On his Love of all Apple products

Max (holding two cups up to his ears): "Look Mommy; iphones!"
Me: "Um..no..actually, Max, those would be earphones.."

On telling time

Max (first thing in the morning): "Mommy did I wake up at a good time?"
Me: "Yes Max, it's 6:30"
Max: "Yay!!"
Later that morning:
Pat: "Max, what time did you wake up this morning?"
Max: "8:30"

Our Little Fire Fighter

Max (pretending to put on his fire fighting suit): "Gotta go, gotta go! There is an alarm going on, I have a fire to put out!!"
Me: "You mean there is an alarm going off?"
Max: "No, going on" (which I realize actually makes more sense...) Gotta go! Gotta go! I have lots of work to do! There might be a lot of people malade in that fire"

On Snoring

Upon Max jumping into bed with Pat and I in the morning:

Max: "Mommy, why isn't Daddy snoring?"
Me (laughing): "Because he doesn't snore every night Max"
Max: " Oh, I didn't know that"

Still not understand the phone

On the phone with Pat:

Max: "Daddy, watch this!!!!"

On Snowy Days

As I parked under the protective Tempo at the kids daycare:

Max: "What are we doing under this thing?"
Me: "It's to protect you and Brooklyn from the snow outside"
Max: "But I like the snow!"
Me: "Ok, then, its to protect Brooklyn, who is much smaller and was sick all of last week"
Max: "Oh yes, it is very hot under here"
Me: " You're a funny boy, Max.."
Max: "I want to shovel that snow"
Me: " When we get home tonight, you can do that with Daddy"
Max: "That sounds like a good idea Mommy"

On Being Charming

On seeing me dressed up to go to work for the first time in a long time:

Max: "Oh Mommy, that's beautiful what you have on there. Brooklyn too, her polka dots are beautiful"
Me (melting): "Oh Max, that is so sweet of you!"

On Skiing

Max: "I'm excited to go skiing today Mommy"
Me: "Me too Max"
Max: " I not skiing with Claudianne today because she's in school?"
Me: "She's only in school during the week, so you'll do your usual hour with her and then you'll ski with Mommy"
Max: " Yay! I'm so happy Mommy"

On Playing

Max: "Mommy, play trucks with me"
Me: "Ok Max; which truck should I play with?"
Max: "The dump truck"
Me (going over to get the dump truck and drive it over to where Max is)
Max: "No Mommy, not like that!"
Me: "Sorry, show me how"
Max: "Maybe I just want to play tout seul..."

Apparently I don't play trucks to my son's satisfaction and he would prefer to play by himself than with me, much to my husband's amusement and my chagrin!

On Valentine's Day

On the phone with me this morning:

Max:"Hi Mommy"
Me: "Hi Max"
Max: "I have something that I want to tell you"
Me: "Ok, what is it."
Max: "Um, um, um.... I forgot"
Me: "Is it 'Happy Valentine's'
Max: "Day!!! Yes, that's it!!"

On Being an Early Riser

The following occurred at 5:30 am:

Me: "Max, what made you wake up so early?"
Max: "An airplane"
Me: " Max, it's too early even for airplanes"
Max: " Oh...we'll then...something else"
Me: " What?"
Max: "Um.....um.....um...." (this went on for some time with no real satisfactory answer. He did, however, truthfully tell his father that he had woken up too early and would wake up later the next day, which he did, by half an hour, but I'll take whatever extra minutes I can get!)

My Favorite Max Sayings

Max: "Brooklyn and I are going to be best friends forever!"

Max (after sneezing several times): "What is going on with me tonight??"

Max (after I said "nap" instead of "bath"): "Mommy, what is going on with you today?"

* I realize I have already posted almost this exact one liner above, but I cannot adequately express how hilarious it is to have a 3 foot tall munchkin immediate a full grown adult, by affecting tone and stance to boot!

