Overheard conversation between Henry and Ellis

Our most awesome blanket fort we made a couple weeks ago.  Sorry for the blurry picture.

E: "Henry, do you have a very good imagination?"

H: "Yes!  My imagination is one of my best attributes."

E: "Did you learn how to use your imagination in Joy School?"

H: "Hmmm....probably."

[pause]

H: "But Ellis, when you get into Kindergarten, you can't use your imagination anymore.  When the teacher is talking, you've got to listen to her instead."  [sighs]  "I'm still working on that."

Henry: King of the House

King Henry's big day came soon enough.

Breakfast of choice: Cocoa Puffs.

Morning entertainment: reading - and no one could tell him to stop and do his chores.

Lunch: Mac&Cheese and applesauce.

H: "That's my 'This is delicious' face."

Friend: Ethan from his Kindergarten class!

Outing: Museum of Science

Let's just say that it's kind of hard when your brother is the king and you AREN'T anymore.

Dinner: Grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup. 

"That's my 'I really like it' pose!"

"I actually don't put crackers in my soup for taste.  I put them in for imagination!"

Special treat: self serve frozen yogurt with LOTS of nasty gummy things on top!

I think Henry had a pretty good King of the House day.  It was interesting to see how he didn't rule quite as naturally as Ellis did.  Ellis was quick to say things like, "Well, I get to choose your computer game, because I'm the King of the House!"  That type of thing didn't even cross Henry's mind.  He kept asking what he should do for his extra chores, whether he could do 20 more minutes of computer time, etc.  Ellis, on the other hand, automatically assumed that the King would have no jobs and no limits for screen time!  So funny to see the difference between these two boys!

Goggles

E: "Henry, now we BOTH have goggles!"

  "(But I think mine are more specialer, because they've got crabs)."

Andean Condor and more

Henry's class went to the zoo last week.  Before they went, they learned lots of fun Kindergarten songs about all the animals they would see (monkey, elephants, tigers, etc.).  Naturally, when he got in the car after school, I asked him about the animals he saw.  His response included, but was not limited to:

Andean condor
ring-tailed lemur
wildebeests
blue-tongued skink
black-tailed prairie dogs
lowland gorillas
red kangaroos
vultures
scarlet ibis
emus

Not quite what I was expecting to hear, given the preface of the cute little zoo songs.  But then, knowing Henry, I should have seen it coming.

My other favorite H-quote from our zoo conversation:
"I can ONLY think of three kinds of running birds: emu, ostrich, cassowary . . . oh wait -- and rhea.  I guess I can think of four."

Wit and wisdom for your weekend

E: "Did the Quahog see his shadow?" (Henry found this to be the most hilarious thing he had ever heard and ran around the house laughing for 5 minutes)

H: "This is how you can tell if you're gonna throw up: it feels like there's tongues in your belly and they taste granola bars."

E: "My grand-sister goes by 'Pentagon.'"

Happy Quahog day, everyone!

A Few Treasures

We've been saving up Henry and Ellis quotes for a few months.  We thought we'd better share a few treasures.  Enjoy!

Henry
(to Jenn) "From now on, if you leave me alone, I'll leave you alone--Okay?"

"Me and Ellis both have the same plan . . . to DESTROY our parents!"

"Sometimes I go in the bathroom, take some extra toilet paper and chew it up."

(after watching a homemade Star Wars YouTube video) "I never knew light sabers were real until I saw that show."

B: Did Mom already get clothes out for you?
H: No.  Well, actually I'm not sure.  It's still just a theory.

(opening some chap stick he found in his stocking) "Lip Smackers!  Ha ha!  Santa got me pretend lip stick!"

Ellis
(while sorting laundry)
J:  We're gonna put this one in the pile to be sprayed.
E:  Oh yeah, from Dad being such a dirty guy.

"I'm gonna give Sam a blessing: 'Behold, be careful Samuel, and don't break the walls!'"

(looking at a picture of Adam Smith addressing some economists--don't ask) "When is Adam Smith going to say 'In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen' and sit down so somebody else can talk in the microphone?"

(authoritatively) "It is proposed that we sustain Elder Einstein, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, and Nikola Tesla.  Please manifest it."

J: Ellis, who is the President right now?
E: Barack Obama!  Who is going to be the President-right-now next?
J: I don't know; what do you think?
E: Maybe Tanner.  But not the Utah Tanner.  Eldon S. Tanner (We later found out he was getting N. Eldon Tanner confused with Marion G. Romney, whom he had mixed up with Mitt Romney).
(a few minutes later) E: A golden pancake is going to be the prophet after Joseph Smith.

"I can't sit in my car seat, because I can't sit very well . . . like Elder Packer" (he couldn't sit very well because he had a dirty diaper).

(Jenn passes gas)
E: Say excuse me!
J:  Excuse me.
E: (wistfully) I hope I do that soon.

(after Ben's shower) "It's foggy in here.  We need Rudolph!"

Remember when Ellis would make us all have alternative identities?  Thankfully, that has subsided, but he does occasionally have some relapses.  Here are two especially unique ones:

- Joseph Smith (E), Emma Smith (J), Heavenly Father (B), Jesus (H), My new baby from Africa (S)
- Clark (E), Lewis (B), Sacajawea (J)

And finally, Ellis still has a few words that he has no idea he pronounces wrong:
- Stop and Shot (Stop & Shop)
- Two-fick (Toothpick)
- Two-faced (Toohpaste)
- Episote (Episode -- Henry says this one wrong too!)
- E-merican Flag (American Flag -- where did the E come from?  We have no idea.  He says America just fine)
- Of-ouncements (Announcements)

We can't wait for Sam to join in the fun!