Anda Says

I've been keeping better track of these lately, so I think it's time for another edition, before the post gets too long. Here are some more of Anda's thoughts on life.

Anda: My baby sister is hiccing-up.

Anda: I AM hold-stilling!

Anda: Mommy, I can't sneeze my nose.

[Note: "whuch" means something like "When can I?" or "I wish I could..." I can't figure out a direct translation. It's a question and a desire. I think it's from Ariel singing "WISH I could be part of your world."]

Anda: Whuch I could go to that big pool? Maybe when I'm 26.

Anda: Whuch I could get a motorcycle? Maybe for my birthday. When I'm 8.

Anda: Whuch I could get a princess camera? Maybe for my birthday. When I'm 18. When I'm five-teen. How about 13?

Me: Do you know why Daddy goes to work?
Anda: So he can get us food and clothes and check emails.

Anda: Lilah wants to get bigger and bigger. So she can check emails.

Me: Anda, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Anda: Check emails.

Me: Eat 3 bites of egg and then I'll make you some jelly toast.
Anda: Why not 2?
Me: Eat 3 because you're 3.
Anda: Why not 5?
Me: Okay.
Anda: Why not 4? I want just 4.

Anda: Who are those?
Me: Those are the eels. Their names are Flotsam and Jetsom
Anda: How about we call them chicken and jelly toast?

Anda: I just want that flower because I'm a person.

Anda: Sorry you have a 'merican flag in your mouth.

Anda: [to me, referring to her Rapunzel dress] When you get little again, you can wear a Cinderella one.

Anda: [singing the the tune of "At Last I See the Light"] And at last we see the baby and it's like a little baby and at last we see the baby she has dirt in her ear and she has mud in her face...[and on and on for at least ten more minutes][the baby was perfectly clean]

Anda: Mama, you like music, don't you, huh?
Me: Yeah. You like music too.
Anda: I like some of the music but you like ALL the music.

Anda: [listening to "Someone Like You" by Adele] Mama is this a brown lady or a pink lady?
Me: It's a pink lady.
Anda: [listens for a while] I think it's a brown lady.

Anda: Jacob, be careful with that watermelon so you don't drop it.

Anda: Mama, be careful with the baby so you don't drop her.

Anda: Mama, can you please be careful on the stairs so you don't fall?


Anda: [watching Sherlock] That lady is talking like Harry Potter.

Anda: [seeing Dan get out the brown sugar for oatmeal] That's for cookies.
Dan: It's for oatmeal too.
Anda: It's for cookies but it's a little bit for oatmeal.

Anda: [praying] ...thank you for koala bears...and please bless Mimi and Hannah so they don't get lost...

Anda: [playing with the magnets on the refrigerator] Mama, what does "make my dream come true" mean?
Me: Well, a dream is something you want, and if it comes true, that means you get what you want.
Anda: I want to play with magnets.

Anda: [as we are searching all over 7 Peaks for Dan] Where's my dad?
Me: I have no idea!
Anda: I have an idea! [Reaches into pretend pocket of bathing suit and pulls out invisible object] It's riiiight here! It's a Cinderella one!


Anda: Do cats sleep?
Me: Yes.
Anda: Does Hannah's cat sleep?
Me: Yeah, she sleeps a lot.
Anda: No, does Hannah's CAT sleep.
[Hannah sleeps a lot too]