Conversations with Ellie

This morning while fixing her hair:
Ellie: "Mom. If you put a rubber-band in your mouth what will happen?"
(Writer's commentary break. Ellie already has been told a gagillion times not to do this, but she has seen me put rubber-bands in my mouth when I am fixing her hair & she is the child who would put a rubber band in her mouth. I use scare tactics without shame)
Me: "You might choke"
Ellie: "Yeah, and then I would go to sleep."
Me: "No you wouldn't go to sleep, but you might stop breathing and then you could die."

Ellie: "Jesus died"
Me: "Yes, but he didn't choke on a rubber-band."
Ellie: "Yeah, Jesus knows how to eat good food."

Once when doing the laundry Ellie asked me what a certain article of clothing was. I explained that it was for women. She concluded that this meant that the article itself was in-fact called "A Woman" and that you wear it on "your Womans" Sunday I took the kids over to the young-adult ward to hear their Dad speak. We sat next to McKenzie. In the middle of his talk Ellie exclaimed "Your womans are HUGE!" I consoled my eldest daughter by telling her that no one else knows what Ellie means. Until now. Sorry.

This one really isn't a conversation, just a phrase worth repeating. Caleb has read the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series countless times. Ellie refers to it as "Diarrhea of a Wumpy Kid" Now that's a kid you can really feel sorry for.