Bob(ette) loves her cousins

[Background info - I have these three cousins who are siblings. Arianne is 4, Cyrus is 8, and Darius is 9. My extended family had a big get-together on Saturday, which resulted in the following conversations.]

Arianne: I was a princess for Halloween!
My sister: Really? Which princess?
Arianne: Me!

[All of the cousins sing 'O What a Beautiful Morning,' because it makes my grandmother happy.]
Cyrus: Wow, Allie, you sing really loud!

Darius: How old are you?
Allie: I'm nineteen.
Darius: You're so old! Why aren't you married yet?

On beauty...

Grace: I'm only interested in my own attractions.

Fly Saga

Allie: Allie's incompetent. Allie's going to have problems when she has kids...
Beth:?
Allie:...and has to remove insects for them. Are you sure that's a fly?
Beth: That is a fly.
Allie: Are you sure? It's fuzzy.
Beth: It's a fly. Would you like me to take care of the fly?
Allie: Beth, would you like to take care of the fly?

Ice Tea

[Beth has made iced tea. Dan Tucker decides that iced tea sounds good, and does the following:
-gets a glass of ice water
-gets a tea bag
-places tea bag in ice water
Ten minutes later:]

Dan: Why isn't this working?

What's on your plate?

Dan Tucker: It's fetal corn!
Everyone else: Baby corn?
Dan Tucker: I call it fetal corn.

Obscure Holidays

Cory's Away Message: Happy Mothering Day! (those British, so odd...well at least it doesn't have the connotations that "Fathering day" would)

Beth: ROFL

Cory: I am not familiar with that abbreviation, but I believe "I agree wholeheartedly" is an appropriate response

I hope

Beth: "Ranting over feminine liberties"

Cory: you're kidding...aren't you

let me guess

I thought it was really overweight fat ladies, but I suppose that would be somewhat redundant and only tangentially related to mothers who may have expanded a bit after giving birth

Mosquito munchies.

Allie: Anything that eats mosquitoes is a friend of mine.
Rob: Dan Tucker.
Beth: Dan Tucker?
Rob: Well, if anyone was going to eat mosquitoes, I think it'd be him.

Ben: It makes me sad because even if I make artificial intelligence, it won't be able to pass on it's genes. You won't be able to take two robots and have them make a little robot baby. [Pause] Think about it. The cute robot babies.

*music drifts up from outside Twain North 213*

*music stops playing*

Beth: Tequila!
Allie: Tequila!
Beth: TEQUILA!!!!!!!!!

Well...it's your money!

Advice on budgeting, by Beth, Hannah and Allie.

"Root canals cost $550-$1500!"
"Then don't plan on a root canal! Plan on a cavity."

"Allie's good. She flosses for both of us."

"I'm budgeting clothes as optional."

Whoa there

[Jeremy looks at Grace...]

Beth: Grace, I'd say that's a "come hither" look!
Grace: [to David Scudder] Yeah, you should take lessons from him!

Hear him roar...

Carl: I can teach him the man step.
Allie: What? The man step?
Carl: DO NOT QUESTION THE MAN STEP!

Allie: Look, look, they're doing the finger!

Karen's mom not so far off.

Rob: Every time you misuse the word "literally," a fairy literally dies.

Eric: When I'm president, I'm going to pass a law saying that all men have to dress as ninjas and all women as pirates.

Umm, good to know?

[Kristen, Cory, Carl, Rob, Allen, Beth, Twain resident Karen, and Karen's mom are sitting around a table at brunch.]

Karen's mom: The difference between college students then and now is that back then they only talked like you all when they were stoned.

David Sangokoya, on hearing that I (Allie) might be abroad next year: Nooooo! You can't leave us! You're like our mother.
Mario: It's ok. People get new moms all the time!

Little rage, little rage

Dan: Allen, do that and I will eat your firstborn.

Lips!

Allie: I have tulips.
Beth: I have two lips.
Allie: I have four 'lips.
Rob: No, you have six 'lips.
Allie: What?
Rob: Well, you have two tulips and two lips.
Allie: Dah!

No wonder he has problems with contacts.

Carl: I'm not good at any of those stupid human tricks. David, can you close your eyes?

Caroline's Peeps

On visiting Sweden-

Mindi: And while we're there we'll go "What up to Caroline's peeps!"