Overheard:

Elizabeth, yelling at her older siblings... "What is WONG wif you people?"

Hope: Mom, why haven't you added to your blog lately?

Mom: I've been busy, I guess.

Hope: I guess we'll just have to be funnier.

I ordered Elizabeth to get down from the kitchen counter today. She complied, but then stood in the middle of the kitchen shouting at me:

"Don't make me MAD, Mom! Don't make me mad!!!"

She is very... um... demanding. LOL!

Overheard this morning as Elizabeth was conversing with herself while playing with a truck in the kitchen, driving it to some unknown destination apparently far, far away:

"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No."

(this continued for more than 10 minutes.)

Overheard at our house tonight:

MARK: "Come here, Elizabeth, and let me change your diaper."

ELIZABETH, screaming: "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to sit in da poop!!!"

We are all saddened by the loss of our cat, Austin, on Monday evening. His health had deteriorated rapidly over the past week and the vet offered no hope.

We had a family burial service and buried our beloved kitty south of town. He was almost 9 years old.