Kid Quotes '12

As I am getting breakfast for the kids one morning...
Sadie:  Mom, let's pretend we're at a restaurant and you're the waitress
(Hmm... isn't that how it usually works?)

During the Summer '12 Olympics...
Me:  If you guys were in the Olympics, what events would you do?
Sadie:  Gymnastics and Swimming!
Kinnick:  Umm... I would be a Muppet in the Olympics

After we put the kids to bed one night...
Sadie (yelling):  Mom, I need to go potty!
Macey:  Mom, I need to go to potty too!
Me:  Sadie--go quickly and get back in bed.  Macey--lay down, you have a diaper on.
Macey:  Oh, I'm not potty trained yet?

Sadie:  Can we get another dog?
Me:  No, I don't think our family could handle that right now.
Sadie:  Are you serious?  A 2 year old, a 3 year old, 2-30 year olds, and an almost 6 year old can't handle a dog?  Seriously?
(Yes--seriously!)

Me:  Sadie, I'm not sure that outfit matches.
Sadie:  This outfit really does match--it's a mystery.  You just have to figure it out.

Kinnick fell and scrapped his knee--as he was crying we had this conversation:
Me:  Are you gonna make it buddy?
K:  No, I'm not gonna make it!
Me:  We could cut your leg off.
Kinnick (shocked):  No, Mom--that would hurt way badder!

Macey:  I'm so pointed Mommy... (disappointed)

Sadie wants to buy something, I tell her she doesn't have enough money for it...
Sadie:  Well, I would have enough money in my bank account to pay for it if you didn't make me save all my money for college!
Marc and I having a (private) conversation in the car about having another baby...
Sadie (eavesdropping):  Do you guys really want another baby?  Are you sure you can handle it?  You can hardly handle the kids you already have.

Kinnick was having a bath and found some strings from a washcloth in the tub.  He showed them to me and told me they were spider webs.  As I was drying him off after his bath, he said (very seriously):  "I'm not sure what's wrong with me mom... I think I'm turning into spiderman."

Macey:  I'm not afraid of anything.
Marc;  Macey, you are too afraid of things.  You're afraid of monsters.
Macey:  No I'm not.
Marc:  You're afraid of bad guys.
Macey:  No I'm not.
Marc:  You're afraid of aliens.
Macey:  No I'm not.
Marc:  You're afraid of Santa Clause.
Macey:  (Looking very sad) Yes, I am afraid of Santa.

Always Something to Laugh About

Enjoy some more silly conversations from the Gorsch household:

• Kinnick:  "I'm Batman and I'm trying to fly but I can't find my wings.  Mom, can you help me find my wings?"
• Kinnick to Sadie: "Can God make me be an animal, I really want to be an animal." S-"No, Kinnick God made you be a boy." K-"Is there anything special about me?" S-"Yes--God made you so special. You are the only boy who's just like you." (They were paraphrasing a Veggie Tale Video!)
• Sadie: "Mom, did you ever notice that Dora and Diego go on really big exploring adventures without asking their mom and dad?  Don't you think that's not very responsible.  I wonder if their mom and dad even know where their at all the time.  Is it okay for them to explore without their mom and dad because their only in a carton?"  
• Sadie (holding her hand over her chest): "Mom I can't feel my heart.  I think it stopped beeping.  That's not very good!"
• Sadie to Kinnick while playing tag in the back yard:  "The 'un-freezer' can freeze the freezer but the freezer can't freeze the 'un-freezer'."  K--Ok!
• Kinnick:  "I'm not picking my nose, I'm just putting my finger up here."
• We recently had a next full of duck eggs next to our front porch.  The kids liked checking on the eggs and seeing when the momma duck was sitting on them.  One day the eggs were gone.  Sadie was so excited to see the baby ducks.  I explained to her that they wouldn't be back to the nest.  She said "Isn't this their home?"  I told her they would make a new home by the water.  Sadie replied, "Oh--the nest is just like a hospital for the duck to have her babies!"
• Marc took the kids to McDonald's.  I asked Kinnick, "What McDonald's did you go to?  Did you go to the one by Home Depot?"  K:  "No Mom, we went to the one with caramel ice cream.  I think none of the rest have caramel ice cream."
• Sadie to Marc (while riding home from small group late at night):  "Dad, I could really go for some Starbucks right now!"
• Kinnick noticed some freckles on my arm and asked me what they were called.  I told him and he proceeded to check his arms, tummy, and chest for freckles.  I told him he probably doesn't have any.  A minute later he excitedly yelled, "Found some!"  He was pointing to his nipples.  
• Sadie to Kinnick (while leading him through the house with a belt hooked around his neck):  "Let's pretend you're Joseph and your brothers sold you into slavery.  You have to go to Egypt and work for Potipher."
• Sadie (while talking to Aunt Nee Nee on the phone):  "I'm learning Spanish--want to hear a Spanish word?  'Off the hook' is a Spanish word that means fun."
• Sadie was playing school with Macey and Kinnick.  I asked Macey a question when Sadie turned to me and said: "Mom, please stop bothering the little ones or they will start running around and won't sit down politely!"
• Sadie (as we were changing Macey's diaper):  "I would NEVER eat a poopy diaper.  It's not healthy even though it has corn in it!"
• Kinnick:  "Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe... Put a tire on my Toe."

