Another Baby

Pulling into the hospital parking lot on Sunday to pick up a prescription from the pharmacy, Sadie declares:

"Mommy, I don't want another baby."

Apparently she thinks when someone wants a baby, they just swing by the hospital and pick one up. This makes me smile (and laugh really, really hard).

I want to get Braden...

Tonight while finishing Sadie's smiley face chart with her for the week, we figured out that she had gotten enough smiley faces for her reward this week. The conversation went like this:

Me: "Count your smiley faces, Sadie."

Sadie: "One, two, three.....sixteen, eighteen, seventeen, nineteen!!" (out of order, but ended on the right number)

Me: "You got 19!! Is 19 more than 17?" (17 was the goal)

Sadie: "Yes!! We get to go to Toys R Us when I wake up to pick out a new toy!"

Me: "Yep, you do!! Good job, Sis! I'm so proud of you."

Sadie: "Mommy, when we go to Babies R Us tomorrow when I wake up, I want to pick out a water gun for Braden. Because I have a water gun but he doesn't have one."

Me: (fighting back tears) "Sadie, that is so nice of you to want to pick out something for B!!"

Oh my goodness, this girl never ceases to amaze me!! I love her and hope she holds on to her sweetness for forever!!!

I Don't Have Hands

Sadie's room was seriously disastrous the other day. Toys everywhere. The conversation went like this:

Me: "Sadie, you need to help me pick up your toys."

Sadie: "Why?"

Me: "Because it is so messy in here that you can't even walk through your room and that's not how we want to keep things." (Too much information for a 3 1/2 year old, I know. That's how I roll. Always giving more information than necessary.)

Sadie: (As she's literally sitting on her hands watching ME pick up the toys) "But I don't have any hands."

Me: "Oh, I guess that means you can't play with your toys either because if you don't have hands to help pick up, that must mean you don't have hands to play with toys either".

Sadie: (Brief pause) "I do have hands. I just don't want to pick up my toys."

Me: (unspoken thoughts) "Ahhh, so the truth comes out!! I hope it's always this easy to get to the bottom of things with The Girl!"

You can just take another picture...

So I was wanting to get a picture of me and the Girl on my phone today. Here's how the conversation went:

Me: "Sadie, come here, let's take a picture."

Sadie: "Okay!!"

Me: (shocked that one ask was all it took, and holding the camera/phone at arms length) "okay, look right here and smile!!"

Sadie: "Cheese"

Me: (after reviewing the photo and not really liking how I look) "I look funny, let's take another one."

Sadie: "Cheese"

Me: (after reviewing the new photo) "hmmm."

Sadie: "Mom, if you think you look funny, you can just take another picture all by yourself. I don't look funny. I don't look funny, right mom?"

Me: (after picking myself up off the floor and wiping the tears away) "no, Honey, you don't look funny - I love you!!!"

How Does a Baby Get in There?

Sadie has been asking a lot of "why" questions the past few days, so I knew it was going to happen. It was just a matter of time. This is the conversation we had earlier today:

Sadie: "Mom, was your belly big when you had a baby in there?"

Me: Yes.

Sadie: Why?

Me: Because there was a baby in there.

Sadie: How does the baby get in there, in your belly?

Me: God puts it there.

Sadie: How does he put it there?

Me: You'll have to ask your dad when he gets home.

Sadie: We can just ask God.

Me: We sure can!

Sadie: Why isn't your belly big anymore?


So, she is already asking the tough questions, but at least she followed it up with a compliment!

I Will Take Care of You

While we were in Kansas City helping Mimi recover from a recent surgery this is the conversation Sadie had with her:

Sadie: "Mimi, are you going to come visit us in California next time?"

Mimi: "When I get to feeling better, I will come and visit you."

Sadie: "You can just get on an airplane and come to our house and I will take care of you."


Awww, sooo sweet - I hope the sweetness lasts forever!

