Via phone:

e: hello?
m: hi honey!
e: mom! buddy is getting into mischief and he spilled bockie's salt all over and it's a total disaster
m: oh no!
e: yeah, and I wrote on your facebook, mom! yeah, I wrote, "I love you to the stars."

Be sure to check out the "translating grant" portion of the blog (down and to the right)...the "Cock-Say" and "Snake-poopie" entries are sure to bring a chuckle....

"you are the best person ever! from olivia"

m: ella, who's this from?
e: oh, olivia from my bus
m: is she your new friend?
e: she wants to be my friend, but I don't want to be her friend
m: why? she seems so sweet to have made you this nice note
e: because she smells.

Seriously, so blunt. I remember smelly Neil from elementary school, and it is true~it's hard to hang with the smelly kid. Olivia dear, I don't know you, but my guess is, you don't really smell.

At dinner (at a restaurant):

e: mom, what does HELL mean?
m: What does what mean?
e: HELL! What does HELL mean?
m & d: um.....................well.................it's just not a really great word. Where did you hear it?
e: on Home Alone, the guy says "get your hell out of here!"
m: oh..........yeah...........about that.............
let's just not say that word. Just because it's in a movie, doesn't mean we repeat it.
m: and we really should never say it at school.
e: yeah, like I should just say it at home-right?
m: no, not really. you really shouldn't say it ever. k?
e: just in private?
m: well, not really there either........it's really not a good word to say ever. ok?
e: ok.

e: Mom, my new favorite color is clear.

e: Bockie (gramma annie), do you know that Bok-Obama is our first President with Brown Skin?

Sibling Rivalry?!

Overheard this morning:

e: Daddy, you have a much bigger peepee than Grant!

Oh NO, not yet~This is only Kindergarten!

e: Mom, I have a GAP shirt too!

Major Milestone:

Ella read, really read a book to me last night! Not a memorized book, a new book that she actually sounded out and read the words... no turnin' back now.....here she comes!