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17 June 2013

Conversations with Julia

After I built a tower of canned goods ...
Julia: good job wittle Grace! 

After getting into a screaming match with Bash over a doll ...
Simon: Julia, you need to learn to share with Sebastian
Julia: okay
Simon exits the room
Julia:  Bash, you need to learn to share with ME

and earlier in the week ...
Simon: Julia, you have to share with Bash
Julia: But I just want to share with me.



While getting her dressed ...
Grace: will you hand me that shirt over there?
Julia: um, excuse me?
Grace: 
Julia: I don't see a shirt - just a tank top
Grace:  

After dinner ...
Grace: no more food tonight, that ship as sailed.
Julia: but what KIND of shit was it?

Three steps into a twenty step walk to the car ...
Julia: sigh this is SO many walks
Grace: 

On her affinity for sugary chewy gummy bear vitamins after she fell and "skimmed" her knee ...
Grace: do you think you're going to make it?
Julia: break from dramatic screams ... I just need a bitamin to fix it 
Grace: okay
Julia: sniffle well, two bitamins sniffle two of the pink ones

After spilling an entire canister of formula on the sly she came to me with her confession ...
Julia: I made a mess
Grace: okay, where?
Julia: it's not my fault
Grace:
Julia: and it was not an accident

After she watched Theo squint into the sun in the stroller as I put a hat on him ...
Julia: if it's too bright for you baby Theo you can just go back in your mommy's tummy
Theo:
Julia: okay? okay.

a tender moment shared ...
Grace: I love you Julia
Julia: And I just love to watch Dora

I caught her cradling a very fragile ballerina figurine from my grandma ...
Grace: please go put that back where you found it
Julia: but she's so happy to see me!


   
While watching her crawl into a cupboard ...
Grace: What are you doing?
Julia: just going on an adbenture
Grace: oh, cool
Julia: yep. and I WON'T be careful. 

While reading a book about Christmas ...
Julia: And those are snowman balls?
Grace: snowballs, yes. 
 
After raiding my purse and dramatically unwrapping a tampon ...
Julia: here's your wipstick, Bash

 As she walked into me very stupidly and optimistically trying on an old pair of (too small) swimsuit bottoms ...
Julia: Oh! Is that MY wittle swimsuit?
Grace: Get out

And per Sarah's request (and I only ever aim to please up in here) a 48 second clip of the Magic Huckles ... (don't mind her awesome hair day - she gets it from me)



Magic Huckles from grace patton on Vimeo.



62 comments:

  1. Diary of a Brown Eyed GirlJune 17, 2013 at 5:53 PM

    This is such a cute post!

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  2. JenJune 17, 2013 at 5:58 PM

    I love these so much. They always make my day! :)

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  3. VictoriaJune 17, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    Thank you for sharing this brilliance; a special thank you to Julia for recognizing and sharing an important application of Magic Huckles re: bananas. And I think she's right not to share the Magic Huckles with Bash. My 28-year-old bro still cries the tears of a Magic Huckles-less existence.

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  4. wonderchrisJune 17, 2013 at 6:00 PM

    Snowman Balls?!?!? So awesome!!

    Magic Huckles - 80%Magic 15%Huckles 5%Completely Hilarious!

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  5. JessicaJune 17, 2013 at 6:04 PM

    Best minutes I've wasted today. :)

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  6. AnonymousJune 17, 2013 at 6:18 PM

    Julia needs her own talk show!

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  7. TeresaJune 17, 2013 at 6:24 PM

    oh my God. I can't stop laughing.

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  8. Mandy S.June 17, 2013 at 6:31 PM

    I want Julia to come stay at our house for a while. You know our address.

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  9. ElaineJune 17, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    so...what KIND of shit was it??

    also, more vids plsssssssssssss #bcimacreep

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  10. AnonymousJune 17, 2013 at 6:40 PM

    You're so great for posting these on a Monday. :) Little J saves the day! She's adorable.

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  11. KatieJune 17, 2013 at 6:41 PM

    Oh my god...we have the same child. Seriously...their mannerisms are sooooo similar. Marley just watched the video and said "that's Marley!" Love it.

