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Robert has been going around saying, "Everything equals K" If you have any idea what that means, let me know. An update: apparently, I misunderstood Robert. He was saying "Everything equals cake". That makes much more sense.

Jonathan and Robert were playing robots, and Jonathan said his was a friendly robot. He then proceeded to tell Robert that he was going to destroy Robert's robot. How, you ask? "With friendliness!"

I used to be able to draw almost anything and Jon thought it was fantastic. He asked me to draw one of the characters from "Thomas the Tank Engine". He took a look at it and said, "Not even close." Sigh.

Jon went with me to vote. He kept quoting the Simpson's episode from last Sunday, "Three votes for McCain, four votes for McCain..." Fortunately, no one accused him (or me) of electioneering. He was a good boy for most of the time. We had to wait twenty minutes or so. When I was casting my vote, he decided that would be a good time to kiss my hand over and over. When I stopped him, he decided to sit on the floor underneath the voting booth, where all three of the voting booths were plugged into an outlet! An alert election volunteer said nicely, "Don't touch that!"

We were trick-or-treating in our neighborhood, and we kept emphasizing to the kids that they needed to watch for cars. Two cars rounded a corner and Jon yelled, "Look! Cars! Have mercy!"

The boys and I were shopping and Robert said he wanted a particular kind of cheese cracker. "Not on my watch." said Jon.

I told Jon that we were going to a Halloween party. He replied,"A Halloween party? I'm going to rock that party!" I laughed at that, and he said, in a subdued voice,"I always rock the party."

This was said to Jon: "You rock!" His very cool reply: "I rock on purpose !"

Jonathan has not only shortened his first name to "Jon", he's also given himself a new middle name. Ladies and Gentlemen: I give you JON LAZER!

We are always trying to encourage Jonathan to do new things "all by himself", and let him get treats out of his treasure box when he does. The other morning, he announced that I had won an award: "For doing laundry all by myself." I treasure that award (invisible though it may be). I didn't know that anyone noticed!

My father collects all of his change for the year and gives it to the boys on their birthdays. He brought out his stash of change this year, and Jonny exclaimed, "Holy Abalone, that's a lot of cash!"

Our cat Hannah jumped on the table to see if she could share our food. She went over to Jonathan's plate and he said to her, "Do you mind?"

Jonathan broke my heart today, and now he's trying to break my head. (No naked karate!) He said to me in the sweetest voice, "You will be in my heart forever." And then he said, "That's just a joke."

Robert recently graduated from Nickelodeon to the Cartoon Network, and I'm worried if it might be a bad influence on Jonathan. Last night, out of the blue, he said, "Not another zombie massage!"

I was in another room while the boys were getting ready for their baths this evening. I heard the "thunk" of the toilet seat, and then Jonathan said, "My work here is done."

We were driving back from Dayton and we playing games in the car. We first started out playing "Spongebob", where each of us was one of the characters from the show. Then Jonathan decided we should play another game, based on the "Magic School Bus" books and shows. He was the white blood cells, I was good bacteria, Jim was bad bacteria and Robert was the small intestine!

I was helping Jonathan make sure his posterior had been wiped. I said "Does that feel clean to you?" "Clean and sparkly!" he replied.

Jonathan was using a stepstool to reach something, and as he was at the summit, he said "Hey, I can see my house from here!"

Jim was cuddling with Jonathan and singing to him. Jonathan replied "Go do what you do best", which, apparently, does not include singing.

We were taking a pleasant drive one day when Jonathan said,"It's quiet in here...too quiet"

We've been working on table manners with Jonathan. He wanted something from his brother, so we had him say "Please may I...". He followed that with hearty "I want to cut your head off!"

Robert has started many clubs over the years, including the infamous "Butt Club". That club is for anyone who says that particular word . It's very popular with the under 6 crowd, who think the word "butt" is hilarious. His latest is the "No Adults Allowed Club". I asked him who was eligable to join the club, and he said, "Anyone who goes to our church who is under 30."

Jim told Jonathan this morning that he and Robert were going to be singing a special song at church today. Jonathan asked "The ABC song?" He was crushed when he heard it was not going to be the ABC song.

Jonathan turned to his father one evening at dinner recently and said "How was your day, honey?"

Jonathan was watching a commerical for the Delaware County Country Club and said, "I want to join that club!"

Jonathan was reading the weather page this morning. (Since Robert does it, Jonny must do it too). I told Jonathan I wanted to look at that section, because I hadn't read the funnies yet. "You don't need to read the sillies", he replied.

We've been playing Go Fish, and everytime Jonathan has the requested card, he says "Order up!" Yes, he wants to be a fry cook when he grows up.