out of the mouth of gabe

and a little ezra and titus too, for good measure.

:: "it's cockroach season!" -gabe

::  "our band will be called 'the commando band'!" (referring to the kid orchestra that he plans to start with all of his friends) -gabe

::  "mom, train whistles are in the woodwind section.  so is the bottle." (apparently planning to use all of the instruments he can find in the house for his orchestra, regardless of how unconventional they may be). -gabe

::  "it's like if i was eating a giant bacon the size of jonah!" -gabe

::  "ugh, i hate that guy!  learn how to drive, teenager!"  -gabe

:: "mom, humans are at the top of the food chain.  except explorers.  they are in the middle." (confused, i clarified and learned that this is because sometimes explorers get eaten by wild animals) -gabe

::  "hey mom, what is four plus eight?"  after i answered, he replied, "good!  then if we want to have twelve kids in our family, you can just be an octo-mom!"  -gabe

::  "hey mom, wanna see my nipple?" (and then, he showed me his elbow) -ezra

::  "very, very, very yesterday we saw mrs. frances and katie at publix."  (apparently, he meant "a long time ago.")  -ezra

::  "yes sir, daddy.  ezra, yes sir?"  (now he has gone beyond asking me if i am listening to actually making sure his brothers are obeying as well) -titus