Cadence Quotes

This picture from about a year ago totally sums up this post

Since about the time that Cadence turned 3 years old, Danny and I have been jotting down all of the funny/amusing/surprising things that have come out of Cadence's mouth.  We've decided to share some of the best with you.  You'll notice that as time has passed, the quotes have become more detailed.  Enjoy!

Old Quotes

-Don't tell me no

-Don't worry Mama

-Remember that?

-I have boogers

-Did a lion bite you? (Mommy had a Band Aid)

-It is fun for me

-Don't look me that look (6/2/13)

-I need Scum-screen (supposed to be "sun screen")

-I'm hot, I got to sit here, I got to get energy (lasted 2 secs on park bench)

-What the heck is going on here?! (Random at park)

-I don't have any more numbers! (Counting in Spanish to 10)

-It's totally fun!! (1st time on swings)

-Get out of my face sun, that is not nice

-There's a witch in my body (watching performance art on America's Got Talent)

-I have millions of dollars (opening a birthday card with $3 in it for 3rd birthday)

-I'm taking a haircut (Instead of shortcut)

-Ow! Ow! This is killing me!

-I was in there all night and now I have raisin hands. (After a 10 min bath)

-They got new batteries. (For the gates at daycare that did not work for a month)

-Don't give me a raspberry, that is disgusting! (6/22/13)

- Why did you put those in the trashcan?! (6/22/13- putting Colin's birth announcements in the mailbox)

-I'm a big girl, when I was little I had short hair! (6/22/13 - after being told she was too little to sit in the big part of the grocery cart)

-Daddy, you're a good finder! (6/22/13-while searching & finding Cheerios at grocery store)

-Yay, Mommy!  You're all better! Give me a hug...(sweetly). (6/24/13-referencing Ness no longer being pregnant/fat)

-I need binoculars so I can see Amber's house, just little binoculars. (Pronounced: By-knock-o-lurs)

-I'm not being bossy, I'm just yelling (6/28/13)

-I'm ready for action! (7/9/13 - after drinking her milk)

-A little help, please! (7/11/13 - Trying to open the blinds)

-Put that wine down please! (7/12/13 - Talking to Daddy who was drinking beer; wanted to play with ball outside)

-It's in the forest! (7/12/13 - Threw ball under the deck) 

-I can't see any people, where is me?! (7/12/13 - taking bath and getting water in eyes)

-You better be careful in there, I have a loof toof and it will fall out and I'll put it under my bed!  (7/17/13 - While brushing her teeth well before any loose teeth)

-Those trucks are broken and that one is fixed. (7/20/13 - at Walmart, 2 trucks didn't have cabs attached to the trailer and one did)

-Daddy, I'm so proud of me too! (7/20/13 - after peeing in cup for 3yr appt check-up)

-No Poppa, it's p- p- p- snack! (7/21/13 - Trying to tell Poppa how to say the word snack)

-Daddy, eat this pizza, it has chicken and gummy bears on it. (7/22/13 - wanting daddy to eat a puzzle piece, calling it pizza)

-Daddy, you are a mess!  (7/29/13 - being pulled in a wagon and mad because we hit a bump and “Pudding”(the stuffed pony) fell, he was looking for bugs to eat!)

-OH MY COOOOKIES (instead of Oh my goooosh)

-You guys are bugging me!  (8/21/13 - Mommy and Daddy apparently giving too many hugs and kisses at bedtime)

-Ewww can you turn the fan on? (8/22/13 - as she's going #2)

-Because your heartbeat loves it!  (8/22/13 - when asked why she gave daddy a random hug)

-Grandma, I'm dead, can you check my belly to see if its going up and down (9/13/13 - as she lays on the stairs with her tongue hanging out)

-HEY!  Who turned out the lights?!?! (9/14/13 - after daddy threw her shirt over her head while getting dressed)

-Grandma, that doesn't make any sense to me!  (9/20/13 - while trying to get her to eat)

-Don't worry daddy, I'll be fine. (9/27/13 - when asked if she needed her sunglasses)

-Are you thinking what I'm thinking?! (9/27/13 - when playing in her kitchen and wondering what happened to the french fries for the container)

-Wow, it's foggy! I can't even breave! (10/01/13) - while walking out to car to go to school

