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.