Sunday, July 31, 2022

Brynnie chats: November 2021 edition

There's soury in this...

Apropos of nothing:
NARNIA! AND THE NORF!
Narnia! and the North!

To Hallie
Come here, little fella.

I like Nana. She's sweet. And kind.

Well well, look who's here.

Moomish muffin : English muffin

I'm just make sure-ing.

To Amanda, during her visit
I very love you.


The Amanda in question

To Claire
Watch your tone.

Come-brella : umbrella

All of my parts are cold!!
Body parts

I like Alabama. It's the most best.

I slept soundly in my bed.

I love your king hat.
Crown

Would you sing the Edel-one?
Edelweiss

Brad: Brynnie, is your diaper wet?
Brynn: But my nose is very itchy.

It's so fun and playful!
Christmas tree farm we visited in Alabama


Snuggling a postcard from Mrs. Romine

My arm just wanted to be with you.
After linking her arm through mine

Poppy: Brynnie you're not going to fall are you?
Brynn: Yes, because I'm walking.
As opposed to running

Brynna was on her knees in the chair.
Nana: Brynna, where's your bottom?
Brynna: It's behind me.

Nana: Brynnie, sit up, please.
Poppy: Yes, so that Poppy doesn't sit on you.
Brynna: And crush me. And break my head off and then we'd have to go to the hospital and put it back on!

I got the snotty nose

This tutu looks glorious!

Saturday, July 30, 2022

LILY-ISMS: November 2021 edition

Those little brutes!
Referring to the dwarfs in The Last Battle.

I made up a story called "The Last Dandelion."

The more we drink tea, the more Narnia will seem real.
I often serve hot tea while we do our read-alouds.

I must take Trumpkin up. She's my beloved.

Airplane fins : wings

GO DUKE! GO DUKE! We're good fans.


Comes in from playing outside
Did you miss me?

I was scared about monsters coming, so I thought about God to make me feel better. And I made up a song! It's called Cats.

Hallie is so fond of this toy.

I never want you to get old, guys.
To Erin and Brad

Erin: Did you lose Trumpkin?
Lily: Yeah...I just let her wander around.
Free-range stuffed cat...

Look! I got books from our pretend library. Dinosaurs for me and Pete the Cat for Trumpkin.


Setting up a Stick Shop

Trumpkin loves her friends MADLY.

Apropos of nothing:
Mommy, choose your moments!

Here... Scavenge over there.
Talking to Hallie who was, in fact, scavenging crumbs from the floor.

Hallie loves my pleasant smile.

Daddy is going more soonier than us.

Look, it's our honorary Trumpkin.

Dutch tape : Scotch tape

Look at that thing! It's on the right or the left!

Why was 7 hungry for 8? Because 8, 9, 10!
Kids learning jokes is a whole thing.

Did Elphie know Bo was the perfect girl?
Elphie is Amiee's cat. Lily was asking about when Amiee adopted Elphie.

Where is Poppy, in the name of Aslan??

Why do Alabama people call it a "trash panda" when it's a raccoon?
Huntsville's minor league baseball team is the Huntsville Trash Pandas.

Hanging out with a raccoon... Hanging out with a snowman... Get ornaments... It's a great day to be alive.
Mom and Dad took us to a Christmas market at the baseball stadium. There were people in trash panda and snowman costumes.

We wanted to pet the pony. We were tempted, but the rules are no.

Asking my mom about preparing the Thanksgiving turkey.
Did you squish his butt?
NOTE: she is NOT allowed to use that word. I have no idea why she said it.

Is the rain upon us?

I've been chewing this gum for a while now. It's retired its taste.

Guys, can my sisters and I play in the room with the door closed and the lights off? Don't be suspicious.

Sometimes I can... Speak dog.

Erin: Lily, I love how much you love animals.
Lily: And how clever I am? And how I think hard?

With breaking voice, as we left Huntsville to return home
I didn't let myself cry at Nana and Poppy's. I holded it back.
Began crying but started baa-ing with her stuffed goat so as to stop crying

Did you know Trumpkin snores?

Instead of liking the Christ candle, we should love it on Christmas!
Like v light

Mommy, will you help me put socks on my ears?

Friday, July 29, 2022

Around here lately: November 2021 edition

A magnificent idea just flashed through my head!

Can we make it my business to get the tape?

There's a SCORE of ladybugs!

Jesus was just full of surprises.

Lily: Why does our dining room have two doors?
Claire: Because our house is grand.

He can't resist us with our puppy eyes.

Erin: *says something*
Claire: HOW DARE YOU?
Erin: *surprised face*
Claire: I am my father's daughter!
Brad offers an indignant HOW DARE YOU? regularly.

Can I invisible-ize you?

The Thanksgiving parade! I love that episode!

You know...the orange pointy pencil thing.
Down marker at a football game

We need to put the tree's dress on.
Christmas tree skirt

Hold the dickins!
Not entirely sure what she was going for, but she said it with enthusiasm.

Thursday, July 28, 2022

October 2021: a recap

October! What a month. It was very fun and full of people that we really love!

We saw Amiee on THREE (3) different occasions:


And our friend, Miss Steph!



We got to hang out with other Durham friends around town:




We had some really great Late Nights:








We lived into the days of our lives, guys:






Pumpkin donuts, of course







Singin' in the rain (there was no lightening, no worries)


Brad got a meat grinder for his birthday and forayed into the world of homemade breakfast sausage. This was an excellent development.



Visited our nearby state park



And, of course, the usual Monthly Hallie Round-Up:










October was a good one!

Boswell beach trip 2022: part 1

Just another friendly reminder that I'm still playing catch-up. Clearly, it is not currently July... We made another annual trip to Tops...