Aliens

Asmund: "Mom, there are just too many aliens. Wystan, I'm going to the bathroom, tell me if any aliens get here."

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Me, "We'll start decorating for Christmas soon."
Asmund, "At Christmas Aunt Joy is staying with us, for, um, two years?"
(Joy, you're the first thing they think of when they think of Christmas.)

Math

Me, looking at Asmund's addition sheet, "Hey! You figured that out!" A, "No, Mom. I THINK-ED that out."

Found: Preying Mantis

W: About the preying mantis he found: "His name is Rooftop because he hangs from the ceiling. He is my friend."

Wystan walked in with the latest tenet of the bug home crawling up his arm. "Hey Mom, know what my preying mantis eats for breakfast? Baby preying mantis-ses." "Hum, are you sure?" "Yes. Him is a bad mom."

Things from Colorado

A: I don't go to sleep at night because I'm a preying mantis.


W: Pet my [imaginary] spider. He's family!


Me: "Why not color slowly? You color so fast."
A: "You don't know what I do. Coloring fast is my detail."


A, writing a postcard: "How do you write, “B__, I miss you.""


A: "I found a new friend, and now this boy is borrowing him."

budleyou

"Mom, this is my great number game:" (begins hoping around the kitchen tiles and singing) "1 2 3 4 7 9 10, WM, 13 15, WM, XYZ and W M.... Pretty normal cute unless you know that Wystan pronounces "W" "budleyou". Ermahgawd the cuteness!!!!

Planes and Books

Me: What do you want Santa to bring you this year?
Wy: A paper airplane.
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Me: "Do you read books?"
A: "I actually study them."
YES!

What do YOU say?

The book, Moo, Baa, La La La, ends with the question "What do you say?" In typical fashion, Asmund says, "nothing-HAHAHA!", and Wystan says "eyeball".