Studying Proverbs 10 with the girls…

“Verse 17 says ‘He is on the path of life who heeds instruction, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.’ So, what path should we be on?”
– Daddy

“On the path of life!”
– Emily

“Yeah! Not on the path of stray.”
– Amanda

“Daddy, I like counting backwards.”
– Amanda

“Really? Where do you start?”
– Daddy

“At 100!”
– Amanda

“What comes next?”
– Daddy

“16, then 19, then 14, then 15, then 16…”
– Amanda

“That’s not backwards… that’s forward!”
– Daddy, being more kind than truthful

“But I said 100 first!”
– Amanda

“You girls need to go to sleep right away with no goofing off. Tomorrow is a big day with a big surprise planned.”
– Daddy

“I already know what it is, Daddy. Gram-Gram told me.”
– Emily

“What is it then?”
– Daddy

“We’re going to a museum park.”
– Emily, who has been to the museum many times, but hadn’t yet been introduced to the concept of an amusement park

At Grandma’s house:

“Grandma, can I have some strawberry seaweed juice?”
– Amanda, who obviously misheard the phrase “strawberry kiwi“!

“E – I – N-G-O…   E – I – N-G-O…”
– Amanda, mixing up a song about a farm and a song about a dog with a gradually disappearing name…

“Daddy? I couldn’t find any ‘triple a’ batteries… only ‘three a’ ones.”
– Emily, after being sent for some batteries for her camera, who then immediately received a short lesson on what ‘single’, ‘double’, and ‘triple’ mean.

“Well, I guess I’m going to have to give up and wash the dishes.”
– Mama, looking around at the piles of dishes from last night and this morning

“No, Mama! Don’t give up!”
– Amanda, a bright beacon of encouragement

(in the car on on vacation)

“OK, so what do you girls want for lunch? Fried pig ears or pickled chicken lips?”
– Daddy, always good for turning the ordinary question into something outlandish

“Pickled chicken lips? Ew!”
– Emily, after a stunned silence from the backseat of the car

“OK girls, what do chickens NOT have?”
– Daddy, trying to point out that he was making a joke

“Pickles.”
– Amanda, completely serious

“Emily, your bracelet looks very pretty.”
– Mama, noticing Emily wearing one of her Christmas presents

“Thank you. I like it because it’s diamonds.”
– Emily, politely but incorrectly

“Actually, I think it’s probably crystals.”
– Mama, not entirely certain that it’s not plastic

“Well, Amanda’s bracelet is diamonds.”
– Emily, determined to find diamonds somewhere

“NO! It’s RECTANGLES!”
– Amanda, who knows her shapes, if not her imitation precious stones…

“Gram-gram got me a pair of shoes… gram-gram got me a pair of shoes…”
– Mama, singing her intention to use a Christmas check for weighted work-out shoes she’s wanted.

“Parrot juice?”
– Emily, from across the room, wondering why anyone would ever want to buy that!