overhead, Jackson

"I don't like these french fries. They taste like potatoes."

overheard, Cade

"Cade, are you going to marry someone reallllyyyy pretty when you grow up?"

"No, I'm going to marry Jackson."

overheard, Jackson

"I ate three bites of meatloaf, a bite of squash, and now you are ASKING ME TO EAT A BITE OF BANANA?!"

overheard

Before Christmas, I asked Cade if we were "going to party hard this Christmas?"

He answered, "No, we're going to present hard."

overhead

I'm cooking dinner in the kitchen with my back to them at the counter. It's totally quiet, and I hear Cade whisper, "Do you want to get stabbed?" and turn around to see him grasping a fork and pointing it at Jackson's head.

Lovely.

what's an OPPATUNITY?

Definition: A school of fish. When fish is together. When there's LOTS OF FISH AROUND IN TOWN!

Obviously.

overheard

Cade hit Jackson with a toy.

Jackson says,  "Cade, saying sorry doesn't, like, disappear your boo-boo!"

overheard

Jon: When are you guys going to start listening?!?!

Cade: WHEN I'M SEVEN!!

overheard

Jon started reading The Hobbit out loud to them. Jackson leans over and whispers, "Is this real?"

overheard

Jackson, with menace in his voice: I'll beat you T-Rex style again.

Jackson: Cade, why do you always say 'Thanks' instead of 'Thank you'?

Cade: I like it.

Jackson: Well, I don't like it, so from now on can you say 'Thank you' instead of 'Thanks'?

"sore breath"

Last night, Cade came in my room to tell me he had "sore breath."

Took me a minute to realize he meant sore throat.

Jackson, mad: Cade, I'm never playing with you again!!! Cade: Only when you really really really really really want to? Jackson: No! Only when I forget that I said that!

driving back from CT

Mama: We're driving through the Bronx now.  

Cade: The boogie-down Bronx ?

"you MIGHT, or you WILL!"

This video. 

The best part is that Jackson thinks more than two jelly beans will give you a tummy-ache.

overheard in the bathtub

Jackson: Cade, when you're 22- that's a 2 and a 2, will you come to my rock star show?

Cade: Yes, where is it going to be?

Jackson: I don't know yet.

it's true

Overheard a conversation between Jackson and Cade today:

C: Mama says bad words.

J: No she doesn't.

C: Yes she does.

J: No, she says, 'GOD, PLEASE HELP ME!!'.

Then he clasped his hands together, raised his eyes toward heaven and ran into the bathroom.

eggs

Sitting at the computer, I hear Cade yell out - Mama? IS MY EGG READY?

What egg?

Um, scrambled egg.

(Mind you, there had been no mention of egg all day).

OK, Let me get right on that.

my thoughts exactly

Two weeks ago, we had a doozey of a day. Our playdate took a turn for the worse when Jackson threw a toy at his friend's head, making him bleed. When we got home, amidst tears, whining, etc....a mouse comes strolling out from under the couch. As Jon and I tore the living room apart trying to catch it, I mean kill it, Cade put his head in his hands and, shaking his head slowly back and forth, says, "This is turning into a not-so-good-day."

Um, remember this book?

Vintage mouse here.

sweetness

Last night Jackson said, as I tucked him in, "I love you PAST outer space."

Poster here.