LILY-ISMS: July 2022 edition

Discussing skin tone among the sisters
So... Claire and I are the sunflower part of the Ukrainian flag and Brynnie and Hallie are the sky part.

Well, it's a puzzle. You know how I am when I see a puzzle.

This is the shorty cut.

I can't be patient. I locked my patience in my bag. And the key is gone.

Your new hat is red! That's my favorite color on your head!

Bronking rhino : bucking bronco

Trumpkin likes bread from the old days, like when God was on the earth.

Bill: Girls, should Grandpa shave this week at the beach or not?
Lily: Grandpa... Just look in the mirror.

Is that guy going to run across the bridge? I'm very impressed.

Me and Claire said that in UNISON!

I gave you a hug to my heart.

Is Daddy going to be our room mom?
While discussing our homeschool plans

Relayed by our friend, Kaitlyn, who serves in children's church:
Lily in children's church to another child who really enjoyed the story:
I have a book at home that has all these stories in it.

I like you, Mommy. You're *almost* perfect.

Can we be Eloise-y twins?
Wearing our coordinating pink-and-white striped jammies

See this thing? It holds it secure.

When working math problems
Let me do the calculation.

Mommy, you're just like Isabella- you never have a bad hair day!
Referring to Isabella from Encanto

Looking at a framed picture Amiee gave them:
Oh, Bo. She was a stroooong woman indeed. She gave me a piggyback ride and then Brynnie!

When the relatives were here...
Referring to our visit from my aunt and uncle 

Brynnie, shhh! I'm on the phone with Trumpkin!

Mommy, I believe it's raining cats and dogs.

In the deep end, when I try to stand up, I plunge underwater.

I can't get that for you, Brynn. I'm tucked into my safe haven.

Discussing her dress
There are pockets everywhere. That's a relief!

Mommy, I can soften the blow by saying it's 4 weeks until we move. Because it's closer to 4 weeks not 3.

You forgot to do a dog lick on the page!
Dog ear a page in a book

LILY-ISMS: June 2022 edition

Then the green light came upon her.
The green light in Bruno's cave in Encanto

There's still one magic left! The magic of love.
During a tense moment in Encanto

We find her, literally, everywhere.

I put in a lot of rest today. I thought I was going to church, but I ended up resting. Which is what church days are supposed to be.
We missed church because of colds, and we did, indeed, get a lot of rest.

Daddy is the most guy I spend time with.

Take a picture of the little plumed Hallie!
Hallie had a tall, poky ponytail on top of her head, which was very much like a plume.

My, my. There are more forks.
Looking at the dishes in the dishwasher waiting to be unloaded

We're packing reinforcements. That means animals.

I had lots of excitements today! I met a new friend and got a new tooth brush!

I haven't quitely finished yet.

Trumpkin always says, "When you're tired with your mind, just read a good book."

This book, by the way, is James Herriot's Children's Treasury.

Oh no! It's the wretched garage!
I have no memory of what this was about. I LOVE the option of a garage.

I love Nana for being so crafty.
Ahem...arts and crafts

I'm just TOO happy about this!
Going to see The Miracle Worker with Nana and Poppy

Text from my mom while out with the girls:
In the bathroom, one stall in taken. Claire goes in the empty one. 
Lily: What if they take a loooong time?
Me: in hushed tones "LILY!"
Lily: quietly, Oh. She might hear me...

Text from my mom while out with the girls:
I told them that Bo knows how to make cotton candy.
Lily: When she worked at the CIRCUS???
Note: my sister has never worked at the circus. She was, however, the director for student activities at a university.

Claire: We killed a bee outside.
Lily: Claire!!! Why did you KILL a pollinator???

LILY-ISMS: May 2022 edition

Just a reminder: It's currently October. I'm still just catching up from earlier this year, as I got very very behind. But, please do enjoy these quotes by Lily.

I'm going to make friends with him.

An animal on her calendar

Thank you, God, that Brynnie loves my imagination and pretends it's real.

A flood of animals!

Referring to Claire dumping stuffies over the stair rail

I'm just telling her she's not alone in this.

You should be poked in the name of the law!

The Graceful Leaper

She named a bouncy ball

The wiggly pile

Category of stuffies: snake, worm 

Hallie's starting to turn into a real person!

