Out of the mouth of Benjamin...

Early this day his Mamma wanted to sit in my living room and Benjamin offered to share his chair with Mamma. Then a few hours later...His Mamma had to run into Walgreen’s and left him in the car with me. Actually, she was going go get him some Pez candy refills but he did not know that and he wanted to go in with her.
His comment to me ..."Mamma won't take me into the store, I am not sharing my chair with her anymore."

In a restaurant when the sprite I had ordered for him had just arrived.
Benjamin. "Grandma, I said I wanted pop."
Me. "Benjamin, Sprite is pop."
Benjamin. "Granny, pop is black."

While singing songs and riding in the car.
Benjamin. "Mamma, I want to sing the America song."
Mamma. "I don't know which one you are talking about."
Benjamin. "The one where you put your hand over your heart."
So we said the Pledge of Allegiance.

My standard comment..."Benjamin, you can't do that, your Mother will have a fit!'
Benjamin laughing, "Mamma won't have a fit, Granny. This is a fit."
He is yelling, "Waaaahhhh!" while whaling his arms and legs about.
He is correct his Mother does not do that.

Last Thursday Melissa and Benjamin dropped me off at a Doctors office. Then, they went to the Library.Apparently while at the Library Benjamin was not minding Melissa. So Melissa took him to the car. When they pulled up in the Doctors parking lot I heard him screaming in the car. As soon as I sat down in the car he hushed up and I heard this very low, very soft, very quiet, fast, mumbled together statement...."SorryMamaWon'tHaveNoMoreFits."

Here's one.."Mamma, I need to eat, my tummy is rumbling"

Even when he was two years old he had an answer for everything.. This day he was eating his lunch and making a big mess.
Me... "Benjamin, quit eating like that, you are making a mess like you are two years old!"
Benjamin...."Granny, I am two years old!'

Then there's always the good old stand by. While taking a stance with one foot and his head thrown forward, one hand on his hip, while shaking his head from side to side saying..."Yuuhuh, my Mamma says so!"
"My Mamma says, I can have pop instead of milk!"
"My Mamma says, I can watch cartoons!"
"My Mamma says, I don't have to go to bed!"
"My Mamma says, I can pee outside!"
"My Mamma says, I can get in the Jacuzzi!"
"My Mamma says, I don't have to eat that!"
"My Mamma says, I can play with these toys!"
"My Mamma says, I don't have to!"
To any of the "Mamma says," remarks, if you reply, "She did not say that."
Then you get the standard defying stance and, "Yuuhuh, my Mamma says so!"
To that I reply, "Oh, OK."