The things they say, age 4

Today in the car Brian was telling me all the rules for Disneyland.  As best as I remember:

“Rule number one: No food and drinks, because then you get crumbs everywhere.

Rule number two: No pushing or hitting people.

Rule three: No bombs [?!?!?]

Rule four: No dumping dirty water on people’s heads.

And that’s all the rules.”

This is Brian with his flower.  He is always picking flowers (clover) for me, so one time I picked him this red clover while we were out walking.  He was riding his trike and carried this carefully back the whole way, riding with one hand, and as soon as we got home, he ran inside, filled this container (an empty ricotta container) with water, and gave his flower some water.  It was so sweet!

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(In the car) Eli: “Brudder?  Cool car?”

Brian: “Yep, Eli, there’s lots of cool cars in this town.  And some not cool ones.  Like old cars.  And crashed cars.”

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Brian (out of the blue): “I hope I’m not allergic to Eli.”

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And a bonus Eli moment:

Eli woke up, got Brian’s teddy and announced “Teddy breakfast.”  He brought him to the high chair and put on a bib.  I asked him, “What does teddy want for breakfast?”  “Chicken” he replies.  Good choice for a bear’s breakfast, I guess!  So I gave him a bowl and spoon so he could feed the bear.  So cute!  Brian wanted in on the action too, so he is giving puppy a bowl of water.  Monkey see, monkey do is the rule around here and it goes both ways!