Referring to Hallie's increased talking and walking 

Mommy, will we be able to visit New Jersey after that wonderful 10 months? Planning to visit New Jersey after we move back south...BEFORE we even moved to New Jersey

Compy-clated : complicated

I nervous-ed myself.

Got upset, uncomfortable

Claire really wanted to have a box lid to play with, so I decided I could be lidless. I decided to make someone's day happier.

LILY-ISMS: April 2022 edition

Mommy, I'm so glad you brought a new movie into our lives so we could have new imagining buddies!

Referring to Lion King

My heart can't be un-grieved today.

Our neighbor's beloved dog passed away, and Lily was exceptionally sad.

She wanted to write a song about Cody, and Brad, very patiently, worked on it with her.

I just feel so much life in this song!

Listening to "Circle of Life" in Lion King

I'm making the lizards show the snakes what is love and caring.

Playing with little animal toys

Fox knee socks + sandals

They are drawn to him.

I can't remember what she was talking about, but I think it was in reference to characters in a book.

I'm DEVOURING this hamburger.

What's that strange noise like an elephant but able to use its trunk?

Maybe we should wear zebra attire.

Compy-clated : complicated

These shoes broke, and when I told her that we needed to throw them away, she wanted a picture to remember them by.

LILY-ISMS: March 2022 edition

Go slowly-er!

I was GAPING at you! And yes- she used it correctly.

We're plunging into a dark path...

Driving in the dark

We got fairy dust sprinkled on our room!

At Disney, the app says that they are pixie dust-ing your room when they're cleaning it.

Wonderful! Wonderful! It might be so fun!

Finding out about Disney

Hallie, jabbering Amiee: Tell us about it, Hallie.

Lily: She tells us a lot of nothing.

It's going to be GREAT fun, isn't it, Bo?!

Trumpkin loves this place. She thinks she puhposed to live in the jungle. Our Lion King-themed hotel room

There's a corridor coming. We were about to turn onto a long hotel hallway.

Lets go of my hand while walking so she could adjust her Minnie ears

Sorry, Mommy. We will connect again later.

Every time I washed my hands, the numbers just fainted. 

I had written my phone number on her arm, in case she got separated from us.

When I'm lonely, I can use my imagination to imaginate things.

Peace-ness Peaceful

I love the soft fur of her.

Referring to Hallie's soft hair

I got a snow brain.

Brain freeze Praying for Ukraine

Please let the war stop in Ukraine. And when it's over, please don't let it feel so empty and lonely.

Me and Claire are communicating.

They were wearing coordinating outfits.

I just want to jump into the great wonders of movies! Movie-themed rides at Disney

The imaginated chef. Gusteau from Ratatouille

LILY-ISMS: February 2022 edition

I just wish you didn't have a Goldilocks like Brynna. Sometimes, she takes issue with the fact that Brynn is blonde.

Did you see Hallie reaching out imploring arms to me?

Did you know I adored Hallie at first sight?

It was I who turned it on.

I was imploring you.

I'm just muddled.

I wrote a very awkward 6.

I didn't mean to lick you, Mommy.

Did you know Nathan Chen is even on ADS?? Commercials during the Olympics

I was warming up my mouth during that short break.

Singing while I switched out audiobook discs

My shirt burst into sparkles!

Sequins reflecting into ceiling

Did you know Hallie just adores Lav? She named one of her stuffies Lavender, nicknamed Lav.

The sun is hotting my toes.

You know that we appreciate candy very much.

What's in the warmer upper?

Microwave

That's about her LIFE, Mommy.

Describing the book Lillian's Right to Vote and how it traces through the injustices throughout her life that motivated her to do whatever it took to make it to the polls on election day

Mommy, I made this thing like the northern lights. A little shady, but beautiful gorgeous! A craft she was making

I have pictures that bring LIGHT TO THE WORLD!

I could watch her all day!

Korean figure skater during the Olympics

We're reviving bubbles into new bubbles!

This is going to be a CRAFTY TIME!

Oh! You sweet little girl!

To Hallie

Babies. Life of dreams. Referring to the great life Hallie has

Erin: Which hand is pointing to the 9?

Lily: The short o'clock.

Hour hand on the clock

My mask softens the bad smell.

We were in a public bathroom that did not smell great, but it was during the time that masks were still mandatory indoors in Durham, so, according to Lily, it worked out.She likes the quiet and peaceful-ness.

I just came to love you.