Quotables
Max: “This would be a good circus trick!”
H: “How come this drum says ‘Made in India’ but Santa brought it?”
Mo, incredulous that Santa visited every house in the WORLD: “Do they even have toys in Africa?!”
From the list of top-ten things you never want to hear from your two year-old: “I wiped with my finger!”
Henry: “What would a moth call their great-grandma? A grandMOTH!”
Me, watching Mo dip a piece of string into the pot on the stove containing our dinner: “What is that string you have?” Mo: “Floss.” Me (without looking up from dishes): “No floss in the food.”
Mo (from the toilet): “There isn’t much red in the forest.”
Henry (apparently trying to exercise some new vocabulary): “Max is sure being independent. Doesn’t he respect that there are two people in this house who are sick?”
Max: “I had a bad dream about Ewoks and sloth bears!”
Henry: “Why is it ok for you to correct Max when he says something wrong but you’re always telling me it’s rude to correct you?”
Me, after Mo telling me that his stuffed bat’s friend is sick: “I guess he needs to go to the doctor?” Mo: “Animals don’t go to doctors!” Me: “Yes, they go to veterinarians – animal doctors.” Mo, in a whispery voice, “But you know he’s not really real, right mom?”
After Henry told me about someone in his class couldn’t do this or that, and I explained (for the hundredth time) that some people are good at some things and not at others, he asks, completely sincerely: “Is there anything I don’t know how to do?”
I read these to Andrew last night while he was doing the dishes. We both laughed out loud!
Oh mercy, I have been laughing about these delightful quotes all morning. Thank you!!