Olivia, to Owen, after he expressed serious concern over what must be a relatively new sensation: “You know what gets rid of hiccups? This!”
Archive for the ‘Overheard’ Category
26 Mar
Overheard
Rebecca: “Owen, come over here. I want to tell you how cute and little you are.”
Owen: “I’m poopy.”
15 Mar
Overheard
Ava, from the back of the man van: “Wait! I’m not bickily-bucked!”
Bryan: “Is everyone buckled up?”
Ava: “No! What do you think ‘bickily-buck’ means?!”
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Owen, to Uncle Tom: “My shirt glows in the dark. Your shirt doesn’t. Your shirt is broken.”
24 Feb
Asked and answered
Rebecca: “Were you kind to your friends today?”
Owen: “It was MY green truck! I left it in the kitchen! IT WAS MINE.”
18 Feb
Overheard: Negotiation
Rebecca: “Time for bed!”
Owen: “No! I don’t want to go to bed. I go downstairs.”
Rebecca: “Nope!”
Owen: “I go downstairs and sit on the couch. I watch tee-bee.”
Rebecca: “Sorry, babe.”
Owen: “I go downstairs and sit on the couch and snuggle you, mama…”
4 Feb
Overheard
Olivia: “I love my quartz. Isn’t it amazing how the smallest gifts are better than Ava’s?”
Rebecca: “I think you mean, ‘good things come in small packages.'”
Olivia: “No I don’t. I mean my things are better than Ava’s.”
26 Jan
Overheard
Owen: “Where are the dinosaurs? They’re in the sink?”
Rebecca: “No, not quite: extinct.”
22 Dec
Overheard: I’m getting a little lazy with all the questions, apparently
Owen: “I climb into the washing machine.”
Rebecca: “No, please don’t do that.”
Owen: “Why not? …Because?”
Rebecca: “Yes, because.”
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