January 25th, 2012:
"Caleb, why are you scratching your 'bagina'(vagina)?" --Ryleigh
January 15th, 2012 - Part Deux:
[Talking quite emphatically to a maraca he was holding and even nodding head] "De da ba da de ba da do da ba!" --Wyatt
January 15th, 2012:
[While riding down the road] "Bland Avenue. Yeah, I can see why--there's no one on it." --Caleb
January 10th, 2012:
"Oh, I love Justin Beaver!!!" --Ryleigh
January 3rd, 2012:
"My Daddy is a police officer...and he is a fool." --Ryleigh
January 2nd, 2012:
[Showing Wyatt a plastic corn on the cob] “And this is Corny, my best friend!” --Ryleigh
December 28th, 2011:
Gram: "This seatbelt is so twisted it isn't even funny. Ryleigh: "I'm not laughing."
December 22nd, 2011:
"I'm Dinky's step-mom." --Ryleigh
December 21st, 2011:
[Singing] "I love you like a long song, baby." --Ryleigh (for those of you unfamiliar with this song, it's "I love you like a LOVE song," cause you know those "long" songs can just get downright annoying.
December 19th, 2011:
"This cheese is really...cheesy." --Caleb
December 16th, 2011:
[In helping the kids find our elf this morning, Lewis suggested the hint: "It's one of the first places I go in the morning," which elicited this response] "The bathroom?" --Ryleigh
December 16th, 2011 - Part Deux:
[Upon seeing the neighbor two doors down get out of his car...] "What's up, man?!" --Ryleigh
December 10th, 2011:
[After asking him to keep an eye out for a Kentucky Fried Chicken] "Alright--looking for an old man with a bucket!" --Caleb
December 6th, 2011 - Part Trois:
[Watching Lewis give me a shoulder massage] Caleb: "How come you never do that to me when my neck hurts?" Lewis: "Because I'm married to your mom." Caleb: "Well, I come along with her. I'm the side dish!."
December 6th, 2011 - Part Deux:
[After seeing Mrs. Obama on TV] "HEY!! I know her--she's at my school--she teaches exercise!! --Ryleigh
December 6th, 2011:
"5,4,3,2,1! Christy, that was me counting backwards! Can you teach me how to count sideways?" --Ryleigh
December 3rd, 2011:
[About breastfeeding] "Do you have to open them for Wyatt to eat and then close them when you're done?" --Caleb
December 3rd, 2011 - Part Deux:
"Can I pet Wyatt?" --Ryleigh
November 15th, 2011:
[After passing gas at the dinner table] "Daddy would have loved that smell!" --Ryleigh
November 1st, 2011:
"OH, NO! My fingernail polish just came off one of my fingers!! I miss it." --Ryleigh
October 28th, 2011:
[While watching the Today Show, as the camera was panning over the crowd, in the most serious face I've ever seen] "Why are all of those people waving at me?" --Ryleigh
October 28th, 2011 - Part Deux:
I'm watching Caleb sing Christina Aguilera's "You are beautiful" to Brandy, our dog. And as I was typing this he took intermission and said, "Give me kisses my little chimichanga."
October 27th, 2011:
Lewis: [while driving] "Do you want pizza for lunch." Silence. Lewis "Ryleigh, do you want pizza for lunch??!" Ryleigh: [from the back seat of the car] "YES! I was shaking my head and you didn't say anything!!"
October 25th, 2011:
[in really sweet voice] "Can I have dessert." Me: "No, you already had dessert." [in creepy Darth Vader voice] "Can I have your soul?" --Caleb
October 23rd, 2011:
[After walking in on Lewis kissing me 'hello' after coming home from work] "Ew. Beauty and the Beast!" --Caleb
October 9th, 2011:
[After the kids decided at dinner that for the remainder of the night that Ryleigh would be the Mom and Caleb the Dad] "Oh yeah, I'm the Dad, that means I don't clean up after dinner. I just get to go lay in the recliner and relax." --Caleb (Hint, Hint, Lewis!!)
October 8th, 2011:
[Tonight, at a big family dinner that included Lewis' brother, Daniel] "Daniel kind of looks like a prophet. I mean he's totally not fit to be one but he looks like one." --Caleb
October 4th, 2011:
"I just HAVE to tell you that my dog Ripley ate cat poop!" --Ryleigh