Toddler Talk & Other Sweet Stories

A little while ago Jocelyn came to me, gripping her finger with a concerned look on her face. "Mommy, I have a wizard in my finger!" (to the less refined world devoid of toddlers, the more commonly known term would be "splinter.":)

Jocelyn is following me in from the car the other day, and it was a rainy afternoon, so I tell her to follow in my footsteps so that she wouldn't get mud all over her shoes.

Jocie: "Oh thank you Mommy! You saved my life!"

I suppose preventing getting mud all over your pink sparkly shoes would be pretty life-saving to a princess :)



Jeron, resisting wearing pajamas to bed one night, requested to sleep in his jacket and jeans. "Please, Mom, I'm begging you."

Speaking of begging, Jocelyn had been begging for a pink dress for weeks, and anytime I was on the computer, she would ask me to look up a pink dress for her. One day, after having not spoken about the desired pink dress for a few days, she is downstairs playing with Grandma. Grandma asks her, Jocie, what is your Mom doing? With a huge exasperated and disappointed sigh, Jocelyn randomly responds, "I don't know ... NOT buying me a pink dress."

Jocelyn, in response to refusing her recent request for having a bedtime bowl of cereal. "Papa, I am going to get mad at you!!"

After helping Jeron get ready for bed a few nights ago, he sits beside me and puts his arms around my neck.

"You are the sweetest Mama ever! I always wanted a Mama just like you! I love you soo much! I am going to keep my arms around you forever ..."



I love my sweet kiddos and I'm going to keep my arms around them forever too :)