Top Ten Kyle & Owen Quotes From the Past Few Days:
- Kyle — After he got into big trouble for sneaking off into the kitchen and playing with Braydon’s cell phone: “Where’s my cell phone? I got no cell phone?????”
- Owen, while throwing his carrotts onto the floor during dinner: “Here kitty kitty, come eat your food kitty kitty!”
- Kyle, opening the door to let Cooper, our cat, outside: “O.k. Cooper, here you go Cooper, you go get birds Cooper. GO GET THE BIRDS!!!”
- Owen, on the drive home from daycare: “Mama, you and Papi go to the restaurant today!” (this is Owen’s not-so-subtle-way of telling us that he wants to have their babysitter, Alex, hang out with them). Upon hearing me respond to Owen by saying “No, we’re not going to a restaurant tonight” Kyle, all disappointed, says: “No restaurant tonight? Oh man!!!”
- Kyle, speaking to the uneaten remainder of a hummus sandwich left on his plate at lunch: “You wait right there! After nap, I no eat you. After nap, I eat Newton cookies!” [Fig Newtons]
- Owen, upon getting in trouble for throwing his cup across the room, desperately trying to deflect any responsibility: “I can’t throw that cup! The wind did it! The wind blew that cup!”
- Kyle, in a ploy to try to get Fig Newtons, pointing to the inside of his mouth: “Mama, I have an owie in there. Owie! It hurts in there! Mama, I need to put Newton cookies in there!”
- Owen, walking around the house holding our cat Cooper in his arms: “See this?!?! This is my baby. This is my baby! Say, ‘hi baby’!”
- Kyle, repeated daily (sometimes multiple times daily), whenever his brother goes poopie on the potty: “I can’t go poopie on the potty today. I go poopie on the potty very, very soon.”
- Owen, in response to the question “Do you want milk or juice?”: “I want beer!”