Some choice things I’ve heard come out of Ivan’s mouth:

Ivan approaches with what is most likely one of his toy magnatiles in his pants.
i (with big smile): What do I have in my pants?
E: Ivan, I am not sure this is a great game.
i (earnestly): It is a great game.
Eric has been set straight. Putting toys into one’s pants and having others guess what they are based on their shape is a great game.

A: You are a plant ninja!
i: No, I am a plant who only knows ninja tricks.
Amanda has been set straight. Ivan is not a plant ninja.

For being especially good while grocery shopping the kids got a box of Apple Jacks cereal. Ivan’s process is to eat all the green ones first and then the orange. His favorite thing about this cereal, “It makes my poop green when I poop in the potty.”

Waking in the wee hours of the morning clearly mostly still in nightmare, “EZRI! NO! NO! Wait for me, EZRI! I FIRST!” His desire to be ahead of sister while walking or to be first to brush his teeth at night or to be first to wash his hands before dinner has now entered his nightmares.

“What if there were a bunch of baby pterodactyls in trouble and we didn’t have our capes?” Ivan wore his cape for the rest of the afternoon just in case. I took the photos you see in this post of his Super Ivan cape wearing.