Secrets

Trying to get his sister's attention:

"Kate, I have a secret....Kate, come here! I have a secret to tell you. KATE! Come here! (Pause.) And I'm not going to tell you you're stupid."

Calm Down

Zach's completely manic and not especially listening to directions on the way to a birthday party. Charlie tells Zach to take a breath and calm down. Zach, sulking, says:

Its like the perfect time to not calm down. I'm going to a party and you're supposed to be crazy at a party.

Hrrrrumph.

The Mercier Way

Spoken without knowledge of the fact that Charlie's dad was undergoing surgery today:

Zach: The Mercier's are usually lucky.

Crazy

Having very little feedback so far about kindergarten, I asked Zach about his adjustment:

Betsy: So, does Mrs. Smith....like you? Or are you...you know, driving her crazy?

Zach: She likes me.

Betsy: Well....how do you know?

Zach: Because she doesn't say, "ZACH, YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!"

First Day (Non) Jitters

What I overheard while Zach was talking to his Grandma before the first day of Kindergarten:

Well, I'm not really thinking about the classroom. I'm just thinking about the bus...


I got Lego Star Wars. But I only got the bad guys. Well, I don't have [some bad guy], so if you were thinking of getting me something....oops, never mind.


You mean good enough for a gold medal?


Which do you think is fun-er? Being a Grandma or being a teacher?

I always thought that it was easy to be a mommy, but now I figured out that it's very, very hard.

15 Minutes

Zach got his name in the local paper this week, for "a hard hit in the bottom of the second." (A little overkill for 5-year-0ld T-ball, in my opinion, but...)

Zach: Does this mean I'm as famous as Obama, or, like, God, now?