Confident in His Answers

After asking for everyone's favorite movie, Luke informed us that his favorite is Despicable Me 2. I told him he hadn't seen that one yet since it wasn't even released. He nodded and said, "But I know it is going to be my favorite!"

Fatherly Advice from Luke

Luke has been on a roll lately with talking. Nonstop. About anything.
His latest conversations all start with "Mom. What is your favorite..."
He asked what my favorite ride at Disney World would be. That's a hard one but one ride I mentioned was Pirates of the Caribbean. He got all excited and agreed and said he loved the hill in that one. Of course Andrew said he hated the hill and we were crazy. Luke said everyone should love it other than babies. I reminded him that he had ridden it as a baby and loved it. His reply - "Well I was not a teeny baby. You shouldn't take a baby that you just got born that day onto that ride. They wouldn't like it."

"Loves To"

This is probably my favorite report card ever.  Luke's PreK teacher was kind to write it this way.  She mentioned several times that he was a bit of a talker!

Chicken Tales

Ryan came in the house and announced, "Well. I just had a talk with Red about multiplying!" Red is one of our hens and I assumed Ryan was wanting her to have baby chicks. I didn't want to go into the details of the fact we don't have a rooster and have to explain all of that. Thankfully when I asked him what he meant he said, "You know, I just told her 2 times 2 is 4!"

Sadly, last night Ryan's chick, Waffles, died. Ryan wasn't home and Luke cried and cried. He finally said, "Ryan will be sad. He can share the other chicks." Thinking he meant to share his chick, I told him that was sweet and Ryan would love to share Ariel. He quickly let me know that he meant for Ryan to share Jeffrey (Andrew's chick).

I'm Waiting for Mine, Too

Ryan just seriously asked me when I thought he would be getting his inheritance. As I laughed he said, "What? Not til I'm 20?"
Don't I wish!

Sick Day

Poor Andrew is missing the last day of third grade - he has strep throat.
On the way to take Ryan to school, Andrew said he wished he could go because the last day was always so fun.
Ryan tried to help him with the following:
Ryan: At least you only have strep. You're lucky you don't have lice. If you had lice you'd have to take a bath in tomato sauce.
Andrew: I think you have to take a tomato bath if a skunk sprays you - that's not for lice.
Ryan: Oh yeah. You're lucky a skunk didn't spray you.

As we got close to home, Luke said, "Don't forget to get us crackers and Sprite when we get home!"

I had to remind him that he isn't sick, but he is enjoying crackers and Sprite as I write this!

Roundabout Help

I'm trying to get 3000 things done before dinner/baseball tonight. I just got frustrated (it happens!) and sighed and told Luke I was never going to get it all done. He looked really sweet and said, "You need help to make dinner?" I was surprised and started to say yes when he added, "I can go get Ryan to come help you."

You Only Grow Once

This evening Luke told me his stomach hurt. A minute later he said his head hurt. A minute after that his knee hurt.
A lot had hurt today and I had told him that maybe he was growing. I barely had the words out of my mouth again when he held up his hand and said, "Mom. Don't say I'm growing. I already grew earlier today."

Uno!

During a marathon Uno match tonight I heard the following:

Luke: Mom. Play a yellow. Then I can totally do something to Andrew!

Andrew (with only 1 card left): Jackhammer! Oh I mean Uno! Sorry. I was thinking about a jackhammer.

A Feet of Strength

Luke just asked me this question...
"If someone is very strong, but their feet don't look strong, are they still strong?"

Moo

Quote from Luke:
"Do you know where you get milk from a cow? The gutter!!"

New Math

I told the boys we should play poker and I would take all of their money since we'd have a $200 limit.  Ryan's eyes lit up and he yelled, "Yeah!  But let's have a $5 limit since I only have $2."

Bearded Lady

Quote from Luke:

"I wish when animals be an old man or an old lady, they got a beard or mustache."

Scratch Away!

Andrew and Luke helped me decorate Easter cookies tonight. Luke had a hard time keeping his fingers out of his mouth and nose so I made him rewash his hands twenty times. (Don't be too impressed - if I wasn't sharing the cookies with others I would have ignored it).
After he was done decorating, he asked, "So I can scratch my face now? I can scratch it forever?"

Maybe I Should Teach Him How to Spell Dynamite

Conversation between Luke and I today:

Luke: How do you spell TNT?
Me: TNT
Luke: No. How do you spell it.
Me: T... N... T
Luke: But how do you spellllll it?
Me: T! N! T!!
Luke: (imagine the loudest, biggest sigh possible and you might get close to the sound I heard)

Water Everywhere

We were discussing where everyone wanted to stop for dinner and Luke said he wanted to go somewhere that has water because he was thirsty.
Andrew told him that all restaurants have water.
Luke looked astonished and said, "Even Chinese places have water?!"

You Catbrain!

I caught Harry (cat) eating part of Flynn's (dog) food this morning. Luke was sitting with me and I said, "What's he thinking? Doesn't he know he's a cat?"
Luke looked serious and replied, "He may have that really small head because he has a really small brain."

Luke and Lisa - Cooler than Batman and Robin

"When I am a spy when I am big, you can be my sidekick." This was what Luke told me after a long and confusing conversation about a friend of his and his friend's sidekick! For a good portion of the conversation, I thought his buddy had a psychic...

Back in Black, Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmmm

Back in Black by AC/DC came on the radio. I turned it up and told the boys it was one of Daddy's favorite songs.
Luke listened for a minute then said, "I don't know why he likes this. This guy isn't even saying real words!"

Thanks for the Sound Effects

We were close to home today when it hit me that I had forgotten to stop at the pharmacy. I was annoyed and said something about it. Luke heard me and from the backseat I heard him sing "BOM BOM BOM" in a very sinister movie way.