"The tooth fairy left me five dollars. Well, not separate but like five all scrunched into a single piece."
-Syri, July 2008
SYRI'S DESCRIPTION OF A FIVE DOLLAR BILL.
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"Mom, you're a good maker."
-Vala, July 2008
I KNOW, I MAKE LOTS OF THINGS GOOD... BUT IN PARTICULAR, SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT ONE MY MASALA CURRIES.
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"Mom, my ear hurts. I think I've got a wack in there."
-Syri, June 2008
WOULD THAT BE SINGULAR FOR WAX?
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"Awwww, I really thought I was invisible!"
-Syri, March 2008
YOU JUST HAVE TO READ THE BLOG FOR THIS ONE!
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"I know why we have the child locks turned on. So if a stranger breaks into our car, he'll be stuck and can't escape out!"
-Syri, January 2008
LET'S JUST HOPE SYRI'S NOT IN THE BACKSEAT IF THIS HAPPENS!
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"Just a minute there cowboy."
-Syri, January 2008
SYRI'S RESPONSE WHEN PAUL TOLD HER TO GET HER PAJAMAS ON (WE WERE LAUGHING TOO HARD TO REPRIMAND HER FOR THE DISRESPECT).
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"Just get it with the fly whopper!"
-Syri, December 2007
WHAT SYRI USES TO KILL FLYING INSECTS.
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"Jingle bells... rot that smells... Robin laid an egg"
-Syri, November 2007
SYRI'S VERSION OF THE KIDDIE LYRICS TO JINGLE BELLS. WHEN I ASKED WHAT IT MEANT, SHE EXPLAINED THAT ROBIN LAID A ROTTEN EGG. AND SO IT SMELLS.
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"I am a robot. I will do what you tell me to."
-Syri, November 2007
TOTALLY OUT OF THE BLUE, SYRI BEGAN REPEATING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN A MONOTONE VOICE AS WE WERE LEAVING THE MOVIE THEATER. YES, PEOPLE WERE STARING.
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"A spit bug must have landed on this daisy."
-Syri, June 2007
WHILE PICKING DAISIES FROM OUR GARDEN, SYRI DISCOVERED ONE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE HUMAN SALIVA DRIPPING OFF THE PETALS.
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"Ahh, I feel like I have ants in my toes!"
-Syri, June 2007
AFTER SITTING ON HER KNEES FOR TOO LONG, THIS IS HOW SYRI DESCRIBED HER FEET FALLING ASLEEP.
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"What a cute little mag-a-pie."
-Syri, May 2007
MUST BE A NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES IN THE CORVIDAE (CROW) FAMILY?
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"Look at all this glitter everywhere!"
-Syri, May 2007
WHILE ON A WALK SHORTLY AFTER BREAKUP. I PREPARED TO GRAB HER THINKING SHE WAS SEEING STARS AND ABOUT TO PASS OUT. WHEN I ASKED HER TO GLITTER, SHE BEGAN POINTING OUT TRASH ALL OVER THE GROUND. TURNS OUT, SHE MEANT LITTER!
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"Can you look on the web and find me a Spiderman class?"
-Syri, January 2007
AFTER TELLING SYRI SHE COULD TAKE A LESSON THIS WINTER AND SUGGESTING THAT SHE MIGHT ENJOY LEARNING TO SWIM OR SKI.
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"I don't need to make a list. I think Santa can just hear me tell you what I want."
-Syri, December 2006
AFTER MOM TOLD SYRI SHE SHOULD ADD SOMETHING SHE WANTED AT THE STORE TO HER CHRISTMAS LIST FOR SANTA.
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"I miss you so much that I forget what you look like!"
-Syri, December 2006
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"Mummy, who are you going to marry so I can have a baby sister?"
-Syri, October 2006
AFTER I RESPONDED "SOME DAY" WHEN SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD HAVE A BABY SISTER. I HAD TO QUICKLY CLARIFY THAT THE SAME TWO PEOPLE CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE CHILD. BESIDES, I HAVE MY HANDS FULL WITH ONE HUSBAND. WHY IN HELL WOULD I WANT ANOTHER ONE?!
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"Goody, I'm going to have a new cousin soon!"
-Syri, September 2006
AFTER I SUGGESTED WE CALL NANNY AND PAPAW TO WISH THEM A HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. I TOLD HER THAT AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATES THE DAY TWO PEOPLE GET MARRIED. AND WHAT DO PEOPLE DO AFTER THEY GET MARRIED??? HAVE BABIES! HENCE HER RESPONSE.
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"Mom, what is that alcohol that pirates drink? Beer?"
-Syri, July 2006
IN THE GROCERY STORE, A COUPLE DAYS AFTER WATCHING THE FIRST PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. AND OF COURSE AFTER EVERYONE TURNED AROUND AND STARED, I HAD TO GIVE HER A GOOD ANSWER ~ "NO SWEETHEART, YOU'RE THINKING OF RUM!"
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"Mom, can we play mommy and big sister. You're the mommy and I'm the big sister. And I have three little sisters and two baby brothers."
-Syri, July 2006
NO WONDER I'M SO EXHAUSTED.
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"Can we see the new Spiderman? I already saw the one with the Green Gobbler. Papaw let me watch it at his house."
-Syri, June 2006
(THANKS DAD)
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"I can't talk right now because I have snot and a throat hurt."
-Syri, May 2006
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"Daddy said we could watch James and Big Red Berry!"
-Syri, May 2006
AS OPPOSED TO "JAMES AND GIANT PEACH"
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"Hmm...I've been thinking hard for a couple of hours. I think I shouldn't put my hands in my mouth."
-Syri, May 2006
SYRI HAD A STOMACH ACHE THE DAY AFTER POTTERY, WHERE WE BELIEVE SHE "TASTED" SOME DRY CLAY FROM HER HANDS
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"Aimee, was I a beautiful flower girl in your wedding? Yeah, I was the star of the show."
-Syri, April 2006
EVER SO HUMBLE
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"It sure is taking a long time to turn four."
-Syri, February 2006
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"We we get older, maybe six or seven, Spence and I are going to go skydiving. All of our family can come with us, except for Nanny. She has to stay home and watch Oliver."
-Syri, February 2006
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"Mom, are you disappointed that I'm mischievous?"
-Syri, January 2006
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"Mom, there's no toliet in here!"
-Syri, December 2005
SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING AND EXAMINING HER FIRST "INDIAN" TOILET
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"Mom, look at all these Indians!"
-Syri, December 2005
UPON ARRIVING AT THE GATE FOR OUR FLIGHT FROM AMSTERDAM TO DELHI (QUITE LOUDLY I MIGHT ADD)
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"You can ask Spence. He might know, because he's getting Oliver. Except I want a baby sister."
-Syri, October 2005
HER RESPONSE WHEN SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD HAVE A BABY SISTER AND I SAID "WHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD WE GET ONE OF THOSE?"
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"I know. Some babies come from mommies' bellies. And some babies come from other countries."
-Syri, October 2005
HER RESPONSE TO MY EXPLANATION OF ADOPTION
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