December 18, 2007 (Brian)

(While lying in bed with Marcus.)

Carrie: He's such a good boy.

Brian: Yeah, he's a lot better than our other kids - they move.

December 17, 2007 (Brian)

Game Question: You're planning a sensual evening with your partner. How would you create a romantic atmosphere?

Carrie: I guess the usual stuff. I'd put a bunch of pillows and blankets on the floor...light some candles...light a fire in the fireplace...

Brian: With your laser vision?

December 18, 2007 (Marcus?)

Marcus was having a hard time waking up this morning. Brian was holding him, and he said "Good morning!" Then he said, for Marcus, "I'm not getting paid enough to be here."

December 13, 2007 (Brian)

Our pizza from Papa Murphy's wasn't cooking on the top in the middle, so I turned the broiler on, and just barely burnt the pizza.

Carrie: Thanks for picking up dinner.

Brian: Thanks for burning it.

September 20, 2007 (Alyssa)

Carrie: You can't always get your way.

Alyssa: I don't want to get my way! I just want to get what I want!

September 17, 2007

Carrie: I don't know what I am.

Alyssa: You're a Mom...Do you know who's mom you are?

Carrie: Yep. I'm your mom and Ethan's mom and the new baby's mom.

Alyssa: And Daddy's mom.

(Brian also hollered from the other room, "And my mom!")

September 11, 2007 (Alyssa)

(At the zoo)

Alyssa: Mama, what kind of animal is that?

Carrie: Some kind of goat.

(A couple of minutes go by)

Alyssa: The some-kind-of-goat is gone!

September 1, 2007 (Carrie)

The kids don't seem to get the idea of sleeping in on Saturday morning. Ethan was up at 4:30, but went down again, and Alyssa was up at 5:00. I don't know if she went back to sleep before I heard her again at six. When they were both ready for breakfast at 6:15, Carrie said:

When you guys are teenagers, I'm waking you up at 6:00 on Saturdays to do yard work.

It seemed like a just punishment at the time.

July 13, 2007 (Brian)

(Enter Carrie, very large and pregnant)

Carrie: Brian, I don't know if you want us around or not while you're studying for boards...

Brian: Round? What other shape would you be?

January 12, 2007 (Brian)

Brian: Don't do that. You'll get hurt.

Alyssa: No I won't.

Brian: You will if I spank you.

July 11, 2007 (Alyssa)

Alyssa: Mom, does my finger smell?

Carrie: I can't smell anything. What would happen if it did smell?

Alyssa: Well, remember in church the other day when my finger got slammed in the door and you said we needed to put ice on it so it wouldn't start smelling?

June 23, 2007 (Alyssa)

We were driving to Target when we heard Alyssa say from the back seat of the car:

We're sharing our germs!

Then she explained:

Ethan was sucking on his fingers and then I sucked on his fingers. We're taking turns!

June 16, 2007 (Alyssa)

(After dropping off Brian at school, on a Saturday)

Alyssa: I don't think I want to be an optometry student when I grow up.
Carrie: Oh, really? What do you want to be?
Alyssa: Nothing.
Carrie: What about a Mom?
Alyssa: Yeah, I want to be a mom.
Carrie:I'm a mom and I love it!
Alyssa: And I want to be a dog.

June 13, 2007 (Alyssa)

We were talking about boogers and how eating them can make you sick. Carrie told Alyssa that they make you sick because they're dirty and she said:

Can't we just wash them off?

June 13, 2007 (Alyssa)

(at almost five years old)

Mama, where did I grow up at?

April 3, 2007

Alyssa: The Candyland Man is wearing two necklaces. Boys don't wear necklaces!

Carrie: Sometimes they do.

Alyssa: Only the ones who say "Yo, yo, yo!" I saw it in a movie.

March 14, 2007 (Brian)

(Ethan didn't sleep very well during the night, so Carrie got up a few times to help him get back to sleep.)

Brian: I don't know if this is it, but with you getting up so much last night, I am so tired.

