Q is for Questions, Queries and Quotes

Have you ever taken the time to write down the funny, insightful or just plain cute quotes that your children come up with? I have. Unfortunately, I haven't been doing it as much lately. Usually, by the time I have something to write on or with I have forgotten what was said. Or, if I do get it written down, I lose the paper I wrote it on. This is actually quite upsetting to me, because I know how much I will forget as the children grow older. I hardly remember anything of what the older children said when they were younger. They are now 21, 20 and 16. I remember when these little ones were born I wanted to make sure to capture the memories. I had been doing a pretty good job, but lately, it just isn't happening. 

Up until a year ago I was participating in Tiny Talk Tuesday, recording and sharing the funny, insightful and cute things the girls would say. I was just so busy with an infant and three little girls, that it just fell to the wayside. I am thinking it is time to revive this tradition. I have gone a year without writing down these quotes, except for a few that I captured, but never shared. These are memories that have been lost and can never be retrieved. I would encourage you to write down what your children say, even if you don't share. These days go by so fast and it is so hard to remember these little things. 

Additionally, I used to host a weekly meme called Words of Wisdom Wednesday. It started out similar to Tiny Talk Tuesday, just recording what was said by the girls. When I discovered there was already a linky called Tiny Talk Tuesday, I decided to change my meme. In Words of Wisdom Wednesday I posted the answers to a question I posed to the girls each week.  I just wanted to get them thinking and I was intrigued by the way their minds work.  I invited others to ask the same question to their children and post their answer on their blog and then link up. It has been two years since I did this, and I thought it would be fun to revisit the questions and see how the children's answers will change. 

I had asked questions such as, "Why do you think we exercise?" and "Why do we sleep?"

So, what do you think? Would you like to join in? If so, here is the question I am going to pose to the girls this week:

How do we get dressed?

I invite you to ask your children the same question and stop back next Wednesday to link up. 

Tiny Talk Tuesday: July 24, 2012

Amelia and Daddy were talking (he told me about this conversation).
She remembered our house was somebody else's house and we "borrowed it."
Daddy told Amelia, "We bought it."
Amelia, "How did w pay for it?"
Daddy, "It wasn't easy."
Amelia then asked, "How did it fit on the payer thing?"

The other day Tabitha had asked if they could have a television in their room when they got older. We don't think children need a tv in their room and I told her probably not.
She replied, "When I'm a mom I think I'll be nice and let my kid have a TV in their room to watch movies at night."
It's the way she said, "I'll be nice" that really got to me.

Amelia was on the upstairs landing and I was trying to figure out why she wasn't getting ready for bed like she was supposed to. I heard her say something about a bug and asked her what bug she was talking about.
Her response, "The bug that's speedy and doesn't get killed."
Went to look and it was an earwig. Ick, can't stand those things.

Tiny Talk Tuesday: May 29, 2012

It was so cute yesterday. I am a tad impressed by the workings of my daughter's brain. I had been passing out watermelon cubes and had placed 3 in front of Tabitha. As the bowl went around the table I decided they could have 10 pieces. I asked Tabitha how many more pieces she would need to make 10. She thought about it a few seconds and said, "Two and Five."

Tiny Talk Tuesday: May 8, 2012

Last week we had some Oreos in the house and we also had some store brand sandwich cookies. Not sure what brought this on, but Tabitha stated, "Cookies taste the same 'cause they are always sweet. They give me lots of energy. They get me wound up." This last part was spoken as she ran around the kitchen.
One evening we had chocolate milk with dinner. Of course the baby can't have any, just "milkers." So, because I was drinking chocolate milk Tabitha said (regarding the breastmilk), "And it turns into chocolate milk, right?...I was only kid-ding" (She pauses between the 2 syllables of kidding)

Amelia was making a pretend nest out of baby yesterday. She said it was "for a pretend bird if we can find one."

Hannah is starting to talk more and more, making phrases here and there. She will fall down, look up at me and state matter of factly "Oh, I fall mama."

