January 2012
4 posts
Growing up
Dad: why don't you guys ever lean over your plate when you eat? You're gonna be pigs when you go to college.
Cali: Then you are going to be a goat!
“Yay! Your breath smells good for once.”
– Carice to Mommy after giving a kiss with sunflower seed breath.
“I’m saving the best one for first.”
– Carice, with two different pie flavors in her plate
“I’m gonna be in this dress forever!”
– An exasperated Carice, trying to get her dress off after church.
December 2011
1 post
“Do you know what that song’s called? Meet me in the shower.”
– Carice and her tune to Cali
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
1 post
Cali's order homework
Mommy: You have to have something in your nose first to make you sneeze.
Carice: A booger?
September 2011
1 post
“I just want the bat guy to come - to kill the poop!”
– Carice: regarding ‘stuff’ we found on the front porch!
August 2011
3 posts
“I’m 500% hungry.”
– Carice needing some breakfast :)
“Circ-ya-loon”
– How Cali pronounces the beautiful blue known as Cerulean
“Daddy, what if there was yogurt-flavored yogurt?”
– Carice, inquisitive as always.
July 2011
3 posts
“Their car is darn slow.”
– 4 year old Carice’s comment after leaving Grandma behind at a stoplight.
“Ok, that was lame, I shot my bird backwards.”
– Cali playing “Angry Birds” on her iPod in the car.
“I want to be with Jesus - not that rude Satan.”
– Cali, during Family Home Evening LOL!
June 2011
4 posts
1 tag
“Maybe that’s how clouds get rid of their pee.”
– Cali, on why it rains.
“Oopsies… they’re all gone.”
– Mommy wanting to hold Cali’s popscicle while she gets one for her.
“Right here is wobble-y.”
– Carice on Mommy’s skin in between her thumb and index finger.
“That bee was nibble-ing on Daddy’s flip flop.”
– Carice’s observation out the back door :)
May 2011
4 posts
Well, that's one way to earn a living.
Cali: "Did you see that quarter on my desk?"
Mommy: "No."
Cali: "Carice gave it to me. For smelling her feet."
“I feel all weird going on a train.”
– Carice, commenting on the day’s adventure trip to Salt Lake on Frontrunner
“Why does Carice get Derr. Dimick?”
– Cali’s reading of the abbreviation of ‘Dr.’
The Actress
Daddy: Cali, I'm gonna take you to Hollywood.
Cali: I hate hollywood!
Daddy: Why?
Cali: Because you have to go take videos and show your butt.
April 2011
5 posts
“No, you didn’t drop her face. It sticks to her head.”
– Carice: after mommy saying she dropped Cali’s face; tipping over a picture frame.
“I ate some stuffing.”
– Carice and the inside of her jelly belly bean.
vitamin time
Cali: "I like elephants."
Carice: "Why? Only they scream in your ear?"
“They mess up your talking.”
– Carice: on hiccups
“And did you know that I heart you so much?”
– Cali to Mommy: and, yes… she did say the word heart. lol ;)
March 2011
5 posts
Cuisine a la Carice
Carice: Mommy, I wanna try tofu.
Shelley: We should!
Carice: 'cause it's made out of toes!
“I have a crazy mom.” :)”
– Carice: on her Mom being a silly pretend nurse.
Happy Birthday
Daddy: Happy birthday, Cali!
Cali : Alright.
“Maybe there’s a little squirrel squeezing it so the power won’t go...”
– Cali, referring to this morning’s power outage
“MyBrain”
– Carice telling her Primary teacher (Mommy’s teaching partner) Mommy’s medical condition …. translation: migraine :)
February 2011
4 posts
“There’s my brain, where I think.”
– Carice and her drawing.
“Look what I found in the pool… Gold”
– Carice in the bath with a game piece from Sorry
“Carice do a super duper ooper good one… ”
– Cali wanting Carice to hide in a really good spot for her to have a hard time finding her like before!
Singing from the playroom
“Get in the line, it’s about to be fine, it’s Groundhog’s Day!”
“Daddy just has to put his toes on.”
– Carice. Clothes, Toes, it’s all the same ;)
January 2011
6 posts
Sicky Barometer
Mommy: Til, do you feel like goin' to Gramma's for dinner?"
Carice: "Yeah. Otherwise, I'm hungry."
Gassy Reply
Mommy: "Do you feel like you have to cough?"
Carice: "No, but I feel like I have to toot. (brtttoot Brrtooot)"
“Can we say goodbye now, Clifford’s on.”
– Carice; Daddy on the phone
Getting into the Car Show
Carice: " They don't have to pay for me."
Mommy: "You're free..."
Carice: "No, I'm four."
“Doesn’t that choke you?”
– Cali witnessing the going on of Daddy’s necktie.
December 2010
10 posts
“Hello. My name is headless.”
– Carice and her headless talking animal cookie
“You distract him, I’ll tie him up.”
– Cali to Carice re: getting Daddy
“I feel like we’re grown-ups because we’re wearing rings and have...”
– A not-very-grown-up 4 yr-old Carice commenting on her and her sister’s Christmas gifts of CTR rings and Zhu Zhu pet carrier bags.
“Daddy, you need to shave your legs, it’s kind of getting hairy.”
– Carice; re: Daddy’s gams
“He’s sleeping on my comfy tongue.”
– Carice to Mommy who was trying to persuade her to get that thumb out of her mouth at bedtime … and sleep on the pillow next to her instead.
Users
Daddy: "There's the girls crack."
Mommy: "What is it?"
Daddy: "Tape."
Miss Manners in Training
Mommy: "Where are your 'please(s)'?
Carice: "They're all asleep :)"
“I’m gonna be covered with goose bunks!”
– Carice, waiting to get dressed after her bath.