-Don't worry daddy....be happy! (Random)

-I'm going to watch Chuggington, I don't want to see that poop...EWW! (10/10/13 - after Colin has an amazing blow-out)

-Look it's Duck Dynasty (10/26/13 - when seeing a pair of shoes that were camo) 

-Mommy, did somebody poop?  I think Colin pooped!  (10/26/13 - smelling broccoli being steamed) 

-Daddy, I've been waiting for you to ask me that.....(hands held out wide and theatrical) (10/27/13 - When asked "Do you have a frog in your throat?" after saying my throat hurts like there is a frog in it) 

-That caterpillar is going to be a be-u-tiful butterfly! (10/27/13 - after spotting a wooly bug crossing the bike path and wanting to watch it, finally touched it and held it...then threw it on the ground and screamed) 

-Grandma, you're killing me! (01/26/14 - Grandma was helping out with bathtime and Cadence was hyper so Grandma was making a face of astonishment)

-You're cracking me up, laughing! (01/27/14 as Mommy was drying her hair)

-She doesn't have a dress, so she doesn't look beautiful (1/29/14-watching Wheel of Fortune and disappointed by Vanna's choice of a shiny pants suit)

-Whoa! They're big! (1/29/14 - talking about a tall couple who came to pick up their baby at daycare). Then proceeded to say she was scared, but then ended up telling the husband about her soccer lesson!

-I'm not your girlfriend, I'm Jonah's girlfriend! (2/4/14 - Cadence's reply to Mommy at daycare when she told her, "Come on girlfriend! We have to go get your brother!")

-Why are they not getting back together?! (2/8/14 - listening to Taylor Swift "never ever getting back together")

-Do you have any fruit snacks here? (2/8/14 - asking the waitress at Barley's for dessert)

-It's OK daddy, the cold never bothered me anyway (2/13/14 - after being told to run into daycare because brother was cold. A reference to Elsa in Frozen)

-Then I won't be fabulous anymore!  (3/7/14 - after being told not to bang her twinkle toes shoes together because it would knock off the sparkles)

-Here daddy, you can use the white...the white doesn't work!  (3/8/14 - while coloring a picture)

-Cadence: "The moon is so big." Daddy: "Why do you think it's so big Cadence?" Cadence: "Because it ate jellybeans, Duh!"

-"Sammich you need to say". (John Mayer song "Say what you need to say") 

-Cheating means they had no sense in your head

-If daddy knows more, then he's cheating

-You've already told me a thousand times! (5/29/14 - when Daddy said he would get water from downstairs at bedtime)

-Cadence: Are we almost home?

-Mommy: Don't you know the way home yet?

-Cadence: No, I'm not a mommy!

(6/2/14 - on our way home from school)

-I don't know how to fall asleep! (6/8/14 - Cadence had been in bed for over an hour and couldn't fall asleep - she had taken a 4 hour nap that day because we thought she was getting sick)

-Poppa, I’m going to take a nap - look at my boobies! (7/3/14 - after stripping down to take a nap b/c “I will sweat!”)

-This is a really good ab workout for me, you guys….ya know?!? (7/2/14 - while being pushed back and forth on Planes airplane and having to hold her feet in the air to keep from tripping)

-Don't let Scarlet jump on Vaishnaivee or her mom because they talk English! (7/17/14 - while discussing how we can have a play date with a friend from school who's Indian)

-Did you know Georgia O’Keeffe, her art style is American modernism…and Ms. Whitney’s favorite painting is the Poppy. (7/22/14 - while swimming in the pool and discussing her address and that the lives in the state of Ohio, which led to reminding her of the state of Georgia (I presume that is the brain flow))

-It looks like an acorn! (9/20/14 - while taking a bath with Colin and he was playing with himself)

-The TV's too sunny (9/22/14  - one morning in our bedroom when she woke up early and we let her watch TV in our bed)

-I love you, but the smell of your food is yucky (10/5/14 - daddy eating omelet for breakfast)

-I was sitting with Blake. It was so sweet. We're in love. (10/7/14 - at daycare pick up)

-Justin Timberlake sounds like a girl, doesn't he? (10/7/14 - while listening to "Suit & Tie”)

-I’m prasticking (sp?) (10/11/14 - instead of practicing when doing various things)