Tiny Talk Tuesday: April 10, 2012

I actually got some cute things written down again this week. I love being able to have a place to record these so I can read them in the future. And I love being able to link up to Tiny Talk Tuesday. 
The other day while we were in the kitchen cooking. I couldn't remember what we were making, but daddy reminded me it was the banana pancakes from last week's Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen. We had mixed the dry ingredients together and then combined the rest of the ingredients. Then came the time to add the flour mixture. Tabitha said, "And then we're going to have to stir it in with the flour so hard and work together."
Today I gave the children chocolate milk with lunch. I then offered daddy some. As I was stirring it, Tabitha piped up with, "You're making some of my famous chocolate mud soup."
While grandma was still here last week the following conversation occurred between myself and Hannah. I am just not sure what exactly it is referring to. Mom: What do you tell grandma?Hannah: PleeeeMom: Can you say thank you?(No response)Mom: Can you say thank you?Mom: Can you say you?Hannah: Me

Tiny Talk Tuesday: April 3, 2012

A while ago Amelia was getting a stool so she could reach into the bathroom cupboard to get a bandaid.
Daddy told her she didn't need a bandaid.
She replied, "I can put it on myself because I can reach down."

Tabitha asked daddy if he wanted to drive them to playgroup today.
Daddy replied, "No mommy's going to."
T-You're going to stay here with Harold?
Daddy-Yes
T-Who's going to feed him?
Daddy-I am
T-But you don't have brrr.. those things you need.

Tiny Talk Tuesday: February 21, 2012

 Tiny Talk Tuesday is now being hosted by Kelly over at In Everything
Well, our special little boy is here!! Harold Edward III (also known as Harold Junior Junior) joined us via c-section on Friday February 17th.  The children were told that they would get to come and visit on Saturday. This is what daddy told me happened on Saturday morning.  Amelia came into our bedroom fully dressed except for her shoes, woke daddy up, stated she had made and eaten her own waffle breakfast and gave daddy some clothes. Then she said, "I'm ready to go see baby Harold."
They came to visit mommy in the hospital a couple more times. While they were there the last time I was changing his diaper. Amelia looked over and said, "What’s that coming out of his butt?” After an uncomfortable pause I told her it was his...well...penis.

Today she was looking at him and said, "He looks so much cute."

I guess daddy was picking on his mom, who is down helping with the children, a little while ago and Tabitha told him, "If you pick on her one more time, I'm going to call her your grandma."

Hannah's vocabulary is growing quite fast now. It was so cute last week, we were going through a bag of clothes that had been given to us for Harold. We kept saying "Harold" as we pulled them out. Then suddenly Hannah piped up and said, "Har row."

Let's see, she also says, "cor" for popcorn, "cree" or "cream" or "i cream" for ice cream, and ball for football and ball.

Tiny Talk Tuesday: January 3, 2012

I just have a couple of cute little comments this week.

We finally got some snow the other day. Tabitha siad, "It's raining snowflakes."

Tabitha came into the room showing me a dime and telling me it was the smallest coin so it was a dime. I told her she was learning a lot from the DVD (Money and Making change)She said, "I love that movie that way we can learn."

And Hannah has a new word. "mine." Or more often than not, "mine, mine, mine"

Tiny Talk Tuesday: December 27, 2011

Okay, I know this is a bit gross, but I had to share. Amelia was finishing up going potty and her bowel movement was two different colors. She was so amused and said, "Brown with chocolate...That's silly and wacky."

On Christmas morning I went in to wake up the girls (I know, isn't that a bit backward?). Tabitha looked out the window and said, "There's no snow."
I said, "That's okay, that happens sometimes."
She replied, "But there's supposed to be snow on Christmas."

Tabitha was talking about liking christmas and opening presents yesterday. I asked her if that was what Christmas was about. Asked her if she knew why we give presents. She said something about it being Jesus birthday.
I said, "Shouldn't we be giving presents to Jesus?"
Tabitha said, "Our present is trusting Jesus."

Tiny Talk Tuesday: December 20, 2011

I am having a hard time remembering to write things down lately. And, as usual the ones I do write I misplace. So here is one from a couple of weeks ago.

This is what Tabitha said the other day after scratching her sister, "My hand just went the wrong direction
My hand just went the wrong direction, I was trying to scratch my own self."

Plus some of Hannah.

