Said Eva

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Much annoyed, after catching a glimpse of Anna through her magnifying glass: “Anna!  You’re not a clue!”

Eva:  “Mama, I want to go to the ocean.”
Me:  “Someday.”
Eva:  “But today IS someday!”

Terrified, running full speed away from her brother:  “Mama!  Tyler’s being a freaky monster!”

Eva:  (pointing at the hot tub, which is next to the pool):  “Mama, can we go in there?”
Me: “No.  The sign says you have to be fourteen to go in the hot tub.”
Eva (pointing at old man):  “Well, HE’s in here, and HE’s not fourteen!”

Eva (pointing at an illustration in the book we were reading):  “Mama, who’s that?”

Me:  “That’s the royal wiseman.  And he’s holding a crystal ball.”
Eva:  “Oooooh!  Can he bounce it?”

After the Bean licked her head:  “Mama!  Bean licked the side of my brain!”

“Mama, when I’m five I’ll be bigger.  But I don’t want you to cry, cause you’ll hurt my ears.  You can just say, ‘Wow!  You’re five?!’”

Angrily, after Anna made it to the end of the pool first:  “Anna!  Don’t ever win again!”

Me (singing to her when she went underwater in the pool):  “For she’s a jolly good fellow…”
Eva (after listening to the song from beginning to end):  “Mama, what is that about?”
Me:  “It’s a song people sing when somebody does something great.  And you just did something really, really great!”
Eva (after a thoughtful pause):  “I want to hear that Jello song again!”

Repositioning Anna on the toilet:  “Anna!  You’re not sitting on the hole!”

After Anna fell off the couch:  “Anna, see what happens when you do scary things?”

After Tyler climbed on the counter to get her Minnie Mouse:  “Tyler, you did it! You’re a hero!”

When I didn’t hug or kiss her as much as usual after tucking her in:  “Mama! You forgot to love me!”

Angrily, after Anna sneezed on her leg:  “Mama!  Anna just bless you’d all over me!”