Saturday, December 2, 2017

Ezra, looking for a gift tag for Jude's present: Is there one that says "with love"?

Monday, September 18, 2017

Ezra: My bracelet is bent here. See?
Me: Well, leather is a natural product, so it's going to have some imperfections.
Ezra: What's "imperfections"?
Me: Things that aren't perfect.
Ezra: What is leather?
Me: Cow skin.
Ezra: ....like, when a cow dies, they dig it up and use its skin?  Like, when it dies of old age?

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Ezra: Oh, Jude, you'll like this: one of my teachers brought her dog to school and he walked around and sniffed all the kids.
Lauren: What kind of dog was it?
Ezra: A beagle and something mix.
Jude: What did it feel like?
Ezra: What?
Lauren: Like, was it soft like Sammy, or kind of wiry like Buster?
Jude: No, that's not what I'm asking.  What did it feel like to have a dog in the classroom?

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Lauren: Time for bed.
Ezra: First I want an apple.
Lauren: It's too close to bedtime.  You've had enough fruit.
Ezra: [crying]
Jude: It's true--a doctor a day keeps the apple away!

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Lauren: Those kids in the store were cute taking care of their baby brother.
Jude: I know!  Steal a baby, put it in a grocery bag, and say it's a watermelon!
Lauren: Do you want a baby?
Jude: NO.  Throw it in the trash can and say it was moldy!
Ezra, making French toast: "Mommy, a piece landed on the side of the pan!"
Me: It's okay.  Just knock it off with the fork.
Ezra: But I don't want to electrocute myself!

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Ezra: Mommy, would you rather have one hand completely soaked, or both hands a little damp?

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Me: We haven't played Uno in a while.
Jude: Actually I've played it.
Me: When did you play it?

Jude: With Buster and Sammy but it didn't kinda work. I was basically playing against myself.

Friday, June 16, 2017

Me: Did you eat breakfast?
Ezra: I had some Chick-Fil-A corn.
Me: .....what?
Ezra: Oh!  I mean cornflakes.

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Ezra: I'm done.
Thank you note reads: "Dear Grandpa and Alice thank you for the money. -Ezra"
Me: Ok.  Ha.  Let's add something else besides "thank you for the money."  Like, "hope to see you soon," or "I love you."
Jude: "I like money, so thank you."

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Me: 25 minutes left in the party, guys.
Keenan: Do you want to play everybody gets a sword and tries to kill everybody?
Ezra: Why can't we just have a miniature chess tournament?
Jude: Some kids found funderbugs at school!
Me: Thunderbugs?  What's a thunderbug?
Jude: Some people call them fireflies.

Monday, May 22, 2017

Jude, taking Atticus down our half-finished basement stairs to the new playroom: Don't worry; we're making some adjustments.
Jude to his friend Atticus: Mozart wrote this.  It's the turkey-ish march.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Kindergarten classmate: Jude!  You were in my nightmare!
Jude: No I wasn't.

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Jude: I don't mean to be rude, but that man sounded like a toad.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Me: The contractor said he was going to be here all day today but he was gone by 2.  He's not really here that much.
Jude: Geez, Mommy, just give him a break!

Friday, February 3, 2017

Out to lunch at a new restuarant called bartaco.
Me: This place used to be Andy's Heating and Cooling.
Jude: It was a massage place?
Me: What? No.  I said Andy's Heating and Cooling.
Jude: Was it a massage place?
Me: No, it sold furnaces and air conditioners.  Why did you think it was a massage place?
Jude: It just sounds "massage-y."