Nicholas: "Thaniel, DO NOT run into the kitchen with your life saver! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"
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Me: "Nathaniel, who are those kids? Are they Kim Possible's brothers?"
Nathaniel: "Yep, they're matches." [twins]
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Grayson: "Nathaniel, please take this cup to your brother."
Nicholas: "I am NOT the bruddah. HE is the bruddah. I AM NICK-A-LISS."
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Nathaniel: "Nick-a-liss, I'm gonna kill you."
Me: "NATHANIEL! We do NOT, under any circumstances, ever say we're going to kill our friends or family. I understand that you're just playing, but that's a hurtful thing to say. It's ugly, and I do not ever want to hear you say that again."
Nathaniel: [dejectedly] "Okay."
[a minute later]
Me: "You know what? This summer we can take our squirt bottles to the beach and play with them in the pool. Won't THAT be fun?"
Nathaniel: "Oooh, YES! Nick-a-liss, won't that be great? We can play SHOOTING!" [looks sideways at me] ".... I mean, WATER BOTTLE PLAY."
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