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(The following items were heard back in February 2009, written on our wipe-off board, photographed from there with my camera-phone, then quickly forgotten about. I just found them again and now present them here for your enjoyment.)

Apparently, Olympics >> American team-sports

“Is the USA in yellow?”
- One of the girls, while watching Super Bowl 43 (Being a Pittsburgh fan, I told her “Yes”.)

And if it’s the Super Bowl, where are the pins?

“Is this football?”
- One of the girls, again, while watching the Super Bowl

“Is what football?”
- John, wondering what they could possibly be missing

“What we’re watching.”
- Same girl

“Yes, this is football.”
- John, thinking “I’ve shown them this before, haven’t I?”

“Then why are they throwing it with their hands?”
- Same girl, apparently having been exposed to the term “football” more often in another, more international context.

Well, she’s got a point…

“It’s snowing and we bought ice cream! What kind of weirdos are we?”
- John, pointing out the irony of the situation

“We’re Straffins!”
- Amanda, pointing out a thorough understanding of her weirdo heritage

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As her third “real” sewing project (after an “intro project” smock, and some shorts and a dance outfit for Emily), Shannon made a Regency dress. Yes, she jumped from a smock and shorts to an entire dress! It was done at this time because she wanted to wear it to a themed going-away party for some friends of ours. Never mind that the theme was “Medieval” and not “Regency” … Shan wanted to make a Regency dress and everyone thought the dress looked great.

Rather than try to dress John up in Regency style as well, Shannon on made him a tie from the same material as the dress.

Here’s how it all came out:

Regency Dress

Shannon’s Regency dress, front (it was a little windy)	Shannon’s Regency dress, back (it was a little windy)	Shannon’s Regency dress, side
Shannon’s Regency dress, sleeve and neck detail	Shannon’s Regency dress, back detail	Shannon’s Regency dress, smile detail
Shannon’s Regency dress, smile-without-looking-into-the-sun detail	Shannon and the girls (no, Shannon did not make their dresses too)	Shannon and John (yes, Shannon made John’s tie from the same material as the dress)

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“Should I bake? I should sew, though. No! No. I’m not going to sew right now… I’m too tired. I’ll bake…”
- Venus (aka “Shannon”)

(In a stereotypical American Indian “How!” sort of voice) “I am too tired to use sharp things, therefore I will use fire!”
- Mars (aka “John”)

(Tired giggles… for the next two minutes…)
- Venus

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“One-Minnesota, Two-Minnesota, Three-Minnesota…”
- Amanda (shortly followed by Emily saying the same thing), showing preference for the mid-western state over the traditionally-used and southern “Mississippi”…

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“Well… color me crazy then…”
- John

“Sorry sweetie, I used up that crayon a loooong time ago.”
- Shannon

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“Mama, what is ‘alidocious’?”
- Amanda, practicing at the piano

“What do you mean?”
- Mama, who has never heard of “alidocious”

“Well, in the song it says ’super-cali-fra-gi-list-ic-MAKES-ME-alidocious’, and I just wondered what that makes me.”
- Amanda, succumbing to her penchant for reading the first part of a word and guessing at the rest when faced with “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”.

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“If it’s already fixed, don’t baroque it!”
- Amanda, further warping the already warped quote from Beauty and the Beast’s Cogsworth: “If it’s not baroque, don’t fix it!”

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“We should be putting something on your scar every time you turn around”
– Mama, dabbing ointment on Emily’s keloid scar to try to soften it

“Good grief! I need to walk in straight lines!”
– Emily, very amused at her own joke

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In the middle of a discussion between Daddy and the girls on how whining only works when parents give in…

“So… why do children continue to whine at the park or the museum… ?”
- Daddy, trying to prompt the girls to arrive at the answer “Because their parents give them what they want when they do”

“Because they never want to come back there again!”
- Amanda, showing that she understands that lesson, anyway

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“I have an idea what, Daddy!”
- Emily, indicating that she may have the answer to a now forgotten question

“What?! What?! What?! What?! What?!”
- Amanda, indicating that she can be rather annoying when she wants to be

“What’re you, a duck?”
- Daddy, indicating to Amanda that she is indeed being annoying

“AMANDUCK!”
- Emily, indicating that she’s developing quite a sense of humor

“No, she’s a girl duck!”
- Mama, indicating that Emily probably got that sense of humor from her

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