Keeping in Teutsch: July 2012

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Juliette-isms is one of my favorite things that I post each year and it has been over a year since I posted the last one, so it's time to play catch up. If you want to read the others ones, click here and here. And, if you need a reminder, these are funny things Juliette has said or done that we have posted on Facebook. Enjoy!

April 16, 2011 - Juliette just asked me (Matt), "How do you take over the world?"

May 5, 2011 – Juliette drew a picture of our family that was included in her preschool binder at the end of the year. She told the teacher who each person was and the teacher wrote what she said. For the picture of Matt, it says, “This is dad. He has no hair. He has fur.”

July 8, 2011 - Juliette: "Daddy wants pointy hair [mohawk]. When he goes to the hair shop next time maybe he can get some." Melissa: "Daddy can't grow hair." Juliette: "Well, maybe they can take it from his chin and put it on his head!"

July 28, 2011 - Yesterday, Juliette told one of my (Melissa) co-workers all these jobs she wanted to have when she grows up, including being a mommy. After she named a few of them off, I told her that was probably enough because she needed to take care of her babies too. She said, "Their dad will. I need somebody at home to take care of them!"

September 2, 2011 - Juliette just told me (Melissa): "I really like Daddy. I'm going to keep him forever and ever and ever."

September 5, 2011 - Earlier today, on the way home from my (Melissa) parents, Juliette asked, "How many minutes until we get home." After I told her 180 minutes, Juliette sighed and asked, "Mommy, can you fast forward it?"

September 19, 2011 - After Juliette said her prayers, she said, "I always say me, me, me, me, me." Melissa: "Do you mean you need to pray for others instead of yourself?" Juliette: "Yes!"

September 28, 2011 - Juliette got her first marriage proposal today, with a promise from the little boy that he is going to kiss her when they are older!!!

November 17, 2011 - So, Matt has to retake two of his four comps (tests) in the spring. We're disappointed and a little sad about it. However, I was quite amused when Matt texted me a minute ago to tell me that when he picked Juliette up from school and told her the news, she told him "I'm NOT proud of you!"

November 28, 2011 - After seeing Buddy (our elf on the shelf) this morning, Juliette said he looked smaller than last year. I (Melissa) said that maybe Santa put him on a diet and she responded, "Yeah, he probably ate too much Halloween candy!"

December 15, 2011 - Going to a Christmas party tonight, and Juliette told Melissa, "I have to wear a dress so Sam can tell me I look pretty." (Sam is Melissa’s boss’s son and a year older than Juliette.)

February 6, 2012 - Juliette cried last night because she didn't get to clean the toilet. Had I (Melissa) known it was going to be such a big deal, I totally would have let her clean it first!

April 5, 2012 – Matt: “Juliette, put your fingers on your neck. Do you feel your heartbeat?” Juliette: "Yeah. That's God beeping to me."

April 13, 2012 - Juliette wants to make counterfeit money so she can fund a festival for her friends. She said, "I'll take paper and make money out of it. I'll make the fake money real money." When Melissa told Juliette she needed a job to make money, Juliette asked, "When I'm in 5th grade, can you not sign me up for school so I can get a job?"

May 22, 2012 - Juliette just checked a book out from the library titled "Where Did Daddy's Hair Go?" Matt didn't find it as funny as I (Melissa) did...

June 13, 2012 - After Melissa told Juliette she couldn't buy a toy at Toys'R'Us, Juliette said, "Mommy, you're not speaking my language."

July 14, 2012 - Juliette to Melissa: "I'm going to teach the baby how to rock-n-roll!"

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I'm WAY behind on blogging about Juliette's adventures in t-ball this past spring/early summer. She had about sixteen games between early April and early June and almost all of them were on Mondays and Wednesdays. She had dance on Wednesdays, so there were some games that she had to miss (because they were at the same time as dance) and some that we had to change clothes in the parking lot for. (Thankfully, there were only two or three of those, as those were quite busy evenings!)

The league that we played with (in Lafayette, you have to play in the league you are zoned for) was not very organized AT ALL. Although t-ball is supposed to be for fun and teaching them some of the basics of the game, it was a little frustrating (to me) to not have any rules. It seemed almost too laid back sometimes. Regardless of my deep desire to have some rules, though, Juliette was still cute to watch and toward the end she was even able to hit the ball some when the coach pitched it to her. (They started out the season with the tee but moved to coach pitch later.) By the time the season was ending, she was over it and wasn't as interested in playing. I think this had more to do with the fact that she is a homebody and doesn't like having to go a lot of places during the week and less to do with her liking t-ball.

This was her first game. There was a shortage on gray pants in our town, so we had to wait a few weeks to get them, which is why she is in gray shorts here.

This was her first game in her "proper" attire. I didn't realize until after I took the picture that she had her glove on the wrong hand. (She's left handed. We had to yell for her to change her glove to the other hand quite a bit when she was in the field for games.)

Here is a short video of Juliette batting off the tee one time. She never tried to run the wrong way, but some of them did in the first few games. The funniest moments she had was that one time she was "playing" catcher, and they threw the ball to her, but she was just standing there fixing her hair and looking elsewhere. And then she didn't even get in a hurry to get it when she was paying attention. Another moment was when she was playing with love bugs (they were really bad at the beginning of the season) and she had two on her hand and was trying to pick up a ball in the field without making them fly away. (That really didn't work out!) Oh, and at first when she played third base, she thought you should keep your foot on the base at all times, so when runners would come to third base, she was trying to push their feet off the base. :)

Here is another really short video. She told us that she was going to slide in at home, so I took a video just in case she really did. She didn't, but when we got her after the game, she said that was a slide. (That was more like a hesitation while thinking about sliding!) I have to say, she NEVER got dirty, even with a white shirt!

This is her "official" t-ball picture.

She says that she wants to try other sports and not play t-ball next year, but we will see how that works out. Matt and I REALLY want her to play softball, so hopefully she'll come back around next spring!

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