5-23-14

This morning Ryan was yelling from upstairs for Milly to come brush her teeth. To which she yelled back "Daddy! I will give you ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS if you just let me sit here and eat my breakfast!"

5-18-14

Cora to Milly: You can use this for 3 seconds ok? I'm going to count to 10 three times and then that's three seconds.
Me: .......

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I was sitting on the couch when I heard the back door open and a little tiger-painted-face (Milly) comes in. I said "Where's your sister" to which she replied "Back at the birfday party". I said "Honey did you walk back here all by yourself?" She said "Yes because I needed to ask you if I could have these." She had walked all the way back home from the party to ask if she could have the fruit snacks that came in her goodie bag.  Sometimes the words that come out of my mouth DO stick.

5-5-14

Cora was not feeling the morning today. I went in to help get her out of bed and she was grumbling about wanting school to be over. Then this happened:

Me: You know babe, I know how you feel. Mondays are hard. But you know what I said to myself this morning. I got up and said "I choose to be happy today." Because being happy IS a choice. It's not something someone does to us or for us ya know. Some people don't know that.

Cora: *stretching* Today, I choose to be... grumpy.

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Cora is clearly not owning my super insightful mother-of-the-year platitudes. Tonight at dinner we were talking about Native Americans so I told the girls the old tale of the two wolves inside each of us. I ended by saying:

Me: So basically, whatever you look for, you'll find it. If you look for anger and hate, you'll find it. If you look for kindness and love, you'll find it.

To which Cora responded

Cora:  I'm looking for chunks of gold.

#andIamdone

5-4-14

Milly: Is today a stay at home day?
Me: Yep
Cora: It's Sunday
Milly: No - it's STARBOX and MCNONALD'S day!  I would like cimanon bites and a salted caramel cakepop please.

4-17-14

I made pot stickers tonight for the first time and Milly was already in a MOOD that she had to come home from the park to eat so she came in sobbing and mad at the world. I had the sauce already by each plate and when she saw it she  whined:
 "I don't liiiiiiike dis black stuff! What IS it??!" 
Being frustrated after cooking all evening I snapped "It's poison Milly - don't eat it!" After we all sat down and miss Hangry got some food in her she was throwing them back like there was no tomorrow. As she was dipping her last one she said:
 "This poison is good mommy but it hurts the scratch on my lip a little." And then we all busted up laughing.

4-4-14

From the Playroom:
Cora: (to herself) I'm just gonna ignore this little thing and just pretend it's not even here.
Me: What are you ignoring?
Cora: Milly.

Oh so proud:
Ryan: I'm just gonna sit here with a beer ok?
Milly: I LOVE BEER I LOVE BEER I LOVE BEER
Ryan: Milly! You do NOT. That is not a good thing to say.
Milly: (sulking) But I do.

3-25-14

Two comments from Cora tonight:

Cora: Do you ever have that feeling when you get so mad at someone you want to do something bad to them too?
Me: Yes, I do.
Cora: I get that feeling at Milly. A lot.
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Cora: Thanks for my new lunchbox mom! You and dad are the best parents I've ever met!