conversations

While walking towards our minivan, I said to the boys as we passed a pale yellow VW bug, "Look at that cute car! Isn't it cute boys?"
Merritt and Ian nodded.
As I opened the sliding door of my minivan, Ian points to my car and says, "This car not cute, Mama."

Nope, nope it isn't, son.

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During lunch, the boys and I were chatting. Merritt was talking about when he could drive and where he would go (amazingly, his first choice was church...I will remind him of that when he is 16). I said, "Someday you will be driving your kids around. Do you think you will have boys or girls?"

He thought for a second and exclaimed, "Boys and girls!"

"I just have boys, you know, " I said with a grin on my face (or was it a grimace? no, it was a grin).

To which he responded, "Smart boys!" with his own little grin.

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Before naptime today, as I was closing his door, "Good night Ian!"

"Good night Mama. Will you lock the door?"

"Why do you want the door locked, Ian?"

"So the monsters can't get in."