more than a little awkward

So I wasn't going to post this one..but after some thinking...Lillie doesnt make into TFQOD very often and this is something we can look back on a laugh.
We were having a family lunch the other day. Lillie and Emma were sitting together and talking about what they were going to order. From time to time Lillie decides she wants to be a vegetarian. Ok. It usually doesnt last long and today...Lillie is having some sort of Fish....I am not sure what Emma said to her but Lillies very loud response quieted the whole table...."What do you think I am..A Virgin?"  The rest of us are left with our mouths haning open and I whisper to her...Lillie...I think you mean Vegan. "Oh Yeah. I am not a Vegan Emma Grace!"

language please

So my two youngest girls are generally very kind to everyone. Even to each other. So these comments were quite shocking and it was hard to hold the giggles back. Only because it is such an oddity coming from such sweet natured girls. I will blame it on the fact that we currently have no AC in the car and it is 100 degrees outside.

1. Holly picks up one of Emmas tiny poppers that we she accidently dropped. I forget the name but those tiny white bundles that you throw on the ground and they pop. Holly doesnt know what it is and it pops in her hand. Emma is visible more upset than Holly. She hates it when someone gets hurt especially if it might be her fault. Lillie is starting to scold her about leaving her things around and Emma gets mad and returns with "Mom doesn't let me keep gun powder n my room DUMBO" I am helping holly who has a blister on her finger, trying to reassure Emma that Holly is fine and shew Lillie to another room AND trying really hard not to giggle over the DUMBO part.

2. Driving in the hot hot hot hot car. Everyone is cranky and it is getting loud n the car too. Holly speaks up and says to no one in particular. "Do you wanna sleep with the fishes? The live ones? Hey! I said do you want to sleep with the fishes" Lillie and Emma respond No. and Holly shouts "Then SHUT UP"
Me "Honey...we have to get the air fixed fast"

paying bills

It looks like we need a new compressor in the car. Because of the make and model our first estimate was $1100. The AC went out yesterday. And what was today...like 97 degrees? Whew. it was hot. So pretty much everyone was grouchy when we got home from church tonight. Church didnt do it...it was the heat.  The girls are wanting me to take them places in the next couple of days and I tell them we aren't going to be driving very far until the AC gets fixed and I dont know when that will be.  So we settle in for the evening, watching a little TV before we put the girls to bed....the screen goes black. A very exasperated Holly looks at her dad and says "What now? Didn't you pay this bill either?" The TV clicks right back on. So according to Holly we just didnt pay the car AC bill. Wish it were that simple.

Mrs. Carter

Background...Mrs. Carter was Hollys Assistant Kindergarten Teacher this past year. She is also a friend and a client.
Holly cut her finger on a razor this morning. It bled off and on for hours. I kept reapplying pressure and band-aids. FINALLY this afternoon it stopped bleeding .... or so we thought. She comes out of the bathroom holding her finger up in another bloody napkin. She looks at me and with all seriousness says
Sometimes I wish Mrs. Carter was my mother. She would know how to fix my finger the first time"
I told you guys sending my baby girl to school was a bad idea. Now I have a bad mother complex.

It's Farmers Day

Today is Farmes Day. The Annual Celebration in the town of China Grove NC. Food, Vendors, Games, Train Rides, Face Painting, Live Music, and much more....
I took the girls this morning and we had a great time. Came home for a little rest and are heading out again for the Fire Works Show. Holly comes downstairs in a new outfit. Blue Jeans and a T-Shirt (my girls rarely wear blue jeans). She said she needed to dress like a farmer. Ok. So we are headed out and then she says she has a family announcement. "Instead of saying Holy Crap! We should all say Holy Cow! you know..because it's Farmers Day"

2.21.11

Emma Grace "Mom, Is George Washington Black?"
Me "No, he was white"
Emma Grace "Then why are we learning about him during Black History monty?"

May 26, 2011

It's been a very busy couple of days. It feels like I have been going nonstop. Booking tons of cruises for clients. Business is very good. Just a really busy time of year. I finally get a chance to sit down with the family this evening and I say "I really want to go on a cruise"
Holly.."Yeah. And I wanna ride a pig. But I don't think that's going to happen either. Unless you know a good farmer"