Conversations with Cora : Part IX

Cora and I have been spending a lot of our together time coloring and chatting (mostly about donuts). I love our little conversations while coloring and I love these goofy/sweet day-to-day quotes that I remembered to jot down.

Going through baby clothes to pass on to my sister's baby

"This would look great on a just born baby!!!"

Took Cora shopping and she kept telling me "this looks lovely" when she tried something on.

Cora: What is that big pacifier?

Me: it's a water tower

Cora: oh, it looks like a big pacifier for God.

After we got a food delivery"We are food rich! We are living like Queens!"

She had a big gulp of slushie and yelled loudly "my brain is all iced up"

She kept forgetting the word for a sundae

"can we have a Monday tomorrow?!?"

WETTER AND DRYER = Washer and dryer

PIZZA NUGGETS = pizza rolls

FIRST BORN = newborn

HYDROGEN POLAXIDE = Hydrogen peroxide

KID GROWN UP = teenager
TIFF TAFF = taffy

Cora was feeding Ida (it was a little messy) "oh my! oh my! oh my!"

"I love you sister! I love you forever! When we're dead, when we're still living, when we're teenagers. FOREVER!"

Talking to her sister "You are my star, you are my sun, you are the sweetest little one"

Talking about her birthday. "You can just wrap up some of the toys I don't play with, like that giant unicorn"

I have a joke. Ever seen a bird poop on a cake? ... Just laugh dad!!!

We went to the park near our house and nobody was playing with Cora. She was really upset about it and later told me "I want to be the richest friend person ever"

I started this little series 2 years ago, and it is so funny looking back at some of the first posts of Conversations with Cora... it also reminds me to start doing those little Cora drawings again.

Conversations With Cora : Part VIII

I love looking back on Cora's goofy (and sweet) quotes. I love her spirit, her crazy outfits, and even how she never stops talking.

In the middle of the night:

"You look like you have a moon forehead. Is that a compliment? And your eyeballs look like cookies and balloons!"

... then she rolled over and went back to bed.

I asked her about what she liked about her crush

"his hair... and how he lets me in the play area before him."

When we were talking about when school is over...

"I don't want no schoool... I don't want to go back to having no friends like you" 

"My belly is hungry... *yells at belly* NO WAY JOSE!"

"I know what happens to our brains when we die... want me to tell you? Our brains are... eaten by zombies!!!"

PICHOTLE = Chipotle

FELIZ NAVIDOG = Feliz Navidad

"Christmas isn't about presents... its about family! Christmas isn't about trees. It isn't about lights. It isn't about cars full of presents... It's about family"

Singing her own rock song:

"I used to be threeeeeee

I used to be threeeeee

but now i'm foooouuurr

One two three four!"

Cora wakes up and yells down the stairs...

Cora: MOOOOOOOMM!!!

Me: What?

Cora: I love you!

Cora: What's the (doll) baby's name?

Me: I didn't have one

Cora: Lets name it Klobby

During a pre-bed crying fit "I'm not riiiich! Waaaaah! I don't have any coins! waaaaaah!"

... me too girlfriend, me too.

When she sees something she wants in the store, we take a picture of it. Usually that is enough to get her to stop asking and my cameral roll is full of cute pictures of her with stuffed animals.

Cora: When was I born?
Me: May 1st
Cora: That's what day my birthday is! So weird!

I asked Ben to take care of dinner on Valentine's day and Cora's response was "He already gave you dinner like 8 days ago! Remember?! Tacos?! How much more do you want?!"

Conversations With Cora : Part VII

It's been two months since I shared my last convos with Cora post. She has been such a fiery spirit lately and I'm doing my best to keep up with both girls as far as documenting and enjoying life. She loves chatting nonstop about anything and everything, so it's hard to remember all the awesome things she says.  Here are some of my favorites lately:

I can't believe I didn't share this one before.  Just thinking about it always makes me laugh out loud. Whenever we go over to our neighbor friend's house, Cora runs up to the porch, opens the mail flap, and yells "hellloo?! wanna plaaay?!""

Cora: How do you cook food?

Ben: Apply heat.

Cora: I wanted to know how to cook food and dad told me! Woooo hooo!!!

Cora is really obsessed with passing time. She's always asking which days she goes to school, which days I'm at home, which days we have events, etc. Because of this I started a monthly calendar and have everything color coordinated so she can start reading those words or symbols for other things like parties, holidays, or my work from home days. We discuss what is coming up each month...

