Miss M, age 6: "My tooth is loose."
Me: "Oh, which one?"
Miss M: "The one that's next to the grown up tooth that's still growing up."
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Miss B, age 4: "Did you turn the music on?"
Me: "It came on when the car turned on."
Miss B: "Do you want it on?"
Me: "Would you like me to turn it off?"
Miss B: "Yes, please."
Miss M: "Why don't you ever let us listen to music in the car?"
Miss B: "Because it makes me dance."
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Mr M, age 8: "Don't make it easy for me."
This was about Math.
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Me: "Okay, now you can ask your brother for a turn on the computer."
Mr J, age 9: "The nice thing about imaginations is I don't have to ask anyone for a turn. And they're fun."