Hey Remi, come on out! (In a sweet voice). There’s some peanut butter. And the black box is your new home. Not under the shed.
Josh (5 y/o)
Apr 28, 2021 at 10:47 AM

Were skeletons at some point real?

Josh (4y) after setting up our Halloween decorations

Sam’s story (7yo) using descriptive words.

the-red-panda.m4a

Josh: Why but

Sample conversation

Josh: Can I draw on the couch with this marker?

Dad: No, darling. We want to keep our couch looking nice and drawing on it would damage it.

Josh: Why but I want to draw on it!

Sloth and blue guy, they don’t bite. But Owly’s peck hurts sooo much.
Josh (4 y/o)
Sep 1, 2020 at 1:51 PM

Josh has been demanding that we dress him. When we refuse, he dresses himself.

Josh: Can I have your strawberries, Sam?

Sam: No. 

Josh: How about one? (He yoinks one from Sam’s plate and puts it in his mouth)

Josh 4, Sam 7 at dinner tonight

Josh comes out of the bathroom holding a toilet paper tube.

Josh: Mom, bend over. 
Mom: Uh, no. 
Josh: Dad, bend over. 
Dad: No thank you. 
Josh: Savannah, bend over. 

Josh goes over to Savannah and blows through the tube into her back.

Sunday 6:00am, Josh bursts into our bedroom while we’re asleep

Josh: 

I’ve finally got it!

He says, “nopedy nopedy nooop.

Rat-a-tat—a——hey! Why did they name it that?”

Chef’s like, “What?!”

And Linguini’s like, “Ratatouille. If you want to name a food, you’ve got to name it some that sounds delicious. 

Ratatouille doesn't sound delicious.
It sounds like rat and patootie. Rat patootie. And rat patootie does not sound delicious.”

A re-enactment later in the day

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