At dinner, I had some Christmas music on and Jingle Bell Rock was on.

Kai: I know this song! This is "Jingle Bell Rock!"
Me: How'd you know that?
Kai: Because I can hear it!

Kai's prayer at dinner tonight: Dear God, thank you for the family. Thank you for the food. I love my mommy and daddy and Keegan. Merry Christmas. Santa is coming to town. I love Mommy, Daddy, Keegan, Grandpa, Grandma and KJ. Amen.

We (Chris, his dad, me, Keely and Kai) were driving home from my first 5K race (yay!) this morning. Chris and his dad were in the front, I was in the seat behind Chris and Keely and Kai were in the back seat of my van.

Kai: Mommy, I have germs in me.

I turned around to see what he meant and he was looking very intently at his fingernails.

Kai: I have germs in me.
Me: You mean, under your fingernails?
Kai: Yes.

Yesterday, we were all preparing for today's holiday, Thanksgiving. Keely came into the kitchen where her grandmother and I were.

Keely: (excited) We're GOING to have a horn-'o-plenty, aren't we? We HAVE to have a horn-'o-plenty.
Grandmother: A what?
Me: A what?
Keely: A HORN-'O-PLENTY, you know, it has fruit or whatever in it.
Grandmother: You mean the centerpiece basket shaped like a horn? I think we have one of those in the basement.

Grandpa brought up a basket shaped like a horn, which Keegan put on his head and kept saying, "Hat. Hat. Hat. My hat. My hat."

On our way home from picking up Kai from preschool yesterday, he said in an excited voice, "Mommy, my teacher said it was Nomember! It's Nomember aaaaaaaallll day."

Turtle had a friend over tonight and let me tell ya... they are quite the pair. Loud, obnoxious and did I say loud? Because I meant LOUD. We were eating pizza for dinner tonight and her friend says (LOUDLY), "You have 3 seconds to stare at my biceps (as she flexes.) One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three!"

Did I look? I glanced but I was more annoyed at how loud the two of them were being at the dinner table.

I was getting Kai ready to take him over to his friends' house for a play date. He was pretty excited.

Kai: Mommy, you can pick any number to come and pick me up.
Me: Any number on the clock?
Kai: Yeah, you can pick any  number for when you come and get me.