And a few sweet prayers...

• Macey:  "Thank you for my mommy, my daddy, and my ice cream.  Help me listen and bey (obey)."
• Kinnick:  "Help me not sneak into Sadie's room today at nap time."

Out of the Mouth of my 4-Year Old

Sadie loves to make up songs. She especially likes to sing songs about Jesus and God. These songs are often a compilation of bible stories, praise songs, and memory verses that she has learned. She loves to sing them to her brother and sister. As we were riding in the car one day she began singing this song to Macey...

"Sweet Macey, you are so special. God made you and He loves you. God will take care of you always. God is our savior-He will save you. There's no need to want, God will take care of you. He's got the whole world in His hands and He will take care of you too. You are His precious little girl and He will take care of you."

"There's no need to want, God will take care of you."

Words that this mommy needed to hear. Words that this mommy needed to believe. It's so easy to be consumed by worry. It's so easy to be overwhelmed by the never ending amount of work it seems I have to do-especially now. But even now during this unbelievably crazy time in our life God will take care of me. He is providing for my family. His timing is perfect, even when it's hard to understand. God will take care of me.

Lest you think my child is an angel... She went straight from the above song into this song: (Sing to the tune of London Bridge) Poop is falling, falling down, falling down, falling down...

Conversations that Make Me LAUGH...

There is never a shortage of funny conversations in our household... I know I must keep documenting because before I know it they will be grown! Enjoy:

• Kinnick: What's your favorite weather?-the weathers are fall, summer, ping, and winter. Me: Those are called seasons-what's your favorite season? K: Fall-because I like fallin'! Me: (laughing) K: That's silly-only leaves have to fall-not animals or people... or swings or firepits or lamps or books or c.d.'s...
• Sadie: Are the hash browns done cooking? Me: I'm not sure, I'll have to check them. S: Can you turn on the oven light? Yeah! They are done--they're "fizzy-ing"--you know, like making a little noise.
• Sadie: Mommy is the boss, you're not the boss applesauce. Kinnick: Mommy's not the boss, Jesus is the boss! S: Jesus is the boss of Mommy and Mommy is the boss of us. K: Who's the boss of Jesus? S: Nobody--he's the king. (Whispering) Actually I'm the boss of Jesus.
• (While reading on the couch one morning, Sadie on one side, Kinnick on the other, Macey on my lap...) Kinnick: I think we should have another baby in our family. Macey isn't a baby anymore and I'm not either. Me: Where would put the baby? I don't think there is room for a baby to read with us. (5 minutes later) K: Mom--we could put the baby on my cars chair or on the floor. The baby will fit.
• I was trying to teach Sadie how to write Macey's name. She wrote: M-A-C. Me: You need to put an E-Y on the end of Macey's name. Sadie: Why? It ends with C... May-C.
• Kinnick quoting a nursery rhyme: "Mary, Mary, titan terry how does your garden grow? With silver bells and taco shells and pretty maids all in a row."
• My mom was wiping off Macey's hands/mouth with a washrag... Macey: Too hot, too hot! Grandma: It's not too hot. M: Save me Grandpa, Save me.
• Kinnick opened a pair of binnoculars for Christmas. Sadie after looking through them, looked up and said "I though I would be able to see Africa and other far away places."
• Words by Kinnick: "piderman"= spiderman "parpallow" = marshmallow "you're welpum!" = You're welcome! "tree" = three "yittle" = little

