Why I should never point out things while I'm driving

Me: "Whoa, that was a big box in the road!"
E: "A rock?"
R: "Where's a rock? I didn't see a rock!"
Me: "No, a box. We already passed it."
E: "Where the box?"
R: "What kind of box?"
Me: "A big box. It's behind us now."
E: "I WANNA SEE THE BOX!!"
R: "Did you hit it? Was anything in it?"
Me: "I didn't hit it. It was empty. It's behind us. I should never have mentioned it."
E: "I WANNA SEE THE BOX!!"
R: "Ella, we passed it!"
E: "NOOOOOO!"
R: "YES!"
E: "NO!"
R: "YES!"

Me, vainly: "Look, an airplane!"

A small update

While eating our Yogurtland yogurt outside....

Rand: "Eww! A leaf fell in my yogurt." He licks it off, then throws it on the grass.

Ella's answer to anything that she doesn't know the answer to: "Just for fun." Why don't you have pants on? how come you hit Rand? why are you still awake?

Rand: "Mom, I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I do believe in Spiderman."

Ella: "Look, I can reach the book! I'm just a little bit tall enough!"

Rand: "Mom, do you know what the moon is? A big shining rock. Do you know how I figured that out? JUST BY LOOKING AT IT!!!!!"

Ella loves "patella" (nutella), gymnastics, riding horses, and Dr Seuss's "The Foot Book." Rand has been doing embroidery stitching at school (snowflakes and snowmen -- so cute) and his writing is getting better and better. He loves being a Jedi and riding his bike.