TABLE TALK

Mom: "I don't like playing catch-up."

Tippy: "Ketchup?? How do you play ketchup?"

POEMS BY PUDDIN

Here's a cute poem written by Puddin

If up to me, the ant would die.

He really should give it a try.

Then he would go to ant heaven,

and be with his friend Kevin.

CLUTTER BEWARE

We are staging a major reorganization of nearly our entire house. A form of spring cleaning and post-nesting instinct after having a baby. CLUTTER BEWARE - we are on a mission to find you and evict you from our home. The kids love to help "test" the pens and markers. Dad gave instructions to Sharpay to test the gob of pens that had been uncovered from nooks and crannies. Throw away all pens that do not work, and even ones that don't have lids.

Sharpay: "Dad, this pen does not work AND it doesn't have a lid. What should I do with it."

(Note to readers - the principle of a double negative does not apply here)

Dad: "What do you think?"

All those in favor of this said pen being garbage say "I," any opposed? Garbage it is - Clutter is now trembling in fear here.

CHOCOLATE AND CHEETOS

Buddy: "Mom, does God like Cheetos?"

Mom: "I think he must Buddy."

Buddy was also overheard singing, "Nestle be the name of the Lord. Nestle be his glorious name." The real words are "Blessed be the name of the Lord." But in reality, being blessed probably includes chocolate most of the time! So it's all good.

SPORTS TALK

Speedy: "Mom, why don't more people do the history dance?"

Mom: "What's a history dance?"

Speedy: "You know, after a football player makes a touchdown?"

Mom: "OOHHHH, You mean VICTORY dance!"

BOATING ACCIDENT - PART 2

Remember when I was talking about the boating accident the other day? It really wasn't that long ago, maybe a week or two. Tippy and I were riding in the van together and he started to talk about, "that time I got the big bump on my face."

He said, "That was when I was just a little kid."

My how time flys.

THE HUNT FOR THE MAGICAL PACI

Once upon a time a darling princess was born. Her family called her Princess Peanut. Princess Peanut had a very definite opinion about pacifiers. She had tried many kinds but there seemed to be one magical paci that could immediately right all wrongs and bring peace and harmony to the world. Any other paci just would not do. The problem was that the royal family only had one singular magical paci. What if it broke, wore out or was lost? Princess Peanut might stage a revolt! The king and queen thought the problem could be easily solved, just buy more magical paci's. They searched high and low in many stores across the kingdom but no one seemed to carry the magical paci's. There was no name brand written anywhere on the paci (which made an internet search quite difficult and lengthy). The king and queen went to great lengths to protect the paci from being lost. The queen was even heard saying, "I wish the magic paci had a GPS." All the while, worrying that the one magical paci might be lost before another could be found. Finally after much searching and near despair, a magical paