that's what she said

Ever since Brady came along it's been a bit harder to steal a few moments here & there to jot down the crazy/cute/sweet things the girls say, but these "that's what she said" posts are Shelby's very favorite to re-read over & over again in our blog books...so I'm going to try to get better about documenting them!

--While Hadley and I were getting out of the car at the library one day, we saw a little blue smart car. Whenever Hadley sees a blue car, she always has to make some comment about how much she loves the car or tell us that that is the car she is going to have one day when she grows up. Her reaction to the blue smart car: "I'm gonna have that car when my kids are dead." After inquiring, I learned that since that particular car only had 2 doors she could only have that car after her children had died. ;)

{Every Wednesday in Hadley's class is "Wear It Wednesday" where the students are encouraged to dress up according to their current theme in the classroom. This week was "Pets & Vets," so Hadley dressed up as a bunny!}

--Shelby was reading us interesting facts out of her Weird But True Gross book.
Shelby: Ten percent of kids report that they chew their toenails.
Hadley: Which is what I usually do.

{photo cred: Shelby's teachers}

--We recently met with a few girls who we were looking to hire as a babysitter, which led to lots of various conversations about babysitting at our house. I came downstairs one afternoon to hear the girls talking about being babysitters one day.
Hadley: I want to babysit your kids!
Shelby: And I'll babysit your kids when you're babysitting my kids!
Me: Well, Shelby if you keep your kids and babysit Hadley's at the same time, then the cousins could be together.
SILENCE
Me: {Sensing they weren't following what I was saying, I tried to elaborate.} Shelby, your kids will be cousins with Hadley's kids.
Hadley: {in the most emphatic voice ever} Shelby, I'm going to live far away from you when I grow up!
Shelby:  Why?!?!
Hadley: Because living far away is what cousins are.

Does that last story not totally rip your heart out?! We love our Air Force life, but it never gets easy being so far away from our family! What we wouldn't give to be able to raise our kids alongside their cousins with their grandparents, aunts, and uncles a part of their everyday lives.

{Hadley still has Chuck E. Cheese on the brain since we just went there for Shelby's birthday. Here she is proudly showing off her playdoh "ticket" in her hand and the Chuck E. Cheese "ticket eater" on the table. Her imagination is alive & well!}