Will You Share That Recipe?

Maureen: Mom, when I get bigger, will you share that recipe with me?

MaShell: Yeah, sure. Why do you want it?

Maureen: Well, when I get bigger I wanna make banana bread for my kids cause it's so good.

MaShell: How many kids do you think you'll have?

Maureen: Oh, a brother and a sister and a big brother and a big sister and a little sister and a little brother.

MaShell: Wow, 6 kids!

Maureen: Yeah, and I will be SO old.

MaShell: Where will I be?

Maureen: Oh, you will be dead. I will be old and you will be dead. You will Mom, for real.

Remember the Huh???

Caroline was asking us about the Northeast and the Southwest and where they are.

Caroline: And in the Southwest, remember the alamino!

MaShell: The alamino?? What's that?

Caroline: The amalino??

Patrick: Oh my god, she means the Alamo!

Madeline: Elmo??

Caroline: Yeah! That's it, Remember the Alamo!

Time Flies

Caroline: Mom, when are you going to take me to look at high schools and colleges? Because, you know time flies.

Birthday Drama

MaShell: Maureen, where are you going?

Maureen: I'm GOING to give out these birthday party invitations, I have to or else no one will come to my birt-day party. [Maureen's teacher said she spent all of her free time today writing out birthday invitations.]

MaShell: Your birthday isn't until February after Valentine's Day, so you have a few months to wait.

Maureen [dramatically putting on clip earrings]: Moooom. Well, when I am older I am simply not going to know you because you will die and I will not.

With that she held her head up high in the air and marched away.

Feng Shui

MaShell: Maureen, why don't you go see if the neighbor wants to play?

Maureen: Mom, that is just SO not feng shui.

First Day of School Advice

Caroline: Maureen, you really should stay away from the boys. They like to wrestle...they are rough...it's better to just stay away. Really.

Maureen: Okay, okay

Caroline: And there are only two computers so....you have to hurry.

So Mean!

MaShell: Maddie, PLEASE go see your sisters. Go!

Dada: Go Madeline! Go to your room!

Madeline walking with head slunk down to hear room: Mean Momma! Mean Dada!

Madeline talking to her sisters: Momma Mean! Dada Mean! Mean Momma! Mean Dada!!