Kid Quotes

Penelope put on some leggings and an old pajama top that somehow escaped my donation bag. I told her it was way too small - her stomach was showing a bit. She said, "It's ok, they fit. My pants will do all the work!" And then she sucked in her stomach and hiked up her pants.

There is a group of girls around Penelope's age who play together during Miles' soccer practice.  She came up to me and asked for a snack or drink or something, and then she dramatically turned back to the other girls and said, "OK - Back to the lipstick mystery!" I have no idea what she meant by that but it was classic Penelope.

We were backing out of our driveway and I looked in the rearview mirror and saw a girl up the hill from our house sitting on a skateboard being pulled by her dog (we live near where another road intersects with ours).  I said I needed to hurry up and get on the road so she wouldn't skate right into our car. Miles said, "She's gonna hit our car Mom!" Penelope looked back and said, "Nope. NOT today lady!"