November Recap

Since it's February, it's time to get around to some November posts. Three kids seems to make everything kind of a blurry whirlwind, so I will be brief. I think.

We went to Florida to visit Grandma and Grandpa, where we went to a really cool museum of science and history.

And on the way home, we witnessed the miracle of all three kids sleeping in the car at the same time.

Later in the month, Anda was a bumblebee for her school's production of "A Bugz Christmas." She did a great job! 

And for Thanksgiving we went to my parents' house, where all the Roskelleys gathered for (probably) the last time at the family home. It was crowded and fun and bittersweet. 

While we were there, Dan, Anda, and I ran in the Turkey Trot downtown. Dan did really well, of course, and I had fun with the 5k, but Anda completely destroyed her mile race, coming in as the first girl under 7!

We also had my sister Amy take some family pictures when our photographer was a no show. I'll take free pictures this good any day!

And we got our Benjen and Slewfoot picture. 

And I think those are all the highlights for November. 

Anda/Lilah Says

Lilah: Do you know why Anna and Elsa is sad? Mommy and Daddy had to go for a walk. [Yeah they died in a shipwreck]

Lilah [looking at her Altoid]: It has two sides and two angles. It's a circle!

Lilah: It's too cold and hoggy outside.

Anda: Can I touch the fire? Please? I'll stop, drop, and roll.

[We are eating spaghetti and Lilah has eaten all the beef from her sauce]

Lilah: More chicken, please!

Anda: Lilah, it's not called chicken. It's called Abraham Lincoln. 

Lilah: More Abraham Lincoln, please!

Lilah: Ask me what's my favorite vegetable 

Me: What's your favorite vegetable?

Lilah: Hm. I think candy. 

Lilah: Can we go to the beach?

Me: It's too cold to go to the beach.

Lilah: Let's get our coats and our bathing suits and go to the beach. 

Anda: I can't standle it!

Anda [who has an irrational meltdown in the face of running water and has just watched Home Alone]: Do robbers steal things?

Me: Yes...

Anda [mutters]: And they leave the water running. 

[A truck just backed out of a driveway in front of me]

Me: Whoa! Come on!

Lilah: That truck has to say sorry to the car. Does the car have an owie?

Me: No, the truck was just being rude. 

Lilah: Oh, it was fighting. 

Lilah: Can I watch a movie? I want Mr. Willy Wonka. 

Me: Lilah, what's your favorite song?

Lilah: [who was pretending to be a wolf all morning] A wolf song. 

Me: I don't know a wolf song. How does that go?

Lilah: [howls]

Lilah [holding Nana's right hand]: Can I hold your other hand?

Nana: Sure. [switches hands]

Lilah [sticks her left thumb in her mouth]: My other thumb doesn't fit. 

Dan: You eating that chicken up?

Lilah: No I'm eating it down. 

Lilah: Sometimes he throw ups. 

Anda: How do Spanish people say "Spanish" in Spanish?

Lilah: [listening to Ray Lamontagne's "Trouble" on the radio] Why her won't let him go?

Me: Please stop kicking me. 

Lilah: No I'm not kicking you, I'm feeting you. 

Lilah: [asking me to close the shutters because it was too bright] Can you close that door so it won't sun me?

Lilah: Anda hurt her finger. 

Dan: Is she crying?

Lilah: No. I think she's dead. 

Anda: Does Satan not get candy in his stocking?

Anda: [watching a kissing scene in a show] What the...Mom, they're in love. I don't like in love shows!

Anda [watching The Flash]: Who is that? Yay, his car is broken. That's the bad guy. What the...? What is he doing? Who is that? Oh, it's fog. How is he doing that? Why did he do that? Oh, he has powers. Who was that? Why did she  make that face? [ad nauseum]

Me: Look, you can reach your coat hook now!

Lilah: I'm bigger! Can I go to school now?

Me: Which show do you want to watch?

Lilah: Um...Shampoo Panda? [Kung Fu Panda]