January 12th, 2012:
Caleb: [jumping up from the table after Lewis playfully flicked his ear] "C'mon Ryleigh, let's go get something to hit your Daddy back with!"
Ryleigh: "YEAH, like a hard toy!!" [they returned with a mini Louisville Slugger]
December 23rd, 2011:
Caleb: [handing Lewis a wrapped present that he got him] "Look!"
Lewis: "Oh wow, nice! What is it?"
Caleb: "I'm not telling you."
Ryleigh: "It's a pen, Daddy!"
December 6th, 2011:
Caleb: "So far we have had a substitute teacher named Mrs. Street and then another today named Mrs. Cutting. Why do all of my teachers have nouns as their last name?"
Me: "Well, 'cutting' is actually a verb."
Lewis: "And people's names are actually nouns themselves."
Caleb: "What do you mean?"
Lewis: "Well, take you for example. Mr. Hagen, that's a noun."
Caleb: "What's a hagen?" LOL
December 5th, 2011:
Caleb: "You could grow your hair as long as Repunzel."
Ryleigh: "But when I have it as long as I want how can I make it not grow anymore?"
Me: "Your hair will only not grow if you cut it--which is temporary--or if you have alopecia."
Ryleigh: "What's that?"
Me: "It's a medical condition where your hair doesn't grow."
Ryleigh: "Well, maybe I can just get some of that!."
November 21st, 2011:
[Following a narrative on a case from Hampton today where a man, who had several poisonous snakes as pets, was bitten by his Cobra]
Caleb: "Could it have killed him."
Lewis: "Definitely. But the most poisonous snake is a Viper, if he was bitten by that he would have taken two steps and died."
Caleb: "Well, what if he didn't take the two steps?"
November 8th, 2011:
[while talking about surnames]
Ryleigh: "You're name is Clements too??"
Me: " Yes, I married your Daddy and took his last name. My last name used to be Hagen."
Lewis: "And your Mommy's last name used to be Snead."
Ryleigh: "You mean like snot?"
Me: "Not sneeze...Snead!"
