He's a bit of a...

I had a sobering experience a couple of weeks ago.

I was conversing with my brother on our back patio as our kids were playing around in the yard. Odan was riding a tricycle around the table we were sitting at, as I nonchalantly talked about him. I started a sentence and had a slight pause as I was searching for the right words to continue, and Odan chimed in from the other side of the patio...

M: "He's a bit of a..."

O: "Fixer-upper!"

(Yes, the song from 'Frozen') It took me by surprise. Odan was way more observant and astute than I realized. And it suddenly occurred to me, what have I said about him when I thought he wasn't listening?

He rode over and I smiled at him joking,

M: "How did you know that's what I was going to say?"

O: "Wait, that's what you were going to say about me?"

I don't remember exactly how I played it off, but I made light of it and stopped talking about him immediately.

Ever since then, I haven't been writing down his 'Odanisms'. He's had a few good ones too (like when we were camping), but I haven't felt like I could publish them. And then when I think to put them on the blog just to store for memory's sake, I have forgotten them.

Once my mom-guilt subsides, perhaps I will be able to publish more of Odan's musings and one-liners.

Studio 5

O: "Mom, I don't like the movie 'Studio 5'."

M: "Why not?"

O: "Because all they do is make stuff."

M: "Well I like it."

O: "Well, making stuff is boring."

A collection

Odan was sitting on my lap and I noticed one of my hairs was on him. As I was pulling it off he says,

O: "What is that?"

M: "One of my hairs that fell on you."

O: "Can I keep it for my collection? I have a hair collection."

Barbie shows

O: "I hate the Barbie shows."

M: "Why?"

O: "Because they are so girlish. I only like shows that are boy-lish."

M: "You like shows that are what?"

O: "Boy-lish."

It's really me

I was doing dishes and the kids were playing. Odan came in from riding bikes looking for King (who was in the bathroom).

O: "King!"

K: "What?"

O: "King, it's me, Kevin."

K: "What??"

O: "Really, it's Kevin."

K: "The Power Ranger?"

O: "No, the guy with the iPad."

K: "No it isn't!"

O: "Yes, it's really me, Kevin."

Mom I love you

O: "Mom, I love you. Do you know why?"

M: "Cause I'm your mom?"

O: "That's my second reason. My first reason is because you're so beautiful."

M: "Aw, thanks Odan."

O: "You look pretty and beautiful and all the other things that mix to make pretty and beautiful."

Baby chicks

We inherited six baby chicks, whom we kept for a few days. At first we intended to get on board and keep them as pets, but when I realized the amount of time and energy that was needed to raise these little guys, our plans quickly changed. The chicks came from a Kindergarten teacher at his school, and Odan had watched them hatch and become very attached. Here's how giving them away went down.

M: "It's time to take the chicks to their new home."

O: "You mean outside?"

M: "No, a new home. A farm."

O: "Wheeler Farm?"

M: "Not quite. A different one a little further away."

The boys came with me to drop them off at their new home. As we were taking the chicks out and putting them in their new cage, Odan said,

O: "Mom, I feel sad."

M: "I know honey, let's say goodbye and tell them they're going to have a good life here."

Odan bends down,

O: "Bye, you're gonna have a-" he is holding back tears and choking up, "good...life...here."

We get back in the car and as we are driving away Odan literally bursts into sobs.

M: "Odan, I'm so sorry! They are going to have a good life! Some people just take chicks and feed them to their other pets, but they get to grow up and live there."

O: "I hope Batman doesn't get eaten!"

Batman was the name of his chick.

O: "Mom, it hurts when I swallow!"

M: "Honey I'm so sorry!"

I felt like the worst Mom ever. Periodically I would hear things throughout the week like, "I miss the chicks" or "This song is sad and reminding me of the chicks, turn it off"

Names of our other fluffy friends: King named the biggest one Vladimir, DeeAnn named two- Anna and Elsa, I named one Beethoven, Odan named his Batman, and Kendall named one something even he doesn't remember, although I called that last one Peach.

Loose tooth

One of my teeth was hurting,

O: "Mom, maybe you have a loose tooth."

M: "I hope not!"

O: "Maybe it will fall out and then you'll have and old guy tooth."

No means yes

Odan kept asking me if he could play videogames. I kept saying no. Finally he said,

O: "Well I just made up a language called 'Odan's language' and 'no' means 'yes' and 'yes' means 'no'. So you're speaking 'Odan's language', so thank you for letting me play videogames!"

