no more questions

Alan is way too busy and stressed to blog this even which happened to him last night so I will. Yesterday evening Alan was in the office frantically trying to do his consulting work, which is way behind schedule. Sarah is "hanging out with him" in the office, climbing onto the back of his chair and hanging over his neck while digging her little elbows into his shoulders etc. So Alan suggests to her that she "close the door on your way out okay?" "I'm not going out," she responded. "I am going to stay in the office." Alan tried to resolve concerns. "Why are you going to stay?" "Because I want to stay in the office." Again Alan tried, "Why do you want to stay?" "Because I want to." Alan: "What do you want to do here? Why do you want to stay?" Sarah: "No more questions daddy."

Counting

Sarah has learned how to count to 100. We are surprised (maybe) and happy (definately).

a conversation with her apple

Today at lunch:
"No apple, you may not get down. Why? Because I have to eat you."

Cute phrases

Yesterday Sarah came down from breakfast and said, "My tummy is full. There is not room for one more chex."
This afternoon she came downstairs and said, "The juice is on its way down to my tummy."

temple recommends

Tonight Alan and I had temple recommend interviews with the Stk Pres. We brought the girls and it just happened that we were both called at the same time so I took Sarah in with me. (This was what Pres. suggested.) Tonight at prayers it was Sarah's turn. She said, "Thank thee that we could go to temple square and I could sit and feel the spirit thing. In the name..."

holding hands

While crossing the street Emmie asked to be picked up. Sarah said, "But I need someone to hold my hand. How about if I hold my shirt. I will keep me safe." And she did. The end.

a trip to the dentist

On the way home from the dentist Sarah is going through the bag of goodies they gave her. "Look Mom, I got a new toothbrush, and they gave me some bum bum meddies for Emmie." (Bum bum meddies?? Also known as desitin, it makes me curious enough to glance around at what she is holding up. ) Ahhh, a small tube of toothpaste...

a whole new meaning

During the Sunday meeting of stake conference Sarah and Emmie ate some snacks. Afterwards Sarah said, "Mommy, I'm still hungry. I want some snackrament now."

A disaster area

Today after lunch I was washing Sarah's spaghetti face. Sarah said, "My face is a disaster area! Sometimes my face is a 'aster area and sometimes it's not."

The fools came up

Just now I heard Sarah singing with her dolly. She was singing the Wise Man and the Foolish Man. When she got to the foolish man verse it went like this. "The rains came down and the fools came up, the rains came down and the fools came up, the rains came down and the fools came up and the house on the sand washed away."

I like to look for...

Sarah likes to improvise her own lyrics to songs she knows. Last night she started out singing the primary song "I like to look for rainbows whenever there is rain..." which is actually called the Baptism song. Anyway then she changed it to, "I like to look for Daddies whenever there are babies..." which we thought was very funny and very perceptive.

some fruit don't come from trees

I've been reading Sarah Charlotte's Web at nap and bed-times. Yesterday Wilber got out of his pen and went into the orchard. I was trying to explain what an orchard was. I said it was a place where lots of fruit trees grew. Sarah said, "Not all fruit comes from trees." True, I replied, some like grapes comes off of a vine. "And some, Sarah injected, come from Walmart."

Words

Remember when you were little and you would hear an unfamiliar word. Usually you would just substitute it for a word you knew. Like Sarah in her song "Nephi's Courage". It goes like this (With the real word in parentheses) The Lord commanded Nephi to go and build a boat. Nephi's older brothers believed it would not float. Laughing and mopping (mocking) they said he should not try. Nephi was courageous and this was his reply...
I actually like the mental picture of Laman and Lemuel mopping.

Sunday Prayer

Today Grandma and Grandpa Wessman came with Kevin to retrieve the mini-van. They stayed for dinner and Sarah volunteered to say the prayer. In her prayer she said, "And please help Grandpa that he will get some hair on top of his head..." We all lost it and had great difficulty in maintaining our composure and reverence for the rest of her prayer. There wasn't a dry eye anywhere by the end of the prayer, we were laughing so hard.

mixed up

Once again similar sounding words got mixed up with hilerious results. Today Sarah was going through asking me what my favorite animal was in each of the baby einstein habitats. "What's your favorite animal in the polar region? Mine is the seal. What's your favorite animal in the banana region?" Banana region? I had to think for a minute. Probably the strawberry combo. She meant Savanna and suggested that I like the elephant the best.

Pioneer vrs pineapple

I dressed Sarah in a pioneer outfit my mother made for me when I was little. Afterwards it was family prayer time. Sarah asked Alan to please thank Heavenly Father that she could be a pretty pineapple. It's hard to remember long words like pioneer.

How to make bread

I was making bread this morning and as Sarah watched she told me how to make bread. "First you squish it and then add some flour. Then you do like this and this and make a ball. Then squish it some more and do this and add some more flour."

