things sivyers say...

"mommy, i believe i am cake drunk." -gabe

"ahhhh!  the twister's got me in it's clinches!" -ezra

"if i can't handle this, then i won't be able to handle anything in nature when i am older." -gabe, handling the old banana peel like a boss

"mom, doves stand for peace. but also, they stand for poop."  -gabe

"mom, dogs have bones, but they do not breathe air." -titus, who apparently knows a ton about dogs

"mom, i hope i die of old age and not of being killed by a wild thing.  but i'll probably be killed by a wild thing on one of my adventures.  like maybe a viper." -gabe

"mom, guess what?  rabbits are good.  good at fighting." -titus, this one is a real animal expert

"ahhh! another starbucks?!  why build so many starbucks when you could make a wildlife center instead?  stupid coffee."  -gabe, we get this rant every time we pass a starbucks

"jesus is my mom and god is my dad." -titus, also a theologian

"i would know those pine trees even if they all had christmas hats on." -gabe, expressing his intimate knowledge of the pine forest we were passing

"i don't want to get trompled... on my seventh birthday!"  -gabe, in response to the horse that was following us

"it's like there are a million wizards up there!" -ezra, pondering christmas lights

"there are secrets in ezra's brain that i will never understand!" -gabe, in response to ezra's speedy dressing skills