that's what they say

May 2017 - August 2018  // Obviously I haven't been quite as good about updating this more.

Connor

Blunt and bold. He will be the first to tell you how it is. And he owns his title of only boy LOUD AND PROUD!

(As Bella sings to annoy Connor)
C: If I was in your body right now I'd stop.

C: Ahhh I did a split and cracked my nipple

C: Mom please take this and don't tell dad!
M: Why not? What is it?
C: It's a flower to grow. I think you roll it in a ball or something and it comes to life.
M: Well Dad loves plants!
C: I know he'll plant it outside and bees will come.
M: Ok... so you want me to throw it away?
C: No way, just plant it in the house so the sunlight can see it... and never let Dad see it once.

M: How was your apple today at lunch?
C: Good! Didn't rot, didn't mold.

(As we're watching Barbie nutcracker)
B: Oh my gosh a real fairy!
C: You know those are dead death fairies Bella.
M: Connor stop.
C: What! This show is so boring without death! I'm going to make some music (arm farts...). Just call me arm fart man.

(Screaming on the phone to Joseph)
M: You don't have to scream.
C: Mom that's just how my voice is it's screaming like that. Just call me screamin man.

(While playing uno) 
Grandpa Stanger: I can feel a win!
C: I feel it more

(Putting his knee sports socks)
Grandpa Stanger: These socks are hard to put on.
C: I know
Grandpa Stanger: Well I’m going to buy you some socks that aren’t so hard to put on.
C: No I like it when other people have to do it.

Grandpa Stanger: So do you guys want to go to BYUI when you go to college? Then you could live with Grandma and Grandpa while you go to school.
C: No we won’t live with you... You’ll be dead.
Grandpa Stanger: What why?
C: Because you have that bad cough.
Grandpa Stanger: But you have a cough sometimes too.
C: But I’m young!

(While watching Despicable Me 3)
D: Are you guys prepared to sell your toys if Dad loses his job?
C: What?!? No!!! .... well maybe my legos.

(Overhearing whispering under Connor's breath)
M: Wait what did you say? Really what? You can tell me what?
C: No. It was just about food...  I’m a man of few words but a BIG BELLY! I know it looks small but it’s really BIG!

C: Guess what I’m doing mom?
M: What?
C: Your worst enemy, chores before you asked me to!
(I'm pretty sure this is a MomWin but I wont say a word.)

(After I get done wiping his face as he squirms...) 
C: I feel like I just got attacked by a stinky wet octopus.

Bella

Sensitive and sassy. You never know what you are going to get, she never wants to hurt your feelings and yet she hates when her or someone else gets them hurt more; and then you won't hear the end of it. 

B: What happened?

Amberlee: I got blood taken out of me today.
B: Why? Did you have too much?

(At the park Bella made a friend but when it was time to leave she shouts..) 
B: Bye I think I'll never see you again!
(Runs away to the car to cry)

M: Want a cheese stick?
B: (Wiggles her toes and then taps her foot...)
Only my foot is interested.

(After getting in trouble...)
B: When I'm a mom you don't get to boss me around okay.

Joseph: Your so cute, I want to kiss you and hug you and squeeze you all day!
B: Well I'd have to be a stuffed toy for you to do that.

D: Eventually you'll put your lips together and blow air out and you'll whistle you just gotta keep trying.
B: But I try every morning right when I wake up, I get up and try soft and quick. And I still can't!
D: You just gotta keep practicing it just takes practice!

(After Sydney has a fit at bedtime...)
B: Oh she's upstairs talking to herself and praying to God for sorry?
( Shea and I laugh )
B: But for real you do that when you do something bad and your mad. Right Daddy?
D: Yep your right!

(While saying a prayer)
B: ... and please bless that Heavenly Father and Jesus can have a talk with Satan and please bless that he doesn't make our wishes come true that are bad...

M: I'm grabbing you each an apple to eat after your basketball games!
B: How about an avocado?
M: That would be yummy but not as easy to eat. So let's stick with the apple.
B: Fine. (Rolls her eyes)

B: I wish it was fast Sunday because then church would go fast.

(Hair filled with bows)
B: Sydney did my hair. Take a picture and send it to everyone. I'm not taking them off because Sydney's going to make me even more fashion.

(After Sydney got her new backpack after she stopped sucking her thumb... well we thought she stopped sucking her thumb) 
B: So I was thinking when this gets old and bigger I can use it.
M: It won’t get bigger.
B: Oh it will get smaller?!?
M: Nope it will stay that size forever.
B: What????

B: I wish it was cheese just cheese.
M: I can make it cheese pizza. I’ll just take off the pepperonis.
B: Okay great. I’m not a fan of pepperonis ever since I meet them, they made me strange.

