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Emma, Johnny, and Lily Quotes: In Case They Forget

Lily ignoring the "no feet on the table" rule

Johnny, looking at our wedding picture:
Why is Mama and Dada getting married, and kids are staying home, and Mama and Dada isn’t playing with us?

Introductions at gymnastics class:
Teacher (to Lily): What’s your name?
Lily: Baby Dinosaur.

Johnny (very loudly): ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAR
Mama (in attempt to distract him): Are you a dinosaur?
Johnny: Yes! ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAR
Mama: What kind of dinosaur?
Johnny: A ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAR dinosaur!

Arriving at my sister’s house, with Johnny asleep in the car:
Mama: Mike, can you carry Johnny in? He’s asleep.
Lily: I’m asleep, too!

Driving through town:
Emma: Why are there American flags everywhere?
Mama: Because we live in America.
Emma: Or, to let people know that they live in America. Like, in case they forget.

Bonus over-tired Daddy quote:
The best thing about having an air conditioner is the air conditioning.

MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.

16 thoughts on “Emma, Johnny, and Lily Quotes: In Case They Forget”

  1. I loved all of them, but baby dinosaur (clearly a sister of a Rooar dinosaur) cracks me up.

    1. It works wonders at our house, both in terms of keeping the kids non-grumpy and helping them fall asleep at night!

  2. So cute talks, I love “why are there American Flags everywhere?” and Emma answered it so intelligently.

  3. I love the Tiny Talk link up! I’m finally back on there.

    The dinosaur roar is popular around here too. Lately, since I gave my son a sneak peak of Star Wars it’s the ROAR of a Wookie!

  4. I don’t think you could live in Texas without AC……….

    If you ever figure out the secret to distracting kids from being noisy let me know.

  5. These are wonderful. I love Johnny’s question about why you and Mike aren’t playing with your kids at your wedding. =)

    1. We’ve only had a/c for a couple years, and the having a/c part of it is pretty wonderful – especially in our recent hot and muggy weather!

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