Hallie-isms

I feel like I do these posts all the time, but Hallie says funny things a lot and I want to record them. She will love it later, promise. So here are some recent Hallie-isms:

*During General Conference, Devin and I didn't want to move to go get Jace a diaper, so we asked Hallie to go get one. She ran upstairs and came back down a short while later with this announcement: "I couldn't reach, reach, reach" all while doing a little jazzer-cise move, jutting out her hip and pointing her hand in the air. (This is false, by the way. She can easily reach, reach, reach the diapers).

*While throwing a little ball back and forth with Devin, she suddenly said, "throw it to my hands, sweetie." This is odd because neither Devin or I use the word "sweetie" that I can recall. Later, she added to it by saying, "throw it to my hands, sweetie dad."

*Whenever she gets something out of the fridge or cupboards that I tell her she can't have, she retorts with, "I am going to share with my dad!" I am so sure... she is just trying to make me believe that Devin requested some food item. What she doesn't know is that I am smart and I am aware of her favorite snacks and his favorite snacks and they generally aren't the same.

*One night Hallie threw a fit when I tried to help her brush her teeth, clenching her mouth shut and rolling her head around so the task was just short of impossible. I gave up and sent her to bed. (Yeah, I know what you are thinking... I am a bad mom for not brushing her teeth for two minutes three times daily. Oh well.) A few minutes later, she started pounding on her door and shouting, "mom! I need to brush my teeth! My mouth is dirty!" Yeah...a trick to get out of her room. I didn't fall for it.

*We had zucchini one night for dinner, something Hallie had never had, or at least not that she could remember. She had a really hard time remembering what they were called and ended up calling them "Cinderellas" all night long. I am not sure how she went from zucchinis to Cinderellas, but okay. All that matters is that she liked the "Cinderellas" and ate a lot of them.

*After Jace spit up on me once: "Awwww, honey, your shirt is dirty!" (in her sweetest baby voice).

*One day when Jace was fussing a little bit and I was in the other room, I heard Hallie consoling him with the following: "Jacer...Jacer...no need to whine, buddy!"

*One night when I woke her up to take her to the bathroom, she was still fairly asleep, but kept repeating, "whip cream....whip cream....whiiiiip cream" all the way up the stairs. I wonder what she dreams about?

*Recently we were singing "Old McDonald" and I let her choose the animals to sing about in each verse. First she chose a cow, then she chose a dog, then she chose...an animal cracker. When I told her that an animal cracker is not specific animal that we could sing about, she was quite mad. Being as insistent as she is, we sang a few verses of "Old McDonald had an animal cracker..." Now, you try to tell me what sound an animal cracker makes.

*One night at dinner, as I was getting seconds, she eyed me worriedly and said, "That's A LOT, Mommy!" Well, thanks, Hals. Glad she is worried about my weight. Someone should be.