[Outside, while gardening]

Jose:  Mama, do ants ever fight each other?

Me:  Yes, I suppose so.  Like if two different colonies want the same food.

J:  Oh, so some of them are British?!

[In the car]

Heriberto:  Mama, what year was it when you were born?

Me: 1978

H:  So the Redcoats were still here when you were a baby?

[Umm... no, that would've been 1778... but thanks for that]

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And so my first TT is from just before my trip last month:

[Explaining to his co-op teacher that they would be absent during the week of my trip]

Heriberto [loud and clear for all the families to hear]:  Mama’s going to El Salvador, and we won’t be here because Papa’s too shy to bring us!

[Thus sealing forever that Fred will not set foot in that classroom... even though, no, he's not!] 

[I've been working with José recently on doing his brother the courtesy of waiting for him to wake up on his own in the morning, rather than José waking him up and Heriberto being tired all day.  I should point out that BOTH boys get up before Fred and I do, so we don't really know what all goes on...]

Me:  Did you let ‘Berto sleep all the way till his body was ready to wake up by itself?

J:  Mmmhmmm, but Monkey [J's favorite stuffed animal] didn’t … he was just dancing around and dancing around, until Bear waked up.

H:  (to José) Yeah, I wasn’t ready to wake up.  You should really put him in timeout.  [They're gonna be GREAT uncles one day!]

[Getting ready for school one morning, I overheard a very heated argument about an imaginary football game the boys were having that included:]

H:  No, NO, NOOOO.  I’m just the only one who’s on the Ravens!  [no doubt why they didn't make it to the Super Bowl this year!]

J:  No, I’M on the Ravens!  You’re on the Colts!  My imaginary friends are all Ravens!

H: No, YOUR imaginary friends are on MY team, and I’m on the Ravens.  And you have to try to beat us, but we’re going to beat YOU! 

J:  But I don’t want to kill my imaginary people!  [not sure why he thinks you have to "kill" anybody in football????]

H:  Well, they left now.  The game is over.

J:  But I still see more imaginary people!

H:  No, those are OTHER people’s imaginary friends!

[I'll let you know how the schizo meds work out for us.]

[On table manners, during a recent spaghetti dinner]

Me:  Boys, please use your utensils.

J:  Mama, in José World, they don’t use forks.  In José World they just use their hands.  (wiggles greasy fingers and grins)

["In 'José World?'"  Where do they get this stuff?]

[Fred, trying to explain the concept of money to the boys]

F:  Where do you get your money?

J:  From Mama.

F:  And why does she give it to you?

J:  Because she loves us.

F:  [not exactly expecting that one.]  Well, yes, because she loves you, but why else?

H:  Because we do chores.

F:  Right, and also because she loves you.  And where does Mama get the money she gives you?

J:  At the dollar store?

 [Their Tía Amy was over recently, and she started a game of "Tell Me Something that Starts With ____"]

A:  Tell me something that starts with the letter “H”

J:  Something that starts with an “H” … ummm … -GTV?”

[and now you know our viewing habits!]

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