Cat and Fox

This is from a couple years ago, when she was just figuring out to write. She made this little book. :)    I am not quite sure about the construction of this book...it has two sections, but only the top part has pages. The brown section was added later...

The front

Cat is a slep.
Translation: Cat is asleep.

Cat broct the egg.
Translation: Cat broke the egg.
I LOVE the little broken egg in the right bottom corner.

It is sprcie.
Translation: It is slippery.

 Makes me laugh.

Madeleine

Royal Fork

For a period of about six months, Jilliane HAD to eat with THE ROYAL FORK. That was its name (Given by Jilly, of course). She ate with it every meal, unless it was dirty. And, if you accidentally had THE ROYAL FORK, you needed to get a different fork.

THE ROYAL FORK came in a sample silverware set. (Due to something my mother had sold.) It is different from our regular silverware and has more 'decoration', (Jilliane's word) making it royal. So, Jilliane kept it and used it every chance she could....because it was royal.

Thankfully, she is over this stage and she can eat with any fork.

Madeleine

Open the window! Please!!

A common saying at our house (and definitely in in the car, where ventilation is limited...hence the title):    
"Jilliane, PUT YOUR SHOES BACK ON!"

She has a problem.

I will say it bluntly. The child has a stinky-feet-that-smell-like-a-belly-button-problem. Something about her sweat and shoes. The absolute worst foot smell. EVER.

The cause...Dirty feet. With nail polish residue....of course.

 These shoes are the ones that started this issue. Shoes with out socks do NOT work for Ms. Jilliane.

See the dirt in the shoe? She informed be that everyday at recess, she SCRAPED the dirt out with a piece of mulch......I had NO idea what to say back. A piece...of mulch....MULCH!

The spray. :)
Seems to be working a little. 

Every night Jilliane says: "Mom, its time for you to spray my feet."

And, I did ask for permission to post this. She said it was okay, as long as her friends at school didn't see. I told her not to worry. But, maybe don't ask her about it...it has gotten a lot better. :)

Madeleine

Road Trip

We took a minor road trip, only 3 hours one way. However, long, boring car rides bring out lots of questions and observations from Jilliane.

We saw a burned forest, a quail farm, cacti, a giant squirrel, a law suit ad, a New York Twinkie and lion grass.

Jilliane: "That grass would be really good for a lion..."

Yes...good, Texas grass on the side of a highway. Fit for a lion.

Jillaine: "How is suing lawyers good?!? Because I want to be a lawyer (because I can argue well) and I really don't want to get sued." 

Jilliane "I saw a New York Twinkie on the side of the road."

Me: "What's a New York Twinkie?"

Jilliane: "Um..like, a twinkie with more filling, that has a lot of colors."

When on Chew Road: "Do people chew gum only on this road?"

"MOM! I saw a real cactus! A REAL CACTUS!!!" (Jilliane has seen many, many real cacti before...I'm not quite sure why these were so spectacular...)

She found a red wig: (with more knots than you can imagine.)

Fits her well. Doesn't it?

Needed to have some things clarified for her:

Like....yummy yolks vs. runny yolks, throw up pillows vs. throw pillows, quiche lorraine vs. La Grange. 

She made a ginger bread house: (complete with a blue M&M swimming pool and gum drop bushes in the back.)

 Created her own private seat in the car: (with blankets)

And, my favorite quote: "I have a scab on my nose that I pick off every morning...(pause)...I forgot to pick it off this morning..."

Laughing makes time fly...

Madeleine

How to Reply? #2

This is a continuation of How to Reply: (all of these were random.)

Again, she never fails to surprise me...and I never quite know what to say back...


"Man!! We can't play dog walkie talkie anymore..."

"I really wish that snails could have babies."

"Did you see that lady? I think she only had four toes. Her mom must be very disappointed in her."  *shakes her head*

"It is so cool how they criss-cross the highways. I just LOVE it."

"I want my husband to be thin. If he isn't then I'm going to feed him healthy stuff. And, if he asks why I'm feeding him healthy stuff, I will tell him that he needs to be more healthy." 

This was from a couple years ago. She's all sweaty..like usual. :)

"How come some eggs don't have babies in them?"

"Does drinking too much coffee make your teeth rot off?"

"What if one twin was Asian and the other was black....that would be awesome."

(While eating a jolly rancher) "I get the jolly part, I just don't GET the rancher..."

"I don't wanna be like Daddy, where my eyes don't like contacts."

"I'm pregnik." (Translation: pregnant. She has a blanket shoved under her shirt.) 

She makes me smile...

