Morganism of the Day - 5/16/12

Morgan eating chicken: it's spicy! It's spicing my tongue very much!

Morganism of the Day - 5/14/12

Morgan: Mommy, do chicken nuggets grow on vines or bushes or trees?
Me: none of those. They come from chickens.
Morgan: no they don't! They come from Chick Fil A!

Morganism of the Day - 5/12/12

Morgan: I have a surprise for you for Mother's Day! Paper. That's all I'm going to say. But I'm not going to say drawing because it's a surprise. Or markers.

Any guesses? :)

Morganism of the Day - 5/12/12

Morgan: Sometimes I hear my brain talk.

Hankism of the Day - 5/12/12

Hank (5 yo): we're going to run 1 miles. I can run 2 miles. When I get to 4 miles, I run out of breath. My shoes help me save energy.

Morganism of the Day - 5/9/12

Me: Morgan, my watch says its past your bedtime.
Morgan: wow! Your watch is very right! It knows everything!

Morganism of the Day - 5/8/12

Me: Morgan, gotta hurry. It's almost bedtime.
Morgan: oh dear! I must hurry!

What 4yo says things that formal?!

Morganism of the Day - 5/8/12

Morgan: if I be super extra good at dinner, I can get a ice cream. If I be hilarious? No.

Morganism of the Day - 5/6/12

Morgan: sleep overs are not just about sleeping! They're also about stories in your tent. You might need a flashlight.

Morganism of the Day - 5/5/12

Morgan: I saw a sidewalk truck once. It just keeps going around so the sidewalk won't get dry inside.

Morganism of the Day - 5/2/12

Morgan: look, mommy, there's bird poop on the trampoline! That means the bird is not smart!

Morganism of the Day - 5/1/12

My new running mantra, courtesy of Morgan: The faster I go, the faster I'm the winner!

Morganism of the Day - 4/27/12

Morgan after me giving her $0.73: I'm happy about my more money! Now I can buy anything I want!

Morganism of the Day - 4/27/12

Me: the angels protect you through the night. They're all around.
Morgan: does God think the angels are inbisible in his land? They're inbisible in my world.

Morganism of the Day - 4/22/12

Me: good job cleaning up your room!
Morgan: thanks! Daddy messed it all up. He just threw them on the ground and I had to start all over. That made me a lot aggravated.

Morganism of the Day - 4/22/12

Morgan about something random: God doesn't mind! He wants to see his mommy and daddy.
Me: God doesn't have a mommy and daddy.
Morgan: Yes he does. Jonah and Mary!

Morganism of the Day - 4/22/12

Morgan: I made a blue somenschrenkel butterfly!
Me: a what?
Morgan: it's the same on both sides!
Me: oh! Symmetrical...

Morganism of the Day - 4/16/12

Me: what did you do at school today?
Morgan: I tried to do butterfly snipping, but I couldn't do it good enough. I just kept cutting inside.

Mommy's gonna break those scissors for frustrating my kid!

Morganism of the Day - 4/15/12

Is it ok to think your child's a little...strange sometimes?

Me: did you have a good day? What was your favorite part?
Morgan: Yeah. Seeing the dead beetle.

Alrighty then...

Morganism of the Day - 4/11/12

Morgan after dinner: Can I take your fork to the sink?
Me: yes. Here you go.
Morgan: Thanks, mommy! You're the best!

Me: ?? But ok, thanks!!

Morganism of the Day - 4/7/12

Me: did you have a good day?
Morgan: Yeah, even though it was with you.

Morganism of the Day - 4/7/12

Morgan: Cool is word for boys and girls.
Me: Yep. You call someone that when they're great.
Morgan: Daddy's great at hoop a loops (hula hoops). He's cool.

Morganism of the Day - 4/5/12

Morgan: it's ok if boys don't have their shirts on. Hank didn't have his on. He's a boy. Lily never doesn't have her shirt off. Every day. I knew that. She didn't have to tell me that.

Morganism of the Day - 3/31/12

Morgan: None people are perfect. Just God.

Morganism of the Day - 3/17/12

Morgan: mommy, when you were talking, your gill was moving.

Morganism of the Day - 3/17/12

Morgan: "i just figured out the very first time I went to this hair shop, that if you be good, you get a sucker."

Morganism of the Day - 3/9/12

Morgan: I love you to outer space and back. What's farther than outer space?
Me: Nothing! Outer space just keeps going forever.
Morgan: no no. It doesn't. God is out there. God's in outer space.

