2. Ouf of the Mouths of Babes

• Evelyn started to read "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" out loud and said, "Once upon a time, there was a moose."  Not exactly how the story starts, but super cute.
• When we were on our Mexico trip, Aunt Rachel asked Evelyn if she wanted to talk to us on the phone, and Evelyn said "No, thanks." She was having too much fun with her current activity.
• Maggie has been wanting to be 5 1/2 (instead of just 5) for a long time.  We told her that she would be 5 1/2 after Halloween, and she took that literally.  She said in her prayer today that she was grateful that she was 5 1/2.  Since Evelyn is 2 1/2, Maggie also said, "Evy and I are the only ones in the family who are 'in a half.' Jared is not 'in a half.'"
• Evy looked straight up at Alan today while they were standing toe to toe and asked "How are you today?"  Alan said, "I'm fine!  How are you today, Evelyn?"  "I'm good."
• Evelyn wore a tiger costume for Halloween, but she insisted she was "Daniel Tiger" from one of her favorite shows.  We were trying to get her to tell others that she was Daniel Tiger, so we said, "Evy, who are you today?" and instead of saying "Daniel Tiger" she said, "I'm Evy."
• Jared still pretends he has "The Force."  He used it just today to open and shut our automatic door on our car.  He didn't know anyone was watching.
• Evelyn sometimes gets sad when Maggie and Jared are gone and will say "I need Maggie" or "I need Jared."
• We told Evelyn not to jump on the bed, and she said "I'm just leaping."
• While I was changing Evy's poopy diaper this week, I asked rhetorically, "Evelyn, why are you so stinky?" and she said, "Because a big poop came out of my bum."  
• Maggie and Evelyn like to pretend to be kitties.  They crawl on all fours and meow in a high voice.
• We were trying to convince Jared to read the Harry Potter books, and he said "Over my dead body."  Then he started reading them on our trip to Cancun and couldn't put them down.  He read the second one in one day.