The Ozmerican Life

It's fun to see the kids grow up and get ideas of their own. They have no choice but to use their limited vocabulary to get at eachother the best way they can.

Ava's normal response to Quaid or Jentzen when she's upset with them..."You're not my best friend!"

And Jentzen has started crossing his little arms as tight as he can squishing up his face, "I'm angry at you!"

This morning I was listening to the kids as they were eating breakfast:

A: "Quaid, you make me sad!"

Q: "Why?"

A: "Cause you're beating me!" (pertaining to eating their breakfast)

Q: "Well Ava, we're horses and they are fast...you're a turtle and turtles are slow"

Q: "Let's slow down for Ava, Jentzen."

J: "No I go fast"

Q: "Jentzen, you're not the father!"

A: (huffing and puffing) "Quaid you can't love mom and dad!"

Q: (in a most whiny and sad voice) "Mooooommmmmm, Ava won't let me love you!"

Q: "I do love mom and dad Ava!"

A: "Well how about you love dad cause you're boys and I love mom because I'm a girl!"

Q: "I love mom AND dad!"

Me: "You can all love both of us!"

It's so funny to me how they think what the other says really matters. But like Quaid has learned...it's what the mother and father says that is the end all...and don't you forget it kids!!