Happy Birthday, Elisabeth

Today, Elisabeth is 7. I don't know for sure how I feel about that yet. I do know that these past seven years I have gotten the privilege of watching one of the sweetest, most fascinating people I've ever met grow. I don't know how much of that is really any result of our parenting, but I do know that I am a better person because of this seven year old girl. Happy Birthday, Ebeth. I sure do love you.

Here are some Elisaquotes for you all to enjoy:

On losing another tooth: "I told Memaw and Pepaw that if they see a flash of light, they should look away. That will be the tooth fairy."

EJB1: "Lightsabers can cut through almost everything."
EJB2: "I bet they can't cut through Wolves!"

"Mommy, do you sometimes wonder why we are alive? Because I sometimes wonder why we are alive."

"Look Elisabeth, there's a big mall."
"Like Darth Maul!!?"

"Daddy, I don't want to move away from Avery. I will miss her. You should move to Colorado by yourself. You can come visit."

Elisabeth on Barack Obama being the first black president: "Yeah! And there hasn't been one with a beard in a LONG time!!"

"Hey, at the end of High School Musical 3, why did they take their picture jumping up? Was it to put on stuff and sell it?"

"I can see myself! I can see myself in it! Now I'm in Star Wars!" Elisabeth, talking about her new Nina-bought Star Wars poster.

"Elisabeth, are you sad?"
"A little. The toothpaste tasted a little bad."

"I like how comfortable hugs are!"

"Matt is going to Afghanistan tomorrow?"
"Yes, he's going tomorrow."
"I am going to Avery's tomorrow! We're both going places!."

Ebeth: "I want to be in the Olympics! I want to win skipping!"
VA: "There's no skipping in the Olympics."
Ebeth: "Oh. Fine I'll do swimming."

While asking me all about the kind of stuff on the bar (and I do mean ALL about it), Elisabeth says, "Guess what Daddy, I know what the inside of a jail looks like. I do! I saw it on the Jail Channel in the hotel with Kyle and Matt!"

"Why do people steal stuff? They should just get jobs!"

"I love my life." (said while staring at her new baby sister Julia)

Elisabeth loves Star Wars way more than I thought she would: "Daddy, I have a question. Why is there no singing in Star Wars?"

"What's the Bleath Star? Is that the one with the moustache?"

Elisabeth got to hold a snake at a museum with her friend Avery. Avery wouldn't touch it. Elisabeth not only held it but, "I touched his face and he did not bite me."

"That's redeekulus!"

VA: "Were you nervous [about getting your ears pierced]?":
Ebeth: "Yeah! I thought they were going to use a big screwdriver tool!"

"But daddy, I want to be a big girl! I want to get my ears pier'ed, I want to learn to tie my shoes, and I want to lose a tooth!" (Ebeth after she learned I was sad when she got her ears pierced)

Ebeth: "My tooth is starting to get loose from the monkey bars."
Me: "How?"
Ebeth: "From the swinging."

"Yay! My feet are 49 dot 4! Oh wait, my 'weigh' is 49 dot 4!!"

"I want to move to outer space. That way, I can make up all the laws. If I made up the laws, there wouldn't be any laws." Elisabeth, the apparent anarchist.

"I know who was born first in the world; first it was dinosaurs, then cavemen, then Jesus, then a long time, and then now!"

"Daddy, when your shoes break, can I keep them and play with them. They'll hold lots of [stuffed] animal.