forget me not June/July 2015

Ace

• being so willing to sacrifice to support us and earn some money

Mac

• You were so excited for scout camp (your first year going).  You were much less excited when you found out it was only day camp and not a week long event.
• Even after a long, very hard day when you had run out of medicine I tucked you in and gave you a kiss and you gave me a huge hug and a kiss and told me you loved me.
• When I asked you what you wanted your goal for reading to be this summer you decided on 5200  minutes.
• After watching Pip do something "That's so cute.  Look at her.  She is so cute!"
• My friend and her daughter offered to take all of you guys swimming so I could get some stuff done at the house.  When you found out I wasn't going with you guys you told me "I'm just going to cry the whole time."  You didn't cry the whole time but you did refuse to get in the water.
• Asking me "Does the category of slouching include curling up when you sleep?"
• Another time watching Pip, "Okay, that's just so cute."  I love how much you love her.
• You love puzzles.  At one point you had five going on at once. . .all over the house.
• At the end of school your teacher brought puzzles and games for you guys to play with.  You came home and told me he was going to bring a 750 piece puzzle for you the next day.  I thought it was just for you to work on at school but he brought it for you to take home.  Mr. Smith loved having you in his class.  I don't think anyone else in the class got to keep a puzzle from the teacher.
• "Pain is good.  It teaches us lessons of what we've done."
• On almost getting caught "We were like, 3.45 (said "3 point forty five") seconds away from it being too late." 
• "Are you putting what I said on facebook?"

Romeo

• You said to me one day "I can help you clean your room."  You then threw some shoes in the closet and remarked "There.  I already helped."
• After trying to get the dog in the back yard "Maybe he's not gonna go until someone shows him some respect and we're not going to do that."
• Shocked, asking Nonnie "You remember how to lock the door?!" after she locked our front door (from the inside)
• "Mom?  Do you know why Daddy watches 'The Walking Dead'?  I think so he knows how to shoot a gun.  Against bad guys."
• "This puzzle glows but it never glued before."
• "Poppie not all super heroes have capes.  Green Lantern is a super hero and he doesn't have a cape."
• "Don't try to kick me in the a-word!"
• "What are twins called that are four?"  Huh?  Quadruplets.  "If we were all the same age we would be quadruplets!"
• Telling Pip after I had gotten her dressed "Okay, now you can have freedom!"

Poppie

• You love to watch My Little Pony Rainbow Rocks.  Every morning.
• "Mom, is it a problem that one of our water guns is, um, broken?"
• "Dear Hedda Faddur, please bless that we won't be dead and that nobody with come kill us."
• After finding bubble wrap "How do you pop this?  I'm just a little kid.  I can't pop it.  I used to be able to do it but now I can't."
• "I'm smarter 'cause I have a brain!  And you're not even in charge.  Mom says she doesn't even trust you."
• After Romeo opened the car door for you, "Thank you my brother-man."
• "I undisappeared it."
• Nonnie to Poppie You're cute.  You immediately responded with "You're fat."
• I chopped my hair off and you kept telling me "Your hair is dying since you got it cut."
• "Mom, don't you dare sit on me."  Why not?  "Because you will be mean and I will be flat."
• animals=ammamals
• You were reading your scriptures by yourself one day "Now behold, the king of Hilariun died.  The king needed a new king and the Lamanites were pretending to play really, really hard."
• After exploring in the woods (the empty lot across the street from Nonnie and Papa's house), "Mom!  Look what Romeo and me found.  A shoelace!  Someone died in the woods!"
• "Mom I have the hiccups.  See?"  You then started singing "I Love to See the Temple" so I could hear your hiccups.
• You came in and told me that Romeo hit you and I responded with "okay".  You left the room and told Romeo "I told Mom, she said she's going to spank you."
• "Why does Romeo get to go outside?"  Because he's bad and he doesn't listen.  "I'm bad and I don't listen."  Go downstairs to get in the tub.  Crying, "But I'm bad.  And I don't listen!"
• Monsters Unaversary
• "Yeah, I know.  I'm really smart."
• "I wish Daddy was here so I could hold his hand."
• You asked Romeo if he wanted to play princesses he said no.  "Fine.  I'm in charge of you because I want to play princesses."
• watermelon=wallermelon 
• Romeo tried to shut you out the bedroom door and you complained "I don't want to be like Flat Stanley."
• himself=hisself
• "I put the cubbers on you." said after tucking me in.
• You were hitting your pink blanket against the wall and explained "I'm drying it off because I think a bug peed on it."
• After going potty and just peeing you wanted me to wipe and I said no.  "But I want you to wipe.  What if I go poo?  I'll go poo!"
• awesome=aweshum
• You wanted lotion so you covered yourself with Lanolin.
• After showing Romeo something "Can you do it?  That's good, Romeo.  That's good.  Now, next challenge."
• After hearing me talk about Stan Lee, "Mom, Flat Stanley's real?"
• "There's a storm coming in."
• "The sunscreen didn't work because my cheeks are touching my eyes."  (a.k.a. she's squinting)

