“We need 2 more bags, one for the shucked corn…”
– Mama, giving directions to the girls in preparation for shucking corn

“… And one for the shucks!”
– Emily, with great enthusiasm, following the thought to its natural conclusion… sort of…

“It’s going to be hot again tomorrow, so when you come visit, we’ll have to stay inside and… be forced to watch a video or something.”
– Grampy

“You don’t have to force us to watch a video!”
– Emily

“I feel like a grown-up now, since Mama gets her blood taken in her arm, too.”
– Emily, after recovering from the experience of her first non “finger-prick” blood draw during her doctor’s visit

“Now, do you know who King Kong is?”
– Daddy, to Emily, who had just told a joke whose punch line involved King Kong

“The Emperor of China?”
– Emily, thinking of Kublai Khan, since she’s more familiar with world history leaders than monster movie icons!

Emily got her splints off on Monday this week. All is well, and she’s back to being just as active as ever. We are all thrilled to know she’s healthy again.

We are all enjoying a very lazy Saturday morning, which is how we happened to notice we never gave everyone the rest of the story!

“What was that you just threw?”
– Daddy to Amanda, annoyed to see something red flying from her hand toward her sister’s head

“Illinois.”
– Emily, holding up the projectile– a foam US puzzle piece (that was indeed Illinois)

At a sporting goods store, Daddy and Emily perused a wall of left skates on display. After looking for awhile, Emily asked:

“Do they have any that match?”

“I was there so long I got sunburned. In fact, I got lobsterized.”
– Mama, retelling the tale of a beach trip from her college days

“How did you get lobster eyes?”
– Amanda, pointing at her own eyes in wonder

“When the Bible says ‘…all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God’, who is ‘all’?”
– Daddy, seeing if the girls understood that night’s Bible study

“All of us!”
– Amanda, chiming in first

“That’s right… everyone.”
– Daddy, acknowledging her answer

“Everyone in the whole world! Even in Canada!”
– Emily, feeling that “All of us” wasn’t quite… well… ALL of us…

(written down earlier this year, exact date forgotten)

“Watch out for the exploding Amanda!!”
– Amanda, running gleefully somewhere in the house. (No explanation was ever given as to why she was exploding.)