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!

Sisterhood

Katie, at bedtime, to Betsy:

I'm going to live with you forever. Because you only have a brother, and you don't have a sister.

Water

Katie trying to delay bedtime: I would like some water. If it's ice cold, it will make my leg feel better*.
(*growing pain)

Risky Behavior

Katie: ...and I might fall if I go on the roof...

Betsy: You're going on the roof?

Katie (Adament): NO! (pause.) Not today. Wednesday.

Betsy: Why are you going on the roof on Wednesday?

Katie: I am going to get a space ship. I need to get a space ship on Wednesday. Daddy will lift me up.