My Kids Are Geniuses

MADELEINE: (gasping) Oh my God, Daddy!
ETHAN: (alarmed) What?!?
MADELEINE: Oh.  Sorry.  I didn't mean to scare you.
ETHAN: It's okay.  What is it.
MADELEINE: I just realized something.  Owen says a word ALL THE TIME.
ETHAN: What?
MADELEINE: (in a sing-songy "Clueless" voice) DUH!
ETHAN: Well, in order to really say a word, you have to actually mean what it is you're saying.  I don't think he means to say "Duh" the way you mean it.

A few seconds later.

MADELEINE: Julia, is Owen a baby?
JULIA: He's a half baby and a half toddler.  (silent for a moment) He's a BODDLER.


I don't think my kids could be more astute if they tried.