These all took place at the breakfast table this morning.
McKenzie: Sometimes when I'm talking---and this has only happened at home, well, maybe once or twice at school---but sometimes when I'm talking, a little drool slips out of my mouth. But it mostly just happens at home.
When the kids do embarrassing things at home I always ask, "You don't do that at school, do you?"
McKenzie is always getting after Elise about clearing her dishes from the table.
McKenzie: When I grow up my family's going to have a rule that if you don't clear your dish from the meal before, you have to use that same dish for the next meal.
Me: Did you just make that up?
McKenzie: No, I've been thinking about it for a few weeks.
For weeks.
Future hopes and dreams.
McKenzie: When I grow up, I want to have 9 kids---5 girls and 4 boys.
Me: Why?
McKenzie: Because I have lots of names to use plus I just want to. There's going to be Dominic, Lexi, Christopher and Chrysanthemum (they're twins and we're going to call them both Chris because Chryssy would be like a tomboy and Christoper wouldn't like Christopher), Trevor, Lola and Kylee (they're twins too), and Sunny.
Me: You're missing a boy.
McKenzie: I have it written down in my journal. Do you want me to grab it real quick?
Me: If you want.
McKenzie, not finished with her breakfast: I'll take my toast. Coming back downstairs. It was Sam. OK, so it's Dominic and then Lexi Lily, Christopher Frank and Chrysanthemum Joy (wait, it's really Joy Chrysanthemum), Trevor Fred, Lola Violet and Kylee Rose, Sam Phil, and Sunny Lupin.
Me: Lupin?
McKenzie: It's a flower. I want all the girls' second names to be flowers.
Me: How come Dominic doesn't have a second name?
McKenzie: I thought my husband could pick that one. Remember my caterpillars' names? (McKenzie's second grade class studied caterpillars and each student got to raise a few of their own from caterpillar to butterfly.)
Me: No.
McKenzie: Well, all of my boys' second names are my caterpillars' names: Frank, Fred and Phil.
Me: Oh, OK. Go brush your teeth.
McKenzie: Oh! I left my toast upstairs!
I can't wait for her to read her journal in about ten years.
2 comments:
Your kids are hilarious. You could really write a book of just all of their sayings.
Great idea! I should have used all the names of my old dead fish for second names of my children!! Of course, my fish were all names after "Cheers" characters. Frasier, Carla, Norm, etc.......Maybe not.
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