Happy New Year!

J on V: He has a like a one inch vocabulary.

V: We have a lot, calm down your horses.

A to me: Listen to my rules or you don't get any culito!

V: I'm not that naughty.

V: My name is a little boring, so can you choose a different one?
Me: Like what?
V: Any!

V trying to convince me to go to a movie with him (instead of F): But I have more love than papi.

A after eating pizza and cupcakes at a party: Can I have dinner?
Me: You already had dinner. Remember the food?
A: That was not food, that was junk!

V putting a headband on L (as part of their daily dress up and dance parties): You look like Lady Gaga!

J in the music room at school while we practiced piano and he eyed the drum set: My body is urging me to play those drums!

J singing the Katy Perry song "I kissed a girl": I kissed a boy!
Me: She says girl.
J: I know, but I am a boy so I am changing it!

M and J were very concerned and confused when I tried to explain racial tensions with the police, we had just seen a school group demonstrating...
J: I would fire all of the police and put up signs for honest and fair new police!
M: Yeah but you cannot have a day without police. You would have to put the signs up before you fire them.
J: No, there can be a day with no police and then they won't kill any people.

A few minutes later...
J: When is this going to end?
Me: What?
J: The problem with the police.
Me: I don't know. There are a lot of racial problems in this country.
J: I thought MLK solved it (pobrecito- he really did!)
Me: He did a lot but it was just the beginning.
M: People just want to go back to the past.
Me: ?
M: Like ISIS and police who kill black people, they are living in the past.