Kindergarten

I was volunteering in Odan's class the other day and listening in while the class learned about 'o_e' (pronounced o blank e). His teacher asked Odan a question,

Mrs. A: "Odan, does your brother King ever talk about 'o_e'?"

O: "Um, no."

Mrs. A: "You haven't ever heard him talk about 'o_e'? First graders learn all about 'o_e'."

O: "I don't know."

Mrs. A: "Well Odan, I want you to go home and ask King about 'o_e' and come back and tell us what he says."

O: "I'm not going to go home!"

She laughs,

Mrs. A: "No, don't go home right now, I meant when your brother gets home from school, I want you to ask him about it, then tell us tomorrow what he says."

O: "Oh, okay."

I asked Odan about this plan later when he was home from school and he said,

O: "I don't know what King says about 'o_e' because I'm not in his class!"

Fresh air

I hear Odan while using the bathroom say,

O: "I need some fresh air."

So I respond from the hall,

M: "Why do you need some fresh air?"

O: "I don't know. Maybe cause my tummy hurts. Yeah my tummy needs some fresh air."

When the Earth needs rain

During a rainstorm...

O: "Wait, how does Jesus know when the Earth needs rain?"

Headaches

O: "I think headaches are allergic to water."

Babysitting

While playing with baby Sho,

O: "Is this nice?" (Odan is patting the baby's head softly)

I nod.

O: "I don't want Sho to EVER get hurt."

Wake up call

Going in to wake up the boys for school,

O: "Mom, you always wake me up right in the middle of a dream, and I wanted to finish it!!"

M: "Okay, sorry, go back to sleep for 2 minutes, finish your dream."

After I go in again I ask,

M: "What did you dream about?"

O: "Me and King were in Bowser's Castle, and we beat Bowser."

What a baby thinks

We were tending a little baby the other day, and while driving carpool the little one started crying. I tried to console her as we drove saying,

M: "Aw, baby...what do you think?"

and Odan chimed in,

O: "I think she thinks this is life."

Pneumonia

O: "Wait, can pneumonia kill you?"

M: "Yes, it can."

O: "I almost got killed??"

M: "No, because you are a healthy boy. When you are already really sick and you don't get any help from doctors, then you can die from pneumonia. Having pneumonia doesn't mean you will die."

Mom?

O: "Mom?"

M: "Yeah?"

O: "I hope you never get lost. Or broken. Or stolen."

Speaking of awesome

While Odan is telling me something, he spots an ad for Baskin Robins and says,

O: "Speaking of awesome, that ice cream cone is killing the awesome!"

He was referring to a Spiderman ice cream cone.

Wizard if Oz

My kids' comments while watching "The Wizard of Oz"...

O: "Wait, does he not have a brain?" (the Scarecrow)

O: "How can metal talk?" (the Tin Man)

When the Cowardly Lion makes his appearance King was perplexed,

K: "What the heck?"

And finally at the end,

O: "Wait, that was all a dream??"

Don't tell anyone

O: "Mom, don't tell anyone these stories."

M: "You don't like it when I tell people your stories?"

O: "No. Just keep them a secret."

M: "Why don't you like me telling your stories?"

O: "It's cause...I just can't tell ya. It's cause I don't want to."

M: "Are you embarrassed?"

O: "Yeah."

The opposite

O: "Hey dad, what's the opposite of fire?"

Daddy: "Uh...gee Odan I don't know. Huh."

I chime in,

M: "Water."

Daddy: "No, I don't think there is an opposite of fire. Good question Odan."

M: "Yes, there is...'not' fire."

Daddy: "Nice hon."


What is the opposite of fire?

One time I had a dream

O: "Mom, one time I had a dream and guess what it said?"

M: "What?"

O: "The planet Earth is going to explode like the planet Krypton."

M: "Whoa Odan."

"Let It Be"

Listening to "Let It Be", the original version and Odan asks,

O: "Mom, what does this song mean?"

M: "What do you think it means?"

O: "Nothing. Now just tell me."

M: "Well, I think it means not to worry about things, just 'let it be'."

One Direction

Driving listening to One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful".

O: "I don't like this song because Lucas likes it. And he loves DeeAnn."

M: "What's wrong with that?"

O: "Well, they want to get married and I don't like that."

M: "Why not?"

O: "Because then whenever I go see my sister, he will just slap me out because he doesn't like me."

M: "Yes he does Odan. And, DeeAnn would never marry anyone who didn't like her brothers, right DeeAnn?"

