Hallie-isms

*The other day, Hallie and I were talking about the baby and what it was going to be like when he comes. She told me that she will share her toys, bring diapers, feed him bottles, and give him his binky. Then she said, "I want to hold him!" So I explained that she can hold him once he is born. She refused to accept this as an answer and said, "no, I hold him now!" She then proceeded to grab both sides of my belly with her two little hands and "hold" the baby for a time.

*Prayers are always classic. One began this way: "Dear Heavenly Father. It's me again...."

*When Carlie was here one day, Hallie was asking about Carlie's boyfriend Beau. She got really quiet and then said, "Beau is handsome!" A little crush, maybe?

*When Devin comes home from school, she often asks him "How was school, daddy?" She seems genuinely concerned about how his day has been.

*On the same note, she has a pretend phone that she plays with sometimes. One day, she pulled out the phone and had the following conversation: "Hi Buzz! How was scouts? Pretty good??" I thought this was pretty funny because 1) Buzz is Camille's husband and its not like we talk about him all that much... 2) Buzz is in the Scouts and somehow she must have remembered that from one of my conversations with Mille.

*The other day, she saw my belly after I got out of the shower and commented on how it was wet. I then said, "yeah...is mommy's belly big?" And she responded with, "getting huge, mommy." very matter-of-factly. True. And oh so kind.

*She often chants a phrase that is something like, "hup two three four, keep it up two three four..." which totally confused me because I had no idea where she got this. (It sounds like something from the Jungle Book or something?) so one day I asked Devin about it and he told me that uses that with her sometimes when she is cleaning up toys or something similar. Mystery solved!

*One Sunday she got a cookie in church and ran around the house shouting, "Woodhouse made it!!! Woodhouse made it!" (her nursery leader's name is Sister Woodhouse). I would try to correct her and say "Sister Woodhouse made it" but she refused to use the "Sister" part. The next week, I asked Sister Woodhouse if she had in fact made the cookie and told her what Hallie had been saying. She laughed and said that she has no idea how she knows her last name as she hasn't ever told her and they don't really use them in class since most of the kids don't understand anyway. Kind of funny the things she picks up on.

* Hallie is really into knowing who bought things that she has. So she will ask at least a million times a day, "who bought the shirt, mom?" or "who bought the bathtub, mom?" etc. etc. etc. for every item imaginable. It can get a little difficult to answer this question when she asks about things like body parts.


What a cheeser. We sure love her. Her little world is about to be turned upside down. But, we can't wait for another one to bring us just as much joy and laughter as she does.