Milestone

At age 18 months, one week and five days, Thing Three can officially walk through the kitchen and open all the child safety locks on the lower cabinets.

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.

Flavor of birthday cake

Me: What kind of birthday cake do you want for your party?
Things Two: Oh, I get to pick? How about butterfly nectar, like from flowers. You know, what bees and butterflies drink.

Dumbledore rewards everyone

Thing One (as Dumbledore, welcoming everyone to a feast in the great hall): First, I would like to reward everyone who came. (pause for applause) And I would like to reward everyone who did not come. (pause for applause) And I would like to reward everyone who has died. (pause) And I would like to reward everyone who has not been born yet.

Thing Three speaks

After a loud crash in the other room,
Thing Three: Uh oh. Kchkchkchkchk. (And signing the word for "kitty")

Reeeaaaach

Thing Two: If we turned the world upside down I could reach my toothbrush.

Sticky

Thing One (after climbing in a pine tree and getting sap on his hands): My hands are all sticky. I've used soap four times, and it's not washing off. How can I live like this?
Me: It'll come off over time.
Thing One: Well, I'm NOT going to bed like this.

Christmas wish

Thing Two: Know what I want for Christmas? A Lego Ninja set with a white ninja, black ninja, red ninja and blue ninja. And some Oompa-Loompas. And a Lego table with some Lego apples. Santa's house elves would probably have to make that, right? Because they don't make that set.

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?

Harry Potter anachronisms

While playing Harry Potter Legos ...
Lucius Malfoy visits the students and eats lunch with them, while wearing his Deatheater mask. Later, Snape -- who is filling in for Lupin in Defense Against the Dark Arts class -- has to get his walkie talkie in order to be ready for parent pickup (the system they use at Thing One's school to pick up the kids).

Jobs

Overheard while the kids were coloring and discussing what jobs they could have to earn money.

Thing One: I'd pay you money to put out fires. Or to fix a roof when it gets damaged by hail. (Then a pause for some coloring and, apparently, thinking) Can you believe Dad gets money just for reading peoples' stories and fixing them?

Some caffiene

Thing One (making dialogue between Army guys): I need some coffee before I go to war.

Just a regular old bedtime

Thing Two (getting out of bed two minutes after being tucked in): I have to go to the bathroom.
Me: You just went.
(Holds his arms out)
Thing Two: Well, I have to go.
Me: Then go potty and get back in bed.
He does that.

Two minutes later ...
Thing Two (coming out of his room): My eczema patch! You forgot lotion for my eczema.
Me: Okay. (lotion lotion lotion) Now go to bed.
He does.

Two minutes later ...
Thing Two (coming out of his room): I need to blow my nose. Isn't that amazing? What's it going to be next? It's just amazing.

French toast and caramel fried bananas for supper

Thing Two: I don't want to be rude, but this French toast tastes like [unintelligible].
Me: What? Did you say it tastes like hippopotamus?
Thing Two: No! I said it tastes like DEAD hippopotamus.

Ongoing...

Thing Two (whenever he encounters a situation where cussing is appropriate, and apparently those situations come up approximately 12 times per hour): Goodness gracious crisis!

Garbage man

Thing Two (while putting a candy wrapper in my pocket): You're a garbage man! I putted a candy wrapper in your pocket.
Me: I am NOT a man.
Thing Two: Well, then you are a trashy woman.

We'll always be there for you. Unfortunately.

Thing Two, to Mom and Dapper Dad: When I'm a grown-up, will you guys be dead?
Dapper Dad, reassuringly: No.
Thing Two, disgusted/disappointed: Oh.

This one is better without context

Thing One: I don't like when Daddy drinks when he's playing Wii.

Special pockets

Thing Two (while wearing overalls): Look! These have special pockets. I can stick my hands all the way into my underwear!

Burn, baby, burn

While the boys are playing their new Batman Leapster game, the villian Firefly utters a confusing catch phrase.
Thing Two: Why does he say, "Burn, baby, burn"? Does he not like babies?
Thing One: No.
Thing Two: Does he not like his own baby?