E is for Truck

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"Papi, look... an E truck. E is the letter of the week at school." — Lucas, 4.
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Stinks In Here

"Papi, this morning, in bed, I burped from my butt and then I burped from my butt again." Lucas, 4.

THE ROAD TRIP THREE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06___LOSdYw

FUNNY HA HA.

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SPANISH: "¿Mami, ja ja qué Mami, ja ja qué?"
ENGLISH: "Mami, ha ha what Mami, ha ha what?"

My wife was on the phone with someone, laughing it up.

Diego just wanted to know what was so funny.
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#1 ENEMY OF KIDS EVERYWHERE: SLEEP.

"How long until the morning is here?" — Lucas, 4.

(Lucas's bedtime question).
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GRACE'S BLOG DEBUT

So far, only Diego and Lucas have made appearances on this blog. That's just because Grace is much more refined and a little shier than her two brothers. She's also still getting the hang of this "talking" thing. But she's improving daily. In fact, just this morning as we were watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, she was having a deep, existentialist conversation with her twin brother Diego. It was all about self-identity, assertiveness and, er, little green fairies. It went something like this...

Diego: Diego Mickey. Grace Minney.
Grace: No Diego.
Diego: Si.
Grace: No, Grace Pimpaba.
Diego: Pimpaba?
Grace: Si, pimpaba.
Diego: Diego Mickey.
Grace: Grace Pimpaba.

So there, settled.

She wasn't about to let Diego define her personality based on a cartoon character. She did it herself.

Oh, in case you don't speak 2-year old... PIMPABA = TINKERBELL.

SHAKESPEARE FOR TODDLERS

I'm gonna hire Brian Cox to Shakepearize my kids.

This is great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loDMRzPiCic&feature=featured

CRAZY IS CRAZY... IN ANY LANGUAGE.

"Eh seor es oco." — Diego, 2.

Spanish translation: Ese señor está loco.
English translation: That man is crazy.

The story:

We were at a red light when a strange-looking character tapped on my window begging for money. I waved him off but he insisted. He wanted me to lower my window. I waved him off again, and just then, the light changed. He stepped aside and moved over to the sidewalk and I drove off. No one in the car said anything. BUt after a few minutes, Diego delivered his statement. I guess when you're two years old you already know the difference between normal behavior, and well, not "all there" behavior.

ME WRITING... LUCAS THINKING.

A conversation between Lucas and I.

I was writing down some of the things he was saying last night so I could post them on the blog. He saw me scribbling away and asked,

"Papi, what are you writing? What are you writing? Papi, Papi, what are you writing?"

I didn't answer right away because I was... er... writing.

So he just answered himself...

Oh, you're writing that you love your whole family.

I stopped writing and answered, "Yes."

My wife and I both smiled.

ROCKETS & TRAPEZOIDS

A monologue by Lucas, 4.

Do rockets have trapezoids?
How do you do a trapezoid?
Oops, I think I did a pallelelogram.
How do you draw a rocket with a trapezoid?

LITTLE TRAILER

Lucas: "What do you call the little part of the movie?"
Me: "What?"
Lucas: "Like the Toy Story 3 little part we saw."
Me: "Ah, that's called a trailer."
Lucas: "Trailer?"
Me: "Yes."
Lucas: "So we saw a little trailer."

WATER IS NOT CITY.

"Stingray City is not a city because water is not city." — Lucas, 4.

FAST LIKE A SONIC.

"Today in school, I ran fast fast fast like a Sonic and my friends too did it the same." Lucas, 4.

Who is Jesus?

"Dad, is Tío Paco Jesus?"

We went to church this weekend for a special mass dedicated to my dad. Lucas was unusually still and quiet. For a 4 year old anyway. I turned to look at him and I saw him staring intently at the priest (his uncle) and at a massive statue of Jesus on the cross. He noticed I was looking at him and that's when he asked me the question. My answer: No, but he works for jesus.

Big NO for Snowland

"HEY, PEOPLE FROM AMERICA DON'T BELONG IN SNOWLAND!"
— Lucas, 4.

OK, this one needs a little explanation.

On the way to grandma's this morning, we drove past a health food store. On the window, they had a poster of kids running on a beach. The sand did sort of look like snow. And we drove by it quickly. Yesterday, I was explaining to Lucas that we live in Florida where it never snows. I told him other places in America do get snow. Makes sense, right? A logical 4-year old mash-up.

Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars

"Can we watch Star Wars when we get home, 6 times?" - Lucas, 4.

Rain

"Rain wets everything, but not lakes and waterfalls." — Lucas, 4.