Quote #1:
Gideon: "Momma, you should marry a prince."
Me: "I already am married to a prince."
Gideon: "No, you didn't marry a prince, you married a nerd!"
Lest anyone get the wrong impression here, I don't call Peter a nerd (at least not too often) but he regularly calls himself a nerd and holds nerdiness in the highest esteem.
Quote #2:
The boys were all gathered around me as I looked at Our Best Bites blog. They were oohing and awing and trying to convince me to make each delicious-looking treat. Unable to take it any longer, Gideon proclaimed, "My mouth is watering in vain!"
The Silas Ice Cream Incident
I gave Silas and Gideon each an ice cream cone on condition that they would only eat it outside. After a few minutes Silas opened the door with his ice cream cone in hand. Peter said, "Silas, what are you doing? Go back outside!" Silas retreated, but about ten seconds later Gideon popped inside with his ice cream cone. Peter, feeling frustrated, shouted, "Gideon, go back outside!" Instead of retreating, Gideon urgently shouted back, "But Silas has his pants pulled down and he's peeing on the lawn!" Sure enough. Peter looked out the window and there was Silas--bare bum, ice cream cone in one hand, something else in the other, and a little yellow rainbow in front of him.
