Out of the Mouth of Chase

At the park one day: Do you know why these wood chips are here? Well I do. Back in the age of the dinosaurs, this area was completely covered in trees. Then they chopped all the trees down and made these woodchips so they decided to put a park here.

Telling a story at dinner one night "In the age of the past..." (I wish I could remember what the story was about, but the beginning just killed me.)

 Mom, do you know how much I love you? Two hugs and a kiss!
and then a few hours later
Mom, do you know how much I love you? As big and as wide as...what's that place we go to again? Oh yeah, Home Depot. As big and as wide as the Home Depot! (I'm sure that was the biggest place he could think of.)

Looking at a picture of the pioneers "Was that just thirty one one hundred and sixty years ago? Oh yeah, that happened before the gold rush." (I did not know he knew about the gold rush.)

While Ben was gone, the boys woke up crazy early and crawled in bed with me every single morning. One morning Chase came in around 5:30 am, and then around 6:00 Hudson came in. In the dark Hudson asked, "Can I get in your bed mom?" and before I could even answer Chase replied "Of course Hudson, you are always welcome here!" (So nice of Chase to welcome Hudson to my room!)
And then Hudson burst into tears because he wanted to be the first one in my bed apparently.  Don't worry, Hudson got up at 4:00 am the next morning to reserve his spot.

 Me: You are going to Nana's tonight so Dad and I can go on a date.
Chase: Where are you going on your date mom?
Me: To the temple.
Chase: Oh, that's sweet!

I'm trying to train Chase that he can only ask for one thing for Christmas (I may be a scrooge). Mostly, I'm trying to instill in him gratitude for what he has and to not be greedy and expect a lot of presents at Christmas/birthdays. So he's been carefully deciding what he wants to ask for, and for the last few weeks it's been a scooter. Then we had this conversation:
Chase: Mom, I want a new firetruck for Christmas that squirts water (his has some broken parts on it)
Me: Okay buddy, do you want that instead of a scooter? (I realize in all likelihood he'll get both- or at least one for his birthday, but I don't want to him expect/require that)
Chase: Well, can't I have both?
Me: No remember, just ask for one thing.
Chase: Well...Can you buy me the scooter and dad could buy me the fire truck.
Me: (Start some speech about being grateful and not greedy and just deciding on one thing to ask for for Christmas)
Chase: (under his breath) Fine. I'll just talk to Nana then.

Ben overheard Chase singing under his breath: Reese Pieces Peanutbutter cup! I was gonna eat it but Dad ate it up! (Recapping an actual incident)