Our Take

 Conversation with Rory… Rory: I wish I had some cheese. Me: Why?  Rory: Because then I could have…some cheese. 

 Conversation with Lindsay… Lindsay: Hailey has to sit in the back. That will be a blow for her.  Conner: A blow??  Lindsay: I can talk English good, Dad. 

 Conversation with the Kids… Rory: Daddy, would you rather lose your thumbs in a car crash avoiding a bear or would you rather hit the bear and nothing happens? Conner: Hit the bear. Me: Kill the bear. Rory: What if it was a tiny deer?  Me: Kill it. Every time. Rory, seriously? It’s an animal. Henry: See, now they understand. They’re just animals. Hailey: I would rather kill it. Then stuff it! 

 Conversation with Hank… Me: Hank, there’s fake crab…that you made me buy… Hank: I know…I don’t know what I was thinking…I’m not even hungry actually.  Me: Then why did open the fridge and the pantry?  Hank It’s just what I do…

 Conversation with Lindsay (who changed outfits after dinner)… Me: Is that what you’re wearing tomorrow??  Lindsay: No…I just like to look fancy when I’m drinking tea! 

 Conversation with Conner (while asleep)… Conner: Oh…sorry!  Me: What? Why?  Conner: I thought I knocked over some heads. Me: Some what? Conner: Beads Me: Bees??  Conner: Beads. Me: Beads…What beads? There are no beads.  Conner: They’re gone. They were there and now they’re gone.  Me: Noo…You were dreaming.  Conner: I don’t know what you’re talking about.  Me: What made you think you knocked over some beads?  Conner: You were like, ‘gasp.’  Me: You were sleeping.  Conner: I’m confused… Me: Yeah. Sorry. You were sleeping. Go back to sleep. And I wasn’t like, ‘gasp.’ You must have dreamed I was freaking out about something.  Conner: Ok.