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Sam:  Cheeeerrriiioooooo!!!!  Get your ball, Girl.
(Nothing)
Sam:  Cheerio!!  Get. The. Ball!
(Nada)
Sam:  Don’t make me come down there!

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Luke (walking to the van from the pool):  How do you know your nipples aren’t mosquito bites?
Me: Ummmm… ’cause they’re always there?
Thankfully he was looking at his, not mine, when he said this.

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Luke wins the Question of the Day yesterday.
He came up to me and asked, “Mom?  One day can we take a blimp to South America?”
Me:  “Ummmmmm…. No.”
I hate to be a party pooper, but I don’t want him planning on it, ya know?  Where, or where does a 5-year-old come up with an idea like [...]

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Sam (my 3-year-old, in case you have trouble keeping track) just told me:
“It’s a good thing Santa has a naughty list!
…For Maria!”

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Just a sampling of the things said in the mornings around our house:
Get dressed!  Now.
You’re not dressed yet?
What are you doing?!?
Leave your brother alone.
Go potty.  On the potty.
Get off the dog.
No, you can’t have candy for breakfast. Or cookie dough.
Get that bead out of your nose.
I changed my mind!  I don’t want that!
No toys at [...]

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Are you accomplished?  On your way to being accomplished?  Accomplished in some things but not others?  How about your friends?  Your family members?  Do you consider them accomplished?
Dan and I started a “discussion” last night in front of the fire.  (What fire?  You ask, since we have not a fireplace in Casa Amarilla.  To answer [...]

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The following conversation occurred between Lukie and Maria on the way home from school today.
Luke:  I got in trouble once.
Maria: What did you do?
Luke: I ate a tree.
Maria: You ate a tree?
Luke: Yeah.
Maria: You got into trouble because you ate part of a tree?
Luke:  No.  I ate the whole thing.
Maria: Really?!?
Luke:  Yeah.
Maria:  Is this some [...]

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