PJ: “Colter, please go wake up Brett.”
Colter: “But I like my head where it is.”

Jim: “Indigo was determined to go as far as Brett did. Jade was determined to go farther than Indigo.”

Emery: “Come help me wrap this batch of caramel candies.”
Indigo: “How many candies do I get to eat if I help?”
Jade: “I want 3.”
Indigo: “Are you kidding me? I want at least 5. That’s a BIG batch of candies.”

Fletcher: “Thor was in a good mood today.”
Greyden: “So that’s why you’re covered in mud.”
Fletcher: “Yeah, we were having lots of fun.”

Indigo: “Why am I covered with kitty hair?”
Jade: “Maybe because you were playing with the kitties for forever?”

Fletcher (after riding a rental bike 8 miles one way and getting ready to head home): “Okay, time for more butt-pounding.”

Brett: “Are there more strawberries?”
PJ: “Yes. They’re on the top shelf.”
Brett: “Oh, short-me didn’t see them.”

Hewitt: “Hey Indigo, you know how you’ve been reading the Wizard of Oz books?”
Indigo: “Yeah!”
Hewitt: “I just found something that says Oz! Look, it says 24 oz size.”

Emery: “Books are the essence of the world.”

Colter: “Jade, what are you doing today?”
Jade: “I don’t know. I never plan my day. Ask Mom.”

Greyden: “I know how to tell if you’re a lefty or a righty – do fencing all day and then put bandaid on all your cuts and blisters. You’ll know by which hand has 300 bandaids.”

Emery: “So what kind of ice cream did you guys get?”
Colter: “Go away, vulture!”

Hewitt was locking up the soaproom at the end of the day. He set the alarm system and then went out the wrong door, which set the alarm off immediately. A few minutes later, the police pulled up. According to Hewitt, this is how the conversation went.

Hewitt: “It’s ok, we set the alarm off.”
Police Officer: “It was you, wasn’t it?”
Hewitt (grinning sheepishly): “Yep, it was.”

PJ (giving the kids a grammar lesson): “If I said ‘I went for a walk with Daddy,’ Daddy would be the object of the preposition.”
Jade: “So Daddy is an object?”

(Hewitt got 4 stitches in his finger the other day.)
Hewitt: “I’m very very sad because milking is the best part of my day and I couldn’t even go to the barn!”