Quoting Joie

Over the weekend, in the van....

Looking at her watch, Joie says, "I'm going to ignore the skinny line."

I respond, "Do you mean the second hand?"

Joie replies, "No, it's the third hand."

Let's Be Careful Out There

As Heather and Livvi were leaving the house to go to Tae Kwon Do class, I yelled to them "Be careful!"

Joie looks at me and says, "Daaaddy...There aren't any dragons there!"

Whew!  Good to know!

Compassion

Jo: I want a cat for a pet.

Liv: We can't! I'm allergic to cats.

Jo: Yeah, I know, but too bad.

 

Protection

Very early Sunday morning, the storm woke everyone up. I was laying with Joie since she was a little scared. After laying there for a couple of minutes, she said, "I'll protect you and you protect me."

Good Night

The usual routine when Livvi says good night to Joie:

Livvi: "Good night"
Joie: "Good night"

Livvi: "I love you"
Joie: "I love you"

Livvi: "Sleep good"
Joie: "Sleep good"

Livvi: "Nighty night"
Joie: "Nighty night"

Livvi: "Sleep tight"
Joie: "Sleep tight"

Livvi: "Don't let the bed bugs bite"
Joie: "OK"

The Problem with Homophones

Heather sent me an email this morning that read as follows:

"She (Joie) had me read the story of the prodigal son to her. At the end I asked: Why did the son leave? Her answer: To get the moon out.

Think about it..."

Inside the Mind of Joie

This morning, Joie was looking at Heather, squinting through one eye, head tilted. Her fingers were in a scissors motion in front of her face. Then she says, "I didn't really cut your head off, just pretend."

Should we be worried?

Quoting Joie

Josephine has been full of interesting quotes over the last few months. I need to do a better job of getting these on the blog. To start us off, Heather just emailed me Joie's quote from this morning:

"Sleeping makes me hungry so I want a drink"

Also, here is a string of texts from Heather on April 10 taking Joie home late one evening:

Text 1:
She's crying that she isn't tired & doesn't want to go to sleep.
I didn't even say anything about it. Now crying about fears - firefighters,
doctors, her mouth might start to hurt, doesn't want to wash her hands because
she loves her germs. Whew. I didn't bring anything up.

Text 2:
Said
she's crying because she's not tired. I didn't ask in the first place.

Text 3:
She doesn't love any of us because she's sad because she's
not tired.

Most of her greatest quotes are when "she's not tired." Never a dull moment...

Quoting Joie

As Heather was changing Joie's stinking pull up this evening, Joie says, "Did I step in something?"

Conversation at the Dinner Table

After work today, I once again battled the snow on our driveway. I love snow, but let me tell you I am sick of it! Another 6-8 inches in the last 15-20 hours with more to come. We just surpassed the most snow ever in the Cincinnati area in the month of February! In fact, the snowfall we received this month is within 2 inches (at this moment) of surpassing our average annual snowfall!

This one really whipped me. I feel very tired and weak. I hinted to Heather this might be the end of the road for me and I told everyone at the table that I loved them. Livvi blurts out "What a drama king!" Lovely!

After dinner, Heather asked who wanted chocolate pudding for dessert. Everyone but I said they did! Livvi said, "you're not having pudding, Dad?!" I said I wasn't. She said, "but it helps prevent heart disease!"

Gotta get me some of that pudding!

Joie the Jungler (Juggler)

With a handful of pencils, Joie announces she is learning how to jungle (her words), and tosses the pencils in the air.

Conversation Overheard in the Van

This is a conversation Heather and I overheard today while running some errands. I believe Joie was counting at the time:

L: Joie, I've counted to 400 before.
J: Why?

'nuff said.

Things You Never Thought You'd Do As A Parent

The following was posted by Heather on Facebook yesterday:

"How many people, other than parents, have had to apply a Hello Kitty bandaid to a pool noodle because its eye was hurting?"

Things You Never Thought You'd Say As A Parent

Heather to Joie:

"Don't use the DVD boxes as snowshoes!"

Conversation Overheard in the Van

This is a conversation Heather overheard heading home after church this past Sunday. Livvi (L) is trying to encourage Joie (J) to go to her toddler class at church:

L: You should go in the toddler room.
J: I didn't.
L: You should next time. You'll have fun!
J: No, have fun with daddy.
L: You will have more fun with the other kids.
J: No, I don't like my kids.

Things You Never Thought You'd Say As A Parent

"Don't wipe your chocolate beard on your stethoscope!"

Things You Never Thought You'd Say As A Parent

"Take that toilet seat off your head!"

I Love You, But...

Tonight we were having dinner at Wendy's. Towards the end of the meal, Joie laid down on the padded bench with her head towards Livvi. She said "I love you, Sissy" in a quiet, sweet voice. Heather, Livvi, and I went "Awww!" Livvi leaned over to hug her sister when Joie said "Don't touch me!"

How sweet!

Quoting Joie

Add to the list of things you never thought you'd hear out of your kids...

From Friday afternoon in the van driving home:

Jo: Scooz me.
Liv: Did you toot?
Jo: No, my mowf toot.

Quoting Joie

Joie has been repeating pretty much everything Livvi says and does. She is our resident myna bird. The other day, I said to her, "You're a copy cat". Her reply? "You're a copy cat."

The prosecution rests.

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Today, Heather asked Jo if she and Liv would be playing in the woods and she told me Jesus and God growed the grass. I guess they do listen when you talk to them!

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Also today, Jo brought Heather a one foot length of caution tape she found outside somewhere and told me she had "pennies for i keem twuck". I guess she thought she could pass the caution tape off as money for ice cream. Good luck, kid!

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Quoting Daddy: When going to bed, Joie cries out "Juice!" How do I reply? "Gentiles!"