tiny little drunk people

sometimes i try to imagine things from isabelle's perspective-- how it must feel to be 6, without very much life experience, but really thinking you know it all and can do it all, surrounded by adults that don't have any idea why you do the things you do. like standing at the bottom of the stairs, giggling to yourself because you're peeing, A LOT of pee, all over yourself and can't move. or dancing in front of the mirror, staring at your reflection, checking out the half chewed food inside your mouth.  or making up your own lyrics, singing with so much feeling, at the top of your lungs about what you had for breakfast yesterday. philip and i joke all the time 'tiny little drunk person' because kids are just that: messy, clumsy, confused, irreverent, inappropriate, always falling and tipping over and running into things and people, spilling stuff everywhere, all the time. vomiting suddenly wherever they stand, and immediately resuming whatever they were doing before as if nothing happened.

one night isabelle fell asleep on the couch, so philip picked her up and took her to bed and tucked her in.  he whispered "i love you so much" and she rolled over slowly, looked up at him, and said "please go away..."

"whatever floats your boat!"

showing us her spelling skills: "capital O-C-T-O-B-E-R!  November!!"

she references stories with how old she was at the time: "this was like 7 years ago, afore i got born"

climbing up the shelves in the fridge, annoyed: "um, excuse me, but who has been putting the orange juice so high i can't reach it??"

shampooing her hair in the bath: "my hair is FULLED up with juice."

"hey look at daddy! nicely balanced.." with a nod of approval

"you're a sneaky little cabbage!"

"I'm like a joke truck."

trying to get Blue to eat his breakfast: "BLUE! I am NOT playing these games with you this morning!"

at a family gingerbread decorating party, (the youngest person there besides isabelle was 19) Isabelle stood up on the table and tapped her solo cup declaring herself the gingerbread house judge: "Everyone, I have a pronouncement! if everybody can please select the best, the worst, and the least..thank you!"

"did you read the destructions?"

answering grandma Hanna's phone call on christmas morning, she held up her finger to everyone in the room "scuse me, guys, i'm just gonna take this in the bathroom"

"um, were you just being.. startafstic?" (sarcastic)

tiny drunk person dressed herself

showing us a mini pillow: "i'm just gonna put this in my pants so when i go to the party, everybody will know i have a big ass."

tiny drunk person in public

i had to convince Blue to lap up the green drink that the
tiny drunk person spilled all over the floor. i looked up and
isabelle was dipping tortilla chips in the remaining green
drink in her cup.  so strange, these everyday situations.

my boys

i love my little family and the situations we find ourselves in together.