Not ever silent

E asks: why does the ice cream store spell its name with an...

Tue, 29 May 2012 16:56:07 -0400

E asks: why does the ice cream store spell its name with an alien for the second letter? (Taken with instagram)

Mama, these bricks are called wibble-wobble bricks.

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:20:00 -0400

Mama, these bricks are called wibble-wobble bricks.

Mama, those birds are vertebrates.

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:19:00 -0400

Mama, those birds are vertebrates.

Civil rights

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:42:17 -0500

“Honey, she asked you not to look. Please give her the same privacy you would want.”

What do you want me to do? I can’t put my eyes in prison!

Prepositions and dispositions

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:57:42 -0500

E: Why is it called ‘drop off?’ I mean, you don’t drop your kid off the car…you take them inside! You don’t drop them OFF!

L: Yeah! But if it *is* ‘drop off’, why is it ‘pick up?’ Shouldn’t it be ‘pick on?’

E: It can’t be ‘pick on’ because that means teasing. So maybe it shouldn’t be ‘drop off.’

L: So if it’s ‘pick up’ then maybe it’s ‘drop down!’

E: No, that’s a menu on a computer.

L: You can get noodles on the computer?

A precocious existential crisis

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:50:18 -0500

Sometimes I worry that we’re not real, and we’re all just characters in someone else’s dream.

Even if Santa Claus is coming to town

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:29:22 -0500

Well, we don’t need to be good for goodness’ sake, because we celebrate Chanukah.

Sour

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:51:31 -0500

I just can’t eat them. They go down my spine too much.

G's first three-word sentence

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

NOT NICE, MAMA!

Anticipation

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:04:41 -0400

I cannot WAIT to get my face on that ice cream!

Country royalty: Mama! Look at the princess in the newspaper!

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:12:26 -0400

Country royalty: Mama! Look at the princess in the newspaper!

On hail on the first of August

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:25:41 -0400

Why is it raining ice? Did this rain come all the way from the North Pole?

Let's talk about bats

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:37:27 -0400

E: Mama! We learned about bats!

“What did you learn, love?”

L: They have dark-in-the-glow eyes because they play at night time.

E: Yeah, because they’re nocterminal.

Freshly squeezed

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:43:46 -0400

Me: “Are you okay, love? What happened? What made you throw up?”

L: I throwed up because the throw-up juice came.

Start your day with a balanced breakfast

Thu, 26 May 2011 08:15:55 -0400

Ewwww!

“‘Eww’ what, love?”

G is spreading his boogies on his bagels!

Hey, big fella

Sun, 22 May 2011 17:40:39 -0400

On the other side of the ice cream shop sat a few Boy Scouts and their troop leader.

E, looking toward the troop leader: Hey! It’s a Man Scout!

Strata

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:50:50 -0400

You know what’s underground, Mama?

“What, love?”

Under ground is a great big bouncy ball and it’s called Planet Earth.

Nightie night

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:00:06 -0400

L: I want a pajama dress.

“What do you want?”

A pajama dress. A pajama dress like E’s. E’s pajama dress with ice cream on it. I want a pajama dress.

“You want a nightgown?”

Yes. But I call it a pajama dress.

Hipsters napping. L asks, are they dead?

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:15:32 -0400

Hipsters napping. L asks, are they dead?

Always pick option "C"

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:05:52 -0400

Her Gramps: “L, how do you like to eat your brownies? All at once or little by little?”

L: Big by big.