Category: Memory Collection
Journal: Facebook NotesDate: Began on 12-18-09
States of Alyrica:
70 Quotes Before Age 7
Alyrica has a lot to say. It may not all make sense right now,
but then...she gets that from her mother.
1. "Where's my Beebo? There it
is! It's in the belly pocket." (7-29-09)
2. "He jumped into the
night!" (10-26-09)
3. "You've got strong
eyebrows." (10-30-09)
4. "I can't wear YOUR arms.
Your arms are TOO long. I might trip on YOUR arms." (11-28-09)
5. "I don't like that dirty
banana." (11-29-09)
6. "Your socks look just like
my life." (12-09-09)
7. "May. You. Get. A. Robot.
Ballerina. Food?" (12-17-09)
8. "Your hair is all
eerie." (12-20-09)
9. "The spit in my mouth got
so gooey when you turned that water on." (12-23-09)
10. "The big girl taking a
bath...she's a fish." (12-23-09)
11. "My leg goes all the way
to my butt!" (12-23-09)
12. "If you eat my skin, there
will be some bones talking to you." (1-3-2010)
13. "Mama put me all
caked!" (1-5-2010)
14. "Oh my MOM!"
(1-28-10)
15. "Mom, do you love kickin'
butts?" (2-8-10)
16. "You're my special good
friend, guys. You're my buddies." (2-13-10)
17. "May I run up and down the
hallway so I can air out my little butty?" (2-19-10)
18. "I was dancing my
teeth." (4-1-10)
19. "I'm gonna be a
pizza!" (4-1-10)
20. "I don't wanna cuddle,
it's not my time!" (4-22-10)
21. "Don't be a Badland...be a
good land! Don't be pointy hills...just be grass." (6-3-10)
22. Sleepy Lyra:
"What're you doing?" Mama: "Wakin' your butt up."
Sleepy Lyra: "Maybe my butt needs some privacy sleeping."
(6-22-10)
23. "My snot just took my
dreams away again." (7-3-10)
24. "Now eat my foot.
It's not stinky...it's a radish." (7-24-10)
25. "I have sleeping
arms." (8-20-10)
26. "Wow! I sure did
poop! That's a big ol' poop!" (8-21-10)
27. "You've got a case of the
sick conga line." (8-30-10)
28. "I always thought that if
I eat poop, then I would turn into a poop." (9-2-10)
29. "You squeezed the pee
outta me." (9-4-10)
30. "Maybe it was
fartaroni." (9-18-10)
31. Lyra: "His name is
Chip because his butt looks like a chocolate chip. Mama: "What
about this one? His butt looks like a butterscotch chip."
Lyra: "His name is Dale." (9-19-10)
32. "Michael! Look at my
belly!" (11-5-10)
33. Mama: "We don't hit. It's
not okay to hit anyone." Lyra: "But it IS okay for me to punch
Uncle Jared...especially when he's not looking...Uncle Jared is the only one I
can hit." Mama: "Well...yeah, I guess that's all right. But
nobody else." (11-6-10)
34. "I flew him away like the
west wind...like Zephyr." (11-7-10)
35. "My pits are closed
now." (12-13-10)
36. "Hey guys! Good
news! My tummy doesn't hurt anymore because I pooped!" (12-26-10)
37. "Zephyr! Don't lick
your butt! It doesn't taste very good!" (12-30-10)
38. Cuddly Mama: "How'd you
get so sweet? Were you always this sweet?" Cuddly Lyra:
"Uh-huh...like Peaches." (1-19-11)
39. "That sound looks
beautiful, Mama." (1-26-11)
40. "It's pretty warm in your
hands. Can my feet stay there through the night?" (1-31-11)
41. Lyra, after her first drink of
Root Beer: "I burped!" Mike: "Did it taste
like root beer?" Lyra: "YEAH!" (2-8-11)
42. "What a static fuzz I
am!" (2-9-11)
43. "My butt is a full moon
that got cut down the middle." (2-13-11)
44. "Excuse me. I farted
a bubble." (2-18-11)
45. (Lyra to Mike) "You're a
fart alec!" (3-1-11)
46. "Zenya is a cutie too.
She's actually precious." (3-1-11)
47. "Uncle Jared is just like
a whack-a-mole." (3-21-11)
48. "I wish I had a pink
mohawk." (3-21-11)
49. "I'm gonna get that
invisible ninja!" (4-11-11)
50. (With 'cowgirl' accent)
"Livin' on the farm is soooooooo piggy!", "I been doin' it!
For 'bouta HUUUUUNdred years, I been doin' it!", and "Yeeee
HAW! Weee-hoo-shh...a baba!" (Spring 2011)
51. (Lyra, to Mike) "You
look...just like an ordinary dad." (6-24-11)
52. (After we had to explain what
'granny panties' were...) "And Michael, you wear daddy panties. And
Zeph...he wears fuzz panties." (6-24-11)
53. Lyra (as Snowflake, her stuffed
kitty, after hiding in Mike's shirt): "Hey, what's the worst thing
about bein' in a guy's shirt? It's too hairy for a cat!" (7-4-11)
54. Lyra: "What're you
doing?" Mama: "Having a sore neck. What're you
doing? Having a snotty nose?" Lyra: "Yep.
Bein' Snot-a-rilla." (7-6-11)
55. "Ah want to pleh with mah
monkehs." (7-7-11)
56. "I have a food moustache.
(Dramatic pause) I ate it." (7-8-11)
57. "Silly punk!"
(7-9-11)
58. "...because you are a
Dorcas Queen!" (7-9-11)
59. Mama (with Mike, as he turns
off Alyrica's light): "Okay. Good-night. I love you."
Lyra: "I love you too, you dorcasies!" (7-9-11)
60. "That stinkness is
freakin' out my nose!" (7-25-11)
61. "A jungle gym is what you
are, but your name is just Mike." (7-25-11)
62. "I peed hot pee
today!" (9-17-11)
63. "Ani was whackin'
Zephyr!" (9-17-11)
64. Lyra: "Can you get
me a butt-smeller so I can smell my own stinkness?" Mama: "No."
Lyra: "Why?" (Fall '11)
65. "The cat food bag makes
cats think they are in a food wonderland." (Fall '11)
66. "That yucked me out!"
(12-7-11)
67. Lyra: "I'm a
spirit." Mama: "What kind of spirit are you?" Lyra:
"I'm the spirit that makes your mind work and makes your eyes see."
(12-22-11)
68. "Hello. My name is
Doo Hickey. I like to make music." (12-29-11)
69. While driving by a curious
Christmas display in my hometown, Alyrica muses: "Those people just
like to take care of their plastic Jesus, so they put a plastic tent on
him!" (1-1-12)
70. I told Michael I was invited to
a women-only hot tub party. Then Alyrica said to him, "Daddy, maybe you
can have an all-men's sausage party." *hysterical laughter ensued from my
husband and me, especially me* Then Michael said, "Well, I hope not."
Alyrica said, "Why?" Michael responded, "Uhhhhh..." (We
realized afterwards, she thought I was invited to a 'hot dog party').
(5-9-12)
