"Thank You Siri"

I just got a new iPhone with Siri on it.  I'm not a die hard Siri person like some, but I do use it occasionally.

While asking Siri something Eden tells me...

"Mom, Siri is SO nice.  She always answers your questions and you never even say 'please' or 'thank you'.  You should be more polite to Siri."

So, I try to use my kind words...even to Siri...

We Love Our Maintenance Man

One day Eden wanted to ride her bike, but her tire was flat.  The maintenance men in the town homes gladly fill her tires for her.  Eden asked me...

"Mom.  Can we take my bike to get fixed at the high maintenance man?"

I guess he's not just a maintenance man, but a HIGH maintenance man.

Eden's Song

Eden got on top of the kid's table...I mean, "stage" and sang a song.

"It is not easy.  It is very complicated.  And now my cabbage is soggy."

Oh...what a performance.  Encore!  Encore!

Halloween

A hot topic around here is what the kids want to be for Halloween.  Eden has been trying to think of something that comes in three (like the three blind mice or three men in a tub) so she can dress with her, Leila, and Molly.

Dad:  "You guys could just be three of the seven dwarfs.  You could be grumpy, sneezy, and sleepy!"

Eden:  "Yeah, and SNOOPY!"

Yeah, that dwarf never made it in the movie...he got into a LOT of trouble.

Prayer Time

Eden's prayers lately have included...

"Bless that we will not take the Lord's name in vain."

And

"Thank you we can sleep at Grandma Namba's condo so we aren't homeless."

Pluto (the one that is no longer a planet)

Eden went to her cousin's birthday party.  They had cake and a few cupcakes.  Eden wanted a cupcake with those large, circle sprinkles on top.  She excitedly came up to me and said,

"Look at this cupcake!  It has little Plutos on it!  Pluto had babies!"

A side note:  Once upon a time Eden learned her planets.
Then we kind of forgot about most of them.
But her favorite was little Pluto...and then it was no longer a planet.
She refuses to believe its not a planet.

A New Baby

Eden and her cousin, McKell, were playing "having babies".

She came upstairs saying,

"Mom!  I had a baby!  I just pushed it out!"

Even When You're Pregnant

When Eden talks to me, she will sometimes add a little phrase at the end of her sentence...

"....even when you're pregnant."

The ones I can remember off the top of my head are...

"Mom...I love you so much....even when you're pregnant."

and after she dressed me up all pretty and did my hair she said,

"Dad is going to think you are so pretty.

He'll want to be with your forever!

...Even when you're pregnant."

How sweet...kind of.

Underwear

Eden has a pair of undies that she thinks are SO beautiful.  They are white with lace and a little bow in front.  The other day she wanted to wear them.  Where she exclaimed,

"Mom, these panties so beautiful.

They are white and clean!

I think they represent the Spirit of God."

Chinese

Eden was drawing squiggly lines on a paper...

Eden: "Mom.  I'm writing something."

Mom:  "What are you writing?"

Eden:  "Well, its kind of hard for you to read...cause I'm kind of Chinese."

Mr. Rogers

One day we found Mr. Rogers episodes on Hulu.  The girls watched one early morning when we weren't quite ready to get up.

The next day Eden wanted to wear her sweater jacket....and after zipping it up said,

"Look!  I'm just like Mr. Rogers!"

Dr. Eden

There were a few days where I had really bad morning sickness.  Eden was a very good doctor.

Eden:  "Mom, you can come to my doctor's office."

(points to the bathroom)

Eden:  "It even has a place for you to sit in case you need to throw up."

(points to the floor next to the toilet)

(mom gladly sits with her head by the toilet)

Eden:  "Now let me look inside of you."

(takes a mirror and looks down at me)

Eden:  "I think I see the problem...you're pregnant."

Mom:  "Ohhh..."

Eden:  "I don't see anything accept your baby in there."

Mom:  "Can you tell if its a boy or a girl."

Eden:  "No cause it doesn't have any hair yet."

(since girls obviously have long hair and boys have short hair)

Then the next day I was taking a bath and she came inside.

Eden:  "Mom.  Sorry you're not feeling very good."

Mom:  "Thanks Eden."

Eden:  "I think you need some tubby toys."

Mom:  "That's a good idea.  Do you want to get me some?"

Eden:  "Yeah.  I'll go get your my two FAVORITE ones."

