Quotes

On Friday night I took the children to Home Depot to get a Christmas tree. As we were pulling into the parking lot, Samuel and Lucy were talking about Christmas and here is what I heard -

Samuel: "No, Lucy, this is not the first Christmas, last Christmas was the first Christmas and this is the second Christmas."
Mama: After a little laugh "Actually buddy, the first Christmas was over 2000 years ago when Jesus was born."
Lucy and Samuel: "Holy Guacamole!" (their new exclamation from an unknown source)
Samuel: "Well, how old is Jesus anyway?"
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As you know, schools have plenty of fund-raising opportunities and many ways to promote them. Samuel's class won their box tops contest and this is the conversation where he tells me about it.
Samuel: "Mama, I'm so excited. I won my test. It's not a test like you have at your school but one we had at my school about who can get the most box tops. AND, do you know what? (in a very excited voice)
Mama: "No buddy, what?"
Samuel: "We won recess on the tumblebus (a school bus that has been converted into a gymnastic jungle gym play area). [after a brief pause] Mama, what is 'recess'?
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This week during dinner one night, Samuel dropped some of his black beans and rice on the floor. He jumped up and ate it off the floor before I even knew what happened. I told him he didn't need to eat food off the floor. Samuel broke into a song and dance with the refrain "I like to eat things off the floor". He threw in a little jig, one verse and I was laughing... not as loud as I was when Samuel finished, took a bow, sat down and Lucy immediately broke into her own "I like to eat things off my plate!"
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Samuel: "Mama, what are we doing tomorrow?"
Mama: "It's supposed to rain tomorrow but, Lord willing...."
Samuel: "I'm not Lord Willing - who's Lord Willing." (Note: Samuel thinks of himself as a knight NOT a lord or a king)
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And lastly...
We pulled out our Little People nativity scene and the children have enjoyed playing with it. Samuel put on a play for Lucy and me a couple of night ago. Chewbacka from Star Wars (sp?) was the narrator and each act in the play had dialogue and attention to detail. The story was Biblically acurrate from Gabriel with Mary to the wise men's visit - until the end when the donkey took Chewbacka back to "star wars" in a donkey cart!

I LOVE getting to spend time with my children!!!!