Things they say...

My children talk and talk and talk. They all have a speech issue, but none of them have the same problem with their speech. So for a long time I have been a translator, listener, and sometimes, confounded. They talk so much that at a parent/teacher conference one teacher was commenting on my son's need to learn there is a time and a place for talking and I said yes, I know...they all need that. She looked at me and said, "they all talk as much as he does?" and after confirming that affirmative, she looked at me and said, "I am sorry." I chuckled. The noise has become a fact of life. I realize that everyone does not have the same issue. There are days when I wish it was just quiet in my house, my van, my sleep...ha ha! So, I am going to post some of the things that have escaped their lips that caused me to stop and focus in and enjoy them and their stories.

Lucie to me: "Mom, you are so beautiful"
Me: "Ah, thank you Lucie"
Lucie: "you are more beautiful when you wear a dress!"

Oscar to me: "Mommy...(tears in his eyes, sniffling), I do not want you to die!"
Me: "I am not going to die today, I promise"
Oscar: "I will still love you when you die"
Me: "I will love you forever too"
(I have this conversation on a fairly regular basis with him, sometimes it is about his dad, we are not sure why he is fixated on our deaths but we have told him that everyone dies someday)

Emma to Lucie: "you be the mommy ostrich and call your baby like this...(high pitched, odd tones ensue)
Lucie mimics the noise.
Emma says "No! Like this....(more tonal range in a higher scale)
Lucie: "Emma. My voice is not like yours."

Emma: "When I get big I will live next to you and Daddy"
Me: "Okay! You can buy the house next door!"
Lucie: "I am going to live in Arkansas when I am big"
Me: "Ok, but there are lots of other great places to live too"
Oscar: "I don't know where I will live when I am big....(panic spreads on his face)...I will live with you forever Mommy"
Me: "Ok, you can live with me" (he is 7, I am fairly confident this will change as he ages)

Emma: (in the van) "Mom, go faster! That car just passed us"
Me: "Emma. I am going the speed limit"
Lucie: "That car must have a faster peed limit"
Me: "No. That car is going over the speed limit, it is breaking the law" (empathise the S in speed)
Emma: "Oh Oh!"

Me: "Do you know what I want?"
Lucie: "Quiet."
Oscar: "and peace"
Me: "yes"