ME: Are you guys excited that tomorrow is a holiday?
EMMA: What holiday is it?
ME: Presidents' Day.
ETHAN: Except I'm not celebrating George Washington.
ME: Why not?
ETHAN: His pictures. He looks creepy in them.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Commando
I took Sophie to the Minute Clinic this morning. While she was sitting on the bench in the examination room she fell backwards and I saw for a brief second that underneath her princess dress she was, ahem, naked.
"Please don't tinkle in here," I thought to myself. "And please stop wiggling around."
Ten minutes later we made it out of the waiting room without incident or accident, fortunately. When I found out it would be another ten-minute wait for her prescriptions to be ready, I told the pharmacist we'd come back later.
We rushed back home and made it in time. If anyone finds her old diaper, let us know. Sophie won't tell me where it's hiding.
"Please don't tinkle in here," I thought to myself. "And please stop wiggling around."
Ten minutes later we made it out of the waiting room without incident or accident, fortunately. When I found out it would be another ten-minute wait for her prescriptions to be ready, I told the pharmacist we'd come back later.
We rushed back home and made it in time. If anyone finds her old diaper, let us know. Sophie won't tell me where it's hiding.
Overheard
Sophie stayed home from church today because of her pink eye and cold.
SOPHIE: Where did the boys go?
ME: They went to church.
SOPHIE: Can I go mess up their fort?
SOPHIE: Where did the boys go?
ME: They went to church.
SOPHIE: Can I go mess up their fort?
Saturday, February 14, 2009
fyi
"Cuy is what we know as guinea pig and it is one of the special dishes of Ecuador. Cuy serves as a good source of animal protein for people living in the hilly regions of Ecuador."
Overheard
Outside the mattress store:
ETHAN: Why do people put signs up that say "ultimate mattress" but then you take it home and it's just like any ordinary mattress?
ETHAN: Why do people put signs up that say "ultimate mattress" but then you take it home and it's just like any ordinary mattress?
Friday, February 13, 2009
Non sequitur
Andrew is reading a biography of George Washington in his class at school. For his homework last night, he had to invent several quiz questions about what they're reading, and then provide answers to the questions. To get things started, the teacher provided a sample question for the kids to answer about spies during the Revolutionary War.
Here is Andrew's first question and answer:
Q: What do you think the Tories should have been called?
A: Meerkats.
Did you answer correctly? When I asked Andrew why Tories should have been called meerkats, he said it's because meerkats eat nothing but insects. Alrighty then.
Here is Andrew's first question and answer:
Q: What do you think the Tories should have been called?
A: Meerkats.
Did you answer correctly? When I asked Andrew why Tories should have been called meerkats, he said it's because meerkats eat nothing but insects. Alrighty then.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Overheard
Ethan, on basketball:
ME: Ethan, good game today. You got to control the ball a lot!
ETHAN: I don't like it when I have the ball.
ME: Why not?
ETHAN: Because when you get the ball then everyone runs toward you.
ME: You like to be on defense better, then?
ETHAN: I like offense better.
ME: But you said you don't like to touch the ball!
ETHAN: I like offense better because all you have to do is run around and do this. (HE PROCEEDS TO STICK HIS HANDS STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR.)
ME: Ethan, good game today. You got to control the ball a lot!
ETHAN: I don't like it when I have the ball.
ME: Why not?
ETHAN: Because when you get the ball then everyone runs toward you.
ME: You like to be on defense better, then?
ETHAN: I like offense better.
ME: But you said you don't like to touch the ball!
ETHAN: I like offense better because all you have to do is run around and do this. (HE PROCEEDS TO STICK HIS HANDS STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR.)
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