D: "Uh-huh."

M: "Lucas likes you Odan. And he'll like you when you guys grow up too."

O: "Well I hope you're right."

Resurrected

Watching General Conference out of the blue Odan turns to me and says,

O: "Mom, what if I get resurrected and I get a mean mom?"

M: "You won't, it will be me."

O: "No, when I'm resurrected."

M: "Odan, it will be me still. Guess what? I get to be your mom forever."

He hugs me.

Final Four

We were watching the Kentucky/Wisconsin game at my brother's house. After one particularly awesome play we were all cheering loudly at the tv, and right after we calmed down Odan screams excitedly,

O: "Now THAT'S what I call basketball!"

Yes! Go Kentucky!

Can I say something crazy?

The kids were watching 'Frozen' the other day, and I heard Odan repeat some of the lines from the movie to himself...

O: "Can I say something crazy? Will you marry me? Can I say something even crazier - no."

Then he laughs to himself. And I laughed to myself too.

Casting spells

All three kids were sitting together in the front room on the floor. King was waving DeeAnn's wand around trying to cast a spell on her,

K: "Turn DeeAnn to the other side of the Earth!"

He is pointing the wand at her waiting in silence. Then begins waving again and says,

K: "Turn DeeAnn to another country."

Again nothing happens. Odan says,

O: "Maybe your wand is out of batteries."

Mom I love you

O: "Mom I love you twice a second."

M: "Wow, twice a second?"

O: "Yeah. What does that even mean?"

M: "I think it means you love me a lot."

Leprechauns

O: "Mom, do leprechauns like gold?"

M: "Well, I don't know any leprechauns, so I don't know if they like gold or not. How do you know about leprechauns?"

O: "I forgot."

M: "Oh."

O: "I just haven't learned about them yet."

March Madness

Watching some "March Madness" this weekend with the boys (King loves to watch the game, Odan loves to watch the commercials) and the cheerleaders are on camera wearing their midriff outfits, and I say,

M: "Aahh! What happened to their shirts?"

The kids giggle and Odan says,

O: "Sometimes when girls show their belly buttons it's beautiful."

"Say Something"

Listening to "Say Something" on the radio.

O: "Did they say 'Say something I'm giving up on you'?"

M: "Yeah, it's kind of a sad song."

O: "What does 'giving up' mean again?"

M: "It means 'quitting' or 'to quit'."

O: "So 'say something I'm quitting you'?"

M: "Yeah."

O: "Aww." (sadly)

In the hospital #2

M: "Odan, you have wires coming out of your shirt. Are they robot wires?"

O: "Huh?"

M: "Wait, are they turning you into a robot?"

O: "Yeah! They are! Aaahhh! I'm turning into a robot!"

This is how I knew he was feeling better. His sense of humor was coming back.

However, when King and DeeAnn came in to visit the first time, as I was explaining all the tubes and wires to them I said,

M: "And see these wires? This is where they are turning Odan into a robot."

DeeAnn and King both gasped...

D: "What??"

K: "No!"

They totally believed me. The looks on their faces were so sad and devastated. So I quickly said,

M: "No, no, I'm just kidding. They aren't turning Odan into a robot."

Then Odan pipes in,

O: "Yes they are. Look, these wires are really coming out of my skin!"

I had to tell Odan it wasn't a funny joke to King and DeeAnn. They were really scared for a minute.

In the hospital

O: "Wait, this thing is for old people!"

M: "What thing?"

He is pointing to the plastic tubes going into his nose (his oxygen).

O: "This thing."

M: "How do you know it's for old people?"

O: "Because I see the old ladies at church. They have this."

Nothing Compares to You (yes, Sinead O'Conner's song)

Listening to Sinead O'Conner's "Nothing Compares to You"

O: "Mom, what does 'nothing compares to you' mean?"

M: "When she says 'nothing compares to you' she is saying there is nothing in the world better than the person she is talking about."

O: "Because she loves them so much? Is she talking about her husband?"

M: "She is talking about someone she loves very much."

An hour or so later I am doing dishes and Odan comes in and hugs my legs and says,

O: "Mom, I just wanted to tell you I love you. And nothing compares to you."

M: "Aw, thank you Odan. I love you too and nothing compares to you."

He excitedly starts shouting to King and DeeAnn,

O: "Guys! Hey guys! Mom said nothing compares to me!!"

Avicii's "Wake Me Up"

Listening to the radio in the car, Avicii's "Wake Me Up" is playing...