"after Nobember, comes YESbember!"

Me: what month is it?

Cora: Nobember, turkey month!

Me: What do we celebrate on Thanksgiving?

Cora: FEEEEAAAAST! Family and togethertime! ... And FEEEAAAST! First we kill the turkey, then we cook the turkey, then we chop up the turkey, then we eat the turkey!!!

Conversations With Cora : Part VI

"I'll get my vampire teeth when I'm 5! I'll turn five, then BOOM! Vampire teeth!
You'll get your vampire teeth when you turn 29. Boom! Vampire teeth!"

I wrote 'I love you' to Cora on our drawing thing and she started crying... "That is soooo sweet. I love you so much! I love you so much! I love our family sooo much!"

I fed dinner to Cora (something simple that I usually make her) "I'm a huge fan, Mom! I'm a huge fan of yours!"

GLUBS = Gloves
TATA! = Ta-da!
KATAR = Guitar

Those zombie dreams were great... and I wasn't even scared!  Cause I punched them in the FACE!!!

I was talking to a kid about his dog and asked if it was a boxer.  Cora chimes in and says "my dad boxes!"

"Cemeteries are golf courses that old people used to use... and now that's where they're buried."

We were listening to music and something about God and the sun. "God is the sun, so he is probably orange... just like me!"

Whenever I have to go back to work after a couple of days off, Cora always asks if I can skip work, when I told her no, she said "Call your boss and tell him you'll be there, then I can go dressed as you and they'll never know. So I need a costume so I can go to work as you." We chatted about what she would need for a costume, so she settled on red pants, purple shirt, white skin, freckles, brownish hair... and "you'll also need orange fabric so you can wear a Cora costume"

I love this sweet girl and how she always brings so much laughter to our lives on a daily basis.

Conversations With Cora : Part V

I'm not doing that great of a job documenting the hilarious things Cora says lately since she's basically always funny.  Here are a couple ones that I remembered to write down:

Discussing what we're going to have for dinner

"Whoever had a lot of birthdays gets to pick Skyline... I had a lot of birthdays so I pick Skyline"

She does this where she'll say something like "whoever's name is Cora gets to pick to go on a walk" or other silly things like that when we're trying to make decisions.

"I call you step mudder, cause we are the evil step sisters!"

Discussing her nails:

"I slept and slept then BOOP, they were long!"

"I want a brother.  Girls are too loud.  I'm trying to sleep, but Ida keeps waking me up. (not true) Go to sleep Ida *SIGH"

When showing Ida her firefly jar:

"Ida, It's nature, Ida! Look it's nature!"

When Ben was taking a bath:

"You look like your old self, Dad! ...with your big old clown hair."

FOREHEAD NECKLACE = headband
GLUBS = gloves
TA TA! = replacement for Tada!

In these pictures, Cora was drawing the two of us with lots of legs. She got annoyed because my legs were somehow longer than hers... even though she is the one drawing them. "What the heck mom! Why are you legs longer than mine?!"

Conversations With Cora : Part IV

I haven't done this since before Ida was born, but I wanted to share some of my favorites from the last couple months...

Me: What do we celebrate on Thanksgiving?

Cora: FOOD!!!

Me: What are you thankful for?

Cora: Food, cleaning the floor, and our new house

'reading' a fortune cookie "You are going to be happy!"

We were having dinner at my parent's house and the lights were dimmed and out of nowhere Cora lifts her hands up and starts saying "I'm a zoooombie....  braaaains!"

My mom and Cora were talking about my grandpa in heaven (one of her favorite topics) and she asked if my mom was sad about it.  My mom said she was sad... then Cora says "yeah, I feel sad when my tv turns off."

My mom was sick and Cora was over there hanging out with my brother.  She went up to talk to my mom and my mom told them to have fun when they left the room... and Cora said "Have fun hanging by yourself Honey!"

"I gotta go to the doctor... cause I'm gonna throw up... all over the baby's face!"

"Ida said her first word!  She said 'I love my sister Cora Jean!!!'"

At the park one of the Dad's commented on her Elsa outfit "I'm not Elsa, it's just a costume" and did a major eye roll.

LIQUID = licorice

BIDEO = Video

SAMPLE STORE = Sam's club

Cora: Do I smell like cuties?!

