tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80910902009-07-05T18:37:19.843-07:00Stories about our family ...Leffienoreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091090.post-79315051372569802562009-07-05T18:36:00.000-07:002009-07-05T18:37:15.406-07:00

We were driving around Tucson on a recent mini-vacation over July 4th weekend and Chloe piped up with the following gem ... "Daddy you're annoying and disgusting, but I love you anyway."  Where do they get this stuff? --daddy

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So Paige is painting right now. A few minutes ago she said that she wanted to, "Mail my painting to God." I tried to explain that he doesn't have a mailbox, but he is always watching so she could just hold it up for him. She seemed to accept that explanation. I just asked her how she was doing as she continued to paint. She replied, "Pretty Jackson Pollack-ey." Nice.

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While waiting for lunch to be ready today Paige declared "I love being a kid."  When asked why she quickly replied that the reason she loved being a kid is so she "can play and have someone else clean it up."  Yes, she does have her mommy's genes. :) --daddy

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Yesterday Paige and I went to the library. When we got out of the car there were ants on the curb. Paige quickly exclaimed, "Holy cow, look at that flock of ants."On another note, Chloe made a power point presentation on the computer complete with sound effects, things whizzing by on the screen and everything. She told me that she will teach me how to to power point later---nice.

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A few weeks ago, I steam cleaned the carpets while the girls were at school. When I brought them home, the carpet was still a bit wet so I told them to take off their shoes and make sure to only go on the carpet with their bare feet. After Paige finished her snack, she wanted to go to her room so she came over to me walking on her hands and feet (like a bear walk) and said, "I need to go on the

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Chloe was upset tonight because she found out that she will have to attend a different school (Riggs Elementary) next year for her gifted program. On one of her many rants she said, ""Riggs Elementary. What kind of name is Riggs? It sounds like Latin for horrible evil elementary. Oh great, I go to horrible evil elementary!"

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The other day when sitting around the table Greg announced that he was telecommuting that day. Excited at the thought that her Daddy could pick her up, Paige asked if he would be available to pick her up from school and take her to get a treat. We chuckled at this and she defended herself claiming that he has done this very thing before. I made a comment that he is our "Churro Daddy" (refer

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Tonight as I was coming into Paige's room to tuck her in, she was saying a little prayer. She looked at me and said, "I am just talking to Jesus." I explained to her that it was very nice she was talking to Jesus and that he could hear what she was saying. She said, "Jesus is such a cute little baby" and I explained that he grew up into a man. She asked, "Where does Jesus live?" I explained

Heidinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091090.post-58266439005870416432009-04-08T20:28:00.000-07:002009-04-08T20:29:05.476-07:00

It is no secret that Paige is fascinated with jewelry. Today at her school they had an Easter egg hunt and in two of her eggs she found the cheap little plastic jewelry. Paige informed me that she had a strand of blue diamonds and some new rings. One of her rings was kind of hip and I asked her if I could borrow it because I really liked the look of it. She let me try it on and then informed

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We recently got an ant farm. It came with some cool blue gel stuff that they live in and also is their food source. It has been an awesome thing to watch as the ants tunnel through the gel and make their habitat. The other night Chloe decided to "interview" the ants using her magnifying glass as a microphone. She asked the questions and then would simulate the ant answers by speaking in a

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We went out to dinner tonight. I had taken Chloe and Paige to the bathroom before we were getting ready to leave. While were were in the restroom, Paige announced, "I have to go pee-poo!" I asked her to clarify and she said, "You know, pee and poo...pee-poo." She then proceeded to do her business and commented after she was all through, "Phew....now I can really grow. I am going to be

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Just this morning I had one of the best ones yet ... Last night I fixed a toilet in the house - replaced all the internal components - and had some "fun" while doing it.  There were a few leaks, but they were resolved quickly.  I had to leave for work very early this morning and was out of the house before anyone was up.  I had not yet had breakfast nor my coffee. (setting the stage for my mental

Leffienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091090.post-5715391810803309022009-03-30T16:18:00.001-07:002009-03-30T16:18:15.198-07:00

At dinnertime, we try to go around and do highs and lows--where each person says one thing that was a high that day and one thing that was a low. Two nights ago when Paige woke up at 3:00am ill, she turned to me and said, "Mommy being sickie is my low.....and you are my high." Being a mom is great!

