September 1, 2025

MOM:  Yeah, Dad’s a little weird.

ERIC:  Yes, he’s a little ugly too.

- Mom and Eric (4 yrs)
August 9, 2026

ERIC:  Do you know Madame from school?

MOM:  Yes.

ERIC:  She teached us French.

MOM:  She should teach you English.

- Eric (5 yrs) and Mom
November 1, 2025

DAD:  Why is baby Wren crying so much upstairs?

ERIC:  I think she smells the smell of milk.

- Dad and Eric (4 yrs)
April 10, 2026

ERIC:  Where does applesauce come from?

MOM:  Where do you think?

ERIC:  I don’t know.

MOM:  Well, it’s called APPLEsauce.

ERIC:  … A sauce bush?

- Eric (4 yrs) and Mom
March 1, 2025

MOM:  I used to sing in a choir.

ERIC:  How did you get out?

- Mom and Eric (3 yrs)
June 1, 2025

What do you think you just spelled?

- Dad Dad to Mom after she spelled S-N-A-C-K when covertly referring to Eric’s stuffed snake.
September 7, 2026

JAMIE:  Where did you guys go?

AUNT JESS:  Brunch.

JAMIE:  It doesn’t seem like you should need four hours for brunch.

- Jamie (9 yrs) and Aunt Jess Jamie, suddenly old enough to understand maximizing a babysitter.
September 5, 2026

DAD:  Do you want another one?

MOM:  What? Another child?!?!

- Dad and Mom Mom tragically misunderstanding Dad when he asked he if she wanted another latte from their new machine while Wren was pitching a fit and screaming in the kitchen.
August 27, 2026

I only go on Facebook for targeted reasons, one of which is to kill time.

- Aunt Jess
August 26, 2026

You NEVER let me get driftwood!

- Eric (5 yrs) Eric on his paddle board ride with Dad on Fern Lake. ("Driftwood" had never been mentioned before.)
August 26, 2026

ERIC:  I wish we could do whatever we want.

DENISE:  Yeah but that’s not how the world works.

- Eric (5 yrs) and Denise (5 yrs)
August 22, 2026

Our baby is doing mischief.

- Eric (5 yrs) To Mom and Dad as Wren was on a stool and grabbing at fruit on the counter.
August 17, 2026

DAD:  Don’t roll your eyes at me.

ERIC:  I didn’t roll my eyes! I just moved them up like this!

- Dad and Eric (5 yrs)
August 15, 2026

MOM:  I don’t know what we’re going to do for dinner tonight.

DAD:  Well, there are two leftover burgers in there.

MOM:  I’d be happy with a bottle of… er, I mean a box of…

- Mom and Dad Mom’s Freudian slip as she was pouring wine.
August 15, 2026

Mom, do bikings still live?

- Eric (5 yrs) Eric asking his mother if Vikings still exist.
May 1, 2026

Do puppies come from eggs?

- Eric (4 yrs)
May 1, 2026

Why don’t you look in recycling and see if there’s anything that excites you?

- Mom An exasperated Mom trying (unsuccessfully) to substitute a toy for Eric
May 1, 2026

ERIC:  I’m gonna come down in the middle of the night and snuggle my mom!!!

DAD:  You’d better not!

- Eric (4 yrs) and Dad Eric in a rage after being sent to bed without stories or pre-bedtime snuggles because he was being disrespectful.
April 1, 2026

It’s not really smart but I think I can do it.

- Eric (4 yrs)
April 1, 2026

They’re perfect library footwear!

- Dad Dad defending his decision to let Wren wear fur-lined crocs to the library.
April 1, 2026

There’s gravity on this thing!

- Eric (4 yrs) Eric discovering centrifugal force on the merry-go-round in a PA playground.
March 1, 2026

I’ve got a glitter problem over here!

- Eric (4 yrs)
March 1, 2026

ERIC:  [whispering] We’re going to make you a paper octopus for your birthday.

DAD:  Cool. Is it a surprise?

ERIC:  Yes.

ERIC:  [some time later] Dad – let’s keep the octopus to yourself. Mom wants it to be a surprise.

DAD:  OK.

ERIC:  [still later] The only reason I told you is because it’s a secret.