On his Little Sister Being Sick

Max: "Brooklyn is sick Mommy. I checked her temperature, and her tummy. Brooklyn was so sad at daycare"
Me: "I know Max, she has a fever. She needs medecine; we'll pick some up on the way home. We don't need to pick Daddy up any more as Grand Papa is near by and will pick him up for us"
Max: "Grand Papa can't pick Daddy up Mommy"
Me: "Why?"
Max: "Because he'll be stuck in all of that traffic!"
(A note to the city of Montreal: I don't think I knew what traffic was until I was in my early twenties- Max not only knows the word, but he knows exactly what it is, how it's caused and to complain about it!)

On Getting Ready

Me: "Max, please go to the bathroom before I put your snow pants on and get you all ready for skiing"
Max: "No"
Me: "Well then what's going to happen if you have to pee in the car during the ride to the mountain? You're going to pee in your pants?"
Max: "That does not sound like a good idea"

On Being Thankful

Max: "Mommy you are such a nice girl for giving me all of the things that I need"
Me (as I hand him his diggers and dump trucks, the "things" to which he is referring):"Aww you're welcome Max, it's my pleasure"

On Being Logical

The following is a conversation between Max and his grandfather, after his grandfather had fallen on the ice and broken his hand:

Grandpapa: "You know Max, I won't be able to ski with you on Sunday at your ski lesson due to my broken hand"
Max: "Yes you can, skiing is with your legs, not your hand"
Grandpapa: "...."

On Acting Like such a Little Man Already

(On our way to daycare)

Max: "Mommy, are you going straight?"
Me: "No, Max, Julia's is to the left. I am turning left"
Max: "No, straight"
Me: "No, left"
Max: "No, straight"
Me: "Are you going to be a back-seat driver, just like daddy?"
Max: "Yes"

On Staying Fit

Max (in the car after daycare pick-up): "Mommy, did you go to the gym today."
Me: "Yes Max I did"
Max:"Why?"
Me: "To help my foot get all better"
Max: "Daddy hurt himself too."
Me: "Yes, Daddy hurt his shoulder pulling down gyprock"
Max: "Little gyprock or big gyprock."
Me: "There are different sizes of gyprock?"
Max: "Yes"
Me: "I didn't know that Max, you just taught me something! Who taught you that? Daddy?"
Max: "No, grand papa did"

On his Sister's First day at Daycare

Me (in the car, driving the two of them to daycare): "Today is Brooklyn's first day of daycare Max, it's a big day for her"
Max: "And I will be à côté her the entire time"
Me:"Oh thank you Max, it means so much to me to know that you will be with her, helping to take care of her"
Max (once we were inside the daycare): "Ok, bye Brooklyn!"
Me: "haha very funny, Max, you know she's staying with you today"
Max: "No, I don't like Brooklyn anymore" (clearly realizing there was about to be some territory issues)
Me: "Max, it's ok, you can go play with your friends and Brooklyn will stay with Julia"
Max: "No!!! Brooklyn stays with me!" (and so the day went very well, with both kids having a very good day at daycare)

On Relaxing

As I was taking my bath yesterday morning (for the record, I am not one of those mother's who has time for a leisurely bath, it's just that our shower head is broken and the replacement piece hasn't arrived yet)

Me- lying back in the bath as it is running and closing my eyes for a second
Max (running into the bathroom, grabbing his toy cups and starting to fill them up and dump water out of them and around me): "Mommy, are you relaxing?"
Me (thinking "yes, and this isn't helping"): "Yes, Max, I am"
Max: "That sounds like a good idea Mommy. I'm just going to play in that bath water"
Me: "Fine Max, just don't get any on the floor, keep it all in the bath"
Max: 'Ok Mommy"
(This then went on for the entire duration of my bath, with my trying to bathe in between Max filling cups of water and dumping them in whatever helter-skelter manner he saw fit)
Max (at the end of my bath as I was pulling the plug): "Thank you Mommy, I had a great time playing with you!"
Me (powerless to resist his sweet innocence): "Me too Max. Thank you for making my bath fun"

Mommyisms

Max: "Oy oy oy oy oy, what is going on tonight??" (said with exactly my intonation)
Me: "And who would you get that from Max?"
Max: "From you!"

(Realizing how funny my husband and I find such immitation, the next thing out of his mouth):

Max: "Oh. my. god."