I Am Not a Garbage Can!

Unlike several other similar phrases, this one is actually effective, because I simply refuse to accept any garbage the children hand me.  I say, "I am not a garbage can!" and point them in the direction of one.  Works every time.

I Don't Speak Whinese

As I tell my girls, I don't speak Whinese.  You know, it's what they speak in Whina, right near China.  I can't imagine how my kids picked it up, never having even been on a plane, but they must just have an ear for languages.