More Conversations...

Kinnick:

• "I'm 2! And Elmo's 2! And Kinnick's 2!"
• "I'm so proud of you Macey!" (Me--"That's sweet, why are you so proud of Macey?") "Because she has a really BIG poopy butt!"
• One day after Kinnick's time-out I was talking to him about having self-control. As I was trying to explain to him what self-control is he began to get a very serious (aka-mad) face. He started shaking his head and said "I not a troll! I Kinnick!"
• Driving through town one day, we passed the barber shop. Kinnick got very excited and yelled "Mom, I see a really really big candy cane!"
• Yesterday I went in Kinnick's room in the morning to get him dressed. He was sitting on his floor looking at books: Me--"Hi monkey boy!" (His pajamas had monkeys on them.) K--"I not monkey boy--I oo oo ah ah monkey boy." Okay... I took his pajama shirt off and put on a hawkeye football shirt. K--"I not oo oo ah ah monkey boy--I football boy!" This game continued until he became "Little Hawkeye Football Kinnick Boy" He also informed that "Herkey is big and Kinnick is little. But the Herkey on my bed is only little and the real Herkey is big."

Sadie:

• At the children's museum--Sadie says to another little girl, "Hi what's your name?" Girl--"I'm Rilyn, what's your name?" S--"My name is Emma." Girl--"Oh, I have an Emma in my class." S--"Yep, that's my name."
• Similar Conversation with our local librarian... Librarian--"What's your name?" S--"I'm Emma." L--"Your mom must be tired (as I'm trying to coral Macey and Kinnick to the check-out table.) Are you going to take a nap when you get home?" S--"No, I never take naps. (Only every day!) L--"How old are you?" S--"I'm 4, I'll be 5 on my birthday." (Not quite!) L--"Oh, do you go to pre-school?" S--"No" (We came to the library after picking her up from school... hmmm...)
• "Glassable"--Sadie's word for a fragile object.
• Kinnick was dressed up as King one day while they were playing and Sadie tried to put him in jail. Me--"You can't put a king in jail." S--"Kinnick, what kind of king are you? Are you a Jesus king or a regular king?" K--"I Jesus King!" S--"That's good because they put Jesus in jail" (as she picked him up and carried him off... should I be worried that she will try to crucify him also?)
• Yesterday at nap time, Sadie burst out of her room super excited. "Mom, I decided to get my piggy bank down and count my money and I have A LOT of money! There's so much that I can't even get it all out! I think if we count all my money and organize it we will have enough to go to Disney world!!!!" Oh my sweet Sadie!

Conversations with Sadie... and Kinnick (#2)

Sadie:

• (When getting dressed to play in the snow) "Mom, why do snow boots make your feet feel all mudgy smudgy when you put them on and you're still inside?"
• Me--"Sadie would you like to help me make some bread?" Sadie--"Yes! What kind of bread are we making? Is it daily bread?" (As in give us this day...)
• Overheard today at breakfast: "Macey would you like me to tell you a Bible story? When God made the world, it was a dark and empty place and then he made light to fill the space (from a story book), and then he made water and land and a sun and moon and stars and then he made flying birds and swimming fish and LOTS of animals. Isn't that a good story Macey? Macey did you know that God teaches us how to obey our parents? If we read the Bible, He tells us. These are the things you can't do Macey (as she demonstrates each on herself): hitting, biting, pulling hair, smacking, pushing, I think that's all. We have to be kind to our brothers and sisters and our friends. God teaches us how to be kind, share toys, and obey adults. Don't you want to learn those things Macey?"