Morganism of the Day - 3/6/12

Morgan (on being asked to do a music class): I already know how to do all the instruments. I learned how to do the triangle...and the shaker. Agnes learned me. I have to learn all the others I haven't learned yet. Like the trombone. Or the French horn.

Morganism of the Day - 2/27/12

Morgan: God made everybody different!

Thankfully! We really don't need more than one of me...

Morganism of the Day - 2/26/12

Morgan after being asked to clean up her mess: "I will do this! I would love to do that! I am!"

Going to use that mantra the next time I don't feel like running.

Morganism of the Day - 2/21/12

Morgan: Daddy, why do you toot every morning?
Luke: because I need to.
Morgan: Uncle Jeff doesn't.

Morganism of the Day - 2/6/12

Morgan (while talking about skiing): did you know there's mountains called the Himalayas?
Me (mind blown): yep, there is!
Morgan: the Himalayas is NOT the biggest mountains.
Me: what is?
Morgan: don't know.

I had to look it up...

Morganism of the Day - 2/4/12

Me: Morgan, stop making that sound in the car! It's loud.
Morgan: God made me loud!
Me: haha
Morgan: For real. It's not funny!

Morganism of the Day - 2/4/12

Playing with shapes, Morgan just said "Here, mommy. Here are two trapezoids. Oh! If I put them together, it's a hexagon!"

Seriously?

Morganism of the Day - 1/31/12

Me: Morgan, why don't you eat your potatoes while your fish sticks cool down.
Morgan: Don't worry, Mommy, I can eat them. They'll cool down in my tummy.

Morganism of the Day - 1/30/12

Morgan on having an accident: "I didn't have an accident, the poo poo came really fast"

Don't blame the pooper, blame the poop.

Morganism of the Day - 1/29/12

Morgan: I love you, Mommy. You get me good stuff.

Morganism of the Day - 1/16/12

Discussing various earth things like equators, etc.:
Me: there's lots to know about the earth, isn't there?
Morgan: yeah, but you don't know very much about the earth, do you?
Me: huff. I know some...

Morganism of the Day - 1/14/12

Morgan: Yippee!! I'm so happy!
Me: good! why are you happy?
Morgan: Because I'm not even in trouble!!

Morganism of the Day - 1/8/12

Luke to Morgan: I love you more than 10 pieces of candy.
Morgan: daddy, that's not nice! You have to love candy.

Morganism of the Day - 1/6/12

Morgan: some people don't even have anything. Only a house. Not even any tables or couches. Just floors.

Morganism of the Day - 1/6/12

Morgan: I do not have any more hugs and kisses. I used them all. I'll have to get some more, maybe tomorrow.

Morganism of the Day - 1/2/12

Morgan: Mommy, would you like to hear the story about me? When I was just 3 years old, I got bitten by the bed bugs. That's the story about me.

Morganism of the Day - 1/2/12

Morgan: when I grow up I'm going to be a hunter. And a fisher. And a worker. I'm going to work at your work with you. I think we can take turns.

Deal.

Morganism of the Day - 12/31/11

Morgan (after saying no need for a bedtime song): God wouldn't mind if we don't sing songs. But he would mind if we don't say our prayers.

Morganism of the Day - 12/28/11

Morgan: Mommy! There's a word "to" and a number "two"!

Next day while eating chicken nuggets...
Morgan: there's an animal chicken and a food chicken!
Me: they're the same. We eat the animal chicken for food.
Morgan: we don't eat animals! They're alive.

Um...

Morganism of the Day - 12/26/11

Morgan: today is not even a week so it's tomorrow!

So confused.

Morganism of the Day - 12/21/11

Morgan (looking at the presents for me under the tree): that one's from me! Mine's the ring.
Me: oh, it's a secret! Don't tell me what's in my presents.
Morgan: I was only telling myself.

Morganism of the Day - 12/15/11

Morgan at dinner: mommy, it's not nice to eat my things. I wouldn't like that. You'll get your sick on it.

Morganism of the Day - 12/11/11

Me: Morgan, would you like to go to Santa's mailbox so we can mail your letter?
Morgan: is Santa home? Can we go inside?

Morganism of the Day - 12/11/11

Morgan's first words this morning "Mommy did you kiss Santa Claus?"

Morganism of the Day - 12/4/11

Morgan in timeout...

Me: what's that? Is that spit on the ground?
Morgan: no, that's cry. From my eyes.

