tic-tacky

Luciya: "Dada, can I have a mint?"

Dada: "No."

Luciya: "Dada, can I pleease have a mint?"

Dada: "No."

Luciya: "Pleeease, Dada?"

Dada: "Luciya, you can ask me a thousand more times, and the answer will still be no."

{Luciya asks two more times.}

Dada: "Luciya, what did I say?"

Luciya: "You said I could ask a founsin times!"

well, all of it is pretty cute

Dada: Luciya, what's the cutest part of your body?

Luciya: (pointing) My 'gina.

another typical conversation

John (singing): "Eat your toast, pretty Luciya, eat your toast, eat your toast. Eat your toast, pretty Luciya..."

Emily: "Wow, where did you hear that song?"

John: "On the radio last night, the country station."

Emily: "Okay -I was going to say, if you made that up yourself, that's pretty impressive."

John: "I wish I was that talented. But it was Brook and Dunn on the country station."

Emily: "Did they even use the name Luciya??"

John: "Yeah, but they spelled it differently."

Emily: "Oh."

John: "Yeah, I looked up the lyrics last night on brook and dunn dot com."

8 days to go. just breathe.....

Ton Ton: "You need to learn to roll with the punches."

Emily: "You need to learn not to punch!!"

mother goose 101

Ton-Ton: "Little Miss Muffet sat on the tuffet, eating her curds and whey..."

Shemmy: "Go on..."

Ton-Ton: "Her fleece was... white as gold."


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nah, i already saw that one

Ton-Ton: "Hey honey, do you want me to record 200-pound Tumor?"

... and we wonder why we don't have friends

Actual conversation while watching TV last night:

Ton Ton: "Honey, have you seen my watch?"

Shemmy: "Oh, it's on top of your head, Hon."

Ton Ton: "What?!"

Shemmy: "Yeah. Just put your hand up there, you'll feel it."

Ton Ton: "That's crazy."

Shemmy: "I know!"

About 30 minutes later...

Shemmy: "Honey, have you seen the remote control?"

Ton Ton: "Oh hey, it's on your shoulder."

Shemmy: "What?!"

Ton Ton: "Yeah, it's right there... up on your right shoulder."

Shemmy: "That's crazy!"

Ton Ton: "I know!"

by way of consolation

Shemmy: "I feel frumpy. I was in my pajamas all day. I don't want to turn into a frumpy housewife."

Ton-Ton: "It's okay, Honey - some people were meant to be frumpy."

yes, and it was my very favorite show

Ton-Ton: "Wasn't there something to do with squirrels, or mice or something, and puppets, in a show that we were watching once?"

shhhh... luciya is actually sleeping

Ton Ton: "See, why can't she be like this all night?"

Shemmy: "Well, how would you feel if you were in pain, and you had your first cold, and you were just learning to crawl?"

Ton Ton: "I'd be thinking, 'I'm exhausted, I need some sleep!'"

remarking on john's excellent barbecued steak

Shemmy: "Mmmmm..... Holy cow."

Ton Ton: "Literally."

i'll take "confused" for $100, please

Ton Ton: "Whatever, Alex Trebek."

Shemmy: "Why am I Alex Trebek?"

Ton Ton: "Jeopardy... in the form of a -- whatever."

Shemmy: "A question?"

urgent call from seattle

Ton Ton: "You never see baby pigeons. Why don't you see baby pigeons?"

ode to mila

To the tune of "O Christmas Tree." Kind of.

Ton Ton: "Oh Sleepy Eye, Oh Sleepy Eye
Why do you have a sleepy eye?

Oh Sleepy Eye, Oh Sleepy Eye
My chin is gray

Oh Sleepy Eye, Oh Sleepy Eye
I like to stick my paws out straight

Oh Sleepy Eye, Oh Sleepy Eye
My tail wags."



[In conclusion:]
"The cool thing about Old Sleepy Eye is that she lived forever. They've been singing about Old Sleepy Eye for years."

man, i must be a dummy

Ton Ton: "If I only had a video for every foolish thing you've done, I'd have a million bucks."

Shemmy: "Why, would you sell the videos?"

Ton Ton: "Yeah."

Shemmy: "For a million bucks each?"

Ton Ton: "No, for a penny each. That's how many videos I'd have."

from the mouth of my babe

Ton Ton says funny things.

I've been keeping a log of them for some time now.

Check them out at Ton Ton Quotes.

Love ya, monkey.
- Shemmy

why not a basset hound?

Ton Ton: "I wonder if we could get an Alaskan Husky to go down the slopes with us when we go skiing."

wonder who would win

Ton Ton: "I can't wait to get into a boxing ring with you again."
(During a conversation we had in my eighth month of pregnancy, in which it was debated whether I had gotten too fat.)

as long as i can still listen to social distortion

Ton Ton: "I'm totally down with country living and Amish lifestyle."

whew, that was close

Ton Ton: "Man, I'm glad I didn't have to go under the house with my sudoku."