Soundbites

"Thanks for making this great food, honey!" Bea at the dinner table... showing some good habits she learned from her dad.

When Bea was asked what flavor her lollipop was: "It tastes like chocolate Parmesan cheese!"

Nathan: "You never know when you might change into a grown up. 'Cause maybe when your 5 you'll be sleepin' and then you'll change into a grown up."

Bea: "What does the tooth fairy leave under your pillow?"
Nathan: "A tooth."
Bea: "I thought you left..."
Nathan: "No. Toothfairies... First... It doesn't really happen."

While a yogurt snack is being served...
Bea: "Don't eat it because its goo!"
Mom: "Do you like goo?"
Bea: "Yes, because I'm a goo monster and I eat all the goo in the world."

Mom: "Its four days until my birthday!"
Bea: "Wow! How old are you gonna be?"
Mom: "34"
Bea: "We have to make you a BIG cake, work hard on it and get our energy out!"


And now some soundbites heard afterschool. Now that they're both in pre-school full-time, Nathan and Bea have been processing school rules and classroom culture among 3yr olds or 5 yr olds.

Bea: "I was good all day long. No hitting, biting, kicking, or grabbing!"
(then she promptly hit and kicked her brother 2 minutes later)

Nathan: "No kissin' at school because you might get spit all over the floor! If you kiss it's automatic red. (referring to the traffic light behavior system in his classroom). You can hug a friend not no kissin'!

Bea: "Don't tickle eyes. No. You will run away. You can tickle like this (touches the corner of her eye) but not like this (pushes on the middle of her eyes) No."