Me: You sure are laughing a lot tonight!
R: I ate a clown today.
Me: What is that very large, brownish-red spot on your carpet??
K: Ok, please don't get mad, but I spilled red paint. I'm so sorry, I know I should've been using a tray.
K: Ok, please don't get mad, but I spilled red paint. I'm so sorry, I know I should've been using a tray.
Me: Yes, you should have been. But I can see that you tried to clean it up, so I'll give you that.
K: Yeah, I found some brown paint that matched the carpet and blended it in!!!
Me: Wait. Are you saying you did not use water? You just painted on top of the carpet??
K: Yes, and doesn't the shade match the carpet so well?!
Me: Let's put on your new belt!
R: It's like I'm a real man now!!
R, very serious: Mommy. I've been wanting to ask you something for a long time. Will we have birthdays in Heaven?
R: I'm going to start calling you Beautiful!
Me: Ok!!!
R: Maybe you can start calling me Handsome.
Me: Ok, Handsome!
R: My name is Ryan.
Me: What did you do at school today?
R: Played a lot. Talked to God. Ate snack.
Me: You talked to God? That's cool!
R: Yeah, I've been talking to him the past few days at school. Not out loud, just in my head when I think of something to say.
K: I'm packing my purple tutu for Spring Break.
Me: Why do you need a tutu?
K, plainly: Why can't a girl carry around a tutu? Especially one that lights up?
Me: Touché.
R: I think maybe the people who are driving so fast in the snow are the same ones who tell God to go away.
R: Mommy, do you think Rusty Rivets is friends with the pups on Paw Patrol?
Me: Maybe! I bet when they have a Christmas party, ALL the characters from your cartoons get together!
R: Well... I think maybe they know about coronavirus.
R: I have an imaginary ninja friend named Zach.
Me: Did you name him after Daddy's friend Zach?
R: No.
Me: Where did that name come from?
R: His parents, of course!
R: I want to start painting and selling rocks to make money.
Me: How much will you sell them for? They probably need to be pretty inexpensive.
R: I was thinking $10 for each rock.
Me: $10 is expensive.
R: No, $10,000 is expensive.
Me: Maybe $1?
R: Fine, I'll do $5. I want to set up a stand in the front yard. We have some wood, so maybe Daddy and Tio Jonathan can build that. The girls can sell lemonade if they want.
Annabelle: We could sell lemonade and free crafts!
R: NO, I want to earn money. My rocks aren't free.
Me: Get out of the box and come take a bath.
R: *closes box lid* I have to teleport.
Me: Since you like Muppet Babies, we should watch a movie called Muppets Take Manhattan. It's the Muppets all grown up and they sing and dance and--
R: And they take mens' hats?
Me: No, why would they do that?
R: You said the Muppets-take-man-hat-tan.
Me: Wow, it stinks in this bathroom.
R: I had a big poop. You know what we could do? *snickers* We could turn on the water for a few minutes, leave the bathroom, and then someone else would come in here and turn the water off and then THEY would have to smell it! Haha.
R, praying: Thank you God for *stops and gives me a hug and kiss* hugs and kisses from my mommy.
Me: Please tell me you'll always be this sweet.
R: Ok! No problem. Since you told me today, my brain will remember it forever.
Me: This is simple math. You love math. You have to eat five bites of carrots. You've eaten one bite. You have four more to go.
R: I don't really like math that much.
R, praying: Thank you for God, Jesus, and the plumber. Thank you for my mommy-- my beautiful mommy. Thank you for letting me like the shirt she's wearing today. Amen.
R: See that truck down there? It's for off-roading.
Me: You think so?
R: No, I know so. I know about these things, Mommy.
Dave: Look, we're all in our pajamas!
R: Those aren't your pajamas, those are your normal clothes!
Dave: We've been quarantined too long.
R: Are you done with work?
Me: Yes, why?
R: Great, I have big plans for you and me.
R: God is in everybody's hearts in the whole world, right?
Me: He wants to be! Some people don't choose him, though.
R: Why would they do that??
Me: Well, sometimes people like to choose their own way instead of God's way. But God's way is always better.
R: Ok, so if God helps us but people ignore Him anyway, how do they be brave when they're scared?? What do those people do??