Pip

• binky=ginkey or geekeey (said with a hard "g")
• When you go to bed you always want to hold a binky in your hand and you love to switch them around, taking the one out of your mouth and replacing it with the one you're holding."  They're all the same kind of binky.  I have no idea what the difference is.
• puppy=pup-pa
• You love to dance.  You always have one arm sticking straight across your chess and you spin around.
• When I rock you to sleep you'll relax then tense, arch your back, and scream to put up one last fight.  When it doesn't work you quickly succumb and go right to sleep.
• You are obsessed with your toes.  You inspect them at night and if there is anything between your toes you either clean them out or, most often, shove them in my face and say "owie".  If I don't respond you scream at me that you have an owie.  You can sit and inspect your toes for 20 minutes (and long after they're clean).
• You love to talk on the phone and you get so mad if you can't hold it while you're talking.
• You tried to gargle after seeing me do it once.
• I went in to your room again one night after having already put you to bed a couple of times.  I gave you a binky and told you to lie down and you plopped right down and didn't move.
• One day after getting you buckled in the car I leaned in to give you a kiss.  I kissed you a second time.  When I kissed you a third time you grabbed my neck and held me to your lips.
• You said your first prayer on June 23.  When I say it's time for family prayer you always stop what you're doing, run to the ottoman, kneel down, and fold your arms.  You're usually the first one ready for family prayer.
• pizza=pete-ta
• When I'm holding you before I put you in bed you have your head on my shoulder.  If I readjust you to lay you in my arms before I put you down you move back to sitting up in my arms with your head on my shoulder so I can't lay you down.  You know that after I lay you in my arms I'm going to put you in your bed. 
• You wanted to take a shower with me one morning so you walked into bathroom, lifted the toilet lid, and put the potty seat on.
• While we were visiting Nonnie and Papa you shared a room with Romeo and Poppie.  There were two nights when you were up talking and playing in your bed long after your brother and sister had fallen asleep.
• One night you were talking and playing in your bed.  I walked in to put you back to bed and you immediately screamed "Ginkey!" as soon as I walked through the door.
• After you saw me put a pizza in the oven (at Nonnie and Papa's) you excitedly shouted "pete-ta!" then ran over to the cupboard and got a bowl and a spoon.
• I go to tuck you in again at night and I tell you to lie down and you do.
• You said you wanted to go potty.  You sat on the potty.  For 25 minutes.  And you did nothing.
• You came up to me while I was sitting on the couch and I uncrossed my legs in anticipation of holding you on my lap.  You crossed my legs again so you could sit on me and bounce.
• We watched "Mary Poppins" one day and when you saw the dog you told him to "sit!"
• While rocking you to sleep you took your binky out of your mouth, lifted up your shirt, wiped your binky on your belly, then put it back in your mouth.
• You like to hold hands going up or down stairs.  One day you had your hands full so you gave me your index finger and we held fingers going down the stairs.
• I changed your messy diaper and asked you if it felt better.  You responded with "unh uh."  I asked if you wanted your poopy diaper back on and you nodded your head yes.
• You do not like the sprinklers and ran away from them.