That's What She Said (My four year old sister, that is)

A summer with Emily equals a lot of laughs.

Week 1 in sacrament meeting: "When do the drinks and the snacks come out?"

Week 2 in sacrament meeting: (After eating the rye bread that was used for the Sacrament) "Uhh... I think someone burnt this bread"

Week 3 in sacrament meeting: "Can I just get a menu?"

I was feeling sick and had to cough up some mucus in the back of my throat.

Emily: "What did you just spit out of your mouth?"

Me: "Oh... it was like some snot"

Emily: "Uhhh... why did you eat your own snot???"

Emily: "Leesie, look at this cookie that I'm going to eat for dinner!"

Me: "You mean... you're going to eat it AFTER you eat your dinner?"

Emily: "....Ok fine I'll eat some ice cream first"

While my mom and sisters were at girls camp, we watched Emily for a week...

"Great! I love it when mom's gone. There are no rules! Like we can be sneaky and eat in the family room and get crumbs everywhere!"

Matthew walks in the room and Emily crinkles up her nose

Me: "What's wrong Emily"

Emily: (glances at Matt) "Umm something smells..."

Me: "What smells?"

Emily: "I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, OK?" (runs away)

Emily: "I want to be the BEST artist in the world. Just like Matt" 

(5 minutes later)

Emily: "I want to be the BEST bowler in the world. Just like Matt"

While playing I Spy

Emily: "What does 'clay' mean?"

Me: "Like play-doh"

Emily: "No CLAIM"

Me: "It means 'take'"

"Oh... is that like Chinese or something?"

"I hate how loud it gets when people are singing in church! I hate that song! How do all those people even fit in there anyway? Then all the people come and visit like the sand people and then they fill up the church and then we all DIE and then turn into a skull. And then get eaten. By sharks."

While in the pool
"Leesie, look! I'm joggling! That's what you do when you're riding a bike. A horse bike."

(In Song)
"I just want to be the queen! I want to be the water queen! I want to have all the servants! So I will never have to wa-a-a-alk ever! And live with God again! (That last sentence sung to the 'Baptism' song)"
(Spoken)
"I'm going to be nice now. I want to live with God again. But I don't want to die. I don't want to get buried in the ground and get dirty. I know I"ll be in a box but there will be spiders and bugs in it."

Emily: "Mom, are you going to die someday?"
Mom: "Yes, when I'm very old"
Emily: "Am I going to die someday?"
Mom: "Yes, we all die when we are old."
Emily: "But I don't want to die ever!"
Mom: "I know, but its ok, because we will all get to live together in heaven after we die!"
Emily: "But how will I ever find you in heaven? I don't have an iPhone..."

"Ok, now I'm going to teach you about Egypt. Egypt is something that happened a looooong time ago. There was a lot of sand, and it was so hot. People rode on canimals in the sand so they didn't have to get so hot in the sand. And there were lots of mummies. Mummies are dead people that are dead and buried. And they are also dead and scary."

A texting conversation between Matthew & Emily:

My personal favorites are "fifth nakedness", "ting bags", "bcc banana" and "laugh chugs of bag". Go figure.

At the dinner table, during a conversation about... something I don't remember.
Emily: "Are you talking about me?"
Us: "No, we're talking about _______"
Emily: "Uhh why are you not talking about me?! Doesn't anybody care about me at all??!!!"

Last but certainly not least, last night Emily was giving us all leg massages. She told mom and I that our legs were very scratchy and we really needed to shave. When she got to Matt, she wrinkled her nose and said, "I don't really like men with hairy legs..."

Gonna miss this girl!!