Teen: Bye Mom! Bye Dad! We'll be back at such and such.
Little: Can we do something special and have a picnic in the backyard?
Teen: I think living in Switzerland, Australia or any other country in the world would be so cool.
Little: I am never going to move away or I'm going to live next door to you.
Teen: Why do I have to come out of my room? I like my space and privacy.
Little: Mommy, I just want to be where you are.
Teen: Dad do you have to go to that activity with us?
Little: I'm going to marry Daddy when I grow up.
Teen: No, Little, you can't have that candy now.
Little: when I grow up, I'm going to let my kids have all the candy they want whenever they want it.
and the rare, sweet similar words:
Teen: Mom, thanks for raising me the way you did.
Little: You're the best mommy in the whole world.
*all the quotes referenced above are actual statements or combinations of statements made in our household. They may not be exact b/c, well I'm a middle aged mom whose quickly losing brain cells and memory, but their meanings and intentions have remained intact.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Makes all that craziness worthwhile, doesn't it?
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