Conversations with T--Imaginary friends

At bedtime, saying prayers...
Me: "And for Rory's friends, Danny, Xander, Amelia, Zane, Tristan and Rowr."
T: He loves Rowr because he's a dinosaur that's his imaginary friend, and mine is...(loud pause)
Me: It's ok if you don't have an imaginary friend, you know, you're older. 
T: No! I do! It's uhhhhh....BUFFALO Marshmallow man! He's cool! and when he cries, marshmallows come out of his eyes.

Conversations with T--Playdate snacks

We were getting ready to eat lunch and then go to a friend's house.
T:  I'm just packing a few snacks for us in case we get hungry--cheese, hot dog, bacon...
Me: Why don't we just eat lunch first?

Conversations with T- More life goals

 (whining)T: my teacher thinks when I grow up, I'm going to be a teacher.
Robert: she thinks you're going to be a teacher! What do you want to be?
T: I want to be a teacher AND batman.
Robert: I think that sounds like a GREAT idea, buddy!

Conversations with Ro and T--Sunday Morning Quandries

Conversations with Ro--
He insisted on getting "Jesus bread" during communion today. I asked him afterward, out of curiosity, 
Me: Ro, do you know what Jesus bread is for? What it means?
Ro: love.

Conversations with T:
T: there's pigeons! Coo! Coo!
Me: where did you learn that, T?
T: nowhere. Sometimes I'm just smart.

For Preservation...

I realized the other day that these might all get lost in the shuffle, even though I was posting them to FB.  Voilà --a blog to now capture the things my kids say that I want to remember--funny, thought provoking, amazing and otherwise ;)  I'll try to backdate quotes as I find them so that things go chronologically...until I get tired of that and just enter them on whatever day I manage to find and preserve them.

Rory: Less talk, more adventure...

Coming back from grocery shopping, I apparently woke Rory. He appeared, asking for water. We wandered into the kitchen, got water, and I went to take him back to bed when I noticed his shirt seemed to go past his shorts. I checked to make sure he was still wearing them and, lo and behold, he was diaper less too! I couldn't find where he discarded them but made sure he had a new one on before getting him back to bed.

Oh this kid and the parenting challenges of not laughing while correcting dangerous or nudist tendencies.

The Rorynado: Climber extrodinare

Conversations with T--Lessons in Safety

Conversations with T:
"Thanks mom for giving me a practice (fire drill) run when your pan caught on fire, and I could run out of the house!"

Tonight's dinner--carry out pizza (hey, it supports T's school anyway), and I'll probably have to replace my pan (which was 12 years old anyway), and everyone and our kitchen is fine...and hopefully T has learned not to discard the plastic lid from his yogurt so carelessly.

Conversations with Ro--warm, late summer days...

Conversations with Ro:
We're in the backyard this afternoon, enjoying the sunshine when he decides to walk gingerly over a rocky section
Me: It's probably time to put on some shoes if you're going to walk there, don't you think?
Ro: Got TOES, mama. 
Me: You do make a convincing argument there.