Sportsmanship

Katie picked out a Busy Town board game from Zach's closet, wanting to play with me in the living room. In her haste, she dropped the game down the stairs.

Katie, running down the stairs after the game: Hey, Mom, I let the game go first.

Nicknames

Katie doesn't like it when Charlie pretends to tickle people:

DAD! Mister-on-the-radio-Billy-Bob! STOP tickling Mommy!

(Not) Sleepy

At bedtime (actually, well past bedtime):

My stomach hurts. My eyes do not want to sleep. But my nose is already sleeping. My stomach is punching me....can I have water?


...Mommy, guess what! It's over now! My stomach is sleeping!

Response to clean up directive

Mom, you're being a little whiney. And there's no whining in this house. DADDY doesn't whine. ZACH doesn't....well, Zach sometimes whines. And I sometimes whine. But there's NO WHINING in THIS HOUSE!

Update

Hey, Zach! Guess what! Mom and Dad are still married!

Goo

Katie: Mom, we need to buy some more gooey stuff. For my col-lec-tion.

Betsy: Gooey stuff? You have a collection?

Katie: Yeah. Gooey stuff.

Betsy: What's in your collection?

Katie: Sticks, bananas, gooey stuff.

Happy Bedtime Talk

Katie: Mommy, I missed you when I was at school.

Betsy: I missed you, too! But I was happy because I knew you were having fun!

Katie: And I bet you were happy that I peed and pooped and pooped.

Betsy: Ah, yeah. I'm happy about those things, too.

Katie: And I bet you're happy that I can't go to jail yet!