Out of the Mouths of Babes (and Studs :)

Dallin (Dallin is doing the robot in the picture...Uncle Willie taught him how at a family dance party...LOL priceless!)

• "you scared me to deaf! (death)" While this is sometimes used when you actually SCARE him, mostly it is just used when you catch him doing something naughty and he jumps.
  

• This conversation occured when Dallin found an old Sharp family photo from before he was born (Christopher was in it) It was the first time he was concerned about death/dying. It is sweet funny and sad.

Dallin: There is mommy and daddy and nana and papa and uncle willie and uncle michael. (looks concerned) Where am I?
Mom: You weren't born yet.
Dallin: (looks HORRIFIED!) I was...DEAD!?
Mom: No, Dallin. You weren't dead. You were living in Heaven with Heavenly Father. Mommy and Daddy were waiting for you to come.
Dallin: Oh ok. (waits for a moment, then looks sad) I'm so sad. All you guys are going to go away and live with Heavenly Father.
Mom: Yes, Dallin, someday we will die. But that is a very very long time from now.
Dallin: Oh. Ok.

• "and please bless my daddy to get a good job and take out the trash" Amen Dallin!!! This was in his dinner prayer one night.
• "moly moly!" This is "holy moly" Dallin style. It is apparently, however, very offensive to say this to his poops (the POOPS get offended....hmmm...who knew?)
  
• "you're the best mom ever!" I love the little moments when he is so sweet because usually they are followed by 22 hours of non-sweet. LOL He really can be a tender little soul. He has also told people they are the best uncle, friend, daddy, nana, papa, etc. He usually says it when he is getting his way :) A couple of times it has been without fanfare though...yippee!
  

• Mom: Dallin pick up your t-shirt off the floor and put it in the laundry.

Dallin: (picks up shirt and examines it. it is yellow with a dinosaur on the front. looks at me seriously) It's not a "T" mom...it's a dinosaur...See!

• "Katie Bug! Katie Bug! Katie Bug...c'mon Bug!" So we have called little Kate Katie Bug, Bug, or Buggie since she was born but all of the sudden Dallin will yell this after her whenever he wants her to listen to him or come with him. LOL It sounds really funny when he says it
• "blah blah blah blah" Dallin will now substitute this as a filler when he is telling a longwinded story or explanation.
• Dallin will "read" scriptures with us and gets really excited when it is his turn to "read" (repeat what we say) He also insists on having his little blue Book of Mormon out...it is never on the right page...it is just out.
  
• (while in sacrament meeting, Dallin points at one of the deacons while they are passing sacrament) "Look Mommy! See that one!? See that little one? That little one right over there. That little one....he has funny hair." I am frantically shusing him and he just kept getting louder. I told him it wasn't nice to say that about other people and so VERY LOUDLY he says "It's nice, mom. It's not mean say he has funny hair" (still pointing...sigh.)
• "It was a tough day for my feet, but they were good at church so they each get a sticker" (sticks feet up in my face, proudly) The kids REALLY LOVE their sticker charts.
  
• (upon seeing a very tall and large man and his wife in line at Burger King) "Mommy, that is a big daddy! That is the biggest daddy I ever seen! That daddy is huge. He is the HUGEST daddy ever. That is a BIG BIG BIG giant daddy" He would not stop in spite of my frantic shusing until I asked him to go find a table.
  
• "I love you Thomas" (kisses the picture of Thomas)
• "A B C D HEB" For those who don't live in Texas, this is funny because HEB is a local grocery chain...but in Dallin's alphabet song it often appears.
• Dallin is really becoming a big helper. He loves to help with laundry, make his bed, dress himself, and has recently started clearing the table and loading the dishwasher. (However, sometimes he throws out ANY food left on the table....like a whole bowl of grapes. lol) He also tries hard to take care of Kate and make sure SHE follows the rules (even if he is not). He will hold her hand and lead her around. It is really funny. He has also started singing BINGO and the ABC song and you can often hear him singing in his room before he falls asleep. He does not know all the words to either though, so it makes for some interesting renditions.
  
• "Jesus loves us and wants us to be happy!" I think they must have had a lesson on this in nursery because Dallin uses this EXACT phrase OVER AND OVER again. I am happy that he gets it...kind of....he seems to use it to try and convince me to give him what he wants...after all, Jesus wants him to be HAPPY why doesn't mom? LOL
  
• "Babies come from the grocery store" Dallin was asked where babies come from and this was his response. Apparently, you can go right on down to Wal-Mart and pick them up!. Who knew?
  

Kate

• Kate's vocabulary is expanding exponentially. These are some of her new words "car, choo choo, too, uh oh, cool, cold, little bit, piggies, princess, santa"
• "nana" Kate loves Nana and starts screaming Nana Nana! and running for the door if I even mention that Nana is coming over or that we are going to Nana's house. When we pull up to Nana's house (or even pass it) she will point and start yelling "nana!" She loves to climb up in Nana's lap for a good cuddle and rock.
• "pee"/"poop" Kate is still using the potty (although we are still at the early inconsistent phase. She is good about getting her poop in the potty most of the time, but pee is really hit or miss. She is very proud of her princess pullups. She will sit on the potty and swing her little legs and say "I poop! I poop!" sometimes she will even throw in a grunt for dramatic emphasis. LOL What a ham!
  
• "Talk! Talk! Mine! Talk!" Kate LOVES the phone and is at the phase where she will carry on a conversation with almost anyone for 30 minutes if you let her (and if she manages not to hang up by accident). Every time she sees me with the phone she runs up and reaches for it with her little hands asking for a turn. What a girl!
• "pretty pretty! Pink pretty! Purple pretty! pretty!" Her girliness keeps burning bright. Everything is pretty ("pidy") or beautiful ("booful"). She loves pink and purple and always points out how "pidy" they are.
• "it's my turn" Yes, sentences have emerged. This one is particularly popular.
• Upon being "interviewed" Kate answered the following

Tammy: What is your favorite thing to do?
Kate: eat
Tammy: How old are you?
Kate: two

• "B" B is what Kate calls her blankie. She is obssessed with it. It goes everywhere and she will ask "B? B?" if she can't see it. One day she saw me put it in the wash and she bawled "B! B!" for the entire time. I think it is kind of funny because I was a blankie kiddo, but I named mine DD.
  
• (while looking at pictures of Madison) "Oh, so beautiful! Ohhhh so beautiful!"
• "wed (red), boo (blue), pink, pohpul (purple), geen (green), rehrow (yellow)" Kate will repeat and point out colors. Most of the time she is wrong (except for pink) but it is still cute to hear her say them.
• "eye, nose, maow (mouth)" Kate will say and point to these part of the body. It is funny because she will poke herself in the eye, put her finger up her nose, and gag herself. LOL
  
• "fa la la la la la la la la" Kate LOVES this Chritmas song and will sing the fa la la through the whole thing. So funny!
• Kate is growing more and more. She likes to pick up, help with laundry, empty the dishwasher, and has even tried to clear the table (she will throw away ALL the dishes though). She has started nursery and usually has only 1 meltdown during nursery each week. She wants to do EVERYTHING that Dallin does. It is funny to watch her follow him around and copy him. She and Dallin both sing the hymns at church...they don't know the words and they sing off key, but they sing loud to make up for it. She is heading for those terrible twos really fast and we are getting more tantrums and "No!'. Fortunately, she is darling and a sweetheart most of the time so we will be able to weather toddlerhood.