The Family

Location: At Renelle's House

*Senia finishes making poop*

Renelle: "Are you alright?  What are you doing?"

*Senia signals to the poop, as if she were presenting it*

Senia: "Just hanging out with the family."

Nightmare

Location: Home

*Senia wakes up screaming off the top of her lungs from a nightmare*

Felicia: "Oh, my gosh.  Are you okay?  What is wrong?  Why are you crying?"

Senia [crying hysterically]: "I had a dream you ate all my cake and you wouldn't give me a bite."

You Look Thin Today

Location: Home

Felicia: "AYLEN!  Why do I have to tell you to put on your shoes twenty three times and everything else forty five times?  Why?  This is the quickest route to making me irritated!  ARGH!"

Aylen [quietly]: "Momma... you look very thin today.  Thinner than yesterday."

Words Out Of My Mouth

Location: Home

*Felicia is trying to get Senia ready in her bedroom*

Felicia: "I need you to put these pants on."

Senia: "No, I want to wear a pretty dress."

Felicia: "We are going to the park.  I don't want you to wear a dress and ruin it."

Senia: "No.  I want to wear a pretty dress.  Do you see the words come out of my mouth?"

He Will Get Used To It

Location: First Congregational Church

*Felicia and Aylen are watching "Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado"*

Aylen: "Why is that actor so upset?"

Felicia: "Because he has to marry someone he does not like or love."

Aylen: "Oh, he should just do it.  He'll get used to it."