Lloyd to Rachel: "I'm gonna break you in half. How would you you like that?"

Lloyd told grandma that he took our roof off to let in fresh air. He put it back on after.

The other day he came in from the sandbox to give me a tiny piece of skin he'd pulled off his toe. He told grandma that a lion from the zoo bit him there.

He says he's going to build a giant fire up to the sky so we can be warm. He asked for help with the firewood.

I like how he says gave, like god but with a v.

As he learns about all the changes that come with growing big, like driving a truck and growing a beard, he tells us all the things we'll be able to do when we get smaller, such as go on his swing set.

He likes to open his own fruit roll-ups ... Two weeks ago he came to tell me about his trouble chewing one. He thought maybe there was a bone inside. Nope. Just the plastic he forget to remove.

One recent bedtime he revealed that he had eaten Rachel's entire roll of bubble tape before his nap.

Grandma gave him a bunch of vacuum hoses when she closed her store. I keep them in the garage so he can play with them in the front yard instead of in the back with Dallas (there is metal on the ends of some). He sticks them in my exhaust pipe, lays them across the tops of my tires, weaves them in and out of my railings, and connects them in a row all along my driveway. I usually have Rachel chalk out there while he's playing. One day when he was alone he went for a walk up the street. Big no no.

Oh, and my favorite--he says "mayber" for maybe. So cute.