Luke wanted to play with his Lite-Brite; however, I had previously explained to him that it was best we do that while Drew naps and unforunately, Drew no longer naps.

Mom: "Why don't we get Daddy to spend some time with Drew so that you and I can play with the Lite-Brite?"

Luke: "Maybe you should spend some time with Drew and I'll spend time with Daddy because Drew loves you more than I do."

I love YOU first!

Mommy "I love you Drew!"
Drew: "I love you too! No, I love you first!"
Mommy: "No, I love YOU first!"
Drew: "No, I love YOU first!"
Mommy: "No, I love YOU first!"
Drew: "No, I love YOU first!"
Luke: "If you two don't stop fighting, I'm going to love both of your first!"
Drew: "I love you first and you love me first. How 'bout that?"

Love

A conversation with Grandma...

Luke: "First, you must love yourself. And sometimes the people you love might do bad things to you, but you still need to love them."

The cats

A conversation at bedtime...
Luke: “When we move, are Sugar and Spice going to stay here?”
Mom: “No Luke, if we move, we will take the cats with us.”
Luke: “But what if somebody else wants them?”
Mom: “Well that’s too bad, they are our cats and we’d like to keep them.”
Luke: “hmmm”
Mom: “What if someone else wants you? Does that mean we’d leave you here too?”
Luke: “Don’t worry mom. I’ll just dance like a dinosaur and then they won’t want me”
Mom" "Can you show me how dinosaurs dance?"
Luke then got up and danced and roared!

Helpful big brother

On the way home from daycare, Drew had been acting up and I was waiting for an apology. As we neared the house, this conversation took place:

Mom: “Drew, do you have anything you want to say to Mom?”
Drew: “No.”
Luke: (whispering) “Drew, say ‘sorry’. Tell Mom you are sorry. Drew. Say sorry. Drew. Drew. Tell Mom you are sorry”
Drew: silent
Luke: “Mom, do you know what I said to Drew?”
Mom: “What?”
Luke: “I told him that I loved him”