B-boo and I were working on her final essay for her health today, when the Talented One started printing.
We waited.
And we waited.
Finally, she spoke up.
"What are you printing? A tree?"
Ya just gotta love her.
Quotable Quote #8
Random quotes from the past week (I'll let you guess who said what!):
"Mom, today is National Doughnut Day! We should go to Dunkin' Donuts or Krispey Kreme so they can sell us free doughnuts."
Friday night, we were playing Laser Tag and I had no pockets to put the van keys in, so I asked a certain someone to hold them for me. The reply?
"Mom, why don' t you just put them in the van?"
(Um…that would ruin the purpose of locking everything else in the van that we couldn't carry in.)
After a rather stressful day of dealing with some issues, a friend said it well,
"There should be a statue of limitations on how long a parent is allowed to mess up their children."
Quotable Quote #7
At dinner tonight, it was just the two youngest and myself. Actually, for a while, it was just Chicken Noodle Butt and me. We were eating chicken, rice and corn and he mixed it all up saying he’d made a casserole. Yup!
Then, the conversation turned…and I quote:
Him: “Aunt Hope, did you know if you eat chicken you get the chicken pox?”
Once I stopped choking on my food from my laughter, I replied, “You don’t get chicken pox from eating chicken. Actually, it has nothing to do with chicken.”
Him: “Then what does it have to do with?”
Me: “It has to do with small blisters all over your body. But nothing to do with chicken.”
Him: “Oh! I know! It has to do with chicken beaks.”
I’ll admit it, I’m puzzled by now. Until he says, “That’s why it’s called chicken pecks!”
Ah, the mind of a five year old!
Quotable Quotes #6
She has really gone bonkers this time! We're sitting here watching "Bones" together and B-boo turns to me and says,
"If I'm ever murdered, I want you and Punky to do everything you can to make sure I'm on this show!"
I cannot believe she said that! Then she says,
"Punky has connections. She's a producer!"
(I'm sorry, Punky, but you've helped feed the monster!)
Chicken Noodle Butt was talking to someone the other day. He mentioned something about pirates. She couldn't understand what he was talking about. He said his pirates. She asked him again what he was talking about. He leans over and whispers to her,
"We're not supposed to talk about our pirates."
Through fits of giggles, we figured it out. He was talking about his privates, not his pirates!
Quotable Quotes #5
As we were driving on a raining highway the other night, B-boo noticed some *hobos* in a tent in a ditch off of a nearby frontage road. She has a heart for these people and has even started a ministry for them. I'll do anything for this child, but it was almost dark, pouring rain, and it'd been a very long day.
This morning, B-boo, the Talented One and I were driving near the area on our way to his weekly Bowling league. Conversation went something like this:
B-Boo, "Hey, we should go drive by and see if the hobos are still there!"
Me, "You're crazy! Hey, did you remember the coupons."
B-Boo, "Yes."
Me, "I figured you did. You're the responsible one. If you ever did anything irresponsible it would probably be because of your brother. (the Talented One)"
Talented One, "I like Hobos."
B-boo & I crack up.
Me, "Your twin needs to shave his face. He's getting hairy."
Talented One, laughing. "I told him two weeks, but he thought it was three weeks without shaving, so I let him. I want to see what his face looks like."
Me, "You probably did say three weeks, but thought two weeks. He'll probably laugh thinking he's grown more hair than you!"
Talented One, "I only shaved my chin. I'm keeping my soul patch."
B-boo & I crack up again.
"You're WHAT???"
Talented One, "My soul patch. That's what Pastor M calls it."
After we were done laughing, the conversation carried on. But I probably shouldn't share it; it had to do with my mammogram post and well, we should really move forward now.
Incidentally, the Talented One & his Twin had an interesting encounter with a *hobo* after they were done bowling. I've yet to hear the full story, but I know it involved them receiving a hand made cross in return for their generosity. God is good.