the new year and some childrenisms

it's been a busy week for us here. with mike on twelve hour shifts, the girls and i have been doing our thing like we do best. christmas is gone and left the remnants of new toys and stress lifted off the shoulders of a very stressed out moma. the new year came and left. we brought it in by sleeping in. all of us. woohoo!

hope: moma, what kind of birthday cake do you want?

me: i don't know, moma's don't really get cakes.

hope: well how about a blue cinderella cake?

me: that sounds good

hope: or i know...a coffee cake. because that's all you drink

me: ellie, you need to be nice and stop teasing

ellie: ma'am yes

me: don't be mean

ellie: k ma!

(2 minutes later)

ellie: ma! I be bad to hope me.

the girls: Daddy?

mike: what?

the girls: why is your tongue sticking out?

mike: because i'm a barrett

the girls: what's that mean?

mike: you do it too.

you see why it's never hard to get a good laugh.

happy new year!