Another Story

Once upon a time there was a girl named Sarah. If she was good she can give Jesus a love. Then He will give her a blessing and that will be so righteous. The end.

Once upon a time...

Sarah is becoming a story-teller. She will ask if I want her to tell me a story and then she will procede thusly: "Once upon a time there was a baby. Her name was Emmie. She was a good girl. She believed in God and she believed in Jesus. If she were a food she would be spaghetti. The end." Here she is incorporating two common stories that we read to her namely, anything scripture and Julius, Baby of the World. In Julius, Baby of the World, Lily, the older sister, dislikes her baby brother for a time. One day her mother asks Lily to tell the baby a story and Lily does. "Once upon a time there was a baby. His name was Julius. Julius was really a germ. Julius was like dust under your bed. If he was a food, he would be a raisin. A raison tastes like dirt..." So Sarah changed the story for Emmie to include her favorite things. Every story is a little bit different. Today she said, "Once upon a time there was a baby. Her name was Emmie. She was a good baby. She liked both Heavenly Father and Jesus. One day an angel came down and told her to repent. She did. The end."

salad soup

Last night for dinner Alan had brought home some left-over salad from Brick Oven that his department had bought for everyones' lunch. The dressing was in one of those styrophome (sp?) containers and Sarah asked for some soup. We told her it wasn't soup but salad dressing so she said, "May I please have some salad soup on my dressing?" I laughed and repeated it to Alan and she said, "Yes you may," thinking I had asked her. It was very funny at the time.

New story

On the way home today Sarah said, "I will tell you a new story. Once upon a time I was at Coralee's house and she have two poddies and I have to go to the bathroom and I go in the right one and Daddy stand in the left one. The end." Where did she get this? She has never, and I mean never, seen Daddy going to the bathroom so who knows.

Prayers

On Friday we went to a graduation party for my brother Eric. They have a in-ground trampoline in their yard and Sarah learned to jump on it. She only jumped alone or with one other child so it was pretty safe. She loved it. At prayers that night she said, "And thank you that I could jump," After this phrase she bounced up and jumped up and down while saying, "like this" (then she kneeled back down) "and I could go up and down," (she said while moving one hand up and down).
Then next night she prayed, "Please help me that I can turn 4 quickly."
I love saying prayers with Sarah.

Grandma Phillis

My Grandma Phillis wears a wig as she has very little of her own hair left. When she isn't wearing her wig she wears this net thing on her head. Today Sarah saw it and asked me, "Mommy, why is Grandma Phillis wearing a bra on her head?"

The Brass Plates

Sarah's latest achievement is quoting the entire story of Nephi and the Brass Plates from the Book of Mormon reader. Even though I have heard it the same amount of time from reading it to her or listening to it in the car I am no where near able to do this. Kids are amazing in their abilities to absorb and memorize information.

She's says the funniest things

So today Sarah said some of the funniest things. On the way to Alan's graduation she leaned back to look at Grandma Paulsen and said, "Emmie's been having issues today." Have you ever heard a three-year old say that? It's hysterical. She proceded to tell my mom about how Emmie had a runny nose. I guess she picked up the issues thing from me talking to Alan. For whatever reason there are just some things I don't expect Sarah to pick up from my conversations. That was one of them. Then after graduation she was looking at Alan's cap. She looked it over a minute then pulled the folds of his robe out and commented, "Daddy you have a funny coat. Only Daddies can wear funny coats, ha." We told her when she grew up and graduated she could have a funny coat too. Next she saw a formal gathering and I suggested it might be a wedding. She said, "I need a wedding too." Yes you do Sarah, but not now or even in the next 20 years.

Measuring up

Sarah is a huge Mary Poppins fan! Whenever she gets to watch a movie it is Mary Poppins. Two days ago she found my cute little measuring tape. (I saw it at home depot and had to have it based on its cuteness factor. I just love babies.) So she goes around the house measuring everyone several times a minute and asking to be measured. Then she tells the person what they are. "Mommy you are twenty-twelve. It says you are sweet and cute." When we measure her we usually say, "Sarah Wessman, truly delightful and sweet." Or something similar. When she isn't measuring, or weighing people as she sometimes calls it, she is practicing jumping into pavement pictures. "Mommy, watch me jump. Want to jump with me into a picture?" All the rest of the time she is running in circles with her umbrella open claiming to be Mary Poppins. "Mommy, I am Mary Poppins. See me flying with my umbrella?"

Pink

After Sarah's bath yesterday she said, "Emmie's is the pink towel and mine is the blue towel." Then she said extremely wistfully, "I wish I could have a pink towel for my birthday."