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  12. JennaJune 17, 2013 at 6:41 PM

    Wittle swimsuit! Wipstick! I love watching dora.... hilarious! Teach her to type so I can follow her blog

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  13. JennaJune 17, 2013 at 6:42 PM

    Wittle swimsuit! Wipstick! I love watching dora.... hilarious! Teach her to type so I can follow her blog

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  14. JDJune 17, 2013 at 6:43 PM

    Loved every single conversation!! (I started laughing so hard that my kids all stopped what they were doing and stared at me like I had lost my mind.)

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  15. EmilyJune 17, 2013 at 6:45 PM

    Conversations with Julia are my FAVORITE! Love the Jj shirt too!

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  16. UnknownJune 17, 2013 at 6:56 PM

    I want Magic Huckles!! I need to learn to march too!!

    I love Julia!! I do, I do...her honesty about not sharing with Sebastian...such an Oprah moment.

    Thank you for sharing. I needed my Julia time today.

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  17. Jay TJune 17, 2013 at 6:57 PM

    Oh my gosh I am cracking up at the nail salon and it's making them really screw up my pedicure but somehow I don't even care!!

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  18. HeidiJune 17, 2013 at 7:00 PM

    Love. It. All.

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  19. Courtney @ The Most Important PartJune 17, 2013 at 7:01 PM

    I'm breast feeding my baby while reading these. I think the snowman balls one made her a milk shake I was laughing so hard.

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  20. MercedesJune 17, 2013 at 7:03 PM

    She says the funniest things!

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  21. CarmenJune 17, 2013 at 7:04 PM

    Love your "Conversations with Julia"!! Keep them coming!

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  22. EricaJune 17, 2013 at 7:24 PM

    "Do you share with Bash?" "Noooo..." Hahaha! at least she's honest!

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  23. UnknownJune 17, 2013 at 7:25 PM

    Best conversation with Julia yet. Keep em coming!

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  24. Anne @ Modern Mrs DarcyJune 17, 2013 at 7:31 PM

    I am DYING over the tampon. And the little swimsuit bottoms. Seriously.

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  25. Kayla MoncurJune 17, 2013 at 7:32 PM

    As always, a fav. Love the video! She's talking so well!

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  26. ElleJune 17, 2013 at 7:53 PM

    Where does she come up with this stuff? I'm dying!

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  27. EmilyJune 17, 2013 at 7:56 PM

    Kids are so hilarious. The sharing one reminds me of what my daughter told us when she was Julia's age, "I'm so nice. I share with myself all the time!"

    The swimsuit one was the one that brought me to all out lol-ing. :)

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  28. KrugthethinkerJune 17, 2013 at 8:11 PM

    OM to the G, Grace, I laughed so hard I cried! This is the best conversations with Julia ever!

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  29. OliviaJune 17, 2013 at 8:14 PM

    Love this series of posts so much. She is something else and I love it!

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  30. AnonymousJune 17, 2013 at 8:33 PM

    The video did not disappoint! Thank you! It exceeded my (high) expectations. And I love Julia's honesty..."no, I don't share."

    And ha! Snowman balls!

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  31. ErikaJune 17, 2013 at 8:41 PM

    Julia is hilarious. I hope my future daughter is half as entertaining as her.

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  32. VanessaJune 17, 2013 at 9:00 PM

    Oh, I died!! You always save the best for last, and the swimming suit comment was straight up HILAR. She da bomb.

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  33. LauraJune 17, 2013 at 9:04 PM

    Gabriel and I have watched this video over and over again. Every time I go to comment he says "no, stay on her please." Finally he said "huh, I think I like her more than Claire. She has huckles."

    Thanks for the laughs!

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  34. A Wedding StoryJune 17, 2013 at 10:13 PM

    Oh my gosh, dying. So hysterical!

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  35. Michele ChronisterJune 17, 2013 at 10:51 PM

    Now I just feel like a bad mother because my daughter is growing up without Magic Huckles. Such a deprived childhood...

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  36. ChristieJune 17, 2013 at 10:55 PM

    Julia, you always know just what to say!

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  37. sayin' i love youJune 17, 2013 at 11:07 PM

    My husband enters the living room and asks "what are you watching?" (even though the TV is turned off) I answer "conversations with Julia" and inmediately read to him my two favorites, the snowman balls and the tampon one. I can never thank you enough for these :D

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  38. AnonymousJune 17, 2013 at 11:18 PM

    Best Julia Post Ever. My three year old son got into a box of tampons once and when I came into the bathroom, I found they had all been unwrapped, taken apart, and lined up like torpedoes.

