Did you...

I was helping Eli get dressed when he farted.  In my attempt to get him to excuse himself this is the conversation we had.

Luna: Did you fart?
Eli: No, the bubble in my butt popped.

Who was shot?

I was a little late in picking Kiah up from school today.  And because of that she was the last one from her class to be picked-up.  So she talked with her teacher.  I pulled into the lot where we part to pick-up our kids and her teacher kindly walked her across the street to meet me. 

Teacher: Kiah was telling me that someone named Joseph got shot.
 (I thought... well I am sure there have been lots of people named Joseph that have been shot... who was Kiah thinking of? For some reason Joseph from the Old Testament popped in my mind, but he wasn't shot! Then it clicked... She is talking about our trip to Carthage!)
Luna: oh yeah.... in the 1800's. No need to call social services or the police.  We took a trip to Nauvoo and she apparently remembers some of the History lesson.
Teacher: I was trying to figure it out.  I didn't know i it was a family member.  She said it happened one state over.

I guess I am now in that stage of more understanding and developing communication skills.

Want an apple?

That is what Eli just asked me.  He knew full well I didn't want an apple, but he asked me anyway.  Because he knew he could get what he wanted (an apple) by manipulating the situation by asking me if I wanted an apple.

Eli: Mommy, do you want an apple?
Luna: No
Eli: Than I will get an apple for me (in a tone indicating offense at my declination of the offer)