(Obviously, Brian didn't realize what he had said, until after it came out of his mouth.)

Friday, March 2, 2007

Alyssa: Can I have another piece of bread? Hey, that's Michele's dad's name: Bread!
Carrie: No dear, his name is Brad.

Everytime Alyssa says, "You know..." she actually says, "You know-ho..."

February 14, 2007 (Alyssa)

Happy Balentine's day!

February 13, 2007 (Alyssa)

When I’m a big girl like your size and I have a little girl, I’m never going to make her take naps.

February 13, 2007 (Carrie)

To Brian:

She’s only four years old and she’s already learned that it’s impossible to have a conversation with you.

February 11, 2007

Alyssa recognized one of the deacons who was passing the sacrament: “Oh, does Skyler work here?”

February 4, 2007 (Carrie and Brian)

Carrie: Why don’t you put your book down and tell me how much you love me?

Brian: This is the last page of the chapter, Ding-a-ling.

Carrie: That was the exact opposite of what I asked you to do.

December 4, 2006 (Alyssa)

Alyssa was very full from dinner, she grabbed her stomach and said, “Ow, it hurts. It feels like I’m pregnant.”

December 3, 2006 (Carrie and Brian)

Carrie: Where are my slippers?

Brian: I know where mine are.

Carrie: Oh, mine are right by yours. They must like each other.

Brian: Pretty soon we’ll have a bunch of little slippers running all over the house.

December 3, 2006 (Alyssa)

Alyssa’s first sacrament meeting testimony:

I want to bear my testimony. I know the church is true. I like my family. I love good food. I like my family…I love my family. I love going to primary. I love Jesus and Heavenly Father…(starts walking away, goes back to podium after walking about five feet)…In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

November 13, 2006 (Carrie and Alyssa)

(For Family Home Evening we made peanut butter

cookies for Dad to eat when he came

home from studying. Alyssa was in charge

of the card to leave with the cookies. She was coloring away when…)

Mom: Wow, cool! What’s that?

Alyssa: A brown crayon.

November 7, 2006 (Brian)

Are you still trying to win? You have an overdeveloped sense of Disneyland. Someday that’s going to get you in trouble.

November 4, 2006 (Alyssa and Carrie)

Alyssa: Can somebody hold me still? So I don’t fall? I’m trying to put my pants on and it makes me start falling to the floor.

Mom: Try sitting on the bed.

Alyssa: Oh, okay. Thanks for trying. I'm fine.

October 10, 2006 (Carrie and Brian)

(While Carrie is coming to bed)

Carrie: Can you please move over?

Brian: What? I thought I was pretty well-centered.

August 2006 (Alyssa)

How does Heavenly Father see us if we live in a basement?

August 2, 2006 (Alyssa)

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day. Please bless Mama that she’ll stop counting.

June 28, 2006 (Carrie)

Alyssa, those aren’t your pajamas, that’s a pillowcase…

June 24, 2006 (Brian)

Brian: I always do my best rushing around at the last minute, though.

May 31, 2006 (Alyssa and Carrie)

Alyssa: I don’t like Moses

Mom: Do you know who Moses is?

Alyssa: Mm-hhm, he’s a prophet.

Mom: Why don’t you like Moses?

Alyssa: Because he's not very good looking to me.

May 20, 2006 (Alyssa and Brian)

(While walking into church)

Alyssa: …and I’ll put flowers on your graves…

Brian: Alyssa, we're not going to die any time soon.

April, 2006 (Carrie and Brian)

Carrie: You could have an affair, and I might forgive you. But if you bring a snake in my house, that is grounds for divorce.

Brian: Woo-hoo! You said I could have an affair!

April 26, 2006 (Carrie and Alyssa)

Carrie: Usually when it's between Mommy's opinion and Alyssa's opinion, Mom's opinion wins.

Alyssa: But I run faster, so my uh-penguin wins.

April 18, 2006 (Brian)

That's the problem with living in a basement-you very rarely have skylights.