- Eric (4 yrs) and Dad Eric beginning to grasp what a secret is… sort of.
February 1, 2026

ERIC:  Do you think I’m not an expert on glitter?!?! Because I am!

GRANDMA:  Oh, I don’t doubt it.

- Eric (4 yrs) and Grandma While doing arts and crafts.
February 1, 2026

ERIC:  Do people live on Jupiter?

MOM:  No.

ERIC:  Why?

MOM:  There’s too much gas going on there.

- Eric (4 yrs) and Mom Highly scientific discussion between Eric and Mom
January 1, 2026

You think God’s a cow?

- Dad Dad talking to Eric about what God eats – grass, apparently.
December 28, 2025

I do! I do! I do like TV!

- Eric (4 yrs) Eric, surprising no one.
December 27, 2025

I don’t trust your idea of this.

- Jamie (8 yrs) Jamie commenting on Sue’s plan for Dad’s makeover.
December 26, 2025

If you want to watch a movie then that’s a conversation we can have. But I don’t like being approached as if it’s a fait accompli.

- Kevin Kevin responding to the young children’s desire to watch a movie.
December 1, 2025

Eric, can you prevent whatever is about to happen?

- Mom Mom, sensing danger in Eric’s activities.
December 1, 2025

Greg is in his room doing science.

- Eric (4 yrs) Eric tattling on Greg
November 27, 2025

I ate too many eggs. I need to get out of here.

- Mom Thanksgiving 2025
October 1, 2025

Don’t communicate with my mom.

- Eric (4 yrs)
September 1, 2025

Dad, don’t you remember all the good times we had?

- Eric (4 yrs) Eric to Dad (as Dad was chasing him to get dressed for school).
July 1, 2025

I mean, I’m still going to drink it.

- Mom Mom commenting on her jalapeno margaritas being so hot that they burned her lips.
June 1, 2025

Tell Dad to stop eating all the cheese-balls.

- Eric (3 yrs)
May 1, 2025

I don’t know what that is, but I sure do love it!

- Eric (3 yrs) Choosing a show on Netflix.
April 1, 2025

You like me, but you don’t like my toots?

- Eric (3 yrs)
January 1, 2025

Well, then – I guess you’re just going to have to go to your wedding with edamame in your mouth.

- Mom Mom trying to get Eric to swallow his edamame.
December 8, 2024

I think I want mermaids and cupcakes.

- Eric (3 yrs) A whiny Eric asking for VERY specific content on TV. .
December 7, 2024

I’m not mad but I’m puzzled.

- Gerald
November 30, 2024

GRANDMA:  Eric is smart.

DAD:  Well…

GRANDMA:  OK. “Smart-adjacent.”

- Grandma and Dad
November 26, 2024

No, Eric. We’re not finishing the chicken in the bathroom.

- Mom
November 21, 2024

My belly needs to watch TV.

- Eric (3 yrs)
October 19, 2024

ERIC:  Bend over and see what happens!

DAD:  Don’t ever say that outside of this house.

- Eric (3 yrs) and Dad Eric to Dad while Dad was balancing a stuffed turtle on his head.
September 1, 2024

Alexa, play “Let the Doggies Out.”

- Eric (3 yrs) Eric requesting that Alexa play “Who Let the Dogs Out”
September 1, 2024

NANNY:  How is the cleaning up going?

ERIC:  Not good because I’m not cleaning up.

- Nanny and Eric (3 yrs)
September 1, 2024

I wanna watch another piece of show.

- Eric (3 yrs) Eric on wanting to watch another episode of Dora the Explorer.
September 1, 2024

I stand firmly where I originally stood.

- Mom Mom on her initial opinion of a swaddle.
August 1, 2024

I want to toss the baby in the woods.

- Eric (3 yrs) Eric on his new baby sister.
August 1, 2024

Just mustard!

- Eric (3 yrs) Eric mishearing the lyrics to Ghostbusters. “Who ya gonna call? Just mustard!”
August 1, 2024

Get your fork out of your toes.

- Mom Mom to Eric
August 1, 2024

Was that the end of your idea?

- Eric (3 yrs) Eric, obviously disappointd in Mom’s “cozy-next” concept
August 1, 2024

You smell like meatball treats.