Hannah is saying more and more. The other day she said "down" and "popcorn." She will say and sign "more-mah" and "please--pleee." She still doesn't say much on her own, but if I say it she will repeat. She is constantly signing something that looks like bath. And if I ask her any yes or no questions I get a "uh uh."

Tiny Talk Tuesday: November 22, 2011

Once again I have been neglecting my Tiny Talk Tuesday posting. I write things down and never get a chance to type them in and post. So, here are a few cute things the girls have said that I found floating around. 

Amelia had been in the kitchen this morning pouring herself some milk. Seems she spilled some on the floor (as she had the cup on the floor). I heard her say, "It didn't stop when I told it to stop."

On the way to play group today the girls were talking, Tabitha said something to me and I started to respond as I thought she wanted me to. She said, "Stop talking, your're gonna mess up my thinking." At first I thought she was talking to Amelia, but when I asked I found out she was talking to me. The funny thing is I had to keep running it through my head til we arrived at play group so I could write it down. Every time they said something I remembered what she said by thinking it myself.  It would have "messed up my thinking" if I kept listening to them.

One day last week Tabitha "fell" off Amelia's bed (sort of on purpose I think). She said, "I didn't get hurt, I just got a little bit broken leg."

Another day I was talking about them watching too much television. Tabitha said, "Mommy, my brain thinks, my brain thinks as well as I think it does."

We had ice cream for dessert one evening and Tabitha stirred her ice cream and got it all melted. The reasoning she gave, "I melted my ice cream so I can drink the sloppy better. Actually I melted the ice cream so I can eat it faster."

Hannah has been saying a few more things lately, though most of what she says is gibberish.  Today she ran over to daddy holding his work shirt saying "dada, dada."
She has also said "bye, bye" while waving.
And she can say "mama" when asked.

Tiny Talk Tuesday: November 1, 2011

It's been a while since I have posted my girls' cute saying. Trying to get back on the ball here. 
Tabitha had sort of flipped off her sister's bed. She came to us and said, "I didn't get hurt, I just got a little bit broken leg."
The other night Tabitha poured the water for herself out of the big Brita filter. She said, "I'm very impressed by myself. i did it the other night, that's why I'm impressed by myself."
One night Tabitha told me, "I prayed to God to get alive again and to see again because I was blind....and to do God's work.
Miss Hannah is starting to talk a bit, finally. She was refusing to talk or even sign, though we knew she could hear us and understand us. For instance, one day I asked the older two girls where something was. I didn't even realize Hannah was listening. Next thing I knew, Hannah was bringing me the requested object. Anyhow, she is signing, "please" and "more" and "bath." And she is now saying, "pleeee" for "please" and "mo" for "more" while she is signing the word. Oh, and she says mama and dada.

Tiny Talk Tuesday: October 11, 2011

The other day Tabitha told me, "We're teaching Hannah stuff so she can teach the new baby."  I thought it was so sweet.
When I was getting movies and pictures off of the memory card and putting them onto a DVD the girls were watching. Every time we saw a picture of daddy Hannah would say, "Dada." As she is 18 mths old and hasn't really been saying anything we could understand I was thrilled.  She has said "mama" when asked to and she looked toward me. And she understands us. But to hear "dada" so clearly for each picture was awesome.
And some more Hannah awesomeness:The other day we were baking and Hannah was waiting to help. She almost climbed in the stool, and in amongst her babbling we swear we heard her say, "I want to help."  
One day Tabitha asked me, "Mom, did God glue our toenails on?"I said, "No God did not glue our toe nails to your toes, they grew on."Tabitha replied, "But, they stick."
And here is one I wasn't sure if i was going to share, but I decided to anywayAmelia said, "When I do not poop it poops by itself."She laughs and I say, "Okay"She said, "Poop is funny"

Tiny Talk Tuesday: October 4, 2011

One day Tabitha said, "You know what I want to do, I want to go to space."

Daddy replied, "That is really expensive."

Amelia added, "You have to be an astronaut.

We need a helmet.

You know what we need to be safe in the rocket. A helmet."

Amelia, for some reason, continues to be eaten up by what I guess are mosquitoes. One day she said, "The bugs are bad they keep saying that I'm delicious."

Amelia really wanted to go out to play one rainy day. I overheard her say, "I don't care about the wetness, can I go out and play."

