Who's the 5-Year Old?

MaShell to Maureen who is spitting: Maureen, don't do that, that's yucky.

Caroline to Maureen: Maureen, that is inappropriate.

It Tastes Like...

Caroline [tasting vegetable shortening]: Yuck, I don’t like that. It tastes like the stuff you put on your bottom when it is sore.

I Want To RULE This House!

Caroline: Mom, I AM a princess!

MaShell: Oh, really?

Caroline: Yes, and I am going to RULE this house --starting tomorrow!! I WILL RULE THE HOUSE!

MaShell: Why don't you start by going upstairs princess and getting your pajamas on?

Caroline: Tomorrowwwwww.....I willlllllll starrrrrrrt!

Aunt Erin Thinks Maureen is Funny

Mush: Is that angel from God, Grandma?


Mush: It got in my POOP!
erin: What did?
Mush: My foooood! It all got in my poop!

Candy High

First words out of Caroline's mouth the morning after Halloween:

"Mom, can we go trick-or-treating right NOW?"

For Real!

Maureen likes to tell stories. Lately, she ends every story with "For Real!" and nods her head up and down.

So it goes something like this...

"And then, the big, big, big, big, big, giant, giant, giant GIANT came! For real!"