Conversations Overheard

Emma and her friend are at play in the other room. I hear Emma say emphatically,"We are very, very poor. We live in such poverty. We live in the desert."

Later I hear this...E: "You don't want to kill a scavenger." A: Yah, because they clean up all the stinky bones."

Silly kids.

Keeping Busy

Emma really loves to play in the water...especially if it involves doing dishes or hand washing clothes. She would have been such a good pioneer. Every once in a while I find a wad of towels with wet clothes wrapped up inside from one of her washing stints. She actually asked me this time, so I had the opportunity to find a shirt that had avocado stains for her to try her elbow grease out on, and it worked! She is hired!! I love how long she will work on jobs that interest her.



She and Delaney worked well together on this which was a lovely. Emma said something about being in charge of soaping up the clothes while Delaney "assisted" her with the scrub brush. They were very proud of their work and made sure to show it to Sam when he got home. Sure our clothes will wear out in 1/2 the time, but having them productive and happy is priceless.


A few Emma funnies to entertain you...I overheard her saying, "I'm a girl. I'll make the bed." Me-incredulous:"Don't boys make the bed??!!" She replies back as if I should know, "No! It's the 18,1970's!"

Sam is reading the paper and Emma grabs some saying, "Wow, it looks like taxes are up to 70 points!"

We are listening to "Peace Like a River" in the car when Emma says, "This is talking about when you die." Me:"It is?" Emma:"Yah, it's talking about your soul."

Emma is hurt and Delaney is trying to pat and hug her. Emma says, "I hate it when she tries to comfort me!" Ahhh...sisterly love:)

Summing Up How I Feel

I am reading a daily meditation book when Emma says, "Why are you reading that?" "To help me be a better person," I say. "You mean mom!" (She's used to me taking parenting classes.) "Well, I'm a person too," I reply. To which she shoots back, "You're not a person! You're a mom!"

Emma Funnies

We are driving in the car and Emma laughs from the backseat. "If you were friends with a dragon and you tried to get it to blow out it's candles...it would blow them in!"

More Emma Funnies

Emma and I are snuggling at bedtime. She is drinking water and doing this irritating gulping swallow she does sometimes that fills her with air. I am trying my hardest to ignore it when she says, "Mom, I think hormones make me do that."

I am crawling on my hands and knees in the hallway killing ants and singing to Emma as I go (to keep me from going insane and entertain her at the same time). "Where are you going little ants," I sing. Emma says in an obvious tone, "Mom, they're just random ants!"

Sam went out to the living room to see what Emma and Delaney were up to. Emma was holding Delaney tightly, wrestling and pretending to bite and scratch her.
Sam: "That seems to be a little rough."
Emma: "We are playing dinosaur."
Sam: "I don't think Delaney knows how to play."
Emma: still chomping and scratching at Delaney..."She's the meat."

Emma Funnies

Today we were trying to figure out what animal was in the book we were about to read. I told Emma I thought it was a badger (actually a honey badger). She said, "I think maybe it's called the honey bear because that's what the ancient Greeks called it."

Yesterday I was talking to a neighbor about the current ant problem we are all having. I was saying I had some environmentally safe ant bait that they take back and feed to their...you know...whatever group they live in. I couldn't remember. Emma looked at me and said, "Oh, you mean their colony." It's a good thing I have her around.

Emma's New Song

I was in Emma's room tonight cleaning things up while she was getting ready for bed. She was singing to herself. It turned out to be a rather sad love song.


All I have is youou...
but you didn't want meeee...
So I wander oooooff...
in search of...
someone just like youou...

I'm a Wilder Girl

Emma got a pioneer dress, apron, and bonnet for her birthday. She is in love with all things Little House on the Prairie since reading the books. I have to say that I am too. What a great time we had reading those books and what a great message they had. Anyway I am enjoying Emma's obsession. The other day as we were leaving her friend Aidan's house she gave him a hug and said, "Goodbye Almanzo." She has been wearing braids now to look like Laura, and always a calico dress.

Emma Funnies...

She comes into the room having removed her clothes and I say to her, "Why are you naked?"

She yells, "I like to be hideous!" "What is hideous?" she says with a smile.

She is eating watermelon which she has been begging me for. She says, "Watermelon makes your bottom puffy. So it won't quite fit in your underwear."

We are talking about how a long time ago people had a noon meal called dinner and an evening meal called supper and how we have lunch and dinner. She is trying to make sense of this. She makes a guess, "Scientist just didn't know what to call it." She gets this from the Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus debacle. I think.

Sam tells Emma that he needs to brush her teeth after she has a turn. She said emphatically, "I wish they hadn't invented grown-ups doing it!"

It's the Plumber...

Sam came into the den to find Emma inside her toy sink. She said dryly, "We have a problem with the plumbing."