Gardening

Today Sarah said, "Mom, let's go out and flower the garden." She likes to use her little shovel to help weed the gardens.

I like Daddy

While Alan was gone Sarah would ask about him, mostly at dinnertime when he is usually present. One day she asked where Daddy was. After my reply that he was still gone in California she said, "But I like Daddy, I do!" I'm glad she likes Alan.

Sweet Dreams

Twice now when Sarah has said her personal prayers she asks that she might have good dreams, and lovely dreams and sweet dreams.

Understanding

Tonight I was putting Sarah to bed and she was saying her prayers after a bit of reluctance on her part -- "I want Mommy to say them with me," she complained. Anyway, towards the end of her prayer she said, "And please bless Daddy so he can understand."

This was not a usual request she made in her prayers and I had no idea what she meant, so after she concluded the prayer I said, "Do you feel like I need to understand something?"

"Uh-huh."

"What do I need to understand?"

"About my toys." She gestured towards the stairs. "I have lots of toys downstairs." And with that she climbed in her bed, apparently satisfied.

Found!

I found Sarah's pants in her summertime drawer. You never know where things might end up when you ask a 3 year-old to put something away.

missing

Missing: One pair of pink pants. These pants are one of my favorites because they have lots of pockets. Also the bottoms zip off. The cuffs are currently zipped off and we have those but they are no good without the rest of the pants. A reward is being offered but I can't tell you what it is.

Cute things

Cute things Sarah said today:

1. I have an itches on my leg so I have to scratch them to get them out.
2. (Making this conversation between two of her toys.) Then the monkey said, "You stupid." and the fox says, "You not supposed to say stupid. You being naughty. You be nice." and the monkey says,'Okay. I not be naughty any more. I am nice now."
3. I'm just awake now! I have a happy nap. I have a good sleep.
4. (Yesterday) May I have some crackers? (I said no because it's dinnertime.) I suppose I need some fruit snacks then.
5. I just hide right here and you find me, kay?
6. (Yesterday) We were teasing Sarah about frying her up for dinner and she said, No we don't fry people! So Alan suggested boiling her and she said, "Okay. That a good idea."

Baby people

Today we were reading Mem Fox's "It's time for Bed." This book is delightful and goes like this: "It's time for bed little mouse little mouse, darkness is falling all over the house. It's time for bed little goose little goose, the stars are out and on the loose..." After reading it we then went through it again to name the baby animals. At the end is a little girl and so I asked Sarah what do we call a baby person. Without any pause she says, "Sweetheart." Amen to that.

Nasty pants

Yesterday morning Sarah was trying to get dressed. She started putting her pants on backwards and had to start over but in the process she got one of the pant legs inside-out. So she was becoming increasingly frustrated and when I came in to help she said in frustration, "These pants are being stupid and nasty!" I said, "I don't think that's a nice thing to call your pants." She paused a couple of seconds and then said in a normal little Sarah voice, "Yeah, my pants nice."

"Helping" Daddy

Alan caught the flu and was home from work today. Earlier this evening he went to lie down in bed and rest. While sitting here on the computer I heard the pitter patter of fast little Sarah feet running to and fro. Pretty soon she comes downstairs and informs me she is helping Daddy feel better. I go upstairs to find Alan tucked in with a whole slew of Sarah's dolls and stuffed animals. She has also dragged a blanket over him and last I saw she was running upstairs with one of her stories (one she has memorized) to read to him. What a lucky man!

Pumpkin Pumpkin...

At Halloween I taught Sarah a little song called "Pumpkin Pumpkin" which goes like this.
Pumpkin Pumpkin round and fat,
Turn into a jack-o-lantern just like that!
At the end of the last phrase the singer pulls a face. Sarah loves this and sings it regularly but of course she changes it regularly. Lately she has been singing, "Mommy Mommy round and fat, Turn into a jack-o-lantern just like that!" Finally I began to get a complex and suggested that it wasn't nice to call mommy fat and so now she sings, "Mommy mommy round and skinny, turn into a jack-o-lantern just like that!" I better get out and exercise.

Settle Down

Last night my parents were over to play games. We told them in front of Sarah that Sarah was such a big girl she could get her jammies on all by herself! Naturally they didn't believe such a story and Sarah was sent to show them just how big she really was. When she came back downstair in her jammies we all clapped and shouted, "Yeah for Sarah! She's such a big girl!" She grinned at us then got this very serious grown-up expression and said, "Settle down guys."

My tummy says...

Just now Sarah came into the room and said, "My tummy say her still hungry for dinner."
"Your tummy's still hungry for dinner?" I repeated. "Yes," she said, "My tummy says her still hungry for candy." I put her off and said I had to write that down and a few seconds later she said,"Your mommy tummy say I can't have any more candy, 'cause your mommy tummy say I have to wait for dinner." And then she left.