Do I Have 5 Minutes?

I was talking to my mom on the phone the other day and I was needing to let her go because it was almost naptime. Not wanting Sadie to pick up on that fact (to try to avoid a fit), I decided to spell what was impending. The conversation went like this:

Me: "Okay, Mom, I'm gonna have to let you go. (Spelling) S-A-D-I-E needs to N-A-P."

Sadie: "Momma, do I have 5 minutes?"

Well, in trying to avoid a situation, I figured out that my little girl can now understand the spelling of her name and nap. I want a smart child, I really do, but geesh - can't I just have a simple conversation anymore?? :D

MY Daughter!!

Our good friends just had a baby. Tonight I am taking them a meal, so I went to the store to get the stuff to make the dessert. While we were there, Sadie wanted blue jello so I bought a box of the old-fashioned, make-it-yourself jello. When we got home from the store it was naptime, so I was tucking Sadie in. The conversation went like this:

Sadie: "Momma, I want you to hold me."

Me: "Aw, Sadie I can't right now. I have to make Audra's family their dessert."

Sadie: "Okay, but after you make their dessert don't forget to make mine."

Me: "Okay, babe."

Sadie: "It's the blue jello. Don't forget to make it for me."

She may look just like Brian, but she is my daughter - DON'T EVER FORGET THE DESSERT!!!

Jesus' Beard

Auntie Carie was hanging out with Sadie today. Sadie was outside playing while Carie was sitting on the patio reading a book. The conversation went like this:

Carie: "I sure am glad that Jesus is strong. I sure do love Jesus."

Sadie: "I don't."

Carie: "What!? You don't love Jesus? Why?"

Sadie: "He has a beard."

Carie: "But what if he cut it off?"

Sadie: "Well, I don't know."

Later on Sadie was talking to me and said: "Mom, can Jesus take his beard off?"

I sure do hope she starts loving Jesus no matter what he looks like!!!

Like popcorn...

On Saturday we went to the beach with all the family. Both of Brian's brothers and their wives were with us. Brian took Sadie in the ocean and when they came back he said that a wave got Sadie pretty good, but she loved being out there anyway.

A little later, Sadie and I were walking to the restroom. The conversation went like this:

Me: "Did you like going out into the ocean?"

Sadie: "Yeah, but that yucky water got in my mouth."

Me: "Yeah, that water doesn't taste very good does it?"

Sadie: "No, it's yucky. It was like popcorn in my mouth, but it was yucky."

Me: "Hahahaha, yeah it's salty like popcorn isn't it?"

Sadie: "Yeah, but it was yucky."

Love this girl!!

"Hello, Grandpa?"

I overheard Sadie playing earlier. She was talking on her pretend phone. The conversation went like this:

"Hello, Grandpa, go get on a plane and come visit us in California. And can you bring Grandma too? Okay, talk to you later. Bye"

She must miss the Ohio Grands. We love you guys!

It's Good...

This morning (after returning from Ohio last night) Sadie said:

"Mom, it's good to be back in California"!!

Yes it is!!! Although we had a wonderful time with family in Ohio!

Apple-Cado

Tonight while stuffing our taco shells with all the fillings for dinner, Sadie saw the avocado sitting on the counter (it had been cut in half). She took a look at it and said:

"That apple-cado has a bouncy ball in it."

She thinks the middle seed in an avocado is a bouncy ball!

Mr. Potato Head

Last night while Sadie was in the bathtub playing with her "bathtub" Mr. Potato Head she said this:

"Mommy, Mr. Potato Head doesn't have eyebrows."

She's just my observant little one!

Missing Daddy

Brian is speaking at a camp this week in Texas. We have been watching him online every evening. As we were watching him tonight, Sadie went into her room and came back into my room where we were watching with her little suitcase and backpack. The conversation went like this:

Sadie: "I'm going to the airport."

Me: "Oh really? Where are you going?"

Sadie: "To Texas."

