"Momma, I'll give you a break. You can go downstairs and wash dishes and do stuff while I take a rest."

Nick's idea of giving Mommy some time to herself.

"I was determined."

...the day after Mommy & Daddy left Nick with a baby sitter, Mommy said to Nick: "When we left last night, I saw you put on your brave face."

Nick's brave face is a real heart tugger. He takes his smile and pushes his pinchable cheeks up to their limits making his eyes set deep. Throw in enough water into the eyes, just short of tearing, and his eyes set back enough to be measured in fathoms. Asking Nick to endure a picture at that tender moment would be cruel, but I would give anything to be assured that I always remember Nick's brave face.

"You can't wear those! That dress is brown."

When Diane considers black hosery for the night out.

"When you're 10,004."

Answer to Mommy's question, "When am I going to be an old lady?"
Mommy: "How old am I now?"
Nick: "10,003"
Nick is 3yrs. going on 4....

"I am going to do nothing!!!"

Nick's answer to Mommy's question "Are you going to adopt or pro-create?"

"If you don't stop, I'll fart on you!"

While Mom & Dad were on the floor laughing hysterically after his previous "I am going to do nothing!" gem. Needless to say, that put us over the edge...

Diane and Nick "share" the last Krispy Kream doughtnut...

Mom: "Where is my last bite?"
Nick: "I'm eating it."

"They're blasting a hernia!"

Nick watching an MTV video.

"This is goooooooooooood!"

Nick's reaction to his first Krispy Kreme doughnut.

"No. It's unsuitable."

Nick's answer to Mommy's question: "Should I wear makeup and lipstick?"

"Can I still live here?"

What Nick asks Mommy or Daddy after being reprimanded for something. Can you say "Guilt trip"?

"I want to go to Heaven and meet Jesus."

The Little Reverend...again.

"I'm still suckling, fit to burst."

Nick announces as he comes downstairs after a blanket and thumbsucking session.

"Are you gonna grow up to be an old lady?"

...he asks Mommy.

"Are we Holy?"

Nick, a.k.a "The Little Reverend" has an extreme interest in all things of religious nature.

"Dayee, if you don't say your pleases, you won't get anything."

Envious:

"When somebody wants something that somebody else already has."

"Why did you put that there so I can get it?"

"He's too much Dad"

What Nick says when he turns to Mommy after Daddy's morning "entertainment".

To Dayee: "If you don't be good...

...the princess will turn you into a pickle."

"It's seven. Time for cereal."

Nick is allowed to come down in the morning when the clock shows '7'...

"Daddy, can you talk about being brave?"

When Nick is afraid at night...

"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"

Nick claims as his favorite TV show.

"Dear God, thank you for a very nice day."

Nick's nightly prayer.

In our best Charles Shultz impression of an adult....

Mommy/Daddy: "Wha wha wha wha whaaa."
Nick: "What say?" Then without waiting for an answer: "I tell ya somet'im."

Substitute Dayee for Moyee...

"Moyee, Moyee, Moyee, Moyee, Moyee, Moyee,Moyee,Moyee,Moyee,Moyee,Moyee,Moyee,
MoyeeMoyeeMoyeeMoyeeMoyeeMoyeeMoyeeMoyee...
...I tell ya somet'im."

"Dayee (Daddy), you ignore me too much."

[Excuse: Nick has a low tolerance for nonsensical discourse (his view and, usually, mommy's) that does not involve him.]

With an intense desire not to go outside...

"I don't want to get snow on my chin. I might grow wiskers!"

"Mommy, why do you have to do taxes instead of playing with me?"

"What does it mean to 'rot your teeth'?"

Mommy: "It means you get black spots on them."
Nick: "Like yours?"

"Did you kiss daddy...

... to turn him back into a prince?"