Lately Matthew keeps opening up the refrigerator and pulling out the ketchup. I don’t even know why we have ketchup - probably for a brisket recipe I tried last year. The only time Matthew eats ketchup is when we go out to eat and he has french fries.

So he pulls out the ketchup bottle the other day:

Matthew: “Mama, can I have this?”

Mommy: “No.”

Matthew: “Mama, can I have this ketchup?”

Mommy: “No, we don’t have anything for you to eat it on.”

Matthew: “Pleeeeeeease.”

Mommy: “Matthew, there’s nothing to eat it on. You can’t eat it by itself!”

Matthew: “Toast! I want it on toast!”

Mmmmmmm! Ketchup sandwich!

The other day in the car Ethan, Matthew and I were listening to the part in the Magic Flute where Papageno has his mouth sealed shut by the Three Ladies. Ethan and I were laughing at how hilarious it is that it’s an opera and a main character can’t open his mouth to sing! Matthew asks why Papgeno can’t sing, and I explain that it was because he lied to Tamino - he told Tamino that he had saved him from the dragon, when really it was the Three Ladies.

Matthew: “Did the dragon want to FIRE Tamino Mommy?”

Mommy: “Ummm, the dragon was chasing Tamino.”

Matthew: “Did the dragon want to FIRE Tamino Mommy?”

Mommy: “Well, the dragon was going to GET him and he was scared.”

Matthew: “But the dragon was going to FIRE Tamino Mommy.”

Mommy: “Yes, the dragon was going to get him with his fire.”

Matthew: “And the dragon was going to FIRE him and EAT him!”

Mommy: “Yes, he was going to eat him up if the Three Ladies didn’t save him!”

Matthew: “The dragon was going to FIRE him and eat him with MARSHMELLOWS!”

Mmmmmm. Tamino S’mores!