Overheard . . . the long "catching up" edition

H: "Once I've read one encyclopedia so much that I've got it memorized, I read another encyclopedia that I haven't read in a while."

E: Henry, how many people are at your school?
H: I think...400?
E: Okay, I got it.  Next time we go to your school, we gotta see EVERYBODY, and YOU gotta count 'em!



E: "Mom, I think Joe [the crossing guard] died because he was so old . . . or was it because he drank hand sanitizer?  I think maybe because he was so old."

E: "Mom, why is Sloane a bad singer, even though she already got baptized?"

E: "Why is Isaac still mean, even though he is already baptized?"

E: "I hope Satan repents, so he can come to Primary."

E: "Dominic said he has actually defeated Darth Vader before.  I always thought Star Wars guys were just pretend, but I guess they are real."

E: "I think Charles Ives is hot.  I think Mikhail Gorbachev is hot, and Gonzo is hot."

E (While singing Newsies songs): "I'm gonna be Specks" (one of the Newsies characters).
(5 minutes later) "I like this song.  I'm not gonna be Specks.  I'm just gonna be every guy."




S: "I wanna do lego dot com!"  (he actually wanted to play with the Lego guys)

J: And Nephi saw Jesus . . .
S: I saw Jesus too!"
J: You did?  When did you see Jesus?
S: In Chicago.
(For a while, he was saying that EVERYTHING happened "in Chicago."

S: "I wanna hold you in the book" (I want you to hold me while you read to me)

S: "I want my drink of milk BIGGA!  Make it BIGGA!"  (fill it up)
(This has evolved to Sam just holding out his sippy cup, grunting, and saying "BIG!"  or "Drinka Milk BIG!")

S: "Mom, I don't want to brink my drinka milk.  I'll stay it home."

S: "I don't want to wear shoes . . . or socks.  I'll wear just my feet."

S: "Mom, my extra job is going to my birthday party . . . with my jammies on."
(this is when he thought it was going to be his birthday party pretty much every day)

S: "No, I no like pointment!" (the word he used for "ointment" that we had to put on his diaper rash.  Every time we changed him, he would yell, "No cream!  No pointment!  No sour cream!  And NO baby powda!")

B: You forgot to eat your noodles, Sam.
S: I don't like noodles.  Noodles taste . . . not like cake.  And I like cake . . . and cupcakes."

S: "I'm thankful for sprinkles with cupcakes on top of it!"

S: "Mom, is me gonna have a nap today?  I just want to be happy (i.e. stay awake)."