January 6, 2013 (Alyssa)

When I grow up I want to still take a taxi everywhere I go, so I can listen to music and dance instead of driving.

January 7, 2013 (Marcus)

(while betting the milk from the fridge at breakfast time)

Hey milk, you think you're so heavy, but you're not!

December 29, 2012 (Carrie to Brian)

It doesn't quite count as Charades if you're saying the words under your breath.

October 23, 2012 (Marcus)

Marcus:  Mom, I want a baby seal.

Carrie:  You want a baby seal?

Marcus: Mmhhmm.  Well, first I want a grown up seal, and then when he lays some eggs...do seals even lay eggs, Mom?

August 8, 2012 (Marcus)

Hey guys!  It goes youngest to mediumest to oldest.

July 13, 2012 (Brian)

Alyssa: I'm always afraid the bridge is going to collapse.

Brian: Mom is afraid of that, too.

Carrie: I'm afraid of that, because I have 4 kids in the back.

Brian: I know. You'd have to pick.

Carrie: Let's not have this conversation out loud.

Pause.

Brian: Are we having it silently now?

July 13, 2012 (Brian)

Ethan: I know how Dad is older than Mom!

Brian: I've always been older than Mom. She keeps trying to catch up to me, but I say, "Not to today!"

July 11, 2012 (Marcus)

(while playing a card game at the family reunion)

We have so much team! We have Grandma and Becca and me!

May, 2012 (Ethan)

We were all playing and wrestling, and Brian pretended to be dead.  Ethan noticed this and said, "Oh no! He's dead!  His heart stopped beeping!"

December 7, 2011 (Marcus)

Marcus:  Wou you like dum fodding on your pibba?

Carrie: No, thank you.

translation: Would you like some frosting on your pizza?

November 16, 2011 (Ethan)

Ethan: (walking into the school room) Mom, I'm tired of watching t.v.  I want to move mine hand around.

It took Carrie a couple of seconds to figure out that he was trying to con her into letting him use the computer.

September 24, 2011 (Alyssa)

Carrie: We need to hurry to Dads softball game.

Alyssa: Dad plays softball? I thought he quit sports a long time ago, because he's too old.

September 7, 2011 (Ethan)

Ethan: Do you know what Derek, Asher, and I do during recess?

Carrie: I don't know. What?

Ethan: We stick together!

September 5, 2011 (Carrie)

Alyssa:  Why can't we just play?  It's Labor Day!

Carrie:  Yeah, and do you know what the word, "labor" means?

Alyssa:  What?

Carrie:  To work.

Said about 3 or 4 Times a Week (Carrie)

Today I am going to thoroughly clean then house, and then we'll keep it clean!

August 24, 2011. (Brian)

Brian: You need to take Rebecca so I can take a shower.

Carrie: Just put her down.

Brian: But she's so cute.

Carrie: Yes, I know she's cute.

Brian: And snugglesome.

Marcusisms

reget = forget

ebby bubby = everybody

bemember = remember

August 7, 2011 (Rebecca)

Carrie:  You have such pretty eyes.

Rebecca: BUUURP!

She's going to be a real winner in the dating scene.

July 6, 2011 (Ethan)

Ethan: (while looking at a Safeway ad) Wow! Look at these prices! They are so low! Look at the slip and slide. It's only 60 dollars!

Carrie: No, it's 60% off.

Ethan: Oh, man!

April 21, 2011

Ethan to Carrie: I wanted to ask Dad, because he's smarter than you, right?"

Carrie texted this to Brian, and he called a few minutes later.

Brian: Is Ethan there?  I need to answer a question for him.