Amelia came out of the playroom one day saying, "I have my belly button in, it falled out." It appears she was putting what looks like a wheel to a matchbox car in her belly button and it kept falling out.

We tried to convince Tabitha she was really tired because she was yawning. She replied, "The reason why I am yawning is I have too much breath. I have to much air in myself."
For more cute sayings head on over to Not Before 7.

Tiny Talk Tuesday: September 27, 2011

When we went to the Buffalo Bills game last week we wanted to look for my doctor, who is also a Bills fan. (In fact we go to my appointments, spend a few minutes on the baby and then my doctor, who is female, talks football with hubby). Anyway, she sits in the Family Corner as do we, so we wanted to see if we could find her. Tabitha said, "We'll look for her til we see her."
It was getting lighter out, as we were getting ready to go to the game (the girls aren't used to being up that early). Amelia said, "It's getting even day-er."
Last night when we went for a walk there was a bug following Amelia. She thought it was a bee. I told her the bees were probably sleeping as it was already dark. Tabitha said, "I think I hear the bees snoring." A few minutes later she wanted to know what the little bees would do if they woke up in the middle of the night with bad dreams. I said that their mother would tell them, "It's okay, you can go back to bed."
On the other side of town, when we were almost home, Tabitha decided we had to walk quietly so we wouldn't wake the birds. At one point we were walking through fallen leaves and she said we had to walk over to the side because the crunching sound of the leaves would wake the birds. Then she wondered what would happen if the birds woke up. She answered her own question by stating, "Their mommy would tuck them back in."

Tiny Talk Tuesday: September 20, 2011

Tabitha and Amelia were in the playroom pretending to watch a Buffalo Bills game. I kept hearing:
"lets go buffalo, let's go buffalo
yay!!"
Then I heard, "Let's go Buffalo, thank you for winning!!"
And they sang Sweet Caroline, the song they sing when the Bills win.

When we were walking one day a friend of mine said hello to us from her porch. After we were on our way again, I told the girls I had known my friend since their big brothers and sister were little.
Tabitha said, "And we were still waiting to get into your uterus."

The other day we were waiting for a parade to start (Krystal was going to be in it as she is in the band), so we stopped at the school playground for a while. Tabitha was the only one awake at first, so she played for a while, then Amelia woke up. As I got her out of her car seat I told her to be quiet so Hannah could keep sleeping.
Amelia said, "I slept through thunder at China."
No clue were that came from.

When we were in the Bills parking lot after the game Sunday, just waiting for the traffic to die down so we could get out of there, Tabitha yelled to someone, "Bye! My daddy made me a Bills fan! Bye!"

Grandma and Grandpa were visiting today. After Amelia had her bath grandma was putting her diaper on her. She was asking Amelia if the monkey on the diaper went in the front. Amelia pointed to her private area and said, "This is my front."

Way back far ago (when Grandma helped Amelia). This is something she says often.

When Tabitha is told to do something she doesn't want to do or to not do something she sometimes get mad and says one or both of these:
"I'm not happy at you."
"You killed my heart."

Tiny Talk Tuesday: September 6, 2011

We were getting ready to go somewhere when I decided to clean the counter first last week. Tabitha said, "I never saw anyone clean up with a diaper bag over their shoulder."

The following is a discussion the girls were having yesterday while they were playing.  I was sitting at the computer and they didn't know I was recording what was being said.
Tabitha: I'm going to have two baby twins. Find out to get the bed and two baby twins, alright. As she lays on the floor and Amelia reaschies under her dress for her hamster babies. (Oh her name is Nena right now)
Amelia: Nena I like your house, we're visiting at your house. Nena you have a baby upstairs.
I'm going to have to go to the hospital. Tabitha come you're going to be the doctor. Come you're going to be the doctor. Come, you're going to be the doctor.
I got two baby twins in my uterus.
It's almost time to get out.
Tabitha: No mine is trying to get out.
How did it fall out
Amelia: Your baby fell out. but after all they have to get out.
I'm trying to cut your uterus open (Amelia was laughing)
Go back to bed.
Thanks you doctor
No I haven't got them out
Put them back in
No lie down and i will put them back in.

