Beansandtaters: Happy Mother's Day!

Friday, May 9, 2008

Happy Mother's Day!

With love from, Audrey and Claire (who can't be convinced to pose for a picture together)

3 comments:

Unknown said...: Oh man, Audrey looks JUST like Mark! And like Claire, I also like eating things I find on the ground.--Shelley ;-); May 9, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Karalea-Karalea said...: You have cute kids....just so you know, Ewan has claimed Audrey as his "girlfriend."; May 10, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Rachael said...: Oh gosh....they are so cute and happy! Happy Mother's Day honey.; May 10, 2008 at 9:19 PM

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Quotes from Audrey and Claire

Oct. 1, 2010 Claire talking to herself in the mirror "Hey, I'm naked." "Me, Too." "We need to get dressed."

Sept. 12, 2010 Audrey "Can you get me some new teeth?"

Sept. 11, 2010 Nanie to Claire "Claire, are you getting a cold?" Claire "No, I'm getting a hot."

Sept 7, 2010 Audrey to Melissa "She hit my with the flying squirrel!" (true)

Sept. 6, 2010 Melissa to Audrey and Claire "Don't hurt each other if you don't have to."

August 30, 2010 Audrey after losing her 4th tooth in a month.
"I MISS my TEETH!"

August 28, 2010: Hiking in Idaho
Claire renaming plant life "Poquito moss" and "gull gull berries"

August 24, 2010: Claire to Melissa "Is THAT a NEW PURSE?"

July 23, 2010: Claire "Go away, I'm tired of you coming in our house."
Melissa "Who?"
Claire "Robots."

July 21, 2010: Claire "Daddy, there's a duck in the house. Quack quack."

July 20, 2010: Audrey to Melissa "I want to date you."

July 16, 2010: Melissa to Claire "Claire, don't put food on your nose!"

July 10, 2010: Claire at our backyard campout "I want a snore." (s'more)

June 27, 2010: Claire eating a nectarine "Watch me disappear this!"

June 22, 2010: Claire "I'm so adorable."

June 6, 2010 Claire "Daddy, you are the man who gives us green popsicles."

June 5, 2010: Melissa to Claire "Claire, are you hungry?"
Claire "No, I'm widget."

May 25, 2010: Claire to Melissa "You have big niblets."

May 19, 2010: Claire waking up from her nap, to mommy.
"Can you go out of here?!"

May 16, 2010: Claire after watching Ni Hao Kai Lan "My name is Yes You May."

May 15, 2010: Audrey to Mark "You go get her (Claire) dad and I will stay here and figure out the situation."

May 11, 2010: Claire "There's a fairy in my sock." (true)

May 5, 2010:
Claire to Melissa "You having girls and daddy having boys."
Melissa: "Where?"
Claire: "In his tummy."

April 26, 2010: Audrey I can't believe Martha Stewart is a real person!"

April 26, 2010: Claire "How night is it?"

April 24, 2010 Claire falls off her chair: Melissa "Where did you bonk?" Claire "All of me."

April 19, 2010: Claire reporting on the latest in potty training experience "I peed in my underwear. I peed in the toilet. I didn't flush the toilet. I didn't wash my hands."

March 27, 2010: Claire on the path by the beach "Goofer holes."

March 22, 2010: (Claire's birthday) Claire singing "Happy birthday to...Banana!" loud laughing

March 18, 2010: Melissa Claire, are you eating and walking around the house?"
Claire "No, I'm chewing and walking around the house."

March 15, 2010: Claire to Mommy "Don't lick me because then I will stick to something."

March 15, 2010: Claire pointing to a fly "He farted."

March 2, 2010: Claire "Hey, Mommy, I think I am growing eyebrows."

Jan. 5, 2010: Claire to her nurse "You can listen to my heart if you want to."

Dec. 5, 2009: Audrey "Are Santa and Mrs. Claus nocturnal?"

November 8, 2009: Claire "I want butter on my brownies."

November 8, 2009: Audrey "Will you help me cool off my soup? You have bigger breath than me."

November 6, 2009: Claire with her shirt up. "I'm touching my polka dots."

November 5, 2009: Claire's version of the Mickey Mouse song. "M-I-C-Mickey-Y Donald-U-S-E."

November 5, 2009: Claire on our hair color. "Your hair is dark, my hair is morning."

November 2, 2009: Claire using my measuring spoons to try to reach the Halloween candy on the counter. "I'm trying to get more candy. I'm using my grabba-nabbers."

October 19: Claire after several minutes of hiding and yelling for someone to come and find her. "You know what, guys? I find myself!"

Oct. 18: Claire pointing out a red spot on her foot "I got a blizzard."

Oct. 16: Claire about why she doesn't get to go to school with Audrey. "I don't go to Audrey's school - I don't fit. I'm too little to go to Audrey's school."

October 1, 2009
Mommy: What's on your finger?
Claire: It's a booger.
Mommy: No, no, yucky, Claire.
Claire: No, Funny Claire.
Mommy: No, yucky!
Claire: I'm funny.

August 09: Claire mixing up her words - submarine instead of nectarine; alligator instead of escalator

8/15/09 Audrey: "Guys, I had a booger on my finger, and it fell off, and now I can't find it."

8/7/09 Claire to Mark while he was getting dressed: "You have a tail."

8/5/09 Claire to Audrey: "Don't do that!" Audrey to Claire: "You're not the boss!"
Claire to Audrey "Mommy the boss!"

8/5/09 Audrey: "Dessert is something we all like that we eat before we go to bed."

7/6/09 To a pepper plant I just bought: "Now we are going to plant you, but if you don't grow right we'll dig you up and throw you in the trash."

6/15/09 "What's corn on the cop?"

5/29/09 "I love this cake so much I could marry it!"

5/16/09 "You go first. I exist." (I insist).

4/19/09 To Claire: "I'm not playing with you screaming girl!" To mom and dad: "She's screaming because I accidently sat on her finger."

3/6/09 "I'm tired of looking at that tart on her foot." (I made a strawberry tart Sunday; Claire stepped in tar at the beach today)

3/6/09 "Why do we have to sword all these clothes?" (I make her help with the laundry)

3/31/09 "Good thing we have so many gowns of milk." (she likes milk and we just went to Costco)

3/22/09 "Oh, I love it when birthdays come!"

1/17/09 "Do violins and ukel-aliens look the same?"

1/2 "There's nothing more sad than splattered snacks."

10/26 "I like your new broth." (I got some new underclothes)

10/23 "I'm pretending my dolls are allergic to cheese and bagels. And they are lactose intolerant."

10/20 "I want a fortunate cookie! What do you think my fortunate will be?"

What are we up to?

September 2008
Mark: work, books on tape, BYU football, fixing up the house, teaching Audrey to sing along with The Clash, teaching Claire to head butt
Melissa: unpacking (still), decorating on a budget, book club, mustard pretzels, freelance work, teaching Audrey to sing along to the Carpenters, teaching Claire to hug
Audrey: jumping on the trampoline, coloring in the lines, asking questions (still), tap class, Handy Manny, sleeping well in her own room, blowing bubbles in her milk, wearing her Halloween costume all the time, singing
Claire: emptying drawers, other people's shoes, her fleece blankets, eating anything and everything (grapes, radishes, other people's shoes), blowing kisses, copying her sister blowing bubbles in her milk, wearing Audrey's underwear outside her clothes