From the Mouthes of Babes...

Excited, upon seeing that Aunt Paige had made it to her birthday party...
N: Aunt Paige!!! I was afraid you'd come!

Eli's latest bail-out tactic for himself when he's caught doing something wrong...
A: Eli, that is a no-no! Big trouble!
E: (pointing his index finger as if to scold himself, while smiling mischievously) "Naughty little kitten!"

The following exchange took place when Eli was having a mini-whining fit...
Grandmother: Eli, aren't you a big boy?
Eli: (with a definite air of defience) "No."
Grandmother: Then are you a little boy?
Eli: No.
Grandmother: Then what are you?
Eli: I'm a GIRL.
At this point, the entire house erupted into laughter, including Eli, who, conveniently forgot what he was whining about in the first place. Incidentally, Eli and Norah went to the back of the house shortly after this conversation, and Eli emerged a few minutes later, running into the room with his t-shirt pulled up over his head shouting,
E: "Help my dress is stuck! My dress!"

*Note...some of you had asked why Eli didn't have cute Valentines like Norah. It wasn't like we didn't try. The above photos were the two *best* shots I got of him. The first one he was pretty close, he just forgot to close his fist...but the second one sort of reminded me of the grip a young warrior would have on a spear...so we finally decided to call it a day, and just eat some candy. (I don't think he was disappointed in the slightest)