I told her that, while I'm sure Daddy would love a party (complete with her trademark hors d'oeuvres of potato chips and snack cheese in paper bowls) for being such a hard worker, what he'd probably like more is a clean house to come home to. So maybe she could help me out with that.
She harrumphed and walked away.
Scenes from our most recent affair, the Happy Hey Mom Don't Worry About It, Just Sleep In party, which they had ready for me when I woke up Tuesday morning:
They've been cracking me up a lot lately. Here are a few Quote Book worthy episodes from the last week for your enjoyment:
No. 1
Uno & Dos stayed with my parents while I was in Phoenix; they took the girls to the town Christmas parade on Friday night, at which they saw Santa Claus. All the way home, my mom reports, they debated which list each girl might be on: Dos is fairly convinced she's on the Nice list. Uno figures it could go either way for her.
No. 2
Uno told me on the phone that she had devised a plan to take care of the neighbor's cat. (She's terrified of cats, this one has sharp claws, and it's always in our yard.) Step one: Get a fake mouse and put it in the driveway. Step two: The cat will come put his claws in the mouse; his claws will get stuck, leaving him incapacitated. Step three: Uno will hit him on the head with a shovel and then quickly put him back in the neighbor's yard. (Don't worry that she'll grow up to be a serial killer who got her start torturing cats; she's just been watching too much Tom & Jerry.)
No. 3
When Tres and I got home, we hung out at my parents' house for the big family Sunday dinner. Uno used the opportunity to wield her power over all the cousins in putting on a show: As the grownups visited in the living room, I could hear Madam Director ordering all the other kids around; occasionally she'd come to me to ask how to spell a word, which she'd then scribble madly on a white board. At one point I heard her say, in her best (unintentional) impersonation of a punchy 40s movie star, "Hey Caleb, can ya' read? Here's your lines! ...Dos! You just sound it out!"
No. 4
Sibling rivalry, as done by Uno and Dos during lunch the other day:
UNO: ...Well, at my school we have computers!
DOS: At my school we get snacks!
UNO: At my school we learn to read!
DOS: At my school we learned all the way to the letter Z!
UNO: At my school we have recess!
DOS: At my school we play all the time!
UNO: Yeah, well today at my school we jumped off the roof and flied!
DOS: At my school, we jumped off the roof and DOUBLE FLIED!!
Take that, suckas! :-)
~RCH~
5 comments:
They are SOOOOOO cute. I loves them.
ah, i sure love those girlies of yours!!
you should do a weekly quote book quote edition on your blog. your girls are hilarious and i love em!
There's nothing I like more when I first get up in the morning than to eat potato chips and play a good game of whack a mole. hilarious!
I know, right? (I think I need to start waking up earlier than my children....)
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