Backseat Musings

We were stopped at a red light tonight when 6 or 7 girls jumped out of the car in front of us and started running around screaming and laughing and bumping into each other... the so-called 'Chinese Fire Drill'.
Eve was like, "Whose childs are those?" I told her I didn't know, and she said, "Well, if their mom or dad saw them do that, I bet they'd be really mad at them. If I ever get big like that, I'll never do that."
To which I responded, "I'm so glad, Sweetie."
And then Eldon pipes up, "When I get big, I will do dat."
"No you won't, Eldon."
"Yeah, I will."
:) Okay. Whatever. He probably will. Ha ha. I thought it was cute. Eve talked my ear off the whole way home and it just made me want to share some of the funny, sweet, or smart comments I've heard from the backseat as we drive along. Enjoy!

~Eve: "Mom, do shooting stars make a streak of light?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I think I just saw one."

~Once we pulled into our driveway and Eldon screamed, "No! Go backwards!"

~Eve: "Whoever can find the Great Scooper first wins the star game!" (Great Scooper, Big Dipper, whatever.)

~Eve sometimes sings to Eldon in the car, and he'll often say, "Please turn it up, Eve."

~On a long drive, Jon asked, "How many kids are you going to have when you grow up?"
Eve responded, "I'll have a hundred kids, and two more stuck together!"

~Eve: "When I grow up, I'm going to write songs. And when you're a grandma, I'll give you a paper with all my songs written down on them. You and the grandpa. And I'll bring you a big basket of apples every day."

~We drive past Little Dell reservoir often. Once, we passed it and Jon commented on how low the water was getting. Eve said, "That's because Grammy Boo and everyone else keeps drinking too much water!"

~I asked Eve what I did that she didn't like. She said, "I don't like it when you scream. And you need to get your brain fixed, so you can remember things." Okay, well, I'll get started on that right away.

~Background info for this one: Eve's favorite color is yellow, and it makes her crazy to think that her brother might like that color too. She makes it clear (on a daily basis, literally) that anyone else can like that color, just not him.
Eldon: "I wove yewow."
Eve: "No, you don't."
Eldon: "Yeah, I do!"
Eve: "I think the problem is that you think you love yellow. But you really don't."