More Alyoshaisms

Alyosha: Mama, I have a lot of names right?
Mama: Yeah
Alyosha: Why?
Mama: Because you are Russian and that means that you have a lot of names...
Alyosha: Alyosha Kartosha, Aleks, Lyosha, Lyoha....But Cheryl only has one name, why?
Mama: Because Cheryl isn't Russian--so she is just Cheryl.
Alyosha: Mama, that's funny, I can make Cheryl Russian... Cheryl, Cheryl, BoBeryl, BananaFannaFoFerral, MeMiMoMerral, Cheryl!
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Al: Mama, why am I bless youing? (translation: Why am I sneezing?)

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Al: Mama, you be the princess and I'll do the saving.

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Early in the day Alyosha was running around and jumping on the bed. He exclaimed that he could feel his heart beating! Later in the day he was reading a book and I was cooking in the kitchen and I heard him yell: Mama!! Mama!! My heart stopped beating! He has just read a book about the skeleton and muscles and organs and how they all work together, so he was really worried. I told him it was still beating, but you only feel it hard when you do exercise or jump around--he started jumping and said, 'oh, there it is!'