Me: yes (I wanna see where this is going)

Cora: yeah cause I'm orange (insert her little eye roll duh face)

After working hard on his office for at least a week:

Ben: Cora, what do you think of my office?

Cora: Not Good

I love all of the laughter this girl has brought into our lives.

Conversations With Cora : Part III

Cora is pretty funny and her comedic timing is pretty spot on and she makes me laugh hysterically at least once a day.  I wish I could remember everything she says, but this is the best I could manage lately.

"I want to be President!  and a Firefighter... and I want a phone... in a box!"

"When I grow up, I want to be a toothbrush."

When talking about going back to school "Everyone wants to play with me"

On her way to school, she told ben that she was going to find a boyfriend this year.

Favorite part of her first day:  "Peepeeing at school"

When our air conditioner went out during a super hot week:

Small firework went off  "It was a TOOT!"

When trying to give us high fives "Cut the pickle!  Up High... Down Slow... Missed me."

"I lost Grandpa's whistle... Lets pray for it.  Thank you for my whistle.  Help us to find it. Amen!"

Sang a sharing song with Cora... she responded with "Share share share, that's not a good idea... Share share share, for kids only!!!"

PRURS = prayers

TEND = pretending

COCKAMOLE = quacamole

Cora: you can cuddle with Lambie

Me: okay, cause nobody is cuddling with me

Cora: Maybe you can cuddle yourself

Cora loves for me to tell her about our family members that are in Heaven and share what they were like  "Lets talk about dead people.  Who else is in Heaven?"

"Goodnight, don't let the bugs eat you!  Santa told me that... and Boppa told Santa"

Conversations With Cora : Part II

Cora never stops talking, so she is constantly making me laugh.  Lately I love all her little prayers and when she talks to/about baby, so no better place to compile and share them all than on the good old blog.

When she fell while hiking "UGHH, not my cat pants!!!"

Picking and bringing me a dandelion and she said "because I love you"

"You are going to my school?!?  That is impossible... my school is for kids!"

Woke up in the middle of the night 

Cora: I wanna go on a date"  

Me: with who?

Cora: you

Me: where do you want to go?

Cora: to the park

then rolled over and fell asleep

Woke up in the middle of the night "Make me a sandwich!!!" and immediately fell back asleep.

I was telling her we had no money because I forgot my wallet so Cora slowly plotted our meal plan

"Lets eat dinner at... no money!  Lets take Daddy's money! Take his cards out of his wallet, yeah! LET'S TAKE DADDY'S MONEY!!!  Yeah!"

Me: what are you doing?! 

Cora: (talking loud enough for them to hear) STARING AT THOSE PEOPLE!

Praying "God Bless Momma's baby, God Bless Momma!"

"I forgot to pray for you... Dear God, thank you for Mommy pooping and thank you for Daddy pooping."

Constantly going to my belly to tell baby stories and then saying "ooooh, she tickled me!!"

She stared at the picture of Jesus on her new bible and said "God, I love you" and kissed it goodnight.

YESTERTIME: When Cora is referring to something that happened in the past. We went to a baseball game yestertime.

GROSSTING: disgusting and gross combined.  I can't eat this... it is grossting

Conversations With Cora

I may be a little bit biased, but Cora is one funny kid.  She's always loves to make people laugh, so now that she talks all of the time she says some pretty funny stuff.  I usually text myself whatever funny/cute thing she says or make a quick drawing in my planner so I don't forget.  Here are a couple of my favorites from the last couple months:

Whenever she is asking nicely for something, she says "ma'am I...?" instead of "may I...?"

"I am berry thirsty... my tongue wants some water!"

We had a couple cookies and I shared a bunch of mine with Cora
Me: Can I have a bite of your cookie?
Cora: No... it's too small :(
Me: but I shared all of mine with you...
Cora:  yeah.. I ate yours all up!!! hahahaha nom nom nom

"I am not a princess... I am a... KING!"

Pushing the fridge door open and letting it hit her in the back...
Cora: (angry face) QUIT PUSHING ME!!!

"Give you a kiss?  Maaaaybeee... no!  That is not a good idea."

Ben: Can I have a bite?
Cora: You eat yours!  I eat mine!

Every time she's eating anything
Cora: Did you buy these (nola bars, fruit snacks, cookies)?! Thank you Momma!  You are the best!