O: "Mom, I don't like this song."

M: "You don't? Why not?"

O: "This song makes me sad."

M: "It does? Why?"

O: "Because he's lost."

M: "He's not lost, he didn't know he as lost."

O: "Oh, so he was playing 'Hide and Go Seek' and he didn't know how to play? He just waited till everyone hid and he counted then didn't know where to look? Maybe that's what happened."

Vicks Vapor Rub

After picking up Odan from school last week,

O: "Mom, I'm not feeling good."

M: "Yeah, I'm sorry. We're going to get you some medicine for your cough."

O: "Okay, but not that DISGUSTING medicine."

M: "Well I like the smell of that medicine."

O: "Ew, it's disgusting!"

He is referring to Vick's Vapor Rub. I had smeared some on his chest the night before. He woke up before school crying because he was "too stinky" to go to school. I washed off the Vicks and he was fine.

The week before when DeeAnn had this cough, we'd put some on her feet with socks and Odan refused to play with her because she was "too stinky".

Who doesn't like the smell of eucalyptus and menthol??

When I cough

O: "Mom, when I cough it feels like my throat explodes. A very spicy throat."

Don't feel good

O: "Mom, I don't feel good. I think I watched too much tv."

M: "Oh, I'm sorry. Dinner is ready, do you want to eat some dinner?"

O: "No, I'm not hungry. I'm just going to take a rest."

He proceeds to go upstairs to his bed and goes to sleep at 5:30pm.

In charge

Odan and DeeAnn were playing in the boys' room and I over hear this,

O: "DeeAnn, you are the queen, so that means you are in charge of the Earth."

Misdirection

O: "Mom, I'm trying to do a magic trick with these four cards."

M: "Okay."

He stands in front of the mirror clapping his hands together while the cards lay in his hands.

O: "Mom, this is called misdirection. It's supposed to make the cards disappear. But it's not working."

He keeps clapping expecting the cards to disappear. Then finally lets them drop to the ground."

O: "See. Misdirection."

Read-a-thon

The theme for this school year is "Woodstock is Out of This World". So the read-a-thon theme is "Reading is Out of This World". I've been diligent at having them read a decent number of minutes every day. By Thursday Odan tells me,

O: "Mom, reading is 'Out of This World'. So we don't have to read anymore, since it's out of this world."

Picking up Odan

Picking up Odan from Kindergarten on Friday, he runs out excitedly and exclaims,

O: "Mom! I'm a WINNER!"

(Read-a-thon week, they draw names and give out prizes)

Recycle bin

O: "Mom, where is the 'Sega' box? I want to show it to King."

M: "It's in the garbage, I threw it away."

O: "Mom, you threw it in the garbage? You should have put it in the recycle bin so it could be made into something else!"

M: "I did put it in the recycle bin."

O: "You did? So now it will be made into something new?"

M: "Yep."

Hey mom

O: "Hey mom, your butt is bigger than my face."

M: "Odan, that's not very nice."

O: "Why? It is bigger than my face."

M: "Well, I guess you are right. That's just a weird thing to say."

Red eyes

At the library after storytime the kids were encouraged to paint a picture. I was right next to Odan as he began painting. Here is our conversation...

O: "There's the head, and here are the RED eyes!"

M: "Oh wow, red eyes?"

O: "Yeah! And a red body!"

He finishes up and I say,

M: "Oh wow, Odan. Who did you paint?"

O: "That's you mom."

I looked at the mom next to me and we chuckled. I told her I wasn't sure if I was flattered to be his muse or concerned he views me with red eyes.

**Note - the watercolors were quite runny so I made sure to keep the picture level as we wandered around the library while it dried. Also I didn't want my "red eyes" to stream down and become "red eyes with red tears". That would have been a slightly more horrifying rendition.

Clip-on earrings

Odan came downstairs from DeeAnn's room sporting these clip-on earrings. Awesome.

Leaving Zion

Odan loves hiking. When we were getting ready to leave, he negotiated for us to do 2 more hikes before we left. He kept saying,

O: "Mom, I don't want to leave Zion National Park. I just love it here. I want to stay here forever."

The Judge

O: "Who is the judge?"

M: "Of what?"

O: "Of our country."

M: "There are 12 and they're called the Supreme Court."

O: "Why are there 12? For different countries?"

M: "Nope, they're for our whole country."

Almost there

While on a longer hike the kids were starting to get tired. So Kendall tells them,

K: "I think we're almost there."

