Something to Say {9/14 to 3/16}

B: Mom, Mom! Did you know that Felix can say, "r"?
J: Like the letter R?
B: Yeah. Both. He can say "arrrr" like a pirate and the letter R.
F: Arrrrr.

At bedtime:
F: Me hungry.
N: What do you want?
F: Um...
N: I'll bring you a bar. Do you want a bar?
F: No. Me want knuckle sandwich.

Summer 2015. Felix is in the process of dropping his nap.
N: Felix, you are really, really tired. I can tell. I think it's time for bed.
F: (Screaming. Stamps his foot and points to the sky.) It's not nighttime! It's still morning!
Ah. Those long summer days. 

Felix wearing his crocs in the bath:
F: Mommy me mermaid. Me boy mermaid. Me bubble mermaid. Me upside down mermaid. Me dancing mermaid.
Ariel really made a big impression at Disneyland.

Grandma Dorothy sent the kids a three-pack of these cool coloring tablets. Felix picked the princess one and then proceeded to explain to me, "The mermaid is punching someone in the face." Okay...

B: When I was born I wanted to see lots of trains.

On Magritte:
B: Why does that guy have an apple on his face.
N: That's the way the artist drew him.
B: Somebody should move that apple.

B: I just like using my front teeth for eating. I like using my back teeth for something else.
J & N: Like what?!

B: We're contacting the cardinal in our yard.

B: Daddy is the best fixer, and Mommy is the best finder.

F: Daddy?
B: No, it's not daddy. It's just me, Beckett. Or you can call me Bawby.

B drawing: I accidentally made the Death Star look like a big potato.

At the playground:
F: Mommy me bad guy. Me lock doors. (Locks imaginary doors)
J: Are you a good guy or a bad guy?
F: Me not good guy. Me just bad guy. Like Darth Vader. (Locks more doors)
F: Winka Wonka and Poof. Me good guy.

Beckett on Darth Vader:
B: It's really weird that Darth Vader is Luke's dad because he's bad and no one can have a bad dad.
N: I'll take that as a compliment.

Overheard:
B: Felix, why did you mix all of that up?
F: Because.
B: Because means no reason and there is a reason!

B: Before we were born we were just in Mommy's tummy.
F: In Mommy's tummy. Noo. Ahaha.
B: Yes.
F: That weird.
F: We no play iPad in Mommy's tummy.

 

All the times Felix says "You know."

Lady at the grocery store: What a good helper you are.
F: I like shopping because I like little carts, you know.

Nate and I are discussing whether or not Felix is well enough to go to school.
F: Well, I have a clogged ear, you know.
The verdict was yeah, he's fine.

Felix and Nate are standing on the top of a hill.
F: I'm afraid of heights, you know.

I suggest that Felix sit next to some nice little girls at the airport.
F: I'm nervous of girls, you know.

F: It would not be good if we had bomb yogurt.
J: ???
F: Because then it will just explode our body...and our head...and our face.

Felix keeps telling us that when he grows up he wants to become a farmer and have a horse.
J: Felix when you grow up and become a farmer what color is your horse going to be?
F: I don't know. Maybe pink. Or brown. Or maybe pink and brown.

Felix out of nowhere: I thought I was going to turn into a cowboy.

On a particularly good day:
B: Everything is more fun with Felix.
B: Felix is the best kind of friend.
B: Felix, we need you in the family. Felix makes everyone in the family happy.