-Only little kids can do my dance moves, not adults, they will hurt themselves.  And only skinny kids - and I’m skinny….I’m mini too!  (10/13/14 - A reference to being called skinny-mini, and then randomly started naming dance moves with made up words)

-George is going to be mad at mommy because she can't work anymore (10/30/14 - because mommy is leaving early for Halloween party at school)

-Oh forget it dad, you don't get what I'm saying. (10/30/14 - b/c I didn't know why George was going to be mad)

-Q: (Dad) How do you remember everything? / A: (Cadence) Because I’m smart…and I had a cheese tortilla last night! (10/30/14 - related to how she remembered everyone’s names)

-I wanted to be pretty and smart so God made me the way I wanted to be...but Alex O wanted to be mean, and he is. (11/9/14 - random conversation during dinner)

-I don't like sleeping...it's boring...it's not my favorite thing to do. (11/20/14 - while in bed after she woke up too early)

-Grandma - Cadence, can you go get my soda, please?

-Cadence - What's a soder?

-Grandma - My Pepsi! (11/29/14)

-Mommy-Cadence, where do you think chicken nuggets come from? They come from chickens. 

-Cadence - No, they come from McDonalds! (12/26/14)

-Eww! I have Play-doh in my mouth! I accidentally did it on purpose! (1/18/15 - As she eats a snack and plays at the same time)

-“Walk like a magician” (instead of Egyptian) (2/9/15 - standing in the bathroom, on her stool, brushing her teeth.  Doing the arm motions for the dance and not realizing that it was Egyptian)

- Mommy, do you want a ‘V’ for your v-v-name? (2/15/15 - giving stickers out to everyone for their names)

- I have lots of stuff on...I'm like Baymax (2/28/15 - after getting her snow suit on in reference to the movie Big Hero 6)

- He hit me in the nose! That is where I sniff! (3/24/15 - I accidentally made Colin's head hit Cadence in the nose while holding him and letting Cadence blow a raspberry on his face)

- On grandma Friday we're going to do the driveway thing! (3/26/15 - after driving by a McDonalds and Cadence talking about the drive through)

- Daddy: Who's coming over?

  Cadence: My friends...you know, my people! (3/28/15 - Cadence "talking" to her friends on the fake phone)

- My head hurts. Madie kept asking me to play with her all day. It made my brain hurt! (3/31/15)

Easter 2015

Seeing that a certain four-legged friend of ours didn't succeed in eating all of the candy-filled eggs left behind by the Easter Bunny, Easter was a little less eventful this year...much to our relief!  Danny and I learned our lesson last year and she was kept under a watchful eye.  Don't worry, she did attempt to eat some on her way outside that morning...she's one determined pup!

Warm Spring weather and Easter brought with them some fun things for us to do during past few weeks.  Read on and enjoy the update on the Schuerman Family!

Mom sent a sweet picture of Colin to us while we were at work one Friday

Mom spoiled the kids with goodies brought from drug reps at work.  The frosting from the Cheryl's cookie was more like paint!

Cadence, the goofball

Colin found a blue colored pencil while I wasn't looking...I wonder if it tasted good?!

Cadence the other day before school, "Take my picture and send it to Uncle Mike!"  She had her princess shoes on and wanted to show off :)

Colin likes stickers...

...a lot!

He's a busy boy!

Danny was able to attend Cadence's Easter party at school.  There were tons of treats during snack time followed by an Easter egg hunt!

Ms. Barr, Cadence's pre-K teacher, recently moved to Tennessee to pursue furthering her education.   We were bummed to see her go!  She has promised to attend the kids' "graduation" in May; I know Cadence will be excited to see her.  She gave Cadence a cute poem describing her using the letters of her name.

The kids (and the adults) had fun dyeing Easter eggs. Colin didn't quite understand the concept and got a little upset when we tried to intervene.  Cadence got creative with her eggs.

The kids were excited by the Easter baskets and eggs left by the Easter Bunny!  It was so cute to see their reactions.  Cadence could see some of the eggs by peeking downstairs before they were allowed to start "hunting".  She did a good job helping Colin find some of the eggs.  She kept yelling, "This is awesome!" while Colin was saying, "Whoa!"

