“It’s payback time!”
–Asher, watching The Day After Tomorrow, talking about Earth fighting back when climate change results in the flooding of New York City
“Mom, the only thing that would make Captain Marvel better is if she were a black woman!”
–Tessa, after being told that the most powerful Avenger in the Marvel Universe is a woman
“It’s not time to be a gentleman, Emmett. Fight me!”
–Tessa, telling Emmett to try to push her down in the bounce house
“He he he he he.”
–Emmett, laughing a conspiratorial laugh while staring at the iPod he just purchased for himself
“Teamwork makes the dream work.”
–Tessa, while working with all the Pigs, shoveling dirt into Dad’s new vegetable and flower planters
“I’m going to picture myself.”
–Emmett, while taking a selfie with his new iPod
“I was hit by a hard plastic eye in the back.”
–Tessa, after Asher threw a stuffed shark at her in the bounce house and the shark’s eye hit her
“Mommy, why are boys so weird?”
–Tessa, talking about her brothers
“We need bananas, cookie dough, milk, and worms to make white fish bait.”
–Asher, totally out-of-nowhere, in a monologue about catching fish
“That’s perfect.”
–Asher, lining up stuffed animals around the edge of his bed while setting himself up to sleep without Riley for the first time (Riley moved to the top bunk)
“Yes, I’m almost a teenager. I’ll be 13, four years from now.”
–Riley, arguing with Tessa
“Uh, really?”
–Asher, when watching a demonstration on how he needs to clean up after himself
“Do I look fancy?”
–Emmett, putting on a flat-brimmed baseball hat to go jogging with Dad
“Did you like how I threw those punches, Mom? I think I made them look good.”
–Riley, after showing Mom his Improv Class Video where he played a good ninja, who, nonetheless, had to hit some bad guys
“Mom, is it next year yet?”
–Emmett, asking if we’ve already ended this school year and moved onto the next
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