~Futon Conversations~

<Incredibly loud THUMP and shaking floor>

Me: "What are you doing!?"

Eamon: <totally nonplussed> "I'm falling off the futon. That's what I'm doing."

Me: "Why are you doing that?"

Eamon: "Just because."

Hmm, if that's what this kid is doing for fun, maybe I should get him a Wii... Nah! ;)

~Haircut Conversations~

<While cutting Eamon's hair tonight...>

Eamon: *sigh* "When are you going to get a haircut?"

Me: <wondering how he forgot that I'd just had several inches lopped off today> "Uh, one of these days I guess?"

Eamon: "Good!  And daddy can do it since I don't know how to use the clippers or scissors."

Me: "Why do you think I would let either of you cut my hair?"

Eamon: "Well, you cut our hair.  That's not fair that we can't cut yours!  And how come you get to go to a haircut place and we don't?"

Me: "Because I'm the mom..."

Sometimes it's good to be queen, er, mom!  ;)

~Workout Conversations~

Mark: "Hey, buddy.  Wanna' help me with my workout?"

Eamon: "Sure! Are we going to do 100 crotches?"

Mark: "Um, no, I don't need any more crotches. We'll do crunches later.  Let's do squats."

And this is why you never want to let Eamon plan your workout or you might end up w/ 100 crotches... ;)

~My Little Pony Conversations~

Eamon: "Mommy, do you know what a cutie mark is?"

Me: "Um, like on My Little Ponies?"

Eamon: "Yeah! Well, I should have a cutie mark of tap shoes!" <wildly and without rhythm, beats his feet against the floor>

Me: "You want a tattoo of tap shoes on your butt?"

Eamon: "No!  A cutie mark!"

Me: "Did Rowan show you a lot of My Little Pony videos on the internet today?"

Eamon: "Yep!" <Goes on to describe about two seasons worth of My Little Pony shows in 10 minutes>

Me: "Um, right. So back to the tap dancing. Do you like doing that? Do you want to take some dance lessons?"

Eamon: <with disgust> "No! Dance lessons are for girls!"

Me: *sigh* "Right..."

~Passport Conversations~

Eamon: "Now that I have my passport, we can go to Venice."

Me: "Passport? What passport?"

Eamon: "You know, my 'passport to fun' from Olive Garden?"

Me: "You mean your kids' menu?"

Eamon: "Yeah, now we can go to Venice."

Me: "Wait, I thought you wanted to go to London?"

Eamon: "I do. We'll go to London, then Venice. I like to travel."

Mark: "You do realize that's not a real passport, right?"

Me: "And that even if you had a real passport, it doesn't mean that it's any cheaper to go to those places, right?"

Eamon: "Oh, man!!"

*sigh* If only the Olive Garden kids' menus/passports served as coupons for traveling abroad... ;)

~Weighty Conversations~

<This morning as Eamon was watching TV on the couch, I attempted to pick him up and roll him onto my lap for a quick snuggle and found he was a lot heavier than I expected...>

Eamon: "You can't pick me up, mommy, b/c I'm holding the remote control."

Me: "So...?"

Eamon: "The remote control adds extra weight so now I weigh too much for you to pick up."


Despite the added weight of the remote control, I did finally manage to pick his heavy butt up. ;)

~Sister Conversations~

Before bedtime tonight...

Me: "Eamon, if you wake up w/ a nightmare tonight, I think you should get Rowan up instead of us.  In fact, that's why she's got bunk beds, so you can go sleep in her her room when you have bad dreams!"

Rowan: "And that's why I keep my door locked at night!"

Eamon: "I'll just punch it until it opens. I did it before. I just need to get my boxing gloves..."