Corrie quotes

too long for the top of the blog now :P

• "Why don't you get out of my bed so I can go to sleep?" -after reading her a bedtime story.
• "Do you have any coupons?" -the day after we used the self-checkout machine at the grocery store
• "What did you do??" (I burned my finger on the stew) "You have to be careful, daddy."
• "Piggy! I'm coming upstairs!" (she left her little pig up there)
• "Look at me, I'm dancing on my tippy-toes" (in front of the mirror)

"Rock-a-bye, Mary"

She had the beginnings of her cold/wheezing/cough thing, but you can make out a few cute lyrics:

"...Rockabye Mary, soon you go to sleep -I'm singing her her old favorite song- But when you wake up... but when you close your eyes, and go to sleep, don't worry...

But when you wake up, it will be all over, so don't cry... Ms. Corrie's here, and grandma's here...so you have to close your eyes, and go to sleep..

Dear Mary, I hope you go to sleep, because you have to close your eyes, I will give that pacifier back to you...."

Stay away from online Scrabble

It's nerve wracking. In this Battle of Brians, I skipped two turns... both times waiting to make a 7-letter play. Together, we made 3 of those so far (50-point bonus each time). I had all of 'bouquet' on my rack, but had to play it with only 6 letters.

I thought I was crushed until I played 'pregnant' on the triple word score. But with only 9 tiles left in the bag, I'm stuck with LLEEAAI :(

Oh, the drama.

tree-climbing weather

I'm probably going to start a 'Conversations with Corrie' series. I had in mind to start one that showed how she role-plays with her ducks and birds in the bath (maybe next time) because the dialogue gets pretty hilarious. This came up tonight, though, and I thought I would share.
Editors note: Yes, there are a few exclamation points in her quotes. This is because as she nears the end of her sentence, she becomes excited about reaching the goal of making her point and finishing the sentence. And her new favorite word is 'Yeah!'

Corrie (to her toy groom guy. Yes, like the one on the cake): ...No, you cannot eat trees...
Brian (thinking, 'oh, this should be good'): You can't eat trees? Why not?
C: Because trees are outside!
B: So you can't eat them because they're outside?
C: Yeah. But mommy climbs trees...
B: Mommy climbs trees?? When did mommy climb a tree?
C: Mommy climbed a tree...in our backyard!
B: Did she climb on the first branch? Or did she climb all the way to the top?
C: No, she could not climb all the way to the very top...She just climbed to the first one - that's all the far she could go.
B: Maybe when you get bigger, you can climb trees too.
C: Yeah, I can climb trees...when I'M a mommy! Do you like to climb trees??
B: I do like to climb trees. Maybe you can watch daddy climb a tree some day.
C: Does Grandma like to climb trees?
B: I don't know, why don't you go ask her.
C: goes downstairs to ask...

Just before bed, Carrie asks her again why you couldn't eat trees.
Answer: "Because trees are yucky. I want a snack!"

'hellow you tubes!"

"She says 'slurp'..."

takes 1 and 2 of the sled slide

The Powells visited this weekend and we took turns on the sled. Some took more 'turns' than others. *rimshot*