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  39. JanssenJune 17, 2013 at 11:41 PM

    She and Ella so need to be friends.

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  40. JulzJune 18, 2013 at 3:26 AM

    I HEART Julia <3 <3
    Wow your kids are adorable! You should have at least 5 more. Then write a book: Conversations with little Pattons. I'll buy it!!

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    1. JulzJune 18, 2013 at 3:27 AM

      Of course there should be 1 chapter dedicated to daddy Patton - he says the darnest things too.

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  41. ElizabethJune 18, 2013 at 6:57 AM

    Oh these crack me up :)

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  42. ColleenJune 18, 2013 at 7:55 AM

    She's so awesome.

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  43. UnknownJune 18, 2013 at 8:19 AM

    Are you kidding me? This was the best yet.

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  44. subearthancottageJune 18, 2013 at 8:22 AM

    Awww, she's so cute!

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  45. BridgetJune 18, 2013 at 8:48 AM

    CONVERSATIONS W/ JULIA ARE THE BEST.

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  46. PidgJune 18, 2013 at 9:41 AM

    Ahh Haha! I love these conversations! I'm going on an adbenture too... and I am NEVER careful! But the tender moments... Oh Grace, you are already for teenagers!

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  47. LilyJune 18, 2013 at 10:18 AM

    Adorable, as per usual! Easton watched the magic huckles video a few times. Each time, he joined Julia in the dance portion! :)

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  48. CorinneJune 18, 2013 at 10:34 AM

    oh my gosh seriously. She needs her own comedy show - I love how sure she is about everything!

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  49. Jessie PopeJune 18, 2013 at 11:19 AM

    It's as simple as that, little theo, just climb right on back in the uterus.

    When I read Julia's grasp of vocabulary and context, suddenly Jordan's pointing out to me if there's a "hop" (a cop, actually a useful little trick she's acquired) is not the intellectual feat I'd given her credit for.

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  50. Emily ElizabethJune 18, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    Best ever! Too many of these are my favorites!

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  51. LPatterJune 18, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    my faaaaaaavorite!!! Julia, keep em comin! :D

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  52. Kristina June 18, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    Hilarious! Lil' Miss is starting to get that 'tude going on! I know it's funny but not funny....but my favorite is the swimsuit comment. She is a hoot! Thanks for sharing the video, too :)

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  53. KrisJune 18, 2013 at 3:19 PM

    Snowman balls is HANDS DOWN the winner!! Although I did laugh about the swimsuit, too. But only in a sympathetic and mutually supportive way.....! :)

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  54. UnknownJune 18, 2013 at 4:15 PM

    hahahahhahaha!! You really make me chuckle! (chuckle is such a lame word I know but it's exactly that kind of laugh). I wish I knew Julia in real life. I would love to babysit her - I would have so much material to laugh about (in a nice way) then.

    Flora
    www.twowithseven.blogspot.co.uk

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  55. JackieJune 18, 2013 at 8:42 PM

    Love your conversations with Julia. I can totally relate to her version of sharing, I have a girl and a boy very close to Julia and Sebastian's age. My daughter has pretty much given me the same sharing means others sharing with me, right?-line. And yes, so sassy and witty at the ripe age of 2 1/2! Oye! Will I survive the teen years?

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  56. NayJune 19, 2013 at 12:25 PM

    I absolutely loved this post! Laughed the whole time. Thanks!

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  57. JoLeeJune 19, 2013 at 1:26 PM

    Hilarious as always. That Julia always brings down the house.

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  58. kendra mayJune 19, 2013 at 9:16 PM

    Your little girl is such a talker!! Mine is 2.5 and isn't nearly as verbal as Julia. I can't wait for these funny convos to begin in our house! Adorable! Just happened upon your blog - love it!

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  59. BridgetJune 20, 2013 at 5:37 PM

    Laws! I love her!
    Snowman balls, LOL!

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  60. AngelaJune 22, 2013 at 12:43 AM

    Oh my, I CWL and SWS and apparently SIRAWNIDETL ("cried with laughter," "shared with spouse" and "starting inventing ridiculous acronyms when normally I don't even type 'lol'"). That's how funny your offspring is. Holy.

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