Nate, "Extinct means all the dinosaurs died from a really bad stink."

Me, after seeing Nate's room, "Oh my, Nate. What happened here. This is a complete mess. This isn't good."

Me, after seeing Nate's room, "Oh my, Nate. What happened here. This is a complete mess. This isn't good."

Nate, unfazed,"Oma will clean it up."

"No, Nate. That's not right."

Nate, still unperturbed, "I'll clean it up with her."

On another note, Nate has a game that he has played, much to Sara's chagrin, for over two years now. It involves taking every object he can find an putting it in a giant pile. The name always changes. At first it was "playing dump truck", after that was banned it was "playing recycling truck", after that was banned it was "packing to go camping", then it was "building a nest", "building a meerkat den", "packing the moving truck", but the latest is pretending to be the Grinch and gathering all the "whos" belongings. Not sure why Sara, thought it was a good idea to bring that book into our house, but she did.

Nate, "Bad guys don't save the day. Good guys don't sleep in the day."

Nate, "Bad guys don't save the day. Good guys don't sleep in the day."

I assume there's an applied correlation. Perhaps he believes "saving the day" equals "not wasting your day".

Heard bells from inside our house. Turns out they were sleigh bells.

Heard bells from inside our house. Turns out they were sleigh bells.

Future Efficiency Expert

Future Efficiency Expert

In the washroom yesterday:
Nate extremely proud, "Dad, I wiped my penis off!"
Me, "Great, Nate! Good stuff!"
Equally proud, "...and I didn't put the paper in the toilet!"
Starting to worry, "No, Nate. That's not good. Where did you put it?"
(Begin looking around the washroom.)
Nate, still proud, "I didn't put it anywhere! I just left it on!"

I always enjoying walking in to a room and discovering the set ups the children have left behind.

I always enjoying walking in to a room and discovering the set ups the children have left behind. It's a little like walking into their imagination.

This one feels like it could use caption contest. Something about the baby toys being weeded out of the pack...

Just put the Christmas tree up! (Watch James in the background)

Just put the Christmas tree up! (Watch James in the background)