Commenting on the cold and grey look outside, Micah says, “It looks like it’s back in the days.”
Micah: “Let’s play McDonalds.”
Sarah: “Okay, I’ll do the drive-thru.”
Micah: “Well, your meal’s gonna take longer cause it’s gonna be messed up.”
Sarah: “Okay, how about chicken nuggets and a slushie?”
Micah: “We’re out of the blue ones.”
Micah chews a piece of licorice for the very first time. “It smells bad…” takes a beat. “And it taste-es the same.”
Micah picks out a button-up shirt and asks for help buttoning it. “I want to look good today, like I’m in the sunshine mood.”
Brinley has a play date with a friend later today. “Ooh!” says Micah. “When she’s gone we can yell weird stuff.”
Micah jumps up onto bed and bangs his knee against the nightstand, the pain bringing tears to his eyes. Between sobs he says, “I wish getting hurt wasn’t even a thing!”
While walking home from school, Micah notices an unusual number of birds flocking in the trees.
“Do we live in the kingdom of the birds?!”
Micah talking about how much work we have ahead of us in the video game we’re playing.
“We have our cut out of us.”
Micah on finding his Muse:
“I’m really creative… I just don’t have any ideas.”
Micah excitedly points at the seatback in from of him when we land after a flight and are coming to a stop. “I didn’t smash my face into that!”