- Eric (3 yrs) Eric to Dadda
July 1, 2024

Why did I buy just one loaf of bread? That’s like buying a single strawberry. The days of this family needing a single loaf of bread are over.

- Dad
June 23, 2024

He waked up one eye!

- Eric (3 yrs) Eric while trying to wake Jamie up on Eric’s birthday.
June 1, 2024

DAD:  Hurry up, Eric.

ERIC:  I’m hurry-upping! I’m hurry-upping!

- Dad and Eric (2 yrs)
May 1, 2024

I need a band-aid and some wet cream.

- Eric (2 yrs) Eric after getting a splinter at camp.
May 1, 2024

Check out this!

- Eric (2 yrs) (Also “Check out me!”)
May 1, 2024

Use your resources.

- Mom While on vacation in Mexico. Mom to Eric when he complained that he couldn’t reach his frog, Senior Hop, in his sleeping tent.
May 1, 2024

That boom-boom tree is coconutting.

- Eric (2 yrs) While on vacation in Mexico.
May 1, 2024

Have a great journey with your sleeping friends.

- Eric saying goodnight to Mom and Dad (2 yrs)
May 1, 2024

No thank you, please.

- Eric (2 yrs)
February 1, 2024

Ollie-oxen free, take a chance on me…

- Eric (2 yrs) Eric’s lyrics to ABBA’s Take a Chance on Me
February 1, 2024

Super duper beans are gonna find me…

- Eric (2 yrs) Eric’s lyrics to ABBA’s Super Trouper
February 1, 2024

Oh socks! I forgot that.

- Eric (2 yrs) Eric, when Mom said he needed socks to go to the grocery store.
January 1, 2024

Stoy Tory

- Eric (2 yrs) Eric recalling the Pixar movie he watched.
December 1, 2023

I ate an egg while you were in the bathtub.

- Mom Nauseous and pregnant Mom
October 1, 2023

Trick-or-Treat, on my foot, give me something good to eat.

- Eric (2 yrs) Eric’s interpretation of Halloween
October 1, 2023

Maybe watch widdle TB widdle bit.

- Eric (2 yrs)
August 1, 2023

Holy Tolego!

- Eric (2 yrs)
July 26, 2023

What is this?! That’s not an ice-cream scoop! That’s a scoop from somebody who’s trying to screw you over.

- Mom
July 1, 2023

Salmonella candle

- Mom Mom getting tongue-tied with "Citronella Candle"
January 1, 2023

Goddy

- Eric (1 yrs) Eric saying “Doggy”
January 1, 2023

No baby in my house.

- Jamie Turner Jamie (2 yrs) on his new baby sister
September 5, 2021

I think it will be OK.

- Mom Mom to Dad after giving him a haircut.
September 3, 2021

Don’t fart now – I just changed you!

- Mom Mom to Eric
August 2, 2021

DAD:  So you’re going to the city?

MOM:  Yeah, I’m going to go. And then I’ll probably get fed up. And then I’ll get Chick-fil-A. And then I’ll leave.

- Dad and Mom Mom being honest.
December 31, 2020

What did you just say of this?

- Jamie (3 yrs) New Year’s Eve 2020
December 1, 2020

One of us needs to be drunk to get through this.

- Mom Mom encouraging Dad to drink during her pregnancy with Eric.
July 1, 2020

Can I add some Naan to my order?

- Mom Mom ordering at a THAI restaurant in the city
May 1, 2020

I don’t care about scrapes or bloody noses or anything. Rock’n’roll.

- Jamie (3 yrs)
April 5, 2020

Wow, I didn’t see that coming.

- Jamie (3 yrs) On discussing death with Uncle Dad.
April 1, 2020

This pirate needs a drink!

- Jamie (3 yrs) During COVID-19 Quarantine
November 1, 2019

There were no good movies playing. Just “Terminators,” and “Malificent,” and… I don’t know, “The Unboinkables” or something.

- Grandma
January 1, 2019

You look… handsome? It’s my fault.

- Mom Mom shortly after cutting Dad’s hair
January 1, 2019

There is a thunderbird in my stomach.

- Mom After dinner at bar trivia.
October 1, 2018

Gumbahgah!

- Jamie (1 yrs) Jamie trying to say “Oh my God” (we think)