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“When you discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.”

Jean Shinoda Bolen

I love this quote!!!!

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"Oh my big gosh! I all wet!"

~Connor~ (after sitting down in a puddle outside)

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"Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble."

~Martin Mull~

You'd think I'd have learned that by now, but Connor just keeps finding new ways to surprise me. The other day, Dan found him up on the counter, having gotten into the candy container in the cupboard, stuffing his face full of chocolate. When asked how he'd gotten up there in the first place, Connor showed Dan how he used the 1/2 depth of the drawer fronts (drawers closed) as toe holds and climbed up the four drawers to get onto the counter. Emily and Jared never even looked at those drawer fronts twice, let alone come up with the idea that the drawer fronts could make a good ladder, and then tested and perfected the idea. How do you "toddler-proof" that? LOL

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According to Jared (last night at dinner), "If your parents are making you eat something you don't want to eat, all you have to do is find someone else to live with who won't make you eat it."

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If you fall down ten times, stand up ten times.

~unknown~

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"Mama? I really love you. And I am not fond of snakes."

~Jared~

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When asked where he got the container of baby powder from (because it was one I had NO CLUE we even owned), Connor replied, "Dah-ee dit!" (daddy did it!). And when asked about the red mark on his arm, he replied, "Yi-un...bit...me" (lion bit me), and proceeded to bang his arm with the hard plastic toy lion we have.

I just love the little things that are coming out of his mouth lately!

He also calls the big bucket of dishwasher detergent and the bin of cat food, "DIG!" (and yes, unfortunately, I have recently discovered him happily digging in both of them...)

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"Dad, YOU are the boss of YOU, and I am the boss of MYSELF, so don't tell me what to do."

~Jared~

edited to add: I was standing right there and told Jared that until he's an adult and lives in his own house, mommy and daddy ARE the boss of him... Something along those lines. Daddy made Jared have a time-out for sassing.

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"Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours."

~Swedish Proverb~

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"Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth."

~~Will Rogers.

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Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they are born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.
-- Ray Romano

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You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.

~PJ O'Rourke~

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Money can't buy happiness, but it can certainly rent it for a couple of hours.

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(QUOTES of the week, today)

QUOTE #1
Jared: "Mom, you really should sweep this floor."

me: "Yes, I know Jared, but I have to finish cleaning Connor up first."

Jared: "Yeah, well, you'd better hurry because I'm tired of getting all this crap on my feet."
*disclaimer: we truly DO watch our language around the kids...*

QUOTE #2
me: "Jared do you want oatmeal, cereal, or jelly toast for breakfast today?"

Jared: "I don't want ANY of those things! I just want an egg and cheese sandwich."

me: "We can't do that right now because it's getting late and we need to hurry."

Jared: "How about I just eat that last cupcake?"

me: "Sorry pal, you're not having a cupcake for breakfast."

Jared: "DAMMIT!" (said while stomping his foot and smacking his leg)

*Mommy and Daddy compose themselves briefly before mommy goes over to speak to Jared about his choice of language*

me: "Jared, dammit is NOT an okay word for little boys to use; even if you hear a grown-up use it, that doesn't mean YOU should use it."

Jared: "But guys are SUPPOSED to say "DAMMIT!" when their moms won't let them eat what they want for breakfast!"

*Mommy turns away briefly to compose herself again*

me: "Jared, guys who are only almost-four-years-old do NOT, EVER, say that word. Where did you hear that word anyway?" (out of curiosity's sake as I'm pretty darn sure it wasn't from ME, but you never know...)

Jared: (as sweetly and innocently as you please) "From Teacher Terrie."

*disclaimer: I'm 100% positive he did NOT learn that word from his preschool teacher!*

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*Mommy unfortunately doesn't remember the exact circumstances behind this one, but it IS a direct quote*

Jared: "You hurt my reflexes!!"

QUOTE #4
*Daddy promised waffles for breakfast but is still sleeping at the moment*

Jared in full Batman mode: "Batmom, this is precisely why I need to wake up Batdad, because I'M HUNGRY!!"

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"Actually, Dad, I would prefer one of those delicious pieces of pie, please."
~Jared

And YES, my not-quite-four-year-old REALLY DID say that yesterday when offered some crackers for a snack. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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“The Law of Reality”: Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose.

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"Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh man....I could be eating a slow learner."

~Lyndon B. Johnson~

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Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

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Lead me not into temptation. I can find it myself.