Curly Straight

Leaving Chelo's tonight, Julia says "Bye bye eat."

We listen to cds in the car. Mostly kid cds, some not.

No matter what it is we are listening to, in those few seconds of silence between songs, Julia will almost always announce "No more!" during the silence.

The way she pronounces it is "no mahh".

Cutest thing ever.

Today in the car, TJ, Julia and I were all yelling "no mahh" when the song ended. It was quite enjoyable.

Often times, when it is just Julia and I she will say the following, because she knows it's just us.

No TJ. (sometimes when looking at the empty car seat next to her.)

No Daddy.

No Mimi.

Julia says "doe" - usually in a drawn out whisper when she is thanking you for giving her something.

Julia has been calling TJ "TT for a long time."

Today, she officially started calling him "Tee-Jay."

Exciting, but a little sad.

I-ya has been the name of Elmo for as long as Julia could say I-ya. She's a bit obsessed with the red monster and will settle for no other sleeping wear. Must have Elmo. Mama must do laundry every day because she doesn't own that many pairs of Elmo pajamas.

John asked her tonight who was on her shirt. She looked at him and said, clear as day. "Elmo.".TJ, especially, thought it was funny and asked her about twenty times "who is that on your shirt, Julia?"

Each time, the answer was the same. "Elmoooooooooooooooooooooooo."

We have a make believe little boy that we talk about often. His name is Jimmy McTimble and he is a menace. He does everything wrong and nothing right.
His Momma is mean and so is he. He spits on the ground. He doesn't brush his teeth.He goes for weeks without a bath or cutting his toenails. He never cleans his room. He says swear words. He pushes his sister. He never makes his bed. This kid is trouble.

The other day TJ and I were talking about Georgia.

TJ: No one would even want her if we sold her away.

Mama: I know! Who would want that rotten dog anyway?

TJ, eyes lighting up: Jimmy McTimble?