Christmastime

Mama: Sarah, it is going to be Christmastime soon, honey.
Sarah: (With excitement, gasping:) It's gonna be Chriiiiistmastiiiiime? (Eyes wide and beaming). (Pause). What's Christmastime?

Doctor's Office

This morning we went to see the doctor for both Sarah and Stephen. Sarah started flashing back to last time she got shots, about a year ago, and didn't want to participate much with the doctor.

Sarah, trying to forestall the inevitable: "I feel fine! I feel better. I already ate something."

Lucky for her, the P.A. found some signs of strep throat so she got off with a prescription for candy-based oral antibiotics instead of the five shots she was scheduled to receive.

Try It!

Sarah, offering naked, already-finished lollipop stick: Try it!

Delicious Apple Cake

Mama made some delicious apple cake the other day, which we enjoyed very much. It's mostly apples with some breading that comes from a recipe of Grandma's I think. She used some huge sweet/tart green apples we got from Food City.

Sarah Sings

Sarah likes to sing and does so surprisingly well for a 3-year-old. Favorite songs of hers to sing recently:

I Like to Move It Move It (Madagascar)
Dat-dat da-da-da-da dat-dat Circus (same)
What's this? What's this? (Nightmare Before Christmas)
This Is Halloween, This Is Halloween (same)
Da-dah da-dah, da-dah da-dah, Elmo's Song (Sesame Street)

Sarah and Snoopy

Sarah: I wanna see the movie with Snoopy go peepeepoopoo and dancing.

Bread Dough

"One of the things that I love most about making homemade bread is kneading it, because it always gets my fingernails nice and clean."

Line best delivered while guests are enjoying hot slices of your homemade bread.