Hannah in a Nutshell

Following my previous post, here's another Hannah quote.  I think I'll make these posts pretty regularly just so I can remember her goofy cuteness.  :)

"Look at me!  I'm a giant party!"

Haha...that pretty much sums up our little girl.  :)

Hannahisms

Ok, this post is more for my own remembrance than anything else, but you can come along on this journey with me.  Hannah says so many funny things everyday and I know I won't remember them all, so I decided to write some of them here.  Enjoy!

• Hannah, as she was laying on the couch, trying to sleep: "Linnea, don't touch me!  Mommy, "pretend Linnea" keeps touching me and I'm trying to sleep!"  (Yes, she really calls her "pretend Linnea"!  At least she knows there's a difference between her imaginary friends and her real friends!)
• We went on a hike with our Bible study a couple weeks ago and every time we came to a stream that needed to be crossed, Hannah would life her arms up to James and say, "Daddy, cross me!"
• While I was shopping at The Children's Orchard, Hannah was in the play area watching a movie.  She ran up to me with a worried look on her face.  "Mommy!  I don't want to watch the movie because it's scary!"  Me: "Why is it scary?"  Hannah: "Because the man broke the gingerbread man's feet off!  It's scary!"  Haha...it was Shrek.
• Hannah spotted a little old lady at the grocery store and excitedly exclaimed, "Mommy look!  That lady's little!  Awww...she's so cute!  Maybe she can cook in my kitchen with me because she's little."
• It recently rained (a rare occurrence for us) and Hannah was so excited and kept saying she took a shower outside!
• Whenever she sees something she wants at the store, she takes the tag and reads it: "It says, 'We can get it.'"
• One day when James came home from work: "I told my mommy that I wanted you and now you're here!"
• Explaining to her imaginary friends where we were going one morning: "We have to go to the YMCA because Mommy has to get nice and healthy and I get to play with the kids, because I like to play with the kids!"
• During Twinkle Toes one week, they were all "picking fruit" and the teacher went around asking each girl what kind of fruit she was picking.  Hannah said that she was picking bread.
• Shortly after we sit down to eat dinner most nights, Hannah looks at me with a smile and says, "Thank you for dinner, Mommy!  It's delicious!"
• One day in the car Hannah informed me, "Mommy, I like cars and trucks, but not clouds.  Just cars and trucks."
• Hannah snuck a piece of gum from my purse (I told her she can't have gum until she's 16) while I wasn't in the room.  When I came back, she was so excited and said, "Mommy!  I ate a piece of gum!  It's in my tummy!"
• While learning on Hannah's Cubbies verse, "Let the little children come to me" Hannah recited, "Let the little children go away."
• While talking to Hannah about our upcoming Parker family vacation, she said, "There's going to be lots of people and I'm going to smile and laugh at them!"
• I told Hannah we were going to Smart and Final.  As we were pulled into the parking lot, she pointed to it and asked, "Is that Smart?"  As we were leaving she asked if we were going to go to Final now.  
• We were watching the video for Steven Curtis Chapman's Cinderella.  Hannah asked James, "Daddy, the little girl is dancing with her daddy, so will you dance with me?"

This list is far from exhaustive and I can't think of some of the things she says often that are funny.  I'll post them as they come to me.

We're Still Alive

I haven't been doing very good at posting, but I just wanted to let you all know that we are still alive...and here's proof:

This picture makes me think of the Sesame Street song, "One of these things is not like the other."  Seriously, James and Hannah look related and I just look like some random person who joined them.  I promise - I am her mother!  :)