Wisdom of Children

Lydia's birthday was a few weeks ago, and since then she's been saying, "Im growed up cuz it was my birthday last year."
(6-2-11)

Lucy saw some garbage on the ground and said, "Mom! Someone left paper on the ground. Now it's glitter." (litter)
(6-6-11)

We were outside and the girls were doing sidewalk chalk. Lucy started narrating the story she was drawing. "Our story begins in Space, where Earth is being attacked by giant lemonade!"
(6-7-11)

Lucy's prayers one night: "And we're thankful for the grateful world and all the things in the world."
(8-16-11)

Lydia had her little elephant stuffed animal up in her ear making chewing noises. I asked her what she was doing and she said her elephant was eating beans out of her ear. I asked her why she had beans in her ear. She said "Sometimes I just have little beans in my ear and elephant likes to eat them." (kids are so random...)
(9-19-11)

We were playing I Spy in the car the other day and Lydia's still been learning how to give clues with out saying what it is. She finally got one right and I said "good job!" In a very proud voice she said, "Your pleasure!" 
(9-25-11)

Lydia got into some big trouble the other night at bed time and was put in her room with the door shut. She was really mad about all of it and felt she needed to vocalise it.  Loudly. "Mom and dad are so mean! I'm so MAD at mom and dad. They are going to live with another family. And Lucy will go live with strangers, but I'll live with the Mangum's (our neighbor that they play with) cuz they have lots more toys than us. But I can't live there cuz they don't yell and I just YELL! that's just what I DO!" It went on and on. She said some pretty funny stuff for a 3 year old.  (can't wait till she's 13...)
(9-28-11)

Lydia was supposed to be in her room for a time out, but I let her out to go to the bathroom. When I came back to put her back in her room, I catch her running (as fast as possible), bare bummed, pants around her ankles, back to her room with the tube of toothpaste "hidden" in her shirt. She was so set on sneaking the toothpaste she forgot to pull up her pants I guess...Last time she got the toothpaste I found it the next morning all squished out between her pillow and her bed sheet. She's been sneaking things out of the bathroom and my bedroom like my chapstick (which was half eaten when found), money from Mike's drawer, cell phones, our Itouch, my scriptures (missing for 2 weeks)...If something's missing Lydia probably hid it under the couch or the nearest bed.  Mike's mom was missing her cell phone after our last visit. When she called it, she found it under her bed, courtesy of Lydia, I'm sure...
(9-28-11)