Sisterly Love

I just found this note on a little slip of paper:

To: RoBert
Be Qwiet!
Love Clara

She was also taking the time to compile a list of all of the bad things that Robert was doing. It has mysteriously disappeared after asking her if she would like us to start compiling a list of her wrongdoings.

No Peeking Mommy!

I have a confession to make. I peek at gifts. Always have. One of my fondest childhood memories is sneaking into the living room early every Christmas morning to peek in my stocking. Linsey and I usually got some of the same things in our stockings, just in different colors. So I would peek in hers and then switch stuff out if I liked the color of hers better. Oh, come on, it wasn't that wrong. The funny thing is I remember Linsey saying on more than one occasion that she liked the color of mine better. Ha!

Seriously, I was bad. I used to unwrap gifts when my mom wasn't home and then re-wrap them. I'd go snooping for gifts before they were wrapped and even found the master list in my mom's purse a couple of times. Ok, so that's pretty bad. I'm better now though. I can handle the anticipation much better.

Clara made a Christmas gift for Chris and I at school. She told me not to look in the bag that was in her backpack. As I was going through her stuff, I found the bag. I was just teasing her and asked her if I could have it then and I got a resounding "NO". A few minutes later I asked her again and she exasperatedly said "You don't see me begging to open presents now, do you?" I looked at her sheepishly and before I could answer, she asked, "Do you? Huh? Do you?"

Alright! I won't ask again. Sheesh. I will say, I'm glad she's not a peeker or a begger. I'm afraid I'm not going to be nearly as nice as my mom was about it.

"Frosty Old St. Nick"

I'm being serenaded right now.

"Frosty the snowman was a jolly old St. Nick.

and he gave a home to the children's soul

that made them so ha-ppy."

More Clara Quotes

- As we were pulling into Sonic:

Me: "What kind of ice cream do you want?"
Clara: "Jelly"
Me: "Jelly? I don't think they have jelly ice cream."
Clara: "You just push the button and say 'Do you have jelly ice cream?' And then she will say 'Yes, we do.'"

(She actually used a voice to imitate me and a different one for the Sonic girl)


- After waking from her nap and coming into the office where I was at the computer in my bra and panties (cut me some slack; I just woke up too):

Clara: "Why are you wearing your naked?"
Me: "I'm not naked. I'm wearing underwear."
Clara: "Go put some clothes on. I don't want to see your naked."


- She was singing "Part of Your World" the other day. This is the song from The Little Mermaid where Ariel laments the fact that she's a mermaid and can't go on land and do cool things like run and dance. It's not an easy song to sing, and I was only able to pick out a few words at first. Then she decided to just make up her own words. I only remember one line. It went "I want to go up there to get my stuff." (I guess you had to be there. Doesn't seem so funny now.)


- While on the potty doing her business:

Clara: (passes a little gas, the kind that's only air and no noise. Sorry, but it's an important detail.)
Me: "Did you toot?"
Clara: "No, I snarkled."
Me: "Where did you hear that?"
Clara: "From my bottom."

Hmmm, not exactly what I meant.