Thursday, October 23, 2008 (Alyssa)

Carrie fixed a heart-shaped turkey sandwich for Alyssa (her favorite) and a dinosaur-shaped turkey sandwich for Ethan (his favorite) then she heated up some leftover manicotti (which the kids didn't like) for herself.

Alyssa: (pointing to manicotti) Uugh! That's not fair. We don't even get that, and we don't even want that, but it's not fair that we don't get it.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (Ethan)

Lately Ethan has been calling himself, "I." If you have food, and he wants some too, he comes up to you and says, "I, I, I...I, I." Or if you're in the shower (with no lock on the bathroom door) and Ethan wants to come join you, he comes in, starts tugging at his clothes, and says, "I...I, I, I!" (Or sometimes he just sneaks in to the bathroom, takes off his clothes, climbs in the tub, and starts singing, like yesterday morning.)

This morning Alyssa woke up, then Ethan woke up, and they were both very cuddly and sweet. Carrie said, "I have three sweet kids. Who are my sweet kids?"

Ethan's hand shot up straight in the air, and he said, "I!"

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (Brian)

Brian calls home every morning to talk to Carrie on his way to the hospital. This morning, when Carrie answered the phone she heard Brian singing...

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, because I live in Tacoma.
You make me happy when skies are gray, like they are today.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you!
Please don't take my sunshine away.

Monday, October 20, 2008 (Brian)

(On the phone)

Brian: So I had eight patients scheduled today, and only two of them showed up.

Carrie: What do you do all day when you don't have any patients?

Brian: Oh, today I read a book about drugs. What do you do when you don't have any patience?

Carrie/Brian: Yell at the kids.

Sunday, October 19, 2008 (Alyssa)

I took off my ring this morning when we were making doughnuts and forgot to put it back on afterward. When we were on our way to church, I said, "Oh, no! I forgot to put my ring back on!" Alyssa asked me why I wear the ring all the time. I told her that it was my wedding ring, that Daddy gave it to me when we got married, and that when I wear it, it means that I'm married to Daddy.

Alyssa: But what if, when we're at church, when you're beautiful, someone sees you and thinks, "Look at that lady with those three kids. She's not married. I think I'm going to marry her."

Carrie: Well, I think everyone at church knows I'm married to Daddy. Besides, usually you date someone for a while before you get married. And if anyone asked me on a date I would tell them that I'm already married and that I love Daddy.

Alyssa: But what if they still think, "Oooh, I want to marry her. She looks very nice, and she's being nice to those kids. I think I'll marry her?"

Carrie: I think everything going to be fine, honey.

She actually asked a couple more times, worried that someone would want to marry me. I think it's cute to see her concept of dating and marriage, and that she just didn't get that it was going to be okay.