Role Playing

Gideon: "Opa, you be the bug, and I'll be the bug spray!"

Outsourcing

Judith: "Mom, can you please babysit Ruthie for a bit? Gideon and I need to work on chapter 2 of our story." 

Interesting, I've never been asked to babysit my own kids before...

Field Trip To Hawaii!

Gideon: "What does lava and water make?" 

Me: "Um... steam and rock probably?" 

Gideon: "Can we do an experiment to find out?"

Unwelcome Guest

Judith: "Wow! That entropy sure likes our room!"

Kitty Games

Gideon: "Sassy and I like to play tag... with hissing."

Not Quite...

Me: "Ruthie, when you wake up tomorrow, it will be next year!" 

Ruthie (eyes light up): "My birthday?!?!" 

Um, Thanks?

Gideon: "Did you have a shower and washed all the greeblies off?" 

Me: "Yup." 

Gideon: "Good job Mom, that was a good idea."