Odan agrees saying,

O: "Guys, I can feel in my belly that we are almost there."

Cactus

While hiking, Kendall stops the kids to show them a funny looking cactus,

K: "Hey guys look at this cactus, it's all wrinkly!"

O: "Maybe it took a shower."

Time

On our road trip down to Zion National Park, Kendall was sitting in the back with the boys, asking them about their day.

K: "Odan, did you get out of school on time?"

O: "Uh, mom did I?"

I nod yes.

O: "I don't know time."

M: "Yet."

He turns to Kendall and explains,

O: "Yeah, I don't know time yet."

You're bugging me

O: "Hey mom, do you know what you should say when you see a bug?"

M: "What?"

O: "Hey bug, you're bugging me! Get it? Bugging me because he's a bug?"

He laughs at his own joke. I laugh too,

M: "You're funny Odan."

'Thriller'

Listening to 'Thriller' on the radio.

O: "Mom, what does 'thriller' mean?"

M: "Um, it means surprised and scared and unexpected. All those things in one."

We get out of the car after the song ends,

O: "Hey King, do you know why I like that song?"

K: "Why?"

O: "Because it rocks!"

Favorite part of the day

M: "Hey Odan, what has been your favorite part of today?"

He looks very seriously at me and says,

O: "I don't know yet."

I Love Valentine's Day!

Driving down the road the kids were talking about Valentine's day...

O: "I love Valentine's Day!"

K: "Valentine's Day is all about candy."

O: "It is??"

Say Something Funny

A friend was over and was talking about Odan. He called Odan into the room and said,

S: "Odan, say something funny."

Odan, a little shy at the sudden silence awaiting his reply as everyone was staring at him says very normally,

O: "Poo."

The friend and my husband bust out laughing hysterically.

Ode to Big Blue

As per my dad's request, I played a Gordon Lightfoot song for my kids, "Ode to Big Blue". They loved it, asking to listen to it again. As they were getting ready for bed, I overhear Odan tell King,

O: "King, isn't that kind of a sad song? Because he passes away."

Winner

O: "Mom, King was a winner."

K: "At what?"

O: "You were a winner."

K: "At what?"

O: "Uh, I forgot."

Opening Ceremonies

Kendall was feeding the kids breakfast Saturday morning, talking to them,

K: "So did you guys watch the Opening Ceremonies with Mommy last night?"

O: "Yeah. It was so lame."

Team Cheer

Odan and I were watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and we started stacking our hands one on top of another. Next thing I know Odan says,

O: "No mom, just leave your hands on mine."

M: "Okay."

O: "Gooooooo Barrowes!!"

(as he ritualistically raises our hands in the air)

Gas pipeline

They are tearing up 1300 East to put in a new gas line. We drive through the construction every day. Today DeeAnn asked me why they are "breaking the road". I told her I'd explain when we get home...

O: "No, tell us now."

M: "Okay. Do you know what 'gas' is?"

O: "Yes, it makes cars go."

M: "That's right, but it is also used to warm our homes through our heater, and our water through our water heater. So they have gas lines that go into our houses so we can have heat."

O: "Ew. And our farts are made of gas."

M: "Yes, well that's a different kind of gas."

"You Gotta Be"

I scored a 'NOW 1990's Alternative' cd at the library. Driving down the road singing "You Gotta Be" by Des'ree with Odan in the back looking through his library books listening to me sing. The song ends and Odan says,

O: "Well that was a lame song."

New pants

I took Odan to get some new "play" pants. We are in the Old Navy dressing room. He tries on the first pair...

M: "So how do these pants feel?"

O: "Good. I just farted in them."

I'm trying not to laugh...

M: "Okay, guess we'll get these ones for sure!"

A Good Feeling

This is an old one, from over a year ago that I recently found...

O: "I have a good feeling."

M: "What is it?"

O: "It's that Uncle Issac's house is not going to explode. Home is a place in your heart that will never explode."

I'm so hungry!

It was past bedtime. All the kids were tucked in, and Odan kept complaining,

O: "Mom! I'm so hungry! I'm as hungry as 200 elephants!"

Odan's prayer

About to eat lunch,

O: "And please bless that all of the spiders in the Earth will be killed."

I did explain to him what would happen if there were no spiders, but he didn't seem to care. I felt exactly the same way when I was his age.

Hard Work

O: "Mom, I hate doing hard work."

M: "Why?"

