Toddler Quotes, Round #3

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First weekend in March

V: Are you happy Mom?

M: Yes. Are you happy Victoria?

V: Yes I am happy.

M: You are? I am so glad. Why are you happy?

V: God made us to be happy.

MONDAY, March 3rd

V: giggling You're silly Mom

M: You're silly too. Kisses

V: reminding mom Can I have some granola bar?

M: Sure. After I kiss your face off.

V: No, I don't want you to kiss my face off. I need it.

WEDNESDAY, March 5th She is into expressing her feelings through words and also copying her friend Phoebe.

V: sending a text to Phoebe after an evening play date ended  "Phoebe left me at my house because I was naughty and mad." pause Scab, scab, scab, scab.

M: No those are pound signs!

THURSDAY, March 6th Victoria's newest and most effective time out spot is the locked car. The following is an interview after such a time out.

M: Why did you hit me (on the head for the third time today)?

V: Because I was sad and mad.

M: What could we do instead of shouting and hitting when we get mad and sad?

V: We could just calm down.

M:...How could we calm down?

V: We could just calm down by ourselves.

M: We could have alone time. What else could be do?

V: Might read some books. 

M: Did you say read books?

V: Yes, we could read books. That's how I calm down too! One more question.

M: Okay, what's your question?

V: When Nephi built a boat to the promised land and they set sail...happily mumbles the rest of the story.

TUESDAY, March 11th

We interrupt this dance break to bring you in the kitchen the following announcement from Miss Toria Marie: "Excuse me, I tooted."

SATURDAY, March 15th

M: You're dancing just like a ballerina!

V: No Mom. They're snowflakes, not ballerinas. dancing away Look, I a ballerina. 

Discussing the Tree of Life vision, 1 Nephi 8

V: [Laman and Lemual] didn't come? Why not?

M: They had broken ears and hard hearts. What happens when we have hard hearts?

V: Um, I don't know. thinking Satan comes and will break them!

MONDAY, March 17th

M: watching Phoebe drink plenty of water to fix her runny nose Good girl Phoebe.

V: between bites of Daddy's wheat bread Thank you for not choking.

WEDNESDAY, March 19th Don't thank me til I'm finished!

V: I'm giving you a massage. Because your back is broken.

M: Thank you for my massage. 

V: I'm still giving you a massage.

After reading to her a message from daddy

No, Daddy doesn't say that. He doesn't says that. He says, "Surprise." And Phoebe says, "Boo."

Thursday, March 20th

V: My armpits are tickling my fingers.

M: Normally people say their fingers are tickling their armpits.

V: What? No, no silly Mom.

FRIDAY, March 21st

Victoria kept raising her hand and saying, "Me__ too!" during family scripture study. I was teaching her and the Wagstaff children (6, 6, 4, and 9 month old Peter) an excerpt from Jacob 2. After explaining that God told his prophet Jacob what the people were thinking I asked each child individually what he/she was thinking. The Wagstaffs each answered, "Jesus," and Toria followed suite. They were pretty good listeners.

SUNDAY, March 23rd: We had this conversation at the beginning of Sacrament mtg. while we finished out breakfast quickly in the foyer. 

M: Can you whisper?

V: But there's no Dad.

M: confused Because your Daddy isn't here...?

V: Yes, because my Daddy is not here. I can only whisper with Dad.

Luckily her speaking voice is sweet and moderate in volume.

Throughout the month Toria has been saying. "Bye mom. I going to Egypt to visit my friend Egyptus." She really likes learning people's names and is impressed and confused that the scriptures only name one of Noah's daughter in-laws. Noah and the ark is a new favorite bedtime story. She has also started saying thanks instead of just thank you. 

Taking Dad to see Egyptus 

March 27th: After driving the missionaries home...

V: No silly Mommy. The missionaries don't live in that building.

M: What? moment of realization Oh, they live at institute?

V: Yeah!