and I’m the dad.

Beth:	[age 4] "I think you're trying to trick me."
Luke:	[age 8] "Me? Why would I try to trick you?"
Beth:	"Because you're Luke."
Luke:	"I'm your brother! I would never try to trick you."
Beth:	"Oh yes you would."
Luke:	"Have I ever tried to trick you before?"
Beth:	"Yes. A lot."
Luke:	"I can't believe you are telling me this. This really hurts my feelings."
Beth:	"I'm just telling the truth."
Luke:	"I can't believe you don't trust me. Mom, did your brother ever try to trick you when you were kids?"
Mom:	"Yes, all the time."
Luke:	"YOU ARE NOT HELPING."
Beth:	"You're a tricky one, mister!"

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[Scene:	I overhear Luke, age 8, in the next room talking with his sister Beth, age 4]
Luke:	"Everybody on Earth is crazy."
Beth:	"Me and you are not crazy."
Luke:	"Yes we are. Everybody is."
Beth:	"Are snakes crazy?"
Luke:	"Are snakes people? No. Only people are crazy."
Beth:	"What about rabbits or chickens?"
Luke:	"Maybe a little."
Beth:	"Well, I'm not crazy."
Luke:	"Yes you are. So am I. And especially Dad."
Beth:	"Oh yeah, he's really crazy."

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[Scene:	Luke, age 8, is sitting next to Beth, age 4, who is wearing a bandage around the wrist she sprained a day earlier]
Luke:	"I guess I should take it easy on you, because you hurt your hand."
Beth:	"I didn't hurt MY FIGHTING HAND!" [punches Luke in the stomach with her good hand]

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"BE CALM! I am only here to destroy you utterly. That is all."

— Beth, age 4, during a sword fight with her older brother

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Thanksgiving and the Sky Song

Beth:	[age 4] "For Thanksgiving, we're going to put on a show."
Me:	"We are?"
Beth:	"Yes! We're going to build a stage outside. A real stage with real curtains. Then the curtains will open and Luke will sing a song while I dance."
Me:	"I had no idea. What song is he going to sing?"
Beth:	"It's a new song. We have to write it. Here is a piece of paper and a pencil. You start writing."
Me:	"But what should it be about?"
Beth:	"It should be about the sky. Call it 'The Sky Song.'"
Me:	[writes that down] "Okay. So, what are the words?"
Beth:	"Here is what I like about the sky..."
	---
	I like the sun in the sky.
	I like the clouds in the sky.
	I like the stars in the sky.
	I like the moon in the sky.
	I like how the sun and the moon are bright.
	I like how the sun and the moon are bright.
	I like the birds flying in the sky,
	Especially the birds flying in the sky,
	Because they can fly whenever they want to.
	I don't like rain that makes us all soaked and yucky.
	But I do like snow that I can pack into icepacks and throw.
	---
Beth:	"Now, you go write the song. Don't come back until you are done!"

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United Supernova!

Me:	"What are you doing?"
Luke:	[age 8] "I'm giving Beth pushes on the swing and telling her all the different levels of swinging."
Me:	"Different levels of swinging?"
Luke:	"Yeah, you know, names for how high you are swinging. Like different levels."
Me:	"I didn't know there were levels. What are they?"
Luke:	"The first one is Knight. Then there's Baron. Then there's Princess. Then Princess Supernova, Queen, Queen Supernova, King, King Supernova, and finally United and United Supernova."
Me:	"United Supernova?"
Luke:	"Yeah, United is all the others combined together -- that's the highest level of all, except Supernova makes it even higher. United Supernova!"

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