The Things Kids Say

One day last week I made breakfast for dinner. French toast. The girls love breakfast foods. Actually, the girls love syrup. Sometimes they will finish their pancakes and I'll turn around to catch them licking syrup off their plates. As the meal was winding down, Lydia asked for more and I told her, "Sorry sweetie, it's all gone." She furrowed her brow, curled her lip, and yelled, "Dammit!" 

I, of course, laughed. Jayson held a straight face and explained to her that that word is grown-up word and kids don't use it. She asked excitedly if she could say it when she's a grown-up and we told her she could. Jayson asked her where she heard that word as I thought to myself, "Don'tsayMommy. Pleasedon'tsayMommy." She told us it was a boy from school. 

Audrey, who can one minute be throwing a raging, screaming, crying, lying-on-the-ground-kicking-her-feet tantrum, and then the next minute be cuddling up into your side and telling you how much she loves you, has been saying something very sweet lately. On Saturday, my grandma was here for the girls' birthday party. She always brings massive quantities of junk for them that she keeps running out to her car to get. Her car is like a clown car with its capacity to store small, tacky, and slightly scary things. One of the things she brought in was a Minnie Mouse costume. She asked if I wanted it for the girls, and I told her I would take it since they love to dress up so much.

After everybody left, I started cleaning up and moved some of the clothes from Grandma towards the basement to be washed. I showed Audrey the dress and told her Great-Grandma got it for her. She got a concerned look on her face and told me, "Oh! I didn't say thank you to her!" Awww. I told her it was OK, and we would tell her next time.

Yesterday, a package arrived from my younger sister with some random fun toys for the girls including a very cool toy that spins around and lights up when you hold it and push the button. I told Audrey it was from her cousin Aidan and again, she looked so concerned and told me, "I didn't say thank you!" I assured her we would Skype him soon and we could thank him. She asked all night if we could Skype Aidan and say thank you.