setting the bar high

"Look, I have three candy canes.

My goal is to get five."

Witches Brew

Tessa's Recipe for Witches Brew

2 frog leg's

12 scal's of a Snake

5 spiter leg's

6 cat eyball's

9 hot dog's

1 spiter

4 modey chees

9 finger nell's

6 carrot Top's

9 Bat wings

12 fish

16 pumcen's

and 1 gost

money

"Money is very hard to get. Trust me."

not anymore

september 3, 2010

i was a daddy's girl once for a couple of days.

i don't deserve her

"To mom

I Love you

so much

I wold die

for you To

stay aliv

Love

Tessa"

saving up for a house

"When I move out, before I get my house, I think I'll go up into the mountains and camp until I have enough money."

about our backyard

"If I was a little kid I would think it was the best place in the world."

why she doesn't play during recess anymore

"It's more funner to do different stuff when you grow up. Not, like, play, but you know, just talk."

why I can't be the kid & have her be the mom

"Because I don't know how to be the mom. Besides, I don't have that much money."

For her upcoming birthday

we took Tessa to get her ears pierced. I asked, "Do you like having your ears pierced?"

"Yes," she answered, "but it changes almost everything."

for me

"I love you

from you know who

to mommy"

big words

July 2, 2010

"Mom, I'm a little dehydrated."

I think she likes learning and using new, big words.

even though

"I like Megan, even though she's mean."

flips

Daddy: Tessa why do you do flips on the couch all of the time?

Tessa: Because it's the only thing I can do flips on.

of course we did

Early this morning Tessa came in after having had a nightmare

"Mommy, did we invent snuggling?"

If only...

big sigh followed by:

"If only I could teach Peppy to be smart."

AFTER eating her apple sauce (ugh!)

Why do we need spoons when we have fingers?

pluto

into a fake cell phone, "Where are you now, Pluto?!"

then looking at me to clarify, "My friend, not the planet."

crafting

"When you're older you can't think of that much stuff to make, huh? And when you're older you think it's just a waste of paper."

aging

"13 is a teenager. And 14, and 15. And 16. And 17 and 18 and 19. What's 20, Mom?"

"A grown-up" (well, sorta)

"So 20 all of the way up is a grown-up and when you get to 100, then you are old."