Quotes

I always thought that once the kids got older they would no longer saw those priceless lines that I laughed over and wrote down when they were younger. In reality, it seems that the opposite is true, and the things that they say stop me in my tracks and make me laugh even more.

The other day that, Kathrin and I were in a popular girl clothing store that is filled with pink, glitter, and sequins. Kathrin hates pink and doesn’t want her clothes covered in glitter and sequins. She was in the dressing room trying on some jeans when she ask “Mom, why is it that I don’t like clothes like this? ” As I explain how everyone likes different things, when Kathrin says “I think it is because I have taste.”

Mark and I were talking one morning and Mark was lamenting how tired he was, David says “Why are you telling me, it isn’t my fault.”

We had an incident with a crazy woman in target that greatly upset David. I was telling him not let her get to him, because she was crazy. “He says “Yes she is, she doesn’t even know not to eat at McDonald’s.” (SuperSize Me is a favorite here.)

Kathrin asked me “Mom, am I different? Not autistic different, but just different from other girls? You know, since I don’t like a lot of normal girls stuff.”