Me: What have I told you about moving the baby?!?
L1: Don’t pick up the baby without asking mommy!
Me: Thank you!! You need to remember that!!!
L1: But I didn’t carry him this time. I slid him!
Talking to Noah
L2 was chatting away like crazy in his peapod at nap time. I caught a few words here and there including “ark” and “animals,” but poked my head in and reminded him to be quiet.
L2: But Mommy, I was talking to Noah!
Mean?
We were picking up hot dogs and chips at a local open house. I sat the boys down at a community table where an older couple was already sitting.
Me to L1: You need to eat at least half of your hot dog before you have chips.
L1: Mommy, are you going to be mean?
Me (confused): Am I going to be mean?
L1: Yes, are you going to be mean?
Me: No, I’m going to be firm.
L1: Okay
Me: Am I usually mean?
L1 with a big smile and a giggle: No…
He’s Clifford
Me: Here’s doggy.
L2: he’s not doggy. He’s Clifford.
Me: Clifford the big red dog?
L2: No, he’s Clifford the big black dog
Me: but he’s brown.
L2: Clifford the big brown dog
Wet brain?
L1 as we ran through the rain to the store: “Mommy! The rain is making my brain wet!”