Pancake Pro

Ambrose really really loves to make pancakes and he makes them frequently. After producing a griddleful of lovely pancakes, he returned to the griddle to use up the rest of his batter. He poured the pancake batter on and waited and waited and finally said, "I don't get it, these pancakes still aren't ready to flip." I looked at the griddle and realized that he had turned it off between batches so the pancakes weren't cooking at all. When I informed Ambrose of this, he groaned and said, "Ughh, such a rookie mistake!"

Stranger Danger

I took the boys to the dentist this week. Ambrose was the first to get called into the exam room, so I waited in the waiting room with Gideon and Silas until they could go back as well. When I went to check on Ambrose and see how he was doing, the dental hygienist related the following conversation:

Dental hygienist: "So do you ever go biking on the bike trails around here?"

Ambrose: "I'm not from around here." (The dentist office is about three minutes from our house, so I'm not sure why Ambrose said that unless he was just confused about where she was talking about...or unless he was trying to throw her off of his trail.)

Dental hygienist: "Oh, where do you live?"

Ambrose: "That's personal information."

Silas' Jacket Theory

Silas: "Mother, I need a new jacket."
Me: "But it's the middle of summer."
Silas: "I know, but I like wearing jackets."
Me: "But it's like a hundred degrees outside. They don't even sell jackets right now."
Silas: "But it follows the same principle as why you would want to hit yourself in the head with a hammer."
Me: "You mean so that it can feel better when you stop."
Silas: "Yes. If you wear a jacket, it can feel a lot cooler when you take it off."