Just because I love to share the laughs with all of you….

(painting at the table with a friend)
son:  my first favorite word is ‘oh my chicken bootie’.  My second favorite word is ‘oh crud’.

(random comments in the car)
son: mom, can I be one year old when I’m in heaven? Do we get to pick? (pause) I’ll see you there, right?  Can you be 40 when you’re in heaven? because I like you at this age.

(kids getting in babysitter’s car… a VW bug)
daughter (11): WOW. When I get in this car, I feel so low to the ground.
son (6): yeah. Welcome to my world.

(getting ready for a shower)
son: Dad. Poop is totally a word. Know why? Because it has two ‘o’s in it. And ‘o’s are vowels.

(bedtime)
me: ok buddy, do you have anything you’d like us to pray about tonight?
(pause)
son: chicken.

(playing with a good friend)
son: me and david are twins.
david: yeah, except we have different birthdays.
son: yeah, and we don’t look exactly the same.
david:  yeah, and we live in different places.
son: yeah, and you’re older than me and I’m taller.  But we’re still twins.

(after watching a snake in our front yard)
son: people are better than snakes.
me: why’s that?
son: because snakes don’t even have anything.
me: what do you mean?
son: snakes don’t have houses or anything electric or any stuff at all.  they just have stick bodies.  that’s why people are better. 
daughter: yeah, they could have had arms and legs and stuff, but thanks to Satan that didn’t happen. 

(snuggling with our dog)
son: mom, we need to get Sparky dog contacts?
me: why?
son: so he can see colors. 

(reading a ‘guess this animal’ book)
son: I don’t get this book.
me: It’s just animals. There’s nothing to get.
son: But I don’t get it.
me: There’s not a story.  There’s nothing to get.
son: Mom. Everything has a ‘get’. 

Overheard at breakfast this morning between the 5yo and the 10yo:

5yo: (deadpan through entire conversation) So, did you vote?

10yo: No. I’m not old enough.

5yo: Well, I voted.

10yo: (just a little annoyed) You voted.  Who did you vote for?

5yo: Obama.

10yo: Why did you vote for Obama?

5yo: He’s cool. And McCain doesn’t even play basketball.

Only 13 years to sharpen his political prowess.  A parent’s work is never done.