Amelia looked at me last night and said, "Mom, my diaper peed by itself. I was going to stay dry." (She still wears diapers to bed at night, but stays dry the rest of the time.)

Daddy was getting ready to go for his "nap" this morning (after a 4 day stretch of 12 hour shifts at work) when Tabitha said, "Fast forward the days, 'cause I want to wave "bye, bye I love you" to daddy. (We wave bye bye out the window or on the porch when he goes to work. He won't be working for 4 days, then has another 4 day stretch, not his usual schedule!)

Tiny Talk Tuesday: Aug 9, 2011

I only have a couple of little snippets this week.

We were getting ready to leave one day and Tabitha asked, "Dad, what time is it?"
I answered, "Time to leave."
Tabitha said, "That's what my watch says too."

This morning, we were getting dressed, which we usually do before eating breakfast.  Amelia came into the living room with a slice of bread.
I asked, "What are you doing with that."
She answered, "I need my daily bread."
(We have VBS this week and last night they heard the story of the Israelites in the wilderness and God sending them manna.  Their memory verse is, "Give us this day our daily bread.")
So, of course Tabitha then needed her daily bread too.  But she decided she would take hers with jam.

Tiny Talk Tuesday: July 26, 2011

I missed posting last week. Obviously I haven't been spending a lot of time on my blog these last couple of weeks. I feel I am neglecting my poor blog.  Last week was just way to hot for me to want to do ANYTHING.  So here are the cute little things I was able to write down these last couple of weeks.  I really wish I had a photographic memory or something. There were so many other cute things.

The other day, Amelia came into the room from the kitchen holding her knee, she said, "I hurt my knee by eating too fast."

Tabitha came up with a cute project for her and I to do during nap time last Monday.  She found different shaped objects to trace to make our houses.  Then we glued on real dirt out of the garden and flowers.

I didn't get a picture after this part, but she added bugs (not real ones!) and some Conversation hearts.

Later she said, "Our pictures look great, except for your's because your's doesn't have any bugs coming out of it."

Last week's hot weather really got to us all I guess.  The one night, after it cooled down, I told the girls we were going to the park.  Amelia said, "It's hot in this house.  Jesus in heaven is not this hot."

One day at lunch we were having bananas, but there were only 2 left.  Here is the conversation:

Tabitha: Can I peel mine.

Daddy: There are only 2.

Tabitha: Hannah doesn't get one?

Daddy: You two are going to share this one...

Tabitha: And split the other one.

Friday at dinner Tabitha said, "Tomorrow is Saturday, then Sunday. Sunday we go to Penn York Camp" (we were going with church for our service, baptism and picnic).  "The baby will come along in your uterus.  The pregnant mommy is coming."

One day I decided to put serve dinner on paper towels.  One of the girls said, "We're having a paper towel supper, Hannah is having a table supper" (I just put her food on the table as she throws plates still).

Tabitha must have been anticipating something one day.  She said, "Can you fast forward the days?"

Tiny Talk Tuesday: July 12, 2011

Amelia: I was reading for one second
Mom: I'm sure it was more than that.
Amelia: I was reading for one minute. So I could go to sleep

Tabitha, going to Amelia with the mini screwdriver
"Screw, screw, screw, screw, screw.  I screwed you."
Which she then changed to, "I unfixed you."
And while daddy explained it to me
"Now I broke you up"

Tabitha likes to have 5 slices of apple, it's been that way for a while.  It doesn't matter that I can cut one quarter of an apple into 5 tiny slices, she wants five slices. One day I had only given her three.
She said, "Can I please have 5."
Mom: Not right now.
Tabitha: 3 plus 2 equals 5.  So can I please have 2.

Not sure where this came from one day.  The girls were playing with their dolls, pushing them around and such.  Then I heard, "We're putting our babies in the cage so we can work."

We were talking to the girls, showing them how big the baby is (I am 7 weeks pregnant).  Daddy told them, "You used to be this small."
Tabitha said, "Now I'm fat."
Amelia chimed in with, "And I'm skinny girl."

One of the girls had been asking where her shoes were.
Daddy said, "Last time I wore them I put them away."
The response, "Dad, don't wear them.  You're too big for them."