Kinnick:

• Me--"Kinnick you're being very bossy today, it's not nice to be bossy." Kinnick (with eyebrows furrowed)--"I'm not bossy, I'm Kinnick!"
• (Outside in the garage, Kinnick points to the grill) "Daddy's Oven!"
• Me (to Sadie)--"You're such a mini-mommy!" Kinnick smiled, so I said to him--"Are you a mini-daddy?" He thinks for a minute and responds, "No! I'm Mickey Daddy!"
• (While changing his diaper) Me--"Do you want to take a nap?" Kinnick--"No! I don't like naps anymore." (He also tells me frequently "I don't like time-out!")
• We were at my parents this weekend and my dad heard him (during nap time) saying "Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" Later when I went in to check him I asked him why he was saying Ouch! His response--"I was touching a porcupine!"

Conversations with Sadie...

On a daily basis I think, "I should write this down!" So here are a few questions/conversations with Sadie that I took the time to record:

• "Mom, when you spin and spin really fast and then stop spinning, the house takes you for a ride. But you have to be careful because sometimes the ride makes you fall down."
• (2nd morning of school) "Mom, please call Mrs. Chervaney and tell her that I don't feel like coming today."
• "When will I be a mommy and have a baby in my tummy?"
• "Mom--what's a date?" (It's when two people spend time together doing something fun.) "Oh you mean without any CRAZY kids to make you be frustrated?"
• "Daddy, you just teached me to say a bad thing. It's not a good idea to say rude things." (He said Dang It while watching television.)
• "Mommy, you're not setting a good example because you keep interrupting me and not listening when I'm talking."
• "Mom, I guess we'll have to get a new sink when it runs out of water."
• "Mom, I'm not getting angry by myself--it's just that you're making me get angry."
• To Kinnick: "Wanna help me get my computer to facebook so I can look at my pictures from Maddie's party?"

Daily Funnies

There are so many times on a day-to-day basis when I think, "I should write that down." Well... here are a few from today:

• Sadie was playing with Macey and lifting her up by her arms. I said "Don't lift her like that, you could pull her arm out of place." Sadie looked at me strangely and asked "Will she bleed?" I tried to go into more detailed explanation--she just kept looking at me strangely and said "Mom, you're not explaining very good."
• While I was putting Kinnick to bed I heard "No, No, NO!" Normally, I would assume she was talking to Kinnick... so I kept listening to hear "Get in your crate right now for a time-out!"
• Sadie was sitting next to me while I was feeding Macey. She kept rubbing Macey's head saying sweet things, then proceeded to tell her "Macey, don't eat any mama milk from the tree of knowledge of good besides evil. That sneaky snake is bad!"

Growing Up

This park is just down the street from our house... When Sadie was one we went here a few times to play. Last summer was a much different story--if I didn't want to stop I had to re-route my walk in order to not go near the park! Sadie loves going here--we ended up here at least every other day over the summer.

Back in May we started going after school ALOT to pass some time before Marc gets home from work. On one of these occasions, there were three 5th or 6th grade girls here playing. As I overheard their conversations and watched them play, it was good to see that they still had somewhat of an "innocence" about them. As I watched, I couldn't help but think, "Did their moms bring them here when they were little?" and "Do their moms know exactly where they are right now?" It got me thinking... How old will Sadie be when I let her walk down the street with a friend to the park? Will I secretly watch her to make sure she's safe? When do you start letting go and trust your child to make her own decisions? WOW--being a parent is really hard. I'm glad I still have time left, because I'm not at all ready to start handling these thoughts!

Although Sadie is years from going to the park by herself, I witnessed huge changes in her in just one summer. All of our first trips to the park were filled with calls of "Mommy, help me!" I can't pinpoint exactly when it happened, but somewhere along the way those calls turned into "Mommy, watch me!"