(She comes back with two tubby toys)

I must say, Eden's really good with people who are sick and older people.

Smells

Daddy took Eden into the shed where they keep the lawnmower, gardening tools, etc.

Eden went in there and came out saying,

"It smells like boy in there!"

She went in the shed with dad a few days later and I spotted her sticking her head out of the door.

(Taking deep breaths.)

Eden: "Phew.  Smells like BOY in there!"

(Gets out of the shed.)

Eden:  "That's MUCH better."

Apparently boys smell like grass clippings and gasoline.

Zucchini

During dinner Eden pointed at a zucchini....

Eden: "What's that?"

Mom: "Its a zucchini."

(Gives a skeptical look at the zucchini.)

Mom: "It's deliciousness!"

Eden: "No. It's sadness."

Playing Doctor

Eden and Leila were playing doctor.

Eden was the doctor and Leila was the patient.

Eden: "Let me listen to your heartbeat."

(Puts stethoscope to chest.)

Eden: "Oh, you feel pretty sick."

Eden: "Now I'm going to check your lungs."

(Puts stethoscope to chest.)

Eden: "Take a deep breath."

(Leila takes a deep breath and breaths out on Eden.)

Eden: "AH! Leila! You're lungs smell bad!"

Nativity Scene

I had Eden draw a picture of the nativity scene.

She drew the stable, a manger with baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph (laying on the hay because they don't have any beds), a sheep, and a giraffe.

And they are all wearing party hats because its Jesus birthday.

Chores

I gave Eden some extra chores to do around the house for some money. She was very excited. I was just trying to get the place cleaned up. Eden would pick up one thing and before she put it away...decide she wanted to play for a while...so on and so forth.

After doing this a few times I said, "If you don't do your chores then I'm going to do them and you won't be able to earn money."

So, she picked something up and once again before putting it away she stopped to draw a picture.

I decided to just start doing her chores since mine were done.

She didn't notice I was doing her chores.

Eden: "OK! I'm done drawing! I'm doing chores!"

Mom: "Eden, I already did your chores."

Eden: "NOO!!!! I wanted to do them!"

Mom: "Sorry but I said if you didn't do them then I was going to."

(Eden start to cry and get a little hysterical)

Eden: "MOM!!! I REALLY AM GOING TO SELL YOU TO THE GYPSIES! I REALLY AM!"

(I'm trying not to laugh)

(Eden settles down and thinks a minute)

Eden: "Mom, I have a good idea. How about your write MORE chores down so I can do them."

Mom: "I'm sure there will be plenty of chores that will need to be done today."

And all day she keeps asking me to write a list of chores for her to do.

That was the first time I've heard her use the "I'm going to sell you the gypsies" comment where she was really serious. You could tell that she was serious....she wanted to sell me to the gypsies.

Chameleon

Eden: "Can I have some juice please?"

Dad: "How about CATERPILLAR juice?"

Eden: "DAD! I don't eat caterpillars! I'm not a chameleon!"

(we all laugh)

Eden: "I'm not a chameleon cause I don't change colors!"

Side note: We recently got a book from the library about a chameleon that eats caterpillars.

Dove Deodorant

A while back Eden saw me using Dove deodorant and asked what I was doing. After explaining what deodorant was she asked about the bird on it.

A few days later she saw me using the deodorant again and said,

"I want to smell like a dove!"

Later she saw a commercial for MEN's Dove deodorant and she said,

"Look! Even boys want to smell like a dove too."

Nursery

Eden brought home a paper fish attached to a string....

Grandpa: "Eden, what is that?"

Eden: "A fish!"

Grandpa: "Why do you have a fish?"

Eden: "To go fishing."

Grandpa: "Did you learn a story about fishing today?"

Eden: "Yeah. Cause we learned about Jesus."

Grandpa: "What was the story?"

Eden: "People were fishing and they didn't catch any fish and then they saw Jesus and said, 'We didn't catch any fish!' and he said to go fishing again. Then they caught LOTS of fish and the net almost BROKE!"

(Silence)

Mom: "Then what did Jesus say?"

Eden: "He said, 'WOAH! That's a lot of fish!"

(Laughing)

Mom: "Did he say to follow him and become fishers of men?"

Eden: "Oh yeah. And then they became his apostles."