But Not a DRAGON!!

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One of the fun little things I’ve tried to keep up is having Gracen pick a new fruit or vegetable to take home and investigate during our weekly shopping trips. Though she seriously contemplated a papaya, she ended up selecting this particular dragon fruit today. This is the conversation that ensued while browsing the other aisles…

Gracen: What’s dis one called again, Mama?

Mama: It’s a dragon fuit. We’ll cut it open when we get home and see what’s inside.

Gracen: NOT a DRAGON though, right Mama?!

Hah! Silly little goose.

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Huncle Pet

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For some reason, Gracen’s taken to calling her Uncle Brett ‘Huncle Pet’ recently and it’s quickly become one of those weird things you catch yourself saying as though it’s become the norm all of a sudden. I have no idea how or why it came about, but they do make a pretty adorable pair, don’t they?

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Taylor Swift Hair

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Gracen: (lifting up my loosely braided ponytail and turning her head sideways to inspect it) Mama, you’re just like Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift does her hair like this.

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Sooooo Much

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Today while in the parking garage of IKEA…

Gracen: (while giving me a hearty pat on the back) I love you soooo much, Mum.

Mama: I love you soooo much too, Grae.

Gracen: Thanks, Mum.

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Needed ASAP.

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Both yesterday and today at dinner…

Gracen: (while pointing to our fourth and empty dining chair) I want a baby sister to sit in that chair. Mama, I want one right noooow.

Hmmm… Well okay then, Little Miss.

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Don’t Cry

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While watching a video of the ‘5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed’…

Gracen: (very matter factly) Don’t cry, Mama.

Mama: Don’t cry?

Gracen: No, Mama… Don’t cry. It’s okay to fall. You just get up and try again.

That’s my girl.

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On Love.

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While laying in the big bed chatting this morning…

Mama: Grae, do you remember what Valentine’s Day is all about?

Gracen: Yes. (very surely) It’s about love.

(pause)

And love is all about LICKING!

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Table Talk

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While waiting for our lunch at Earls today…

Gracen: I’m a big girl now. A big, BIG, BIIIIIIIIG girl.

Mama: Yes you are, Grae.

Gracen: I can use a tampon now?

Oh dear.

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A Story by Grae

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This afternoon, while I was brushing my teeth and throwing on some lipgloss in the bathroom and Miss G was watching at the doorway, Grae announced that she was going to tell me a story. This is it, word for word (giant pauses and all).

Once upon a time…. There was a nice mum mum. She was brushing her… teeth. And Grae Grae loved her brushing her teeth. But theeeeeen… Gracen sat on her head!!!

Such a strange little doodle I spend my days with.

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Always & Forever

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While getting into the car after a particularly trying visit to the craft store…

Gracen: I’m happy! I’m a good girl.

Mama: Yes, baby. You’re a good girl.

Gracen: But Mama’s still feeling a little bit up-set though…

Mama: (nods)

Gracen: I LOVE YOUUUU!

Mama: I love you too, Grae.

Gracen: Mama still loves Grae Grae even when she’s up-set.

Yes I do, sweet girl. Always and forever.

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Gracen Says

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Gracen is wearing her footie jammies superhero style (with just the arms on and the legs flying loose behind her) and Bella is all up in her business as usual….

Gracen: (very sternly) Leave it, Bella. Grae Grae’s Batman.

While in the bathroom this morning…

Gracen: (pointing to something on the counter) Grae have one of dose, Mama?

Mama: One of which, Bubba?

Gracen: (pointing to a box of tampons) One of dose.

Mama: You want a tampon?

Gracen: Yes.

Mama: What for, sweetie?

Gracen: (very matter of factly) For my ‘gina.

Never a dull moment with this little monkey around…

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When She Grows Up…

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Today as Miss G sat on the bathroom counter and I brushed her hair…

Mama: Gracen, what kind of person do you want to be when you grow up? (I wanted to ask ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?’, but wasn’t sure she’d understand the question)

Grae: (in the sweetest, most sincere little voice) Just like Mama.

Goodness gracious… We’d better call it a day. It simply doesn’t get any better than this.

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Things that Make G Happy

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Gracen was having trouble falling asleep tonight, so I went into her room to talk to her. I explained that when I’m having a hard time falling asleep, I think about all of the things that make me happy. I asked if she had any ideas of things she could think about, and without so much as pausing, she began her list…

“Ice cream, gardening, parks, books, Mama, Papa, and sleeping.”

Goodness gracious, I love this little lady.

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