On the subject of the relative cost of items one might wish to purchase:
Leah, talking about the car my mum won with a $10 raffle ticket: *I'd* like to win a car for $10. You can't even buy a hermit crab for $10.
On the subject of what one might like to eat for breakfast:
Me: What do you want for breakfast?
Rachel: I'll have some of that crispy stuff the locals call "toast".
On the subject of intellectual property law:
My conversation with Leah as she worked on a cat-themed costume for Superhero Day at school:
Me: Who are you going to be anyway? Cat Woman?
Leah: No! Cat Woman is copyrighted. I'm Kitty Girl.
On the subject of anatomy:
Rachel, swimming in next door's pool: It's way deeper than our pool, I can't even touch bottom with the palms of my feet.
On the subject of tween pop idols:
Leah and I watching a Justin Bieber music video on YTV between programs:
Me: So, do you think he's cute?
Leah: Justin Bieber? Seriously??? [rolls eyes] What am I? Six?
On the subject of the appropriateness of names in popular culture:
Rae, playing with Leah's Star Wars action figures: Why is the hairy guy partners with Han Solo?
Me: You mean Chewbacca?
Rae: Yeah, why is Chewbacca Han Solo's partner? He shouldn't have a partner.
Me: Why not?
Rae: Duh! Han *Solo*[meaningful look from under raised eyebrows].....So...Lo? [looks at me all disgusted with my obvious stupidity]
On the subject of proper evil overlord etiquette, when one has not quite heard the lingo correctly:
Rachel and Leah, in the pool during a water fight with pump squirters:
Leah: Oh no, I'm out of ammo!!
Rae: Bwhahahahaha [excellent evil laugh]. Now you will pay! Now. You. Will. Feel. My. Raft!
Hermit crabs, get yer hermit crabs here...$9.95 a crab...
ReplyDeleteYour kids crack me up.
Those are some funny kids you have !
ReplyDeleteYou are going to need the liquor delivery service on speed dial when they become teenagers. Mark my words and heed them well.
ReplyDeleteI feel the exact same way. Our kids are like a box of choklits...you never knew what you're gonna git.
ReplyDeleteAs the late Art Linkletter used to say: Kids say the darn-dest things!
ReplyDeleteAnd in their case, the cutest!
Jen - Leah wants a hermit crab and introduces the subject into conversations on occasion.
ReplyDeleteJazz - Yup, and a good thing too. It stops me from abandoning them in the woods. :-)
XUP - Oh, I'm waaaay ahead of you. Waaaay ahead.
Allison - They sure are. And it kinda makes you want to, you know, hang out with them. Who knew?
Pat - They sure do say the darndest things. Usually when I have a mouthful of something which I then spray all over the place.
They are so great. I can't wait to see you all in less than 48 hours.
ReplyDeletethey are so cute al, i miss them so much.
ReplyDeletethat would be me
ReplyDeleteWell yeah. Like that Star Trek movie, The Raft of Khan.
ReplyDeleteKim - It's a good thing they're cute sometimes.
ReplyDeleteBiblio - EXACTLY! And of course, the Great American Novel, "The Grapes of Raft". :-)