Heard around the house

"Awesome!"

Said by: Evan & Grant

When: All the time. Everything is awesome.

Including: Vivian. Grant said, "Mom, Vivian is awesome." I agree.

Superhero of the Earth

Evan's theme song for the past couple of the months is, "Superhero of the Earth." Don't go Googling it-- it's an original creation. And it only contains one verse: "I'm the Superhero of the Earrrr-earrrr-earr-th" wash, rinse, repeat. This past week, he has particularly enjoyed singing it at the TOP of his lungs while pounding a tribal beat on his drums. We joke that the Cherokee blood in Jason's family is shining through... very loudly.

Overheard

Grant: Evan!

Evan: What?

Grant: Evan!

Evan: What?

Grant: Evan!

Evan: WHAAAAT?!

Grant: Because!

Into the imagination of Evan

This story was relayed to me first thing this morning.

"Mom, you know about vultures? They're really not good. The sneak out and dig in the dirt and eat people for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yeah. That's why they're not good. So we need to sneak out and get them first."

Brothers can hang out in their underwear

Recently, Evan has taken a particular liking to hanging around the house in only his underwear. When asked why, he responded, "Because I want to be just like Daddy."

Footnote: For the record, Daddy does not [typically] hang around the house in his underwear.

Kids are funny - Reason #256

Scene: Me with the kids, driving in the car.

Evan: Mom, when I turn 10, I don't want to have beer or tomatoes... or lettuce.
Me: Ok, you don't have to.

So many thoughts on this one...
Clearly, Evan's picked up on our staple diet of Bud Light and salad!
Is 10 the new 21?
Who in their right mind would group beer in the same category as vegetables? Not me, no sir!

Conversations with Evan: About brothers

After riding two seconds in the car this morning, Evan starts whining and yelling at Grant (Over what, you ask? Because Grant is pretending that the toy dinosaur he's holding is a car and Evan says he shouldn't do that. Well, you asked!). The conversation ensues:

Me: Evan, Grant can pretend that the dinosaur is a car--stop yelling at him. Remember, Grant is your brother and you like to have fun with him.

Evan: I love him?

Me: Yes.

Evan: Why?

Me: Because you do.

Conversations with Evan

Evan: Mommy, can I take my shoes off?

Me: Sure-- why?

Evan: I want to wear my feet.

Me: You mean you want to go barefoot?

Evan: Yes.

A trip to the grocery store

[setting: in the car]

Me: We have to go to the grocery store, ok Evan? We need to buy some salad, some bananas, milk and eggs.

Evan: And we have to buy beer?

Me: No, sweetie. No beer. (because actually, we still have some left in the fridge from last weekend. and let's be honest, Mommy prefers red wine.)