--Stephen (09 JAN 07)

Jessica asks, "Daddy, why didn't you turn on my alarm clock?"

"I did"

"Then why was it on NO?"

(09 JAN 2007)

Samantha wants another tortilla after having soft tacos for dinner...

"Can I have one of those taco buns?"

(03 JAN 2007)

"Where do chicken nuggets come from? What animal?"

--Jessica (02 JAN2007)

(Maybe not such a bad question in retrospect.)

"She's (Samantha) saying three because I act like a three year old, and I'm saying six...I prefer being six years old."

--Andrew (07 Dec 2006, 8 years old)

"I get to choose...Every day I can either remember stuff, OR I can see through walls, OR see things far away."

--Samantha (29 Nov 2006)

"I'm the littlest."

--Stephen (11 Nov 2006)

Where does water come from?

 Samantha responds, "Under the ground."

Jessica responds, "From swimming pools."

(09 Oct 2006)

"We took a bath tomorrow."

--Jessica (08 Oct 2006)

"It's not funny, isn't it?"

--Jessica (04 Oct 2006)

"Paw Paw, were you around at the time of the cowboys?"

--Andrew (17 Aug 2006)

After hitting Samantha, Samantha comes to tattle...

Andrew rebuts, "What's wrong with just a little hit, Sam?"

--Andrew (02 Aug 2006)

"Can we sleep a little bit before we wake up?

--Samantha (22 Jul 2006)

Andrew asks, "Jessica, what are you going to be when you grow up?"

Jessica responds, "I'm going to be Stevie."

Jessica then asks Stevie, "Huh-yeah I'm gonna be you?"

(10 Jul 2006)

Andrew tells his version of The Three Little Bears to Jessica...

"...but the Daddy bear's chair was too big and the Mommy bear's chair was too medium..."

--Andrew (29 Apr 2006)

Mommy asks, "Who's the President of the United States?"

No Responses...

Mommy adds, "His first name is George."

Andrew thinks he knows..."George Lucas???"

(13 Mar 2006)

"I'm wearing your socks, and you're wearing your socks...That's a rhyme...I'm wearing her socks and she's wearing her socks."

--Jessica (11 Mar 2006)

"I'm going to show you my middle finger."

--Samantha (11 Mar 2006)

"I'm not biting a toy, I'm drinking out of a toy (a plastic cow)."

--Jessica (22 Feb 2006)

"What I'm telling you is true...you are un-useless."

--Andrew (22 Feb 2006)

"You see dat cow...MOOO."

--Stephen (21 Feb 2006)

"If there's none lions and tigers, I'm not going to be scared."

--Jessica (20 Feb 2006)

"I don't like quiet game.  It's a BABY game."

--Jessica (19 Feb 2006)

(We tell the kids that if they don't do well in school they can just be trash men when the grow up.)

Jessica says to Daddy, "If you don't bees good at work, you're gonna be a trash man."

--Jessica (15 Jan 2006)

"If you had a pet worm and you took it outside and there was a chicken there...well...it would eat your worm."

--Samantha (04 Jan 2006)

"Daddy, this is a picture of you when you were a little girl."

--Jessica (26 Dec 2005)

Mommy asks Jessica, "How did that baby get in your teacher's belly?"

Jessica knows, "She didn't eat it; it went in through her nose."

(14 Nov 2005)

"Mom, Sam's tattling!"

--Jessica (14 Nov 2005)

(After drinking a glass of cold water)

"Ah, that gave me a giant pleasure."

--Andrew (26 Oct 2005)

"Daddy, we're trying to make a tree house outside, but we can't because we don't have any wood."

--Samantha (25 Oct 2005)

"Oh yes I'm not!!!"

--Jessica (07 Aug 2005)

"Jessica, wait 'til I'm not ready."

--Samantha (06 Aug 2005)

"I'm burning cold."

--Jessica (02 Aug 2005)

"Jessie's naked...anyway, speaking of naked, where are my pants?"

--Andrew (27 Jul 2005)

"I didn't know I was naked, I thought I had my socks on!"

--Andrew (26 Jul 2005)

"Ready, GO...Quiet game in French!"

--Samantha (12 Jul 2005)

"Can I have a couple?"

"I didn't mean just TWO!!!"

--Jessica (07 Jul 2005)

Sam reports, "I have a belly-ache."

Mommy replies, "Then you shouldn't go to gym or the birthday party."

(LATER) Sam asks, "Is today the birthday party?"

Mom answers, "Yes."

"My belly doesn't hurt any more."

(02 Feb 2005)

Mommy asks Andrew, "What was the meat for lunch at school?"

Andrew replies, "Carrots with sauce on them."

(03 Jan 2005)

"I accidentally didn't want it."

--Samantha (10 Dec 2004)

NEW STUFF 02 JAN 07

"Daddy, I don't know how to toot out loud."

--Samantha (27 Nov 2004)

"Those aren't French fries, those are potatoes cut to look like French fries!"

--Andrew (18 Nov 2004)

"I can't go potty with that ghost in there."

--Jessica (08 Nov 2004)

"Speaking of potatoes...why isn't the moon outside?"

--Samantha (03 Nov 2004)

"How do you know when it's wake-time if your eyes are closed and you're sleeping?"

--Samantha (04 Sep 2004)

"'Super Good' means being good every now and then."

--Andrew (28 Aug 2004)

"Stop walking and dancing around or a car will come through the window and run over you."

--Samantha (24 Aug 2004)

NEW STUFF 20 JAN 07

Momma asks, "Do you really love me or do you just want a red candy?"

"I just want a red candy."

--Jessica (25 Jul 2004)

"How do you sing 'God Bless America' in French?"

--Samantha (25 Jun 2004)

Daddy pretending to be sad, "Nobody loves me...."

Sam helps out, "Andrew loves you."

(22 May 2004)

"I'll always be here except sometimes I won't."

--Andrew (28 Apr 2004)

"Jessica, I sorry I threw a knife at you."

--Andrew (26 Apr 2004)

Sam asks, "What's so stinky?"

"Me, that's me!!!"

--Jessica (10 Apr 2004)

With one eye covered, "I'm playing hide-n-seek by myself...where are you?...(looks down at chest) OH there you are."

--Andrew (01 Apr 2004)