B: They are doing destruction at my friends house.
D: What are they doing?
B: They are doing destruction lots of destruction!
D: You mean construction.
B: Yeah

Sydney

Contrarian to the max. Maybe it is a third child thing as we are told. But either way she makes her own way and usually runs from what ever she's told. Oh and screams accompany most of her speech. And when she is excited she tends to stutter it is pretty hilarious but annoying when she can't spit out. Above all she has the biggest there is. 

S: Whatcha doing?
C: Stop it! Your annoying me!
S: Ya know Connor I just like you. I like everyone in my family.

S: Apple spider = Apple cider

S: Oh gosh I'm doing so good I'm going to get an extra treat! (Screams in excitement...
Pauses ) I deserves it I think ...smirk

S: I think I have to stay home today because I have really bad ish-yous. With my nose! I always have ish-yous!

Sydney has been sing this around the house lately: 
S: Dead birds sing through the wall tonight 
Break my bones and I can’t fly
All this time I'm waiting to arise.
(Finally we discovered it was from a Beatles song from a movie: 
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.)

S: So does the sun sleep on the moon?
Nana: The earth moon and sun are all different places.
S: Oh so they can’t sleep together?

S: I wish I was a cheerio with legs so I could crawl under the door.

(While I do my make up in the bathroom.)
M: Don’t jump on my bed!
S: But why?
M: Because someone will get hurt.
S: Oooookay. How ‘bout you close the door and don’t see us? (Screams in excitement)

S: I’ve been praying every single hour for hours that this was a pink house with pink toys...

S: Do you know where baby’s come from?
M: Do you?
S: Piper does.
(Piper grunts loudly.) 
S: Piper is annoyed that I told you. It’s a secret. She’s a baby so she only knows.

(Shea and I had to drive two cars to church)
S: Is Dad beating you?
M: Yep!
S: GO DADDY GO DADDY GO DADDY GO DADDY!
(Piper copies go da! Bella and Con start cheering me on.) 
S: I gave daddy zoom powers, he’s gonna win!

(While Mommy mops...) 
S: I’ll tell you if that’s a good job or perfect!
M: Ok
S: It’s a good job... BUT.... it’s not perfect.
M: Oh man
S: You need to swish more and more and more if you want it to be perfect.
S: But just to tell you (with her hand over her mouth like a whisper) no matter how much you swish I’m never saying it’s perfect!
M: Sad.
S: (screams) Okay it’s perfect!

S: Mom when I smile polka dots shine out!
(Pointing to her face) 
M: Those are called dimples!

S: Eww yuck look at Piper!
(Piper drinking bath water) 
M: Yucky Piper!
S: Yeah YUCK! I never do that, only Wednesday’s do I do that. Never when mom sees us ever it’s yuck! (Drinks the bath water and laughs maliciously)

S: Can you ticklish me?

S: You have to ask 3 questions per second? (Screams) Ready GO!

Joseph: Why are we your uncles?
S: Because Jesus wanted you to be our uncles so we could be friends.
S: (leans in to Joe, and whispers) Is that right?

S: Quarter= outlet

S: Everyone has their lights off except the sun.

Piper

I can barely keep up as you are learning language lightening fast. First it was just a word or two, then a big leap to mimicking everything and then a big leap into new words everyday. It never really is gradual with you, is it?

At the end of 2017 these were her favorite words:
Ohhh Maaaaaaaan.

What's that?
Neow (No)
Yeow (Yes)
Un (Done)
Joe
Bella
Dada
Gone
Mama
Baybe
Idano (I don't know)

Well, over the winter she took a great big leap into conversational speaking and her bits of language leaped to full on mimicking everything and now she has full on babble conversations that we only catch pieces of, but she is officially a talker and we are trying to be better at catching her language. These are a few of our favorites lately:
Where's Daddy? (or whoever isn't there she asks over and over again where they are)
Guys!
Nose Bugging
Dog!
Monster?!?
Hair? = She wants a ponytail.
Bug Get it!
Thas sary! = Thats Scary
Peas =Please
Ank You = Thank you
SSSS quiet = With finger over lip
Sleeping? = With her finger over her lip, she whispers and asks Sleeping? anytime I tell her to be quiet

One of our favorite things Piper does when she speak,s is her hand over her mouth expression in surprise or her constant hand over mouth to whisper something.

She also is getting very assertive and defensive so we hear a lot of, screaming:
STOP IT!
NO!
MOVE
MOM
GET IT
MINE
I WANNA SIT THERE! = Whenever anyone is sitting next to Mom
DON'T LIKE THAT

The kids love she she says:
I farted
I pooped
I wet
Looks like potty training isn't far...