Kitty love

I was giving away a box of Fancy Feast cans I had bought for Kitty, when Thing 3 saw that it had a picture of a kitty on it. She said, "Mow," in her tiny high-pitched voice, made the sign for kitty and leaned over and give it a hug. (She also likes to hug all the kitties she sees in books, which doubles the time it takes to read books like "Nobody's Nosier than a Cat" where there is a cat on every page.

The mysteries of "Harry Potter" (or ahhh, the mysteries of love)

We've been reading Harry Potter, and now, deep into "The Order of the Phoenix," we've been analyzing every bit of evidence to figure out who is good or bad and what's really happening. Then, I overhear that the boys are doing the same thing in private:

Thing One: Lily Potter was mad at James Potter before they got married.
Thing Two: Yeah.
Thing One: Then why did they get married, right?

I didn't hear you

I told the boys to pick out books to read before bedtime. But everyone got sidetracked playing baseball with Dapper Dad instead.

Thing One (while finally getting in his jammies): Mommy, when you told me to pick out books, I didn't hear you because someone hitted the ball so HARD!

(pause)

Don't tell Daddy.