"Make sure you make the right decision now, before you make the wrong one."
--encouraging our 5 year old to think through what he was choosing when given 2 options.

ME: What destination did you put in the GPS?
HIM: The one we're going to.
--While driving to multiple errands.

"They were just always there for me, no matter what else I was doing in my life. They were like....big brothers. Always there."
--explaining his lifelong devotion to Transformers to his son.

"I'm closer than I would be if I were further away..(pause)..do you know what I mean?"
--explaining his location to coworker on phone.

"It's not polite to kill anyone...ever."
--talking to his 5 year old about the justice system.

"Last night we talked about a book we read once."
--upon realizing he forgot to bring the childrens' books upstairs for bedtime.

"I'm going to give these badboys the old going-once-going-twice routine".
--while mating socks from the mismatched pile.