The Things You Say

Kate continues to say the funniest things that I HAVE to write down so I don't forget. Like the last post on her little sayings, this will probably be a long one. There's your warning. You won't offend me if you quit reading now. :)

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She can just about sing every song on the radio. She can tell you when it's Zac Brown Band, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and a few others. It's actually pretty impressive.

The other day, we were at the store and she saw a magazine and said, "Hey, that's Blake Shelton. He looks good there." haha!

The Zac Brown Band song, "As She's Walking Away", came on. There's a lyric that says, "You might fall down on your face..." Kate piped up from the backseat and said, "Yeah, if you walk too fast, you will."

Music, dancing, singing... she loves it all! She said to me not too long ago, "Snap to the whythm, Mommy!" (rhythm)



Conversations with her are always interesting:

Mommy: You promise you'll always love me?
Kate: Yep, and I'll never forget.
Mommy: Even when you're mad at me?
Kate: Yep, I'll still be your friend.

(She's WAY into saying "I'm so mad at you" when things don't quite go her way. We're working on it.)



On another occasion:

Kate: "I wish I was a mommy."
Mommy: "Well, when you get older, you'll be a mommy. How old do you think you'll be when you're a mommy?"
Kate: Well, how old are you?
Mommy: "29"
Kate: "I think I'll be 29."
Mommy: "Well, when I became a mommy, I was 25."
Kate: "Whoa! That's like Daddy's age!"

She uses big words like "frustrating". She'll talk about Mimi and Papa's dog and say, "Sam is so frustrating!"



One night awhile back, we were eating spaghetti for dinner. She said, "Well, I'll need a bib then." I went to get her one and she said, "No, not that one. Let me get one." She goes looking through the drawer and says, "Whoo, this is a long discussion!"

We pass by the firehouse, and she says, "There's the fire department." We pass by my gym, and she'll say, "There's Zumba at the gym." The girl doesn't miss a beat!

She was on a BIG Barney kick for awhile. She knew every one of the Barney videos on Netflix word for word. Now, she's really into Good Luck, Charlie.



When she gets really excited, she'll say "This is so 'citin!" (It's really cute!)

I'll say, "Why don't you go wash your hands for dinner?" and she'll say something like, "I was just thinking about that." (I think she wants to be a step ahead of us.)



Last time Brad and Vicky were in town, we were on our way over to see them and Kate asked, "Are Brad and Vicky going to be there?" When I told her they were, she screamed at the top of her lungs and yelled, "I've been waiting for that!"

The other day, Mimi pulled her hair half up and put a bow in it, and Kate told her, "This is my dream come true." haha!



She usually remembers to use her manners. The other day in the car, she was admiring her fingernails that I had painted the night before. She said, "My fingernails are beautiful. Thanks for painting them, Mommy." I said, "Kate, you're welcome. That was so nice of you. How did you get so nice?" Without missing a beat, she replied, "I just did at some place called Nice Kids."

She says sweet things like, "I wish I was like you, Mommy. You can do so many things." It's usually when she watches me write in cursive or something simple like that. So sweet.

I went to Chuck E. Cheese with two friends and their kids a couple weeks ago. I put Jack in the high chair and was going to go get our drinks while everyone was at the table. I asked Kate if she could watch Jack and make sure he didn't try to get out of his high chair. She said, '"Sure." Right as I walked away, she turned to my friend and said, "Can you watch him?" Ha! Way to pawn off responsibility!



She LOVES to be in charge. We were cooking awhile back and she said, "Can we pretend that I know what we are doing and you don't?" So, I said, "Sure." She got all prissy and started stirring the pasta saying, "Ok, we are making pasta chips." :)

Awhile back, probably during the month of March, when all of us were sick at one time, she said, "I didn't want to bring my toys out to the living room because they might get sick."



When she was sick, I said to her one morning, "You feel ok?" To which she replied in a peppy voice, "Yeah, I feel great!"

Before we went to Purina Farms in April, she said to me, "I can't wait to milk a cow one day. How many OUNCES (!?!?!) of milk does it get? I just want to know. Like 59, maybe?" (I have NO idea where in the world she learned that word or how to use it properly!)



One Monday night while watching Dancing With the Stars, one of the male dancers came out with no shirt on. Kate yelled, "Hey boy, um, how 'bout you put some clothes on?" Even though she was being super sassy, I couldn't help but laugh.

She can rock the sassiness pretty well. It's VERY frustrating at time. We are working on that, too.

I was talking to her during dinner one night and she said, "Um, how 'bout you just let me enjoy my food?" I about had a coronary. She got a quick lesson taught to her about table manners and being kind.

One day while driving on the highway, there was an exhaust smell like maybe from a truck or something. Kate says from the backseat, "Yum, someone is grilling. That sure smells good. Makes me want some." haha!!

She doesn't want to admit she's sleepy EVER, so instead, she'll say, "Can I west my eyes?" I love that she can't say her R's yet.



At the beginning of the summer, she got A bug bite and you would have thought she had broken her arm. The whole way home in the car, she whined, "I CAN'T believe I got a bug bite." I told her, "That's just what happens in the summer. You'll get a lot more this summer, honey." She said, "I know, like 15."

She wants to stay with us forever. We were in Joplin last weekend and drove by my old college. She wouldn't even look at it (she knows that you leave your mommy and daddy when you go to college). She said, "I'm NOT looking at it" and put her head down. She's a stubborn girl, too. Imagine that.



We had a conversation the other night about dogs. I was talking about how they are gross and drink out of the toilet. To which, she replied, "I want a dog." I'm a mean mom and I said, "Well, when you grow up and move out of the house, you can get a dog." Without thinking twice about it, she said, "Well, I guess I'm never getting a dog."

The thought of not living with mommy and daddy blows her mind. So sweet. Honestly, I am A-OK with her NEVER leaving me.



Even with all the sassiness, foot stomping, door slamming (already at THREE????), and bossiness, she's STILL my favorite girl in the whole wide world. Because when she's sweet... boy, she's sweet.