Don't get me wrong--I'm glad my little girl is growing up and I'm so excited she is becoming more independent and learning new things every day; however, it's sad to know that "Mommy, help me" will be used less and less as she continues to master so many new things.

(Don't even get me started on the little guy--he's growing up WAY too fast! With Sadie, I was so excited for each new milestone. This time around, I've continually thought, "Could you wait just a bit longer before learning that?" I can't even imagine how I will feel with baby #3 knowing that it may be our last!)

As Sadie continues to grow, I'm continuing to pray daily for wisdom, patience, and an abundance of love to give her. I know that our relationship will continue to change throughout her whole life and I'm excited to experience each new stage.

But for now, I just want to capture this moment in time...

By the way--just for the record: Sadie told me yesterday, "Mommy if you turn that water off again and I don't like it, I am going to tell you to go to timeout!"

Sweet Words from my Little Girl

I love listening to the things that Sadie says... She's talking a lot now, but she's still learning so many new things every day. It's fun to listen as her thoughts become words (and to imagine just what is going on in her little head!

Sometimes her words just make me laugh...

• Last night as she was laying in bed, we could hear her talking, singing, and laughing. After awhile, she started yelling "Stina, Stina... come in here. Daddy's home! Carson and Megan are here!" I guess she was having a party in her room.
• As she was playing with Kinnick I heard her say "Pologize Buba!" Hmmm... I wonder what he had to apologize for?
• I love when I hear her scolding her baby dolls. "Don't do that Emmy! Emmy, listen & obey. Mommy, Emma not listen, she have time-out."
• Last weekend she came running out of two different public bathrooms (Sears & Applebees) and proudly announced "I go pee!" to anyone right outside.
• When she doesn't need to go to the bathroom, she tells me "My pee's all out."

Sometimes her words make me proud...

• "Daddy, put your seat belt on so you will be safe." (She knows that the beeping sound means Daddy's seat belt isn't on!)
• I love hearing her read stories to herself or especially to her brother. "Buba, let's count." (As she takes his little hand and touches it to the pictures.) Reading her David & Goliath book... "David got that giant. Yeah David!" (clapping) "David trusted God."
• "Mommy, I will take good care of Buba today." (As I drop them off at Jennifer's.)
• "I help myself, Mommy." (She says this one ALL the time!)
• When she goes potty--"I so proud of myself!"

And sometimes her words just melt my heart...

• Completely unprompted during dinner... "Thank you Daddy/Mommy for making dinner for me."
• "I will marry daddy." Marc asked her if there is anyone else she wants to marry... "I want to marry Jesus."
• "It's okay buba." (As he's crying.) "You're my brother and I love you."

Where'd Jesus Go?

Today after one of Sadie's time-outs I was having the same conversation that I've had with her after every one of her time-outs (there have been a lot of them!) but it ended a bit differently...

Mommy: It makes Jesus happy when you obey your parents. Your parents are Mommy & Daddy.

Sadie: Where'd Daddy go?

M: He's still at work, he'll be home soon.

S: Where'd Jesus go?

M: Jesus lives in Heaven.

S: Can I go to Heaven?

M: Yes--if you love Jesus and obey him. Did you know that Mommy prays for you that you will love Jesus and obey him?

S: Thanks Mommy.

At this point, she became distracted by a pair of sandals sitting on the table. After she had both sandals buckled onto her feet, she looked up at my face and said "Mommy, I love Jesus." The most precious words a mommy can hear from her little one...

Ice?

Sadie LOVES to eat ice! Anytime we eat at a restaurant, her meal is always followed by munching some ice. Today as we were eating lunch, she pointed at my glass and started signing eat. I gave her a piece of ice. She quickly munched it and signed more. I said "More ice?" and tried to get her to say the word ice. As I kept repeating the word ice she just looked at me. Finally she signed more and pointed at her eyes. As I handed her a piece of ice, she smiled and proceeded to ask for "More eyes" three more times!