes or give you a hug or a squeeze again if you leave."
• "Mom!  Romeo felt a spider on his leg and now it's inside his body!"  No, it's not.  "Yes!  It just digged a hole."  As you ran back downstairs I heard you report, "Okay.  I told Mom the plan."
• At Yellowstone "If one of those buffalo come towards my window they will break my window and I would bleed and I would need a cast."
• Trying to sing 'Bingo'- "E-I-N-G-O."
• You had to go to the bathroom while we were driving around Yellowstone so we stopped at a rest area.  Daddy took you in but you came out a minute later.  You refused to go because it "smelled like Grandma."
• "Romeo, truth or dare?  I truth you to. . ."
• necklace= neck-a-less
• "There was a bug on your seat so I said 'ahchoo.'  I mean 'shoo!'"
• I asked you if you were going in the stall by yourself in a public restroom.  "Yeah but I want to lock it because if someone doesn't know I'm in here they'll come push me off the toilet."
• After Daddy telling her she was going to get spanked, "Who will be your Baby Cakes?  Will I be your Baby Cakes?"
• We found our neighbor's dog while they weren't home and you wanted to keep him.  You came up with the name "Beanie!  You know.  Like bean and the jack."
• "Oh, Mom.  I love you."
• "When I was a two year old girl I had a puppy like that but he had purple and pink. . .fur."
• "Two pairs of toast-tis" instead of two pieces of toast
• You fell asleep on the couch and as I was putting you in your bed you woke up (kind of) and asked  "Why are you doing this?"
• Your pillow case has Minnie Mouse on one side and Daisy Duck on the other.  You refuse to sleep on Minnie.  If I have Minnie facing up you always turn it over.  One night I purposefully put Minnie on top when I carried you in to bed after you fell asleep on the couch.  You woke up at some point during the night with a bad dream and flipped your pillow back over to Daisy.
• "Please bless that no one will step on cute rollie pollies and that no one will eat dogs or babies."

Pipsqueak

• I found some size 2 diapers that we had forgotten about and they fit you perfectly.  You are so tiny!
• One week you stood in the aisle at church.  The YW president was looking at you ('cause you're so cute!) and you stared her down, stomped your foot, and scowled at her trying to get her to stop looking at you.
• When Daddy first turned your car seat around you drove around waving and saying "bye" to every car.
• You came in to cuddle with me one morning and when you heard a car drive down the street you started waving.
• I went in to the bathroom one day and left the door open.  You followed me in and said "bath?  Bath?"
• You say my name so well but when you want to be held or want something you shout/whine "Mommy" to whoever you're talking to.
• I ask you for a kiss and if you tell me "no" I kiss you tons and ask again.  Now a lot of times when I ask for a kiss you say no and smile.  Eventually I wear you down and you give me a kiss. 
• You got goosebumps and didn't know what they were.  You showed them to me and I rubbed them to warm you up.  Even though they disappeared you pointed again and said "owie."
• When I hold you before putting you in bed you wrap your left arm around my neck and hold tight.
• I asked you for a kiss and you moved your cheek to my lips.