Me: "Are you going to see Daddy?"

Sadie: "Yep."

We are all ready for Daddy to be back home!

Fireworkers

The other day we were talking to Sadie about Independence Day. We said she would probably see a lot of fire works. She had seen the fire works at Disneyland the day before. The conversation went like this:

Brian: "Do you know what tomorrow is?"

Sadie: "Uh, CHURCH!"

Brian: "Right and it's called Independence Day. There will be a lot of fireworks tomorrow."

Sadie: "Yeah, the firecrackers will be scary."

Me: "Scary, who told you they will be scary and who called them firecrackers?"

Sadie: "Joe calls them firecrackers and he asked his mom if he was gonna be scared."

Brian and me: "hahaha".

Brian: "Yeah, so tomorrow we will see a lot of fire works. It will be fun."

Sadie: "Because I will see a lot of fire workers?"

Brian: "What?"

Sadie: "Fire workers in the sky."

Brian and me: "Oh, ha, yep."

So, watching Brian tonight speak at a youth camp in Texas, he mentions this conversation to the crowd. Sadie listening in looks at me and says:

Sadie: "Can we go to Disneyland with them sometime and see the fire workers?"

Me: (trying to listen to Brian online more than her) "Sure, we can go sometime."

Sadie: "With them?"

Me: "Who?"

Sadie: "With those people that Daddy is talking to."

Me: "Oh, those people. We'll see." (There are only about 700 teenagers there - and she wants them all to come to Disneyland with her to see the "fire workers".)

The girl is an includer. She wants everybody to be able to experience what she does.

Blue Gel-O

Sunday mornings are usually spent hanging out in our master bathroom getting ready for church. Braden sits in the bouncy seat on the counter either with Sadie on the counter at his side or playing with all my purses in the closet. Brian stands at his side getting ready and I'm at the other.

This morning this is the conversation between Sadie and Brian...

Sadie: "Daddy, Mommy and I bought you something at Target."

Brian: "Oh really? What did you get for me?"

Sadie: "Something for your hair."

Brian: "Oh yeah?"

Sadie: "Yeah, it's jello. Blue jello for your hair."

Brian: "Blue jello, really? For my hair? That's crazy!"

Poor Sadie has the blue hair gel confused with blue jello! So now, of course, the running joke around here is "blue jello for the hair".

I'm Not Momma

This morning Braden and Sadie were sitting on the counter in my bathroom while I was getting ready. Braden was in the bouncy seat. The conversation went like this:

Braden: (babbling, not really knowing what he's saying) "mama, mama. baba, mama"

Sadie: "hey, he said Momma!"

Me: "mm hmm"

Sadie: (to Braden) "I'm not Momma. Braden, I'm not Momma. Sadie. Say Sadie. Saaa - dieeee, Saaa - dieeee".

Braden: (blowing raspberries) "blpppth"

Sadie: (blowing raspberries) "blpppth"

Braden: "blpppth"

Sadie: "blpppth"

The Brown Truck

On the way to the church this morning to clean the nursery...

Sadie - "Mom, is that the brown truck that gave us our stroller?"

Me - "Yes, Sadie, it is."

Sadie - "Oh, do they have strollers at the post office?"

Me - "No, Mommy bought it from a store online and then that store called the brown truck to come and get it and bring it to us."

Sadie - "Oh."

Me - "The brown truck is going to bring you something from Mimi this week."

Sadie - "Oh, what is it?"

Me - "I don't know. It's a surprise."

Sadie - "It's probably clothes, huh?"

Me - "Hahahaha!"

What's That on Your Nose?

Sadie - "Mommy, what's that on your nose?"

Me - "It's called a pimple."

Sadie - "Oh, is it an owie?"

Me - "Yeah, kind of."

Sadie - "How did you get it?"

Me - "Well it just kind of happens, you'll find out."

Leave it to the kids to point out the obvious. Gotta love it!