O: "Cause when you clean up you just pick stuff up and put it away. But what if you forgot where it goes?"

M: "Then you find a place for it."

O: "I will choose under the bunk bed."

Read my lips

O: "Mom, read my lips."

I stare at him as he stands perfectly still, mouth closed.

M: "What do they say?"

O: "I don't know, I asked you. So what do they say?"

China

As we are eating lunch, Odan brings this up out of the blue,

O: "I thought China was just a bunch of dirt and stuff."

M: "Why did you think that?"

O: "Cause Mulan lives there, and why does it look like a bunch of sand and stuff? Why?"

I'm so happy

Sitting in the kitchen eating lunch...

O: "Mom, I'm so happy we are real."

Married

D: "Well I'm going to marry Lucas when I grow up."

O: "In the Temple?"

D: "Yes."

O: "Okay cause if you don't get married in the Temple then you will get divorced."

Going IN to Wendy's

O: "Mom, remember that time we went IN to Wendy's to eat? That was the happiest day ever!"

M: "Really? Why?"

O: "Just because!"

No more talking

Odan comes into our bedroom two hours after bedtime for the umpteenth time and begins to talk when I cut him off,

M: "Odan, no more talking!"

Then Kendall interrupts and says,

K: "Hon, let him talk."

O: "Um...I just wanted to say I love you. That's all."

He closes our door and goes to his bed in tears. (Worst mom moment!)

Am I speaking Spanish?

Odan runs into my room excitedly and asks,

O: "Mom, am I speaking Spanish? Eva espanola."

M: "Wow Odan."

O: "Well, am I speaking another language?"

M: "I don't know, but it sounds good."

I have been growing

O: "Mom, I have been growing for 5 years."

M: "Uh-huh."

O: "Wait, when I was growing in your belly how old was I? Negative zero?"

Home Alone

O: "Once I was left home alone."

M: "No you weren't."

O: "Uh-huh! Let me tell you all about it. Once upon a time, I was alone at home. And I could do whatever I wanted."

Snowflake

O: "One time I saw a snowflake on someone and guess how beautiful it was?"

M: "How beautiful?"

O: "40,000!"

A kid forever

O: "I wish there were no adults in the whole Earth!"

M: "Odan, you are going to be an adult one day. Do you wish you weren't on the Earth?"

O: "I wish I could stay a kid forever."

Outer Space

O: "Dad! Does outer space really never end?"

K: "Nope, it never ends."

O: "When I'm an astronaut, I want to go to other galaxies!"

Figure skating

I turned on some pairs figure skating this weekend. Odan walks in and starts to watch it with me,

O: "Is this a sport?"

M: "Yep."

O: "Whoa. How can a man be strong enough to throw a wife?" (slight pause) "Twice!"

Stop singing!

When Odan was a lot younger he didn't like it when I would sing. He would tell me over and over,

O: "Stop singing!"

Sometimes he would get mad and yell it. I always laughed because every time it would sound like he was saying, "stop sinning!"

Booger Juice

O: "Mom, 'booger juice' is just snot."

Poison Ivy

King was reading Odan a Batman book in their blanket fort. I over heard these comments,

O: "Look, there's Poison Ivy. She's pretty."

K: "Yeah she is."

O: "Why would you want to fight a pretty girl?"

K: "I don't know."

Get to work

I had put the kids to bed and had a pile of laundry to fold and a pile of bills to go through. Odan was trying to get me to lay with him, so I explained all of the work I was going to do. He understood and I went into my room with a bowl of cereal and turned on the tv (I needed 10 minutes before I took on these tasks).

About 2 minutes later Odan appears in my door about to say something when he notices I am not doing any of the tasks I had mentioned. He gives me a disapproving look and says,

O: "Mom! Get to work!"

I wish I was born before you

Odan was not wanting to go to bed and kept coming out of his room to 'tell me something'.

O: "Mom, I wish I was born before you."

M: "Why?"

O: "Because I want to be the dad. And do you know what I will never do when I'm a dad? Work late."

Cute children

Driving down the street.

O: "Aw, those are cute children."

M: "Where?"

O: "No, no, no - in the song." He makes a high pitched voice and sings, "It's always a good time."

There's a restaurant

O: "There's a restaurant called 'Chuck-a-Rama', it's the bestest restaurant ever!"

Biting Ghosts

O: "Guess what happens when you bite ghosts?"

M: "What?"

O: "They go 'aaahhhh'!"

M: "How do you know?"

O: "King told me."