Quotes - Look for Trends

Once a year, I take a minute to collect all the quotes of the year and put them in each kid's white binder.  Here are some of my favorites from the last 12 months.

Joyce JoAnn

"Bum and hind me!" ("Come and find me!")
Joycie has trouble with the consonants at the beginning of words.  There's also "hip hops" (flip flops) and "him hoot" (swim suit) and the "Booth Hairy (tooth fairy).

Sage Louise Mahogany

Sage:  Why is Joycie so pinchy?  I mean…pinchable?
Me:  Aren't all babies?
Sage:  Joycie seems the pinchiest.

Sage:  I just LOVE Saturdays!
Me:  You must love having a day to play with your sisters, without spending so long in school….
Sage:  No, it's because on Saturday we change our fairy names!
("we" means Mercy, Sage, Joyce)

Sage, 1 week after moving to NZ:  Mom, the pioneers…I mean, the missionaries are here!
(for a girl who has grown up in Pleasant Grove, UT, pioneers and missionaries are imaginary beings that you learn about in Primary)

Mercy Elizabeth

"That's a COOL-AS waterfall!"
-Mercy, picking up some Kiwi slang

"If I can't be a piano teacher, I'd like to be a garbage woman."
-Mercy is interested in garbage-collecting machinery

"Seriously?  You are JUST LIKE MY BROTHERS!
-Mercy to Uncle Dan, after he snitched food off her plate

"That wasn't my normal voice!  That was my . . . . VOICE!"
-responding to Danny's comment about how loud her voice is, at times.

Oak to Mercy:  "Do you do anything fast, or do you do everything slowly and carefully?"
Mercy:  "I get ready for bed fast!  Last night I got ready in 17 minutes!"

"I LOVE this chord!  It sounds like Christmas!"
-Mercy, while practicing piano

"We need to have a consequence for leaving the kitchen with food.  Danny would have SO MUCH consequence!!!"

"If I were bigger, I'd TEASE you guys."
-Mercy, to her older brothers

Mercy wises up:  "I KNOW what you're trying to do."
Danny:  "What?"
Mercy:  "Make me angry!"

Oak Ammon

"It's cuz AT LEAST I have adventures in my sleep!"
-Oak, in response to us teasing him about his bed head.

"Don't you mean the bowels of heaven waiting to be poured out?"
-Oak, needs to be careful when paraphrasing Malachi verses about tithing

"What I do when I'm tired - fall forward and then keep my feet up."
-Oak, on cross-country running

"If that outfit looks good or not…I'd trust Dad and Sage more than Mercy or Mom."

"I like running in the rain.  It's like the air is easier to …. eat."

"It actually feels really good not to breath."
-Oak, about a laughing fit that lasted a very long time

NZ science teacher to class:  "What is the boiling point of water?"
Oak:  "212 degrees Fahrenheit"
Teacher, annoyed:  "Don't be smart.  Just tell me in Celsius."

Daniel Kent

"I'm not pushing her buttons - she's just spazzing at everything."
 - Danny, defending himself about bugging Mercy

"You're a hopo swag bro!"
- Danny, calling Oak a "hopeless swag brother"

"In New Zealand, you are more cool per square inch."
-the low population density of NZ adds to Danny's coolness

Noah Michael

"I wish God would command me to dunk a basketball - because then I could do it. "
- Noah's takeaway principle after seminary one day

Noah's friend at school:  "You don't EVER swear?!  What do you say when you stub your toe????"
Noah:  "Hmmmm…..Ouch?"

"I get this weird sense of joy from being totally prepared for things.  Like when I went on that bike ride yesterday, if I broke my leg or something and couldn't come home all night, I could survive for 24 hours or longer with what I had in my backpack."
-Noah and Mercy are cut from the same cloth

Holly and Mike

Mercy:  What time is it?
Mom:  Dark.  And that means bedtime.

"Careful, these guys are on drugs!" 

- said by Mike, as we pass an elderly couple Mike has seen in the ER.  They were pulling out of their driveway in a very old car.

"So what did that TedTalk say about sleep? Am I going to die soon?"
-ER physician's schedule doesn't lend itself to ideal sleep

Danny to Mom:  "You better hurry and go buy a microwave yourself or else Dad will go get a super fancy one."

"Will you PLEASE not do such a thorough job of sweeping the kitchen?"
-Holly to Mercy (It was past bedtime…)

"I don't know if I have everything…but I have enough."
-Mike, who has the reputation in our family of over-packing for any trip.

Dad:  Mom and I are going to abandon you for a week and go to Hong Kong.
Sage:  What does "abandon" mean?
Mom:  It means that we'll organize really fun babysitters to take good care of you for a few days.

"I don't know what it is, but I almost feel like crying when I watch you run.  I'm just so proud of you."
-Mike, to Oak after a cross-country race.