Deep Thoughts 2011 Repost

DEEP THOUGHTS BY AMELIA, COLIN, AND JACK

December 2011

Jack, smiling and whispering in Mike's ear during the duet in Amelia's Nutcracker ballet performance: She almost got his privates!

October 2011

Jack, after watching the movie Winnie the Pooh: My favorite guy is the horse.

Amelia: It isn't a horse, it's a donkey

Jack: It's a horse. It's name is Eeorse.

Amelia: No, it's Eeyore.

Jack: Oh, it's Eeo.

Me: One thing detectives do is look for clues to solve mysteries.

Colin: Like finding a lost lamb, right!?

Me: Ooh, it's blowing out there.

Jack: If I go outside my hat will wind right off!

Amelia, written on a sign she left in Colin's room: No traps allowed. No potty talk.

Jack, to Mike: Look at my dragon shirt. Tell me it's cool.

Colin: My new bike's name WAS Force, but now I think I'm going to rename it. Now it's name is Dork. Yes, I'd like to call it Dork.

September 2011

Amelia: There's a mosquito!

Colin: I like to call it a sucknito.

Jack, singing a song he loves: La La La La Wemon. La La La La Wightbulb. La La La La Wollipop...

Me: Jack, great job using the potty by yourself!

Jack, who is very interested in winning: I winned that pee!

August 2011

Jack, trying to squeeze a lemon into his water at a restaurant: Mom, this lemon won't squeeze!

Me: Too bad.

Jack: Yeah, I guess it needs some new batteries.

Amelia: I'm not lying. Look into my eyes and eyebrows to see if I'm lying. Am I lying?

Colin: Yes.

Amelia: Try again.

July 2011

Jack, while biting into a German chocolate cupcake: Mom, I reawy like this onion part.

Sarah: What do you think my favorite color is?
Jack: Green. Maybe we should go to the color store and buy you a green.

Colin (out of the blue): I actually like Amelia, for some reason.

Colin, after seeing a mummy exhibit at a museum: I hope I can forget this soon, otherwise I'm going to just freak out.

June 2011

Mike: Ouch, Jack. Stop hitting me in the back. Would you want me to do that to you?

Jack, turning to expose his back: Yes!

Me: Kids, go upstairs to shower.
Jack: This robot don't needs a shower.

May 2011

Colin: Mom, let's have cheese dump for dinner.
Me: What's cheese dump? Fondue?
Colin: Yeah, fondue. I like to call it cheese dump.

Me: Jack, look, there's a big bumble bee.
Jack: Yeah, and it has a GUN!

Me: Jack, here's your biscuit with honey.
Jack: I don't want any of that bee jam!

April 2011

Colin's Buddy Sam: The movie "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" is really scary. It will totally freak you out.

Colin: I'm kind of feeling a little freaked out right now.

Colin: Mom, I mean Mommy. I call you Mommy because it's so cute.

March 2011

Excerpt from Amelia's journal at school: I like to relax on my couch. It is really relaxing until my brothers start talking. I really like when my brothers are qwiete.

Excerpt from Amelia's journal at school: I wish I had a lace fan. I really want a lace fan. A beautiful lace fan. I really want a beautiful lace fan. If would be very fancy. I wish I had a lace fan. I really wish I had a lace fan because it would be so pretty.

Amelia: I'm eating YoBaby Yogurt.
Mike: Mom needs some YoMama Yogurt!
Amelia: The President needs some YoBama Yogurt!

February 2011

Me: How's the bread I made, guys

Jack, after a lengthy pause: It's the greatest, Mom. It's the greatest I ever seen.

Jack, seeing Mike walk in to church: Hey Mom, there's my good friend Daddy!

Amelia, in a letter after losing her 2nd tooth: Dear Tooth Fairy, Good luck finding my tooth. It is somewhere in this house. Love, Amelia P.S. I love fairys. P.S.S. Especially the tooth fairy.

Jack, after being reprimanded: Mommy, you're telling me wrong fings.

Jack, upon seeing a woman with heavy eye makeup: Mom, he has chapstick on his eyes! No. Mom, he has rainbows on his eyes!

Colin's Teacher: Let's see how high you can count.

Colin, after counting to 21: I can actually count to 31 feet, I just don't feel like it right now.

January 2011

Me: Wow, Jack! Great job eating your dinner!
Jack: Now clap your hands and say yea.

Amelia: Mom, did they have paper when you were a kid?
Mike: Yes, it was called papyrus.

Day in the City

Just before Christmas we decided to take a Saturday and do a bunch of Christmassy stuff in the city.  It was wonderful!  

We started the day off here, at Federal Donuts.  If any Philly friends read this, I'd recommend going there!  It was delicious.

Then we went to the Macy's downtown where they have the Wanamaker organ.  We saw their big light show, went through their Dickens Village, and saw Santa.  Afterward, we walked over to the Christmas Village in Love park.  Here are the kids playing on the giant game pieces near city hall.

We had lunch and then took the kids ice skating at the river rink.  It's an outdoor rink that overlooks the Delaware River and the Ben Franklin Bridge.  This was our second time ice skating there, and the kids were hilarious.  Amelia liked to cling to the wall and make her way slowly around, but by the end she could let got for a second or two.  Colin was slipping all over the place, but loved to have Mike drag him around.  Jack wore "double blades" that should help a toddler be more stable, but they didn't have that effect, so Mike dragged him around, too.  We had a great time!