6 year old weight lifters

This is the conversation that took place in the back seat as I drove Ben and Ashton to school today:

Ashton hands Ben a birthday invitation and then says, "We are going bowling for my party."

Ben says, "I'm not very good at bowling."

Ashton says, "I am, and I'm really strong, I can lift twelve pounds by myself."

Ben pulls up his sleeve to show Ashton his muscle and says, "Me too, I've been working out at my Grandma's house."

Ashton then pulls his sleeve up and says, "I've been working out too."

The whole time I was trying not to burst out laughing in the front seat.

No one and nothing

I was watching a cartoon with Ben that posed the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Ben looked at me and said, "When I grow up I want to be No one and do nothing, just like you!" I guess it's true, a mothers work is never done and never appreciated.

Why change the sheets?

This morning I was changing the sheets on my bed. Reed came in and asked what I was doing. When I told him I was changing the sheets, he looked at me and said, "Oh, you peed." Clearly in his mind the only reason you change sheets is when you wet the bed!

pears are yesterday

This morning I put a new wreath on my front door. Ben was watching me as I was putting it up. After I hung it I turned to him and said, "how does it look?" He studied it for a second and then said, "not with the pears, pears are yesterday."

It's all about the egg

Yesterday Reed asked for a Pop Tart. I gave him one and after he took a bite he decided he didn't want it anymore. So he turned to me and said, "there is egg in here." It didn't matter how many times I told him there wasn't, he still insisted there was. I guess he has been paying attention to our label reading obsession of egg content.

It's all my fault

Today I was playing Mario Brothers with Ben while Reed watched. When we died on one board Reed turned to me and said, "It's your fault." Apparently now even the three year old in the family feels the need to tell me I'm no good at video games.

Handsome Boy

This morning while I was combing Ben's hair I said to him, "Where did you get so handsome from?" He looked at me all exasperated and said, "Remember mom, we just don't know."