Ezra: Mommy, did you know worms are nice?
Me: Yeah, I guess they are.
Ezra: Because they bring air?
Me: That's right, they bring air to the dirt.
Ezra: And because they're gentle?
Me: Yep.
Ezra: And because they don't bite?
Me: That's right.
Ezra: And because they let people watch them climb trees?

Ezra: Jude say, 'When I grow up, I want to be a baby!"
Me: Ha! I think I want to be a baby when I grow up, too.
Ezra: You can't be a baby!
Me: Why not?
Ezra: Because you was a baby, and then you was a little kid, and then you turn into a grown-up, and then you turn 55, and then you dive [die].

Ezra: Okay, Mommy, I want to paint some pachines [machines] and you cut them out. First is a pachine that finds people's shoes and holds them out for them. Then first is a pachine that fixes stoplights. Then first is a pachine that figures out what God is and tells everybody.

Me: You want to go to church in the morning?
Ezra: No, I want to go to Granny's church.
Me: Granny doesn't go to a church.
Ezra: Yes, she do. The church where she eats breakfast.
Me: What?
Ezra: The church where she eats breakfast, and there are two swimming pools, a hot one and a cold one, and...
Me: That's a hotel.

Milli, Ezra's best friend, is moving and their preschool teacher is making her a book and including what every kid likes about her. She called today and asked for a quote from Ezr, who was in a pissy mood.

Me: Why is Milli your friend?
Ezra: Her not my friend, I'm just Milli's friend, but I don't want to be 'cause I don't like her.

You think she should put that in the book?

When I mentioned a friend was having another baby:
Ezra: But I want another baby. I want another baby! We need another baby to be Jude's friend.

When I mentioned that a friend was moving:
Ezra: I want to move! I want to move. Because I don't like our yard. Because they're too many trees in it, so when we play chase, we run into trees.

Ezra: Ben at preschool says bad words, like "stinky butt."

Ezra: Let's dig up some worms and keep them as pets.

Ezra: Mommy, guess what I did? I cleaned the bathroom with Jude's toothbrush!

Opening our Easter cards from our grandparents.
Ezra: Mommy, look I got a dollar! I got a dollar!
Me: I got a dollar, too.
Ezra: You know what we could do? If we put our dollars together...we could both put them in my piggy bank!

Lauren: Do you want to put your feet in the creek?
Ezra: You go first, in case there are sharks.

Ezra: Mommy, me and Jude have lots of star stickers, so you can have a star when you make furniture. If you build something really hard. If you do a really good job, you can have a sticker on your shirt for a badge.

Ezra: Let's play pretend story hour--you get to pick the story.
Me: Jack and the Beanstalk.
Ezra: You mean The Three Little Pigs?