Chocolate Rainbow

Eli: Mommy. Do you know the song, "Chocolate Rainbow?"
Mommy: No Eli, I don't.
E: It goes like this:

Chocolate rainbow,
Chocolate rainbow...

Up in the sky far away
With Superheroes that live in it
And they are engaged to know...

M: Did you say, "engaged to know?"
E: Yes...
M: Ok.

E: And they are engaged to know...
And Superman is there
And Batman
And Mr. Incredible Hulk
And Spiderman
And Batman
Wait I already said Batman.
And Batgirl
And...

Bedtime Story

Eli had to go to bed and miss The Backyardigans. His crying/moaning/whining soon escalated to, "You guys don't even care about me cryin'!"

He's so insightful...

Rhyming Lesson

Eli and I have been talking about rhyming words a lot lately. He's finally figured it out, and now pairs words with rhyming sounds all the time. For example on our way to the sitter's this morning...

"Mommy, do 'junk' and 'trunk' rhyme?

Gun Day

This conversation was relayed to me by our friend Dave the other night. Eli had brought along his four foot long musket to play with, and he was telling Dave about it and how he wished they could have battles at school.

Eli: You can only bring guns to school on Gun Day.
Dave: They have Gun Day???
Eli: No. And they never will.

Sib A Lins

Eli (in his newly acquired teacher voice): Do you know what brothers and sisters are called? Do you know what that word is?
Me: Um...Do you mean 'siblings'?
Eli: That's right! Sib-a-lins. Mrs. P made it up.

Kindergarten

Me: Eli, did you have a good first day at school? Did you love it?

Eli: Yeah. I want to live there.

Eenie Meanie

Eenie meanie tiny moe, you can't catch this with my toe. You punk. 

-Eli singing in the car this afternoon.