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SAM SAYS:

God is just a big head with two arms sticking out. He's a two-topus. (Feb '01)

(Asking a houseguest to leave the bathroom while he and Jacob get ready to take their baths): Excuse me. This is a private kind of relationship... with no people! (July '02)

(Explaining a headache): My imagination is turning up the volume as far as it can go and it's hurting my head. (April, '02)

Too bad we're not teenagers. Then we wouldn't fight so much (Nov. 99)

Jacob and I have been thinking that we won't have wives. We'll live together, but we're going to move to America because in America the refrigerators have ice that comes right out of the doors! (Nov. 2001)

(Working on a report on jellyfish): Ima, we can do homework and pretend we're scientists at the same time. You're scientist Jane. I'm scientist Ta... I'm scientist Max. (May '01)

Aba (Dad) is too old to be cute. So am I. (Oct. '01)

That's what I feel and there's nothing anyone can do about it. They haven't made a screwdriver that can fix my head! (Dec. '01)

JACOB SAYS:

(to the tune of "That's Amore")

"When a kiss hits your face
Like some gluey black paste
That's an Ima (Mother)..."(April '04)

(After being introduced to our record albums and phonograph) How do you rewind it? (Feb. '02)

(pondering the physics of popsicle consumption): Is human suckness stronger than gravity? (June, '02)

How do you make a guilt-a-fish? (April, '02)

I had a dream of ripples. You know how something goes into the water and ripples go out? I think it was like two enemies coming apart. First it was rough, and then it got quieter and quieter. It feels like peace. (Jan '02)

(Exclaiming over the egg he is given for supper) What an adorable, slimy round thing! (Oct. '00)

Ima, did you know that an aircraft carrier is as long as four baseball fields?! (Feb. 2001)

Ima, I think something happened to your computer. I didn't do it. (Dec. '01)

(Mom, exhausted, is resting her head on the table, and Jacob comes over and puts his head and chest on her knees) Lean on me, Ima. I'll be your Love Rest.

LEORA SAYS:

(Overheard playing "house" with a friend): Ask if I can play with you.
Friend: Mommy, can you play with me?
Leora: I'm busy.

(Having been told she's a 'big girl' because she took a shower by herself for the first time): Ima, am I a teenager now? (Aug. '02)

Leora has just finished polishing her nails - and fingers - red. "Ima, whoever can do this by himself, that means he's five! (April '02)

Right, all humans take baths? (Uh, yes...) But mermaids don't take baths because they're always in the water! (April '02)

Mommy, you get a sticker (handing her one). Only people who scream at me get a sticker (May '01)!

(Informing her mother that the bathroom scale no longer works): "Ima, the thing you stand on it and it tells you how old you are -- it's bwoken! (Sept. 01)

(Refusing to believe her mother's tall tale about the baby's magical powers): No, Ima. Only God does magic. And magicians. And Cinderella's very godmother. (May '01)

(Cable TV at a hotel... Mom switches off MTV as quickly as she can, but it's too late): Ima, put it back! I want to see the Barbies! (Dec '01)

Ima, I love you up to God's face. Even if God doesn't have a face. (Nov. '01)

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