Madeleine

Deals with a Dog

Jilliane: "Every deal Zac (our dog) and I make is over a bone."
Me: "You make deals with him? Like what?"
Jilliane: "Well, we argue with who can run faster and stuff like that. I always win though."


Apparently, she and Zac have conversations. Who knew?

Madeleine

Her Skills

Jilliane has many skills. And, she tries out new ones all the time- which is great.

Just help me decide if decorating skills are in her favor...

Her door. She cut the animals out of a magazine and taped them.  That little square in the center, underneath the purple sign is a miniature picture of her. (see below) 

She has a total of four of these pictures on her door. They are school  pictures - but, samples.  She doesn't seem to mind the giant mark that says 'DO NOT COPY: PROOF PREVIEW'.

Her windowsill: A toothpick container (has made a reappearance), a green rock, a broken/ugly shell,  a mini ornament, a pearl, a dead plant, a salad dressing container (empty, thank goodness), a paperclip, and a skewer...All of this has been carefully placed. 

Everyone needs three random ribbons taped to their wall. Don't forget: different lengths/colors are better. And, the bookmarks: because the wall is a much better place than a book. (These were taped as well.)

I don't even know what to say...just that that is a plastic hand, and she painted its nails green...and its sitting in  a toy for her fake hamsters (because she can't be trusted with anything alive, see the above plant).

Top of her shelf: an empty bat that once held sunflower seeds, a bone she found in the woods, a fake flower, a baseball, a toy robin, and some floss. Then, the box: Its an i-have-no-idea-but-it-has-ribbons-covering-a-paint-sample-inside box. She also has some figurine and a drawing on top...

Her bookshelf: Contains a few books, but also a plastic swan with cough drops on its back, a bottle of glue, and some makeup bags.

Her room scares me so badly...

But, everything is in there for a reason. I don't know for what, but she's got big plans. BIG plans. 

Makes me laugh, 

Madeleine

Shh...Secret Angers

Jilliane apparently has some secret angers about one of her daycare teachers.

Her paper on it: (I'm just glad that she calmly wrote it down instead of yelling and getting mad at the person.)

This is a SECRET!

The title. Kind of looks like the 'mean' was an afterthought...

"Mean Mrs, Kerisa is the werst conselor ever. She will yell at you foror nothing."
And the lady is saying, "Sit down now"
And...that's Jilliane, crying. 

Oh, Jilliane. I'm SURE you weren't doing anything when she yelled at you 'for nothing'.

Madeleine

She loves...

The other day, I asked Jilliane to write about ‘love’ as part of her summer work. (Just to see what she thought about it in her 7-year old mind.) I don’t know what I was expecting…but, as usual, she surprised me.

What she wrote: “love is sumting that you giv away! Love is when yor cinend and nice and giv pepel things that thay realy nead. God loves us mor then enithing cus he made us.”

Translation: Love is something that you give away! Love is when you’re kind and nice and give people things that they really need. God loves us more than anything because he made us.

I just had to smile. 

Madeleine

How To Be Snow White As a Blonde

I find this in the bathroom: 

I ask, "Why?"

"I'm trying to make my hair black like Snow White. Because, when I spray it with water, it gets darker."

It didn't work out too well...

Door Doom

We recently got a new front door. During the process and when the new door was up...

Jilliane starts crying.

So, Caroline asked why and she said "That is the door I grew up with."

It's been an emotional day...

She makes me laugh.

Madeleine

Nature's Deadliest

Jilliane has a minor problem with acting like characters she's watched on TV. This can be very annoying/angering. So, she is limited to documentaries most of the time.

She has discovered she really likes shows about animals. Nature's Deadliest is one of her favorites.
So, one day, she decides to go and find the show herself on Netflix.

This is what she types into the search bar: Nacheres dedileiste

Need less to say, her search came up with zero results.

Madeleine

Super-hero Dog

I asked Jilliane to write about anything she wanted for her writing work.

This is what I got...

She decided the name had to be in blue...

What it says:
 "Wainc apon a time
 thar was a dog that
 floo arand the werld
 it was amazing the
 dogs name was Dixie."
(We need to work on punctuation.)

Translation: "Once upon a time there was a dog that flew around the world. It was amazing. The dog's name was Dixie. "

And the picture...

 It apparently has big teeth and a cape...

She makes me laugh...

Madeleine

Up for Adoption

Many of Jilliane's dolls are up for adoption. (Any takers? If so, just call our TV remote number.)

She told me she had to wear an apron because it's hard work.
And, yes, her tongue is out...hard work. 

When she takes the time to bring out every doll she owns, our game room turns into an orphanage. All blankets and bins (for cribs) make an appearance. The couches become cribs, the remote becomes a phone,  stuffed animals bigger than dolls become toys, etc.

