7 years, 4 years, and 21 months. What one of them doesn't think of, the other two will...
I love it when my son (21 mos) says "Daddy... BOKE IT", then brings me pieces of something. It's hard not to laugh and actually tell him he was sassy. When I scold him, he cries and hugs my legs. I guess that's his version of an apology.
My 4 year old is into loving everything. "I just love this..." she always says. It might be her lunch, a show on TV, or a song on the radio. She is also the level headed one. She sees things in a simple and logical sense.
The 7 year old is the scary one. I honestly believe her IQ is near 135 or 140. Some of the logic she comes up with is amazing. I'll sometimes ask her a philisophical question, and she baffles me with her thoughts.
Once, there was a dead night crawler in our driveway. The 7 year old was misty eyed, and asked, "Daddy, did the worm go to heaven?" The 4 year old looks at it, pokes it with a stick, and says, "No, it's just dead." Again, hard to not laugh, and keep the 7 year old's spirits up.
I also try to raise them with a sense of freedom. Their money is theirs, and their things are their own. I do, however, let free will bite them in the butt sometimes. If they won't take some advice, and things go bad, they have to fix whatever went wrong. Once, the 7 year old took a bath with Mom's bath oil. She used it all up. I took her to Wal*Mart and had her pay for a new bottle, then tell Mom what happened. We have never talked about respect for others property since then.
Anyone who thinks they are smart, hasn't met their own kids yet... Now that I've met mine, I'm getting stupider by the day...