Ocarinaia

"What do you mean you created your own country?? We were only gone six hours!"

-Jessica to Katie and Lynn upon returning to the house after errands and date night

Quote law

(after rereading quotes to my kids)

Oh no I violated the quoting law... Again.

Alright time for new quote laws.

At least one other person has to know it and it has to be spontaneous. You can't just make it up in your head.

-Katie and Jessica 

04 October 2011

Quoting laws

"You can't quote something that someone in the group doesn't know--that goes against the laws of quoting. There must be at least one other person there that knows the quote before you can quote it."

--Jessica

Lily

Lily at the elementary school art Fair, emphatically: "Wow, this is art!"

Lily age 4

We were visiting our neighbors and they offered us a bowl of tangerines to snack on.

Lily (taking one): Don't mind if I do!

Esplin kids

Amy (age 6.5): Lynn! Stop bugging me!!!

Lily (age 2.5, while punching the air with each fist) : Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

(I have no idea where she learned that.)

Oh dear...

 Amy comes to me crying.

"Lynn said the sun is going to explode and the earth will be covered by lava."

Me: Hmm.

(I did explain all about the sun changing into a red giant but it won't be for a long long long time, and explained what a billion years is compared to the human lifespan. I also diffused the situation with Doctor Who, lol)

I want to hold it

Lily sees her sister's chocolate egg on the table, just out of her reach.

Lily: I want to hold Amy's egg, Mama.

Jessica: Why do you want to do that?

Lily: Because I'm very good at it.

World famous

During our Spring break trip in the beginning of April - 

Passing Bryce Canyon Pines restaurant with a "world famous pie and soup" sign out front.

Jessica: World famous? I've never heard of it. And I did research!

The next day while trying to figure out what to have for dinner.

Jessica: Oh... it's in my saved list (for highly rated restaurants in the area). My bad.

Take turns

Amy listening to Alana tell explain her job in kid terms, then after a few minutes:

Amy: If you take a long turn then it's somebody else's turn. So now it's my turn again.

Camping July 2021

 "THE SPREADSHEET!!!!!!!" "*poof*"

-Andrew and Jessica