A few cute things Allana said this past week...

It is always cuter when you actually hear these words from Allana's mouth, but try to imagine her cute little voice and expressions when she said:

Jenelle: "Allana, you're growing up so fast!"

Allana: (with an astonished look on her face and hands throw out to both sides)

"No! Garret said don't grow up too fast! So I'm going to grow up slowly."

We just got back from a road trip yesterday. I didn't put a pull-up on Allana while we drove and we must have been in the car a little too long. When I went to unbuckle her, I jerked back my hand because I was not expecting to touch anything wet:

Jenelle: "Allana, you peed your pants!"

Allana: "No, that's not pee!"

Jenelle: "If it's not pee, then what is it?"

Allana: Looking down and examining her wet bottom..."um... it's other stuff."

Now today I took apart Allana's car seat so that we can wash it before we go anywhere. Allana went into the living room and began playing with the parts of the car seat that are not in the washer and yelled to me:

Allana: "Mother! I'm fixing my car seat because you broke it!"

Jenelle:  I didn't actually say much. I just smiled and decided to write about it in my blog.

Heavenly Father Please...

Allana was looking for her dance leotard (the one Baylee handed down that Allana must wear to dance at least 3 times a week) and the leotard was not on the hanger where it usually is.

"Where are my dance clothes?" Allana asked seriously.

"I don't know, Allana. Where did you put it after you wore it last?"

I went back to getting Corinne dressed for the day. Then I realized what a traumatic dilemma this was to Allana as I saw her throw herself onto the ground, kneeling and grasping her hands together. She squinted her eyes shut and said an urgent prayer. "Heavenly Father, I can't find my dance clothes. Heavenly Father will you please find my dance clothes for me? In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

I guess she just needed Heavenly Father's help to get me to realize that this was super important to her. I dug her leotard out of her hamper and gave it to her to wear. She was really excited to have found it. I suggested that she say a prayer to thank Heavenly Father for his help. She got right down on her knees and prayed, "Heavenly Father thanks for finding my dance clothes for me! In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Happy New Year!

Corinne's FAVORITE thing to do during december was to climb into the drawer with all the kid dishes and throw them out onto the floor. What a cutie! She has started to sign as well. She consistently signs "milk", "more", "food", "water", "snow", "up" and "my turn". 

This is how Corinne and Allana spent part of their New Year's Day. It was pretty cute to watch them attempt to drink water out of the pitcher Andy was pouring from. They giggle together a lot now

Allana has said some pretty funny things lately but I always forget them before I write them down. A few days ago we were reading a book about Dinosaurs and I told her that "Dinosaurs are Extinct." Allana's response was, "Why do they stink, mom?"

I've also been a bad influence on Allana... yesterday Allana kept saying "Dad, my foot hurts really bad. I need a massage!"