Every doll is given a name tag above his/her crib. A giant pile of doll clothes gets used over and over. Many "diapers" are changed and many meals are fed.

But, what cracks me up the most...are the calls she gets from "people wanting to adopt". Some of her sides of the conversations go like this...

"Hi, this is Jilliane."

"Uh huh..."

"No!!! You can't have ten babies!!!"

"Goodbye"

OR

"Hi, this is Jilliane."

"Yes, we have three girls with blonde hair."

"Um....nooooo, they already HAVE names."

"NO!! Goodbye!" *rolls eyes*

OR

"Hi, this is Jilliane."
*silence for awhile*

"NO!!!!!!!!!"

(Later, I learn that the lady that called was a BAD lady. She was in jail and was mean and tried to kidnap a baby. And she was smoking.) 

She knows quite a bit for just having a phone conversation...

Jilliane, with almost every doll. 

How to reply?

Jilliane never fails to surprise me with the things she says.
Sometimes, shes been thinking for awhile. Other times, it just pops into her mind and she talks...and sometimes they are just honest, curious questions.

And many, many times...I have no idea how to reply. 

Just so you know, all of these were COMPLETELY random...

"When I grow old with my husband, if he dies before me, I want to bury him in my backyard. That way, I can always be close to him."

"Those are two very lonely clouds...just sitting there by themselves."

Jilliane: "I've always want to be re-al country..."

Me: "Really? Like a redneck?"

Jilliane: "No, just real country, you know...real."*in country accent*

"There is water all around us, isn't there?"

"Why can't clouds just be made of cotton?"

Jilliane: "Man, I wish I was born in California."

Me: "Why?"

Jilliane: "I don't know, it would just be fun to be born there."

"I want to shoot a deer."

 "Caroline, I have eight kids."

"I can only burp my ABCs up to Q!!" (She has never done this...this is a lie.)

Jilliane: "Madeleine, are you going to wear anything red to church?"

Me: "Um...no, I don't think so..why?"

Jilliane: "I don't know, just asking."

"I'm SOOO glad this jacket has a hoodie. Because, one time it was raining and everyone was screaming but me."

"Madeleine, if you got married to a guy, he would be my uncle, right?"

"Did you know that when you're bald, you HAVE to wash your hair with oil? It's just normal to do that, you know?" (Ironic, I know...)

Oh Jilliane...

Madeleine

Suitcase Surprises

We asked Jilliane to pack for a two day trip. This is what we find in a giant bag: 

She always packs TONS of Q-tips, but the scissors were new...

In addition, she packed every pair of earrings she owns. 

When we inquired about the scissors, she replied, "To pluck  my eyebrows ...no, I'm just kidding. They are just in case somebody needs them." 

(Yes, pluck with scissors..not quite sure how well that would work)

I remind you, this was a two day/one night trip.

Oh, Jilliane...

Would You Trust Her With Children?

Jilliane loves to pretend to be a mom and talks about her "kids" and what she wants all the time. Which is perfectly fine, just funny...

She looks a little crazed here...

Jilliane: "I want two kids. A boy and a girl."

Me: "Well, you can't decide that. God does."

Jilliane:"Oh, I know...it is just what I want. I want to see if people are right- boys are harder to take care of. (I don't know where she heard this.) And, I want to see all the weird things my kids will do, because Mommy and Daddy say I'm weird and so I can laugh."

Me: "Oh. Ok..."

Denver, Colorado

"But, please just call him Colorado."

This is what Jilliane tells me after introducing me to her husband, Denver Colorado. (Yes, that is his name. No, we have never been there.)

So, I continue talking to her and she tells me, "Yeah...he ALWAYS throws up. So, he has to sleep on the floor. I just can't stand it. Sooo gross."

Poor guy...At least she had some blankets on the floor next to her bed for him...

Gotta love her.

Madeleine

A Big Mess

Today, we decided to help Jilliane clean her room (a.k.a. The Pigsty). 

The GIGANTIC mess...

She has been being secretive lately and locking her door. So, Caroline and I didn't quite know what we were in for...These are just a few things we found...

A toothpick container. It was sitting nicely on her book shelf.

A feather duster she decapitated...I have no idea how, don't really want to know...

One of my mom's shoes...

An arrow, (WITHOUT the point) by her window.

Razors-This was scary...but, they had not been opened. She said she was just saving them for when she needs them...

Anyways, I had to take a break...I was truly amazed at some of the things I found. I really wonder WHAT goes through that child's mind....

Gotta love her. 

Madeleine