Out of the mouths of babes

Someone who doesn't know me very well sent me a message yesterday on myspace and complimented me on my beautiful little girls and said I don't know how you do it with three girls. My response was something along the lines, of one day at a time, patience and lots of laughter. So... I thought I would share with some of you some of my laughter from last night. If you don't know Karly you may or may not find it as amusing, but those of you who know Karly, will get quite a laugh from this.
First I must explain a little about our night. I have told the big girls (Kins and Karly) that we would paint pumpkins this week, so last night was the night. We bought the Elmers Paint Brushes that have the paint in them, because I mistakenly thought they would be less mess. That joke was on me. So as Miss Kins and Karly Q sat in a sea of newspapers in the middle of the kitchen floor covered in paint, having a wonderful time painting their pumpkins, I busied myself trying to straighten up the rest of the kitchen and make dinner, chatting with the girls about their pumpkin designs. Juliana was playing on the living room floor.
All of the sudden, Karly very frantic says, Mom, Mom we need an evacuation. I thought, EVACUATION? What in the world, so I turn around and Juliana is army crawling towards the pumpkin mess with a very determined look. I could not help but laugh at a 5 year old who believes her baby sister needs to be evacuated from the kitchen, and of course couldn't help but wonder where she learned a word like evacuation.
As the evening progresses, the girls have finished their pumpkins, had a shower to clean up the paint mess and the newspaper paint disaster has found it's way to the trash can and in it's place are two proudly painted pumpkins drying on a piece of newspaper in the kitchen floor. While the girls are eating their supper, I begin getting Juliana's nebulizer ready for her breathing treatment and Karly, again frantic, says, "Mom, Mom we have a situation!" A situation? Intrigued I ask what, and she exclaims "Juliana is going to get the pumpkins". As I have my hands full, I say "ok, just a second", to which Karly replies matter of factly, "NO, mom, she crawls fast now!" I laughed as I dropped what I was doing and rushed to evacuate Juliana from the kitchen yet again much to Karly's relief.