Famous

Lizzy, upon finding a youth group newsletter in the gathering space at church: "Mom! You have to see this!"
Me: "What?"
Lizzy, shoving the newsletter in my face: "Look! It's Lexi! On the front page! How did she get to be there? She is so famous!"

"I'm so glad..."

Lizzy, as she got out of the tub and gave me a random hug: "I'm so glad you're my mom."

Spacey

Lizzy, after accidently dipping her chicken in her ketchup: "Oops! What am I doing? I guess I'm a little spacey today!"

Growing Up

Lizzy: "Mom, my jammies are getting too small."
Me: "I know. That makes me sad. I want you to stay little forever."
Lizzy: "I can't. I just don't know how and I don't think God wants me to be little forever."
Me, trying not to let her see the tears in my eyes: "You're right. You're going to grow up to be an amazing woman.
Lizzy: "And you'll always be my mom."

Ok... tears could no longer be hidden after that!

I hope...

Lizzy: "I hope you're still alive when I grow up, Mommy."

Heart melted.
I hope I am too!

Bloopers

Lizzy really should get the best little sister award today.
She was happy to help Lexi and Tess with a video homework assignment.
The bloopers are just too cute not to share!

Lizzy's Bloopers

Packed

Lizzy packed her own suitcase for our trip to Minnesota tomorrow.

Here's what she packed:

• a dress
• two tank tops
• a t-shirt
• one sweatshirt
• five pairs of underwear
• four pairs of socks
• two swimsuits
• two stuffed animals

No pants.

And about the swimsuits: she explained she thought she should take them, just in case it warms up.... afterall, Chrissy does live on a lake.

Lame Hug

Lizzy, after giving me a pretty lame hug: "Was that the lamest hug ever?"
Me: "Well, probably not the lamest one ever, but it was pretty lame."
Lizzy, hugging me again and planting a big sloppy kiss on my cheek: "There. That's the best I've got. But.. to make it better, it comes with a kiss."

Game Analysis

Lizzy to Lexi after her volleyball tournament: "You did good Lexi."
Lexi: "Thanks."
Lizzy: "Well, the first game you guys played bad. But then 'bam'.. you were great the rest of the games."

Cold Drinks

This is our new-to-us freezer in the garage, that looks a lot like a fridge.

We also have a small fridge for juice, pop and water in the basement.
After grocery shopping the other day, I asked Lizzy to put the bottles of juice away, and didn't think anything of it, until a few days later when I went to grab a bottle.
There were none in the fridge downstairs.
When I asked her about it, she insisted she put them in the fridge.

Lizzy: "They're in the fridge, like you asked."
Me: "No, they're not. Unless someone drank ten of them in two days."
Lizzy: "I put them in the fridge. The new one in the garage."
Me: "Lizzy, that's a freezer."
Lizzy: "Oh! Well, at least they're cold!"

Friends

Jake: "Lizzy, who do you play with at recess?"
Lizzy: "Sometimes I play with my friends, and sometimes I play with Hannah."
Jake: "Um, isn't Hannah your friend?"
Lizzy: "No. She's my cousin.. isn't she?"

**Hannah is not Lizzy's cousin - she is Jake's buddy's little sister, and Lizzy and Hannah have been friends since they were babies, so I guess if you're friends long enough, you become cousins :)

The Boss

Lizzy, on the phone with her friend Hannah, planning a sleepover: "Um, why don't you just talk to my mom. She is the boss of everything."

"I like your breath"

Me, eating a cookie and hugging Lizzy: "I love you."
Lizzy: "I like your breath. What are you eating?"

Busted.

Old

Me, giving up on looking for a closer parking spot: "We can just park here. We're young. We can walk."
Lizzy: "Well I'm young. You are old."

Rock Star

Me: "Should I wear this scarf? I'm just not sure it looks good."
Lizzy: "Yes. Wear it. You look like a rock star."

God Time

Lizzy, as we pulled up to church for Faith Formation class: "Well, here we go. It's God Time now."

"Don't do that"

Lizzy, when I put my hand on her shoulder to guide her across the busy parking lot: "Please don't do that. It looks like I'm in trouble."
Lizzy, when I moved my hand to her arm to guide her across the same busy parking lot: "Um, don't do that either. It still looks like I'm in trouble."

Vacation

Me: "Um, why are the Barbies upstairs? Isn't your Barbie house downstairs?"
Lizzy: "Yes, but they're on vacation."