my lips!

Payge: I don't have any lips! I licked them off!!

Payge-isms...

Lately, our 3-year-old has made us laugh so many, many times.  I love her point of view!

"Mom, I can't stop laughing (coughing)."

When her teeth are clean after brushing, "Look!  Now they are special!"

Instead of answering, "No." when asked a question, lately she answers with, "No, not at all!"

At the eye doctor (routine check-up, no worries!), the doctor asked her what the picture was of.  She looked at him incredulously, then at me with an "am I supposed to tell him it's a dog if he can't figure it out himself?" look on her face.  She finally told him (because she CAN see, in fact has excellent eye-sight), but had to be convinced that he wasn't just a wee bit crazy for not already knowing the answer.

She asked what Quin (our soon to be born son!) was doing in my tummy.  I explained he was just swimming around..."With GOGGLES?!?!" She exclaimed.

Zac's Baptism

Zac's big day!  We can't believe he's 8, but are so proud of the choices he's made thus far.

Chatting in the luncheon line. 

Grandma T with her littlest grandsons.

Payge insisted that this wasn't a party without balloons!  So, we got balloons!

Family time before hand.

Zac with his Grandpa Browning and cousin.

Stephen's sisters--minus one.

The grandmas!!  Don't let these smiles fool you, there were tears shed!

Carven Der Pumpkin

Prayers and jumping

At dinner Payge prayed "thank you for the food, but I won't eat my squash, only my green beans."

Later, while putting the girls to bed, they asked for a song about a frog. I was already dark, but they could see me with the night light. I jumped vigorously as I made up a song. A little too much as I realized, to late, that I was right underneath the light fixture. Glass everywhere, but no blood. "Daaaaahhhhdeeee!! you broke our light!"

I'm NOT!!

Jillian: Come help me make bread, my darling daughter
Payge: I'm not your darling daughter, daddy is your darling daughter
Jillian: Daddy is my husband, not my darling daughter
Payge: I'M NOT YOUR DARLING DAUGHTER! I JUST PAYGE!
Jillian: (laughing) I love you Payge
Payge: I love you too, mommy. I'm not your darling daughter.

You don't sharpen your teeth with fingernail clippers!!!

I just overheard Jillian say this to Payge. I presume Jillian caught the young lady in a compromising position with said nail clippers.