Morganism of the Day - 12/4/11

Morgan: Mommy, what's that on your shirt?
Me: a Nike swoosh.
Morgan: oh that means you go speed! Mommy, when you go on a race, go speed!

Morganism of the Day - 12/3/11

Morgan: some people don't have doors to get in their cars.
Me: well, how will they get in?
Morgan: they'll have to get new cars. My daddy will have to give them one!

Easy on the "give" part... :)

Morganism of the Day - 12/1/11

Morgan (on my slightly broken out face): oh mommy! You have a boo boo. Oh, EVERYWHERE on face!

Thanks...

Morganism of the Day - 12/1/11

Morgan (on the possibility of being on the naughty list): oh! And then Santa wouldn't get me any presents? Then Mammy would have to.

Morganism of the Day - 11/24/11

Morgan: One day Pops was in the hospital and we went to see him. I think he had the sneezes.

Morganism of the Day - 11/23/11

Next "love you more" in the series...

Morgan: I love you more than 14 angry bears.

Morganism of the Day - 11/23/11

Morgan: When my pops chili is burn, he has on his angry face.

Morganism of the the Day - 11/21/11

Morgan (whispering in my ear); Mommy, I love you more than broken coconuts.

Morganism of the Day - 11/20/11

Morgan: I'm glad you're back from your trip. I'm sad when you're gone.
Me: In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be gone again.
Morgan: In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be sad again. You're going to be gone 5 days.
Me : that's right!
Morgan: I'm going to be sad 5 days

Morganism of the Day - 11/18/11

Morgan: Mommy, I love you more than a bad people. Bad people steal things from people. Then they get in jail. We don't love bad people, do we?

Morganism of the Day - 11/18/11

Luke: how do you describe mommy?
Me: what do I look like?
Morgan: happy!

Morganism of the Day - 11/11/11

Morgan: daddy, I love you more than mommy.
Me (slightly offended): why?
Morgan: because he's bigger than you!

Whew. She loves him more because there's more to love!

Morganism of the Day - 11/6/11

Morgan: I'm scared of eagles. Mean eagles. If I see an eagle at my house, while I'm playing at my house, I'll run away from my house.

Morganism of the Day 11/6/11

Morgan: oh these are still Halloween sprinkles on my doughnuts.
Me: but they still taste good, right?
Morgan: doughnuts always taste good, mommy.

Morganism of the Day - 5/19/12

Morgan: that butterfly just stuck out its proboscis and went slurp!

Yes, I had to goggle it...

Morganism of the Day - 5/19/12

Morgan just named our new male beta fish Ariel because "it's a lovely name". Oh and surprise, Luke. We now own a new, gender confused fish.

Morganism of the Day - 5/21/12

Me: Morgan, why do they call Texas the Lone Star State?
Morgan: Because they don't know its name!

Morganism of the Day - 5/26/12

Morgan looking at a dying fly in the dust pan: "He just wants to live his life in there. But not for long!"

Morganism of the Day - 5/27/12

Morgan on hearing The Star Spangled Banner at church: "Mommy! You sing that song!!"

No shame. I sing that and God Bless America as bedtime songs. I know all the words...

Morganism of the Day - 5/28/12

Morgan on gold sparkle being her "most favorite color in the whole world": I haven't thought about it some years! Now I have. It came out of my brain! Then it came back. Today.

Morganism of the Day - 5/28/12

Morgan: is today a hallelujah day that you decorate for?

She meant holiday...but we can make it a hallelujah day if we want to.

Morganism of the Day - 5/31/12

Morgan: Bunny doesn't need to protect me anymore because I'm brave enough! I'm like brave as God! It's not silly.

Morganism of the Day - 6/2/12

Me: Who lives in cob webs?
Morgan: spiders. Well, the cobs don't stay very long then the spiders come stay in the web. You know that.

Morganism of the Day - 6/11/12

Morgan: When I sing with my normal voice, it doesn't sound well. But when I sing like that (falsetto), it sounds lovely.

Morganism of the Day - 6/12/12

Morgan: Mommy, let's go throw this dead flower outside so it can kinpost (compost). That means it turns into the world.

Morganism of the Day - 6/18/12

Me: Morgan, my turn. I need to go to the bathroom now.
Morgan: ok mommy. You might just need some privacy.

Morganism of the Day - 11/19/11

Me: what do the elves do?
Morgan: they tell people when Santa's home.
Me: what? No, they make the presents.
Morgan: not in my movie!

Morganism of the day - 5/1/12

My new running mantra, courtesy of Morgan: The faster I go, the faster I'm the winner!