Ree-cy-cl-ing...a casual conversation in the car

AT: Mom, we need to ree-cy-cle, right? Plastic bottles go in plastic bottle ree-cy-cling, paper cups go in paper cup ree-cy-cling…

Me: Yep, because we need to take care of the Earth

AT: Yeah, the Earth. We don’t want it broke. Cause if it’s broke, we have to sleep in outerspace…and then we’d have to wear outerspace outfits. That wouldn’t be fun.

Running

Audrey has interesting "form" when she runs--probably because she likes to wave at people while she's doing it. I offered her a tip:

Me: Audrey, if you bend your elbows and do this (motion here), you'll run faster.

AT: No, that makes my head hurt. 

Don't think about it

As we're leaving the store with a grocery cart full of stuff and Nina is getting crabby, Audrey says, "Mom! I have to go potty NOW."

Me: Oh man, Audrey. I'll hurry home. We can't take this cart into the bathroom.
AT: Ok

In the car, she's physically "holding herself," and saying "Mom...hurry!"
Me: I am. Don't think about it, Auddie.
AT: What do you mean "don't think about it?"
Me: Just don't think about having to go potty. Think about something else.

2 min later, almost home.
AT: Mom, I'm not thinking about it. I promise.
Then turns to Nina and says, "I have to pee. I have to pee. I have to pee. Do you have to pee, too, Nina?"

But God made us that way

Me: Audrey, stop picking your nose
AT: But I have boogers. ...... God made us that way, Mom.

The Flu

Mom, Zachary has the "flute"

As she took off her princess dress up clothes

AT: Mom, I don't wanna be a princess anymore...I just wanna be a human.

On construction in Pasco

Me: Wow, look at this new road the construction people built, Audrey.
AT: Oh. Does it feel good?

Audrey & manners

"You have to ooze (use) your manners to get what you want. Right, Mom?"