it's been said

{upon examining a toy cow figure}

Lou: Hmm. What's dat? Dat poo?

Me: Um, no. It's the udder. It's how we get milk from a cow.

Lou, picking up the toy horse figure and examining its underside: The horse no get milk?

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{while Jess attempts to wrestle Lou}

Lou: Get away boy!

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Belle: Mom, can I wear my Rapunzel dress for just a second?

Me: How about after naps?

Belle: Mommmmm. How about after just half of a second?

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Lou: Sissy! Dis is terrible!

Annabelle: What is terrible?

Lou: Mommy's in her bed, she say, I tie-wed!

{storms off to find me with her demon face on - 

I was not in bed and heard and witnessed the whole thing -

 it was hilarious}

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Me: What do you think of the soup?

Belle: It's pretty good, but pretty different. It needs corn. 

{my mini chef}

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{while watching Rise of the Guardians}

Lou: Oh, it's a scary part! Sissy, you keep me safe?

Belle: Yes. Just sit down. You're safe with me. See, is this part okay?

Lou: Yeah. Thank you Sissy, for getting me safe.

{and then my heart broke in a million pieces}

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Lou: Jack and the Frost = Jack Frost

Me: Lou, who do you love? {expecting her to say, "Mommy."}

Lou, whispering: Jesus.

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{after she's been too quiet for too long}

Me: Lou? Where are...oh, what are you...

Lou: I pooping...Leave me alone.

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{while I cut raw chicken}

Lou: Moooommmm! Mommmm!

Me: Belle, will you go see what Lou needs? My hands are all gross.

{Belle runs upstairs}

Belle: Um...Mom? Lou's in her bed...and she can't get out.

{NOTE: I did not put her in the bed.}

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{while watching Toy Story 3, under her breath}

Belle: Andy's room isn't clean...why does my room always have to be clean?

{for the record, her room is hardly always clean!}

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{while praying}

Lou: Tankful for Daddy and tankful for tattoos...

{awesome - she's referring to temporary ones Annabelle got for Valentine's from preschool}

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{while I laid on the couch with her flu bug}

Lou: Mommy, you sick?

Me: Yeah, I'm not feeling too good.

Lou: Oh, you need medicine? I can't get it. It too high. Lemme see...here lemme feel your belly. Now breathe like dis (huffs and puffs). Dare. Feeling better?

{she was sick so often for so long that she has every diagnosis routine down pat}

Lou: Oh my gosh!

Me: Lou, say, "Oh my goodness."

Lou: No. I can't. OH MY GOSH!

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{while playing princesses}

Lou: Hi. I Belle.

Me: Oh, hello Belle. How are you?

Lou: Uh...where my prince?

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{while playing at a friend's house}

Me: Wow! Look at this cute play kitchen!

Little friend: My mom made it.

Me: Wow, your mom is so creative!

Annabelle: I wish you were creative Mom...

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{on Saturday night}

Belle: I don't wanna go to my class. I'm tired of church!

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Me: Your Daddy is crazy!

Jess: Your Mommy is crazy!

Lou: No...Me is crazy!

{true dat}

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Belle: Oh my goodness grief!

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{as Jess repeatedly kisses my cheek}

Lou: Oh guys. Stop kissing!

{Jess walks over and kisses her}

Lou: Oh, that's much better.

{while hiking in Capitol Reef National Park}

Me: What do you think is in those tiny holes in the rocks?

Belle, without hesitation: Bats and rats and spiders.

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{while hiking in Capitol Reef, when her shoes filled with sand}

Lou: My foot is dragging!

{over and over}

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{still hiking in Capitol Reef}

Lou: I a hiking guhrl!

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{as Jess attempts to wrestle Lou}

Lou: Daddy stop! I not a baby anymore! I just a kid!

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{while in the back garden (yard)}

Lou: The bugs are in my sun!

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{while praying, while Daddy is at work}

Lou: Thankful for Daddy...to be in the back garden.

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Me: I'm trying to find a hotel for us...

Lou: A hotel!? I love hotels!

Belle: Me too. I wish we lived in a hotel and not this house...

{while watching General Conference}

Lou: Hey! That's Tomlinson! (Thomas S. Monson) That's my man!

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{while watching General Conference}

Lou: Sissy! It's Uchtdorf! I love him! I marry him!

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{after Lou spits a half-chewed banana in my hand}

Belle: When I'm a mom, I don't want to hold slobbery things...

{good luck with that}

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{after her teacher gives her extra homework, per her request, I find her crying}

Me: What's wrong? Do you not want extra homeowork?

Belle: No! It's too easy! And I want MORE. Why didn't Miss Sam give me more!?!

{Miss Sam now gives her two packets per week. It's hilarious.}

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Annabelle and Lou: hanitizer = hand sanitizer 

{and why not?}