What do you speak?

A: I don't speak English or Spanish.
Me: What do you speak?
A: Just what I am saying.

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A: I could wait to go to the bathroom when I woke up. Maybe I am a kid human?

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A: "With my hearing I can pick up sounds from around the Earth, like the damage from bad guys or robbers stealing money. The bank is that way, or sometimes that way, and robbers are going to pass our house, but they don't know superheroes live here!"

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I am putting up a chain link fence and Asmund thinks the ropes I am planning with are booby traps. He said, "If someone sees our yard and thinks it is a nice place to take a nap, they will fall into the trap!"

"A good booby trap makes robbers fall down and want to take a nap on the grass."

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A: "Sometimes people are born with superpowers. That is what my daddy did."

Superheroes Among Us!

Asmund found a star-shaped leaf. He said, "Maybe Star Man sent it to Earth."

Wystan: "I'm a good Metal Guy. I fight bad guys with a metal sword to put them in jail. That's how."

Wystan: "I am Iron Guy. I am a superhero. I wear shoes."

Asmund, explaining his double-straw situation with his hot chocolate from PT's: "It was big like a human, but not big like a human. It was like a baby kangaroo."

Asmund to Raedan

I want to be in your sleeping zone.

Asmund with Mrs. Elwood

A: Mommy had a good idea for me, like taking compost out.

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A: Falcon and Captain America have a food fight.
Mrs. E: How about just, "Falcon has a food fight with me?"
A: Falcon and Captain America and Black Widow have a food fight.

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A: I can run on water. My middle name is Marshall, but I _am_ a superhero!

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Mrs. E: Are you a good sport when you lose?
A: I always win.
Mrs. E: No wonder you're a good sport!

Antidote

Asmund: I made an antidote for how I walk on water. I need to keep it in a safe place. I am a scientist.

I am just a boy

Asmund said, "I am just a boy, so I want to see new movies!"

Wystan: "Let's watch Frozen. It is funny. I like funny things. That is why I laugh."

Asmund said Raedan put rocks in his mouth because he thought it was candy, then went into the street shouting, " I'm a human! I'm a human!"

From Carrie: Basilisk, Iron Bat, Spider Baby and Magic Knitting Lady are fighting off Doom Bots in Oakland today. Asmund said, "Mom, I need to walk on water."  Not a God complex, he's a basilisk today.

Asmund: "Doctor Octopus gave me this computer before he put his arms on his back. His arms then took control over his brain, so he was out of control. I used the computer to stop the arms so he would be okay."

After Asmund had a drink of my water, I said, "Hey! Why drink my water when you have your own?" "I thought it was beer."

A sign

Asmund had me write a sign to hang on the outside of our house: World's Biggest Superhero Dancers.

Wystan is Water Guy

Me: "You are funny!"
Wystan: "I am not funny. I am Water Guy. Water Guy is not funny."
I wonder what happened to Running Guy.

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Carrie, "Asmund, I need to put salve on that cut."
Asmund, "But Moooom, Jesus heals EVERYBODY!"
"Yes, but he still wants me to put salve on your cut."

Half a year!

Let's just say I need to get caught up!

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Asmund, coming out of the kitchen with handfuls of jello, "Dad, Jesus opened the fridge for me."

February 3: Today Asmund started making "love cards" (valentines). He cut and glued and after considering some suggestions on what to write, decided on "not love" so that the recipients won't think he wants to marry them. "I only love ONE, Mom, and she is tiny."

Wystan, after being told no dessert, leans in for a hug,  "Mommy, I hate you. I love you hate you."

I'm telling Asmund his favorite bedtime story: Batman and the Beanstalk.

March 26: Raedan said his first word other than mama and dada today. With as much fun as he and Olivia had, how could he not tell her "bye bye", with a wave, no less!

Carrie: Wystan, I love you! Wystan: Huh. I really like daddy.

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Asmund: "I was up all night. I was fighting bad guys."

 Me: "I'm sorry you had a bad dream."

 A: "It wasn't a dream!"

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Yesterday, Asmund leaned in and asked, "Mom, when I grow up and have kids, you will be their Grandma?"

 "Yes, I will. Is that okay?"

 With a smile, "Oh yes. That is good."

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A: Moving his head around says, "I'm emptying my head so I can form new ideas."

Asmund: "I am all ready to hunt meat!"

A: You have an action figure and it's me!

Raedan, on the eve of his first birthday, just reached for the watermelon and said, "wamemen". Squeee!!

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Asmund just schooled me [Dennis] again while listening to Peter and the Wolf.

 A: "Do wolves really howl at the moon?"

 Me: "Yes, they do."

 A: "No, not really. That is a fairy tale. When you hear wolves howling, it is really children wolves looking for their parents."

 Me: "Wow! Where did you learn that?"

 A: "Cat in the Hat. Dad, you should really watch that show so you can learn things."

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Asmund is practicing his fs while picking up toys. Every time he puts a toy in the box he shouts, "FUH!!!" That's not *quite* what it sounds like.

Wystan, "This is doggie kiss, I and my tongue gonna lick you tongue!" Um, no thanks.

Asmund: "When people see me they think I'm six, but that is not true. I'm really five and a half."