Conversation with Gracie on turning the BIG SEVEN:

Me: "So Gracie, do you feel ANY different?"

Gracie: "Yes."

Me: "What is different?"

Gracie: "Well, I am taller..and I have my eight year old teeth now...and I can count to one thousand!"

Me: "THAT is awesomesauce Gracie. Are you listening and following directions better?"

Gracie: "Umm..uh...HEY!.. We are going WEST on I-94, and getting off at exit 97.."

(I take that as a NO)

Conversation with Gracie as we walk in to Walmart:

Me: "Okay Gracie, what is the MOST IMPORTANT THING we have to get in here.."

Gracie: "Ummm...CHAPSTICK!"

Conversation with Gracie:

Gracie: "Gramma I have a lie detector."

Me: "A lie detector? Where is it?"

Gracie: "It is in my brain. Somebody tells me a lie, and bells go off ..In my.. BRAIN! I trained it like that."

Conversation with Gracie as I attempt to gather her and her cousin Amani to take them home:

Me: "Gracie, Amani, you both need to come get your coats on so I can get you back home."

Gracie: "AMANI!! RUN! RUUUUNN!"

Conversation with Gracie while reading, and how she knows the big words:

Gracie: "I just look at the word and it goes in my brain. Then my hearts starts beating really fast and then BOOM! The word just comes out of my mouth!"

Conversation with Gracie before I take her home:

Me: "Gracie, how many apples do you want me to send home with you?"

Gracie: "All of them...."

Conversation with Gracie as to why she does not trust me to hold a key to her new journal:

Me: "Why cant I hold a key Gracie? Don’t you trust me?"

Gracie: "No."

Me: "REALLY? Have I EVER let you down?"

Gracie: "Yes. You have."

Me: "WHEN??!"

Gracie: "That one time last year when I wanted ice cream and YOU did not get me any. Want me to tell you the WHOLE story?"

**Check mate* I am NOT getting a key.**

Conversation with Gracie as she is taking a bath:

Gracie: "I'm really thirsty. Gramma, PLEASE tell me I can't drink the bathtub water."

Me: "Ummm...Gracie don't drink the bath tub water."

Gracie: "Thank you!"

Conversation with Gracie in Barnes and Noble as I point out a picture of Albert Einstein:

Me: "Gracie, there is my favorite scientist!"

Gracie: "Pffft...Looks like a ZOMBIE to me..."

 

Conversation with Sethy:

Sethy: "Gramma, can I get in your sauna with you?"

Me: "Sure Sethy. Come on in!"

Sethy: "It.. smells like tacos in here..."

Conversation with Gracie as I am TRYING to get some homework done:

Me: "Gracie, watch some cartoons while I get some work done."

Gracie: "Okay but can I ask you a few questions first?"

Me: "Sure."

Gracie: "What would you rather fight: A dinosaur or a vampire?"

Me: "Is this a REALLY a relevant question?"

Gracie: "Okay, next question. How do you do your hair?"

Me: "Does it look like I do my hair?"

Gracie: "No..SO..How do you get the rats out?"

Me: "Gracie, I REALLY need to get some work done."

Gracie: "Because you did REALLY REALLY BAD on that one test?"

Me: "YES!!"

Gracie: "I think I will go ask Grandpa some questions..."

Me: "THANK YOU!"

Conversation with Gracie after I pick her up from school because of a fever: Me: "Gramma has lots of homework to do, so it will be a day you will have to hang out with grandpa."

Gracie: "That's okay, gramma. He is.......comfortable."

Quote from Gracie at Target:

Gracie: "Okay Gramma if you get me the socks and the underwear, the coat AND earmuffs, I won't ask for Chapstick."

Conversation with Gracie who is attempting to school me on what is boring: Gracie: "When you tie your shoes..THAT is boring."

Me: "Why is it boring?"

Gracie: "The laces have to have glitter."

Me: "So glitter isn't boring..."

Gracie: "Nope. Lipstick, that IS NOT boring. Lip gloss...NOT boring. Chap stick...THAT...IS boring."

Conversation with Gracie about a peculiar girl that rides her bus:

Gracie: "Gramma, she pinches me, the she cries. She pinches HERSELF..Then she cries. She pinches EVERYBODY...THEN SHE CRIES!!"

Me: "Why do you think she pinches people, Gracie?"

Gracie: "I think she just likes to cry..."

Conversation with Gracie concerning her inability to quit talking in class:

Me: "So Gracie, what do you think you need to do stop you from talking so much in class?"

Gracie: "I don't know Gramma. Maybe I need some duck tape...*sigh*

Conversation with Gracie at Target:

Gracie:  "Gramma, can you get me some ear muffs?"

Me: "Are you going to wear them and not lose them?"

Gracie: "YES!"

Me: "Okay, but wanna first tell me what happened to the Kitty Purse I bought you?"

Gracie: "I STILL have it...but... I WILL say...I find it under my bed...A LOT!!"