Annalise-isms « Our Lander Family

$.50 For A Napkin! Really?!?!

At Epcot the girls took a trip to the bathroom… more than one actually… that’s a normal occurrence… especially when you are drinking a lot in order to stay hydrated… this time, however, was a little more memorable. This time Annalise took an interest in the vending machines in the bathroom and couldn’t believe someone would pay $.50 for a napkin. “Why would someone pay good money for a napkin when they can go get a paper towel right over there for FREE!” she said. “That’s just stupid.” Annalise even got Madeline and Secily in on it too… the whole stupid thing.

So that’s why Tracy was laughing her head off when she came out of the bathroom. I guess should didn’t want to get into that whole ‘time of the month’ thing and the difference between a ‘napkin’ and a ‘sanitary napkin’. Guess Annalise just thought they were extra clean if they came out of a vending machine for $.50.

Things We Say Without Thinking

We say a lot of things without thinking about what we are saying. We say them because we’ve always said them. They made sense when we heard them so we said them and they just became a part of our normal language. It takes a kid to call our attention to it. Yesterday Annalise asked, “Why do they call it ‘hanging up’?” I wonder what else we say that makes no sense anymore.

Krishnas On The Corner

Depending on who you talk to in our family they are either homeless, waiting to cross the corner and moving around because they are cold (and the music was from a loud car behind us), mislead and confused, or dancing and singing for money. Can you guess who said what?

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Connor: waiting to cross
Annalise: homeless
Madeline: panhandling
Me: mislead

Pennies In A Fountain

We ate at the Moe’s on Newberry Rd not too long ago. The routine always ends up walking around the fountain on the way back to the car. On this particular occasion the kids conned some change out of us to throw into the fountain to make wishes. After it was all said and done Tracy asked what people wished for. This was their answers:

Annalise: I want to be on Steve Irwin’s team one day!

Madeline: I want to be a horseback rider.

Secily: I want to be a princess.

Connor: I didn’t make a wish because it’s a scam.

Odd Vocabulary

Meat pouch = ravioli.

Cleaning the F's

I spent the day yesterday with a pressure washer cleaning the patio. It was noisy and wet. While the kids liked the water they hated the noise. So Annalise kept asking when I’d be done. At one point I explained that I was almost done with the patio but that I had to clean the eaves next. She was disappointed and went inside yet again.

A little bit later Tracy comes out of the house laughing.

Seems like Annalise was reporting back to Tracy and said, “He’s cleaning the Fs next. Oh I mean the Es.”

Ewww… Oh! That’s what you mean!

Tucker is our cat. According to Annalise, he had his eyeballs on me the other day. He was watching me intently from the living room as I worked in the kitchen.

Ninja Angels

After Sunday we usually ask what the kids learned in class and reinforce things. It seems this Sunday was about how God protects us and we have guardian angels. Here’s how the conversation went as we were driving home:

Annalise: Did you know we have guardian angels all around.

Tracy: Oh yeah, what do they look like.

Annalise: Silly, they’re in visible. That means you can’t see them.

Tracy: That’s right, they watch over us.

Annalise: Yep. And when we’re not safe, I think they do karate!

Ice cubes and tickles!

Annalise has gotten into wanting soft scratches before going to bed. And I don’t do them right so it’s always up to Tracy to do it. The other night Tracy was getting a little busy with other things and couldn’t spend much time with it so Annalise made a deal with her. She’d give Tracy soft scratchies if Tracy gave them to her. As Annaliase was doing the soft scratchies say slyly said, “I’m going to give you soft scratchies so soft that you’ll turn into an ice cube!”

I too little.

Tracy and the kids were cleaning up a bunch of the stuffed animals today. We have far too many and they make a big mess sometimes. As Annalise was brining them to be put away she would ask Tracy stuff like ‘What’s this ones name?’ She did that with Shrek but didn’t catch the name so she asked again. When she didn’t repeat the name Tracy asked, ‘Can you say Shrek.’

‘No, I too little to say that,’ was her matter-of-fact response.

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