L.T. Greer

Greerlet Quotables

I recently happened upon an old list I kept of things my kids have said:

  • “Noel.” —Bella, translation “Oh, well.” (2004)
  • “I love trapeze food” —Olivia, referring to Japanese food (March, 2012)
  • “I love you more than the sun x infinity + 82. That’s basically the biggest number there is, Dad, so don’t even try to beat it.” —Bella (May, 2012)
  • “They did a good job of picking music that matches their costumes.” Bella, while watching the Olympics (August, 2012)
  • “When you’re in college, do they teach you how to be a mom or a dad?” —Bella (August, 2012)
  • Bella: “Will there be electricity in heaven” / Liv: “No! In heaven God will be our electricity.” / Me: Rev. 21:23 (October, 2012)
  • “These tennis shoes are gonna grow outta me fast.” —Liv (October, 2012)
  • Me: “I know you’re 9, but I still like to hold your hand” / Bella: “That’s okay b/c even when I’m 34 I’m still gonna want to hold your hand” (November, 2012)
  • “Ugh. The sun went down down down again” —Elijah (February, 2013)
  • “Jesus loves cheese.” —Elijah (April, 2013)
  • ♫ “Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, merry mery mary Mary Poppins.” ♫ —Elijah (June, 2013)
  • “One time I woke up in the night, and Bella was wide asleep.” —Liv (June, 2013)
  • “I wonder why they call it ‘sound asleep.’ Shouldn’t it be ‘quiet asleep?’” —Bella (June, 2013)
  • “Why is it called the ‘Death Star’? I thought it was gonna be a star. That’s not a star. Looks more like the ‘Death Moon’ to me.” —Olivia (October, 2013)
  • “Those guys fweak me out.” —Elijah (November, 2013)
  • “I wanna be a chomchompa when I gwow up.” —Elijah. “Chomchompa” translation: Stormtrooper. (November, 2013)
  • “If there were bad guys in this town, I would definitely fight them.” —Elijah (May, 2014)
  • ♫ “Every bloody nose, a turkey, and some mistletoe ♫ Help to make the season bright” ♫ —Olivia, singing Christmas carols (December, 2014)
  • “I like jazz because you can nap to it or dance to it” —Bella (May, 2015)
  • “When this is all over, I propose we use ‘zoom call’ as slang for anything we don’t like. As in, ‘Ugh, that book was a total zoom call.’” —Bella (July, 2020)