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We were at Lowell Observatory getting a few things from the gift shop. When it was time to check out, the lady asked if I wanted a bag. I said yes because we had several small postcards I was afraid we would lose. Paige who was listening at the time ran up and in her very concerned face said, "Mommy we shouldn't use a bag because it hurts our planet. I don't want to hurt the planet!" Who

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Paige and I were walking along to pick up her sister when Paige asked, "Mommy, who am I going to be when I grow up?"  I tried to clarify, "Well Paige, you are going to still be Paige, only a grown up Paige." Not happy with my answer she questioned further,  "No, I mean who will I BE?"  I said, "Well, you might be a Dr. Paige, or a teacher Paige, or a mommy Paige."  To which she replied, "Oh I am

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Heidi, Paige, and I were having lunch in downtown Chandler while Chloe was attending a birthday party not too long ago.  Paige, ever the free spirit, was twirling around the walkway outside the restaurant.  Heidi and I were watching and enjoying our spinner, when all of a sudden Paige comes up to me, grabs the collar of my Tshirt, pulls it down, and says "Daddy, I can see your feathers".  Of

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The girls said a few funny things today. Chloe did a major room cleaning this weekend. I really made a big deal about how wonderful her room looks and feels now that it isn't such a disaster area. Tonight I started to comment on how she was keeping her room really nice and she stopped me and said that it makes her feel uncomfortable when I comment on her clean room. Perplexed I asked why, to

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Yesterday Paige noticed some pen scribbling on our kitchen table. She exclaimed, "Oooooh Mommy, look what someone did!" When I reminded her that it was her who did the scribbling on the table she rolled her eyes and said, "Well I must have done that when I was three because four year olds don't do that sort of thing."

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Chloe had her first soccer practice for the winter season yesterday. At the end of practice, the coach handed out some groovy electric lime green jerseys. The girls were trying to decide on a team name when the idea of the caterpillars came up. Chloe very seriously suggested they should be called the Magic Caterpillars and it was voted in. She later explained to me that she suggested the

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Today Paige was sitting at lunch when she exclaimed, "The earth is my one true love." She went on to say, "Our earth is important and we have to take care of it because we love it." When I asked her what we could do for our earth, she said, "I think we need to give it some lip gloss."--huh?Riding home from taking Chloe to school Paige said, "Mommy, you are a pretty good boss." "You know when

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Yesterday Paige had a cough. After 3 unsuccessful attempts to find a flavor of cough drop that she would like, she told me, "I want cake flavored cough drops." When I told her that they don't make cake flavor, she replied, "Okay, I will just have some cake then."

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This has been the week of lost things. When we were riding the Phoenix Light Rail for the first time, the light from the window was hitting Paige so beautifully until I realized that she was missing a big chunk of hair! She had taken scissors to her hair that morning to "Get the hair out of her eyes." She hacked off a nice chunk on the left side (about 4 inches), just a little on the right

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Paige certainly is a free spirit. Before we went to see Santa, I asked her what she was going to tell Santa she wanted for Christmas. She replied, "A star." I further clarified that she does indeed want a star from the sky.On a bulletin board at her school, the kids have written letters to Santa saying, "All I want for Christmas is ________." Most kids have named specific toys or the general

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It is always so cute to see what the girls write to Santa:Dear Santa, My name is Chloe. I am 6 years old. I have had a good year this year. I was very excited about my birthday. I love birthdays--especially when it is mine. I was so excited when I got into the CATS program. I didn't like having to switch schools because then I wouldn't be able to see all my old friends. I made a lot of

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The girls said some really funny stuff today. This morning Paige asked me, "Mommy, who is the queen of the world?" I went into this long explanation of how only certain countries have queens nowadays and there really hasn't ever been a queen of the whole world--blah, blah, blah. She patiently waited for me to finish my explanation and then responded, "Actually Mommy, I am pretty sure it is

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