So, I tried really hard to get a cute "staged" Easter photo of the kids...Cadence was all about it, Colin was not.  I think he wanted his pacifier (which we're trying to limit him using) and it was all downhill from there.

Notice Elsa "planking" in the background

Poor little guy was so mad at me!

They love each other so much...I hope that never changes!

So, our roomies moved out this weekend.  Even though they'll be right next door, it will still be quite an adjustment.  If you think about it, since August of 2013, we've lived under one roof for 18 of the past 21 months!  That's practically Colin's entire life!  Part of the time, we were living with my parents while we searched for a home and had renovations completed; part of the time my parents were living with us while they had their home built next door!  A lot of people I know have said, "Oh, I could never do that!" or "I could never live with my parents!"  To us, it was easy!  We enjoy the company of my parents and we don't hold grudges!  My parents also spoiled us -- mom cooked us dinner practically every night, dad was like our live-in Bob Vila and helped with stuff around the house, the household chores were a lot easier to tackle...the list goes on.  I know the kids enjoyed having them around, and so did we!  We are lucky that they'll be literally "a stone's throw" from our house.  

Winter 2014-2015

A couple of weeks into spring seems like the perfect time for a winter post, right?  Better late than never, I guess!  We had a decent amount of snow this winter -- it seemed like it would snow early in the week, stay freezing all week, and the snow would still be around for the weekend.  Cadence was able to play in the snow a few times.  As the weeks went by, Cadence became more of a dare devil when it came to sledding.  She had fun building a snowman too. All of the snow gear was too much for Colin.  He doesn't like hats, refuses to wear gloves, and was unsure about his boots.  That's not a good mix when the temperature is freezing!

Here's the one picture of Colin I got in the snow.  Poor thing -- he wanted to play in the snow so badly, but he just doesn't understand what all is involved!

Scarlet loves the snow.  She even tries to catch snowballs!

We have pretty wimpy hills in our yard...what do you expect, that's Ohio for ya!  We ended up pulling or pushing Cadence around on the sled.  It's quite a work out!

Here's a pretty picture of the creek down the street.  Looks freezing cold, doesn't it?!

So, there's a property down the street that has turkeys.  Another house has adopted them because they hang out there a lot.  I guess they got bored and stopped by our house one day when my mom and the kids were home.  They fed the things and now they make a daily trip to the Schuerman house!  Like, seriously, they come right up to our windows and look for us!

My mom usually gets some pretty cute pictures of the kids on "Grandma Fridays."

I was able to go to Cadence's Valentine's party at school.  They had some yummy treats (Yeah -- see that chocolate dipped Oreo with sprinkles?  She wanted nothing to do with it...it was delicious!)  and played some cute games.  She loved the Valentine's cards she received and they even had a Valentine's box contest!

Danny and the kids made a cute Valentine's cookie cake for me while I was out getting my hair cut.  It was yummy!

We took Cadence to the Disney On Ice show.  This year it was Worlds of Fantasy.  It included Cars, The Little Mermaid, Tinker Bell, and Toy Story.  She had fun having a special day with us (we felt 2 hours sitting still for Colin was still not a good idea).

Super stoked about lunch at McDonald's after the show!  Danny and I stopped by Tom + Chee instead!

Look how sweet!  He's going to make a great husband some day :)  I've trained him well.

Mega Icicle

Mom and Dad have received all of their appliances for their house.  We got the construction crew to save one of the boxes for the kiddos.  They had fun making a "house"!

Proud of her Lego dino 

We ordered a new rug online; the kids had fun inspecting it.

Colin loves his train

St. Patrick's Day

The best cookie on Earth

Don't expect Colin to share

Cadence was invited to a classmate's 5th birthday party at the local ice rink.  We weren't too sure if Cadence would be brave and try it.  At first I didn't think she would; then I thought she might if she saw her friends skating.  OMG -- you should've seen this kid when I tried to take her out on the ice!  She turned bright red and started bawling because she was so scared.  So, needless to say, we ended up watching all of her friends skate instead.  She didn't even want to try the training/walker thing to keep her from falling.  She was terrified of possibly falling.  Everyone tried to get her to skate -- I mean, EVERYONE -- me, her friends, the parents of her friends.  This girl wouldn't budge.  I admire that she stuck to her decision, but I wish she tried new things more often!  Maybe next time!