Dorie (cheerfully): "This was a good day, but I didn't like it, not one little bit"
Dorie: "Mommy and I and James are stupid, but I never call anyone stupid"
Dorie: "Dear God, thank you for my new dress which is very beautiful, which I will wear every day. Amen.
"Me: Dorie was on a roll of goofiness this evening. November 22
Quotes from a lecture that was prompted by an extremely difficult evening of child rearing:
Ethan: "Dorie, do you like doing naughty things?"
Dorie: "I like doing naughty things. I like doing joking things. I like doing kind things." November 13
A few minutes ago:
Me: "Ethan, I wish I could wrap this moment up and send it to my future
self. Prairie Home Companion on the radio, quiet children, my second
chocolate cookie, warm from the oven...I just love my life"
Dorie (yelling): "Mom, James just pooped in the bathtub!" November 12
Dorie
and my nephew Max had a long theological conversation before dropping
off to sleep two nights ago. After listening through the door, I told
Ethan that a lot of indoctrination happens at the ages of 3 and 4!
Hearing them retell our beliefs about miracles and Jesus both excited
and sobered me. What a responsibility when they believe everything we
tell them! But wait...
Here is the reality check that happened tonight:
Ethan: Is it good to pray to God?
Dorie: No. We should make idols and pray to idols. Oct 2
James
doesn't use complete sentences, but the meaning of tonight's bedtime
prayer was very clear. He loudly and emphatically asked God to give him a
puppy...and a horse...and an elephant. Sept 24
As
I was doing dishes, Dorie came running in with a pile of dishcloths and
when she put them away she told me she had just earned 10 points.
Apparently Ethan came up with a laundry game for the kids. How many
years will this work, do you think? (He also stuffed hankies in their
diapers so they could have tails and be monkeys--I think he gets at
least 50 'cool dad' points tonight.) Sept 22
From the Mast's breakfast conversation this morning:
Dorie: What's a budget?
Ethan: A budget is a plan for how you're going to spend your money
Dorie: Oh. At 5:00 I will spend my money on lip gloss.Sept 14
(Dorie and James playing pretend)
Dorie: "Mommy Cow, can we eat something?"
Me: "Little Cows can eat all the grass they want"
Dorie and James: Moo.
Two minutes later I look out the window and they took me literally, the little grass munchers!
Dorie as she jumps from the coffee table to the couch: "ready, set, BALTIMORE! August 11
Dorie
woke up an hour ago crying. She said she had a bad dream about wolves. I
held her and told her the verse "have no fear for I am with you." She
is sleeping now, but before I left she said "I'm afraid that God will
leave me." Of this I am sure...He never will leave my little girl.
