Kiddo Quirks

Timothy -
Let's see... Earlier today, he was recalling something that happened yesterday, and he wanted to tell Sarah. He went up to her and asked, "Have I told you about our little incident yesterday?" I love it when kids use phrases they have most likely heard from me, and they use it correctly and in context.
Zachary -
Which leads me to the incident to which Timothy was referring. Yesterday, the kids and I were getting ready to leave for Thompson, so Mom could watch the kids while we went to meet everyone in Columbia. I walked outside to tell the boys to load up in the van while we waited for James. When I got out there, I saw a boy in the yard who was not mine. He says, "Hi, I'm Ian. I was wondering if I could play with your kids." So I said, "We're getting ready to leave as soon as their uncle gets here." He said, "Well, can I play with them until their uncle gets here?" I said, "I guess, but boys you better get in the van as soon as Uncle James gets here." Then I asked the boy if he lived here in the neighborhood, and he said, "No, I'm here visiting my Grandma, she lives over there.."
Pretty soon, the boy goes running off saying, "Let me go ask!" I asked the boys what he was going to ask about, and they said, "Zachary asked him if he wanted to go to Grandma's with us." I had to yell and inform Ian that the boys' Grandma was watching them so we could go out, and he couldn't come with us. Keep in mind that this kid was supposed to be visiting his own Grandma - he must have been really bored!
So, needless to say, I had to get after Zach for over-zealously inviting strange kids to go places with us, especially without asking!
Greggory -
Let's see the most recent memorable act of Gregg's was last night when we went to pick up the kids after being out on our 'Blast from the past'. It was about 11:00 p.m. when we got there, and two of the boys were asleep, but Tim and Gregg were both still up. Which means they were very tired. They started throwing punches while they were getting their shoes and socks on, and Gregg got in trouble. Then normally very mild-mannered Gregg throws the biggest fit I've seen him throw in a long time - he stomped down the hall and hid in the bedroom, and when I went after him he jerked away from me and stomped to the back door and stood there sulking.... He was being pretty out of character, but I'll blame it on his need for his bed...
Anthony -
Some of you may have heard this story by now, but we were shopping at Target last Friday for Kelli's shower gift. We were at the mall, where Anthony astonishingly remembered the carousel in the Cafe Court. We got our shopping done, and headed out to the car to go eat somewhere. As we got closer to the car, Anthony started to cry louder and louder. He also does not normally do this sort of thing, and we finally ascertained that he was expecting to ride the carousel, and we did not go there! He worked himself into such a tizzy, that I had to fight him into his car seat! We had to drive by the big windows by the carousel, and luckily it was stopped for the moment. We told him it wasn't running right now, and we'd have to come back sometime. He took that to mean it was broken, and needed batteries, of course! So since that day, at least once a day he will remind us that 'go round round broken' 'new batteries?' 'columbia?'.