"Philip, don't put words in my mouth, or thoughts in my head!" - Evie

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"Mom, Winston just stole my clementine." - Olivia

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"My hands are colder than I thought anything ever could be." - Elanore, after the morning run with the dogs

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Olivia: "Evie is naughtier than Winston, because Winston doesn't know what he isn't supposed to do."

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"Diiest, I didn't know they made man leggings." - Elanore

(Dad was wearing running pants before his run.)

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"I was lying in bed thinking about all the presents I was giving people, and then I remembered that I'm getting some, too." - Olivia Grace, on Christmas morning

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(As the phone was ringing, on our second day of vigilant keep-your-eyes-on-him-every-single-minute watching of the new dog, Winston, who occasionally still tries to pee in the house.)

"Aaaaaaaaa... The outside world...

Now I know how new Moms feel!" - Evie

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Olivia: "When you give a sermon, just make sure your fly is zipped."
(This was in response to my declaration that I was going to be an intense pastor.)

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Oh, I gotta pee!!!! ~ Mom

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Elanore: "I'm getting hot... can we turn off the TV?"

(This while we were all watching the "Cozy Cracklin' Firplace" DVD last night. The gas logs were on, and they were the real source of the heat.)

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Iivo, preparing for the costume party: "I'm coming as a big stinker!"

Elanore: "But, Diiest, you don't need to get dressed up for that!"

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"I don't take orders from little people."

(Olivia, to Elanore, who had requested that she play a particular favorite on the piano.)

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Elanore: "Philip smells like earwax."
(as he read her a bedtime story)

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Olivia, to Elanore: "Lips? Lips?! Who doesn't know how to spell 'lips'?"

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Olivia, of Little: "Aww! Her little 'doganality'!"

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"Yay! I want a Freeze Squeeze! What's a Freeze Squeeze?"

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Olivia: "Louis? Louis?! Who would name their kid Louis fourteen times?!"

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Olivia: "I don't think men are funny."

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"What's my name? I'm prettier than you."
- Elanore to Olivia, on taking the Austen Heroine quiz

The Austen Heroine quiz is something that Mom and Evie showed to the rest of our family this morning. The quote above is something that Elanore said when she turned out to be Marianne Dashwood, and Olivia turned out to be Elinor Dashwood.

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Dad: "Way to go, son! You've got the brain of a math!"

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Elanore: "I LOVE piano! For some reason, it feels like I've been playing for a long time - like an old friend" (one week after her first piano lesson, the day before her second one).

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Mom: "Why are you taking a shower right before you go out to play?"
Evie: "Because you can't enjoy getting dirty and yukky unless you're clean."

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Olivia: "Would you put my gloves in the microwave? The snow magnet to them."

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