I told Riley he couldn’t have the Sprite because I was saving it for a recipe. Riley said “I’m changing my name to “a recipe”” -age 9

R: oh my gosh mom! Is that a phone booth?! They still exist!? -age 9

My oldest, X X was given a color by maths equation sheet to do and said they discovered that similar pieces were the same color..so they just had to figure out the easiest equation. When I said that was cheating they said it was “finding the simplest solution to a complicated problem” -X age 12

X argues with me and I growl at them. Moments later they kissed my hand. I said "thank you but you're still in trouble" .....they say "how do I get out of trouble?" -"listening to me" -"no..that won't work.." X - age 4

Riley yelled out My nipple fell down! Thinking I misheard him I asked him what he said My nipple fell down! Look! He has a bug bite on his ankle that’s the same colour as his nipple. He thought it fell off lol -age 3

Stopping at the store coming home from the beach Riley: “Can I come in too?” Me: “no, you’re dripping wet” Riley: “yeah…the only thing X (big sister) is dripping in is sarcasm” -Riley age 9

This one is from my oldest at age 9, with our cat Overheard X talking to Appa (the cat) “when you die, I’ll make you into a mummy. You’ll be he envy of all the cats” ...maybe too much history lately lol

Riley’s was talking about Canadian birds and came to turkeys His dad said “there’s a turkey in the car!” As he poked me I swatted him and Riley said “haha, good one turkey” 🙄 -age 9

I’ve been getting after Riley to feed the cat and finally said, “don’t make me growl at you” He said “Wouldn’t want the turtle to turn into a snapping turtle” -age 9

Riley just said he’s headed to California So he can get California rolls They don’t rock though… -age 9

Today Riley told me his bum felt like a raspberry. So tell me If your bum were a raspberry, what would it feel like? -age 4

This is from when Riley's older sister was 9 -Overheard X talking to Appa (our cat) “when you die, I’ll make you into a mummy. You’ll be he envy of all the cats”...maybe too much history lately lol

Age 4 - just after christmas

We went out for ice cream, and after I ordered Riley’s cotton candy ice cream, he asked about the fountain in the parking lot. I said it’s a wishing well. Thing about what you really want, and throw your coin in and maybe it will come true! 1/2

Riley has picked up on the fact that his dad is the house husband. He pipes up today, “mom, when dad dies, you’ll have to do the dishes! And the floors! And the laundry!” -age 6

This is my nibbling but I couldn't resist Nibbling (5): (Points to chicken bone) is that the stuffing? Bro: No that's its leg! Nibbling: Chickens don't have legs! Bro: Yes they do! SiL: How else do they walk? Nibbling: Not very well

Riley keeps lying down on our walking trail and crying because he doesn’t want to leave. And I told him he must be exhausted if he keeps lying down. He said he’s not exhausted his brain just won’t listen to him -age 4

Riley was supposed to be eating, and he got up to talk to his dad. I told him to go sit back down and if he got up again he’d go right to bed. Next thing I know he’s in talking to dad again, and dad says "well you’re up again so it’s time for bed." -“No, I haven’t even sat down yet!” -age 5

Riley wakes up way too early, so I’ve told him to go in his room and read or play quietly until the sun comes up. This morning he comes in after we told him to go back to his room, “the Alexa said that it was gonna be cloudy today, so the sun isn’t going to come up, so I’m just out here now” -age 4

Riley told me a kid in his class said that Riley said the F word I said “you know what the f word is? What is it?” “It’s a super bad word” Lol obv but just once you can tell me He looked around and said very seriously and quietly "Friggin’" -age 5

Riley just saw pogos and went “Oh my gosh! Hot dog popsicles!” -age 5

Riley just went up to a woman on the playground and pointed over to me, sitting on the bench, and said that’s my mom! She’s on TikTok duty 😂 -age 5

Riley just told me a joke I learned two things about tigers. One: when you shave a tiger, it’s skin is striped the same as it’s fur. Two: tigers don’t like to be shaved AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! -age 5

Riley was asking how many days to Christmas yesterday. I said, well Christmas is Dec 25, and today is Oct 22, so two months and three days. Riley returns, in about 3 seconds, “so 63 days!” Shaun and I were shocked. Riley explained, “each month is 30 days, plus two. It’s simple!” -age 5!

Riley climbed in bed with us at 3:47 am and promptly fell asleep. He wakes up 2 hours later and does his normal countdown to 6 am. At 5:59 he is watching the clock change, but the digital display on the clock is broken and only shows parts of the numbers, so the six looks like a backwards 3. 1/2

Riley wanted to go to England to see his uncle even when we said he's an hr away I said "its at least $2000 just for flights" He said I could put it on my Mastercard...nope So the little bugger went to church and during story time asked the church for $2000 so he can go to England! -age 6

Riley kept reading to himself until We said he had to go to bed now He goes "can you pause it??!" …you don’t have to pause it…it’s a book -age 6

Riley said "what’s the difference between magic and a magician" I said "a magician makes magic" He said "that’s the point, but what’s the difference!?"

Riley was asking what happens to the hot chocolate he drank and I said it filters through your kidneys He said "I have a kidney! And pointed to his knee" 🤦‍♀️ -age 6

Riley tells his dad "I finished Search for the Lightning Dragon and in the end…(he paused) They found a lightning dragon!" Completely seriously 🤣