For awhile now, it feels like I've been saying a whole lot of "No" and "Don't do that" and "I don't want to see you do that again".  I realize that it's not really that productive and that many child-rearing experts tell you to be specific, to describe exactly what it is that you're saying "no" to.  And lately without consciously trying to, I've found that I'm following the advice of experts.  I'm saying phrases that I never could have imagined would come out of my mouth.  Or anyone's mouth.  And yet, they're totally necessary and contextual.  For example:

"No suckers on the wall."

"Do not drag your bare butt across the floor."

"You cannot have just parsley for dinner."

"Do not shout in my ear with your tiny fake megaphone."

"I can see you punch each other in the face even when I'm not in the same room."

And my personal favorite...

"Did you just say 'thelonious breasts'?  I don't like that kind of talk.  That's not allowed here."

Which apparently must be followed up with...

"No, those acorns are not thelonious breasts."

"I'm not going to thelonious breast over there."

"She is not a thelonious breast."

"Seriously, the thelonious breast business has got to stop."