G had treats for Beth in her hand: “Watch Mama! Beth REALLY knows her tricks! BETH…? [Beth wagged and G gave her a treat] SEE!!! I didn’t even have to TELL her to wag her tail! Now watch this! I’m going to throw the treat across the room and tell her to fetch [throws treat]. SEE MAMA! SHE FETCHED IT WITHOUT ME EVEN TELLING HER!!!! WHAT A SMART DOG!”
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g: “I’ve been thinking a lot about whether I want to have a baby.”
j: “well you have YEARS to think about that.”
g: “Yes, well, I’m also thinking about maybe being a doctor, and NOT having a baby. Because doctor’s are kind of like mothers, you know.”
j: “well you have YEARS to think about that.”
g: “Yes, well, I’m also thinking about maybe being a doctor, and NOT having a baby. Because doctor’s are kind of like mothers, you know.”
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g on flowers: “I love to plant them, and take care of them, and watch them grow. It’s like having your own child.”
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g: “I love this ring. I’m going to give it the man I marry! If I marry a man. I might marry a woman. We’ll see.”
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g: “Today a teacher came and took four of us out of class and gave us a reading test. We had to show her where the front of the book was, and point to a capital letter, and then show her which direction you read in. After I finished my test I sat by myself and read a book of armadillo facts to the other kids, so at least that was good.”
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greta literally just sat and watched half an hour of “I Have a Dream” and was FASCINATED.
quotes:
“he gets faster and louder”
“did his dream really come true?”
“do you think YOU would ever have hated a black person Mama? Even then, I don’t think you would have”
“let freedom ring!”
quotes:
“he gets faster and louder”
“did his dream really come true?”
“do you think YOU would ever have hated a black person Mama? Even then, I don’t think you would have”
“let freedom ring!”
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g, going to bed: “See you in M-A-Y! wait…. I don’t think that spells MORNING.”
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Greta played a good trick on Alex: she stuffed an empty shampoo bottle with trash and swaped it for a full one. Laughed forever when Alex dumped it all over head during bath time. Alex laughed later, after he cleaned it all up.
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g: “I have to go to the bathroom again”
j: “Seriously? Really? Again?”
g: “Look Mama, it’s not very much fun for me either.”
j: “Seriously? Really? Again?”
g: “Look Mama, it’s not very much fun for me either.”
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g had been busy doing something downstairs. When I came down I found that she had “made herself lunch”: a corn tortilla with mayonnaise and pickles.
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