A Recent Livi-ism

 "You're thinking under my brain!"

(When someone is thinking the same thing)

Empty-handed

On a recent trip to our local park, Ellie asked to go to the restroom to wash her hands after eating her snack. There's no hand dryer or paper towel dispenser in this particular bathroom, so as Ellie finished washing her hands she looked around and, seeing the feminine hygiene product dispenser, despaired, "Mom, the napkins cost 25 cents! But I don't have 25 cents!"

I assured her we didn't need a "napkin" and that drying her hands on her shorts would easily suffice.

Misery

Ellie: "I felt miserable on the playground today."

Me: "Why's that?"

Ellie: "I just really wanted a hen and a chick but I didn't have them, and that made me feel miserable."

Quotes from Ellie

Her reaction to hearing my Elton John station on Pandora:

"UGH, Elton John is disgusting!"

As I'm dragging bringing her into the bathroom to get ready on a school morning:

Me: "You really need to get moving, Ellie. Livi's already had her breakfast."

Ellie: "How is Livi up so early?"

Me: "I don't know. I guess she's just a morning person."

Ellie: "I want to be a morning person, but I just can't!"


Apparently, she's five going on fifteen these days!

A (Not Long Enough) Long Weekend with the Hefrons

Our friends are awesome and made the looooong drive down from Ohio to Alabama for Labor Day weekend and we were all giddy to be together again. I have ZERO pictures of Lauranell and I, but got lots of pictures of the kids. They were all so happy to be together, too!

Coloring shenanigans:

Costco shenanigans:

Biking/scootering shenanigans:

These girls get along so well it makes my heart so happy.

In fact, they get along so well that they were up extremely late giggling and talking together every night. Brian even caught them up in the middle of one night wandering the house.

After such a fun weekend, it was time for the Hefrons to pack up and head home. 

Good-byes are always hard.

Little Sisters = Sidekicks, Henchmen and Comic Relief

Ellie (overheard talking to Livi last week, while playing Ursula in a game of "The Little Mermaid"): "That's right my slippery little eel!"

Because she is the little sister and (let's be honest) doesn't completely understand what's going on when they're playing, Livi is always playing second fiddle playing to Ellie's starring role. So far Livi's been one of the eels/Flounder in "The Little Mermaid," one of the seven dwarves in Snow White, and Olaf in various games of Frozen. I told Ellie to enjoy it while she can, because one of these days Livi is going to wise up and start demanding better roles.

Ellie on Aging

"Mom, why do you have lines on your brain?"

(She was referring to the wrinkles on my forehead that I swear I didn't have five years ago.)