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.

June 10, 2008 (Alyssa)

Carrie: Do you know what else we bought at the store?...Cherries!

Alyssa: Are they like the cherries that Grandpa Jacks gets? The ones that are red and round and they have a pupil in the middle that you spit out?

June 10, 2008 (Alyssa)

Mama, do you know my cousin Michael? The one who's in the hospital because he broke his arm? Well, I think that he is into sports and plays a lot of sports, because he likes video games, and video games are a sport, aren't they?

June 6, 2008 (I Really Don't Know)

Ethan was in the car, making battle noises.

Brian: Are your hands fighting each other?
Ethan: (Nods yes)
Carrie: Only a guy can say that to another guy, and have it make sense.

June 6, 2008 (Brian)

As they say, with age comes wisdom. When I'm older, I'll know exactly when to shut up. As it is...