Bonus Post: Sound Bites 43

Matthias: Knock knock knock. Mom, say knock knock!
Me: Okay. Knock knock.
Matthias: Who's there!
Me: ...

Kaitlyn: I don't want to die.
Me: Everyone dies someday.
Kaitlyn: But it's going to hurt.
Me: Not necessarily.
Kaitlyn: It will not hurt when they cut off my leg?
Me: ... I don't think you're going to die by having your leg cut off.
Kaitlyn: I won't?
Me: No.
Kaitlyn, sadly resigned: Oh. It will be an arrow then.
Me: ... No, I don't think it will be an arrow either.
Kaitlyn: But how will I die?
Me: I don't know, but I imagine you will live to be a very old lady and then just die.
Kaitlyn, relieved: So the bad guys are not going to get me!

Matthias: Can I more yucky?
Bryan: I'm not putting wine in your sippy cup.

Gretchen: Mom! We are making a party in a boat! And right now we're putting holes in the boat!
Me: Holes in a boat doesn't sound like a very good idea.
Gretchen: It will be so fun, because the water can spray out!
Me: And then what?
Gretchen: It will be like little fountains and everyone's clothes will get wet!
Me: But what will happen to the boat?
Gretchen: It will be wet from water spraying out of the holes.
Me: And then what?
Gretchen: Everything will be a little wet.
Me: What happens to a boat full of holes?
Gretchen: ...Does it ...sink?
Me: Yes. A boat full of holes will sink.
Gretchen: ...
Gretchen: ...
Gretchen: ...
Gretchen: Well, we have magic, so we will make it not sink.

Gretchen: Are we in Paris?
Me: No, this is Dayton.
Gretchen: Well I thought I saw that tower that is in Paris, so that's why I thought we were in Paris.

Me: Do you know how old you are?
Matthias: Yes, I grandpa.

Me: ...Give us this day our daily bread -- shush your face and say the prayer -- And forgive us our trespasses...
Bryan, later: And people think the pope is making radical changes to the Lord's Prayer.

July 21-28

...But not really. This is mostly just the pictures from the last post.

Matthias likes to bury people as they are lying on the couch:

Hanging out with Julian. I believe the hat was because it made him look like Aladdin:

Jacque's dress:

Kaitlyn went to Grandma's hair salon to get her haircut fixed:

At the drive-in:

Four flower girls and one of the two ring bearers for Uncle Brad and Aunt Shantelle's upcoming wedding:

Waiting for fireworks with Aunt Keshia, Uncle Tyler, and Rudy:

Fun times at Grandma's house:

Siblings and spouses:

The Dive Bar:

A few more pictures from our June Pittsburgh trip:

Another trip to the zoo:

Matthias lounges with Daddy's phone in the big bed:

Matthias uses a headband as a bow tie:

Almost all the books we own. Approximately 27 cubic feet:

Matthias:

Matthias's birthday:

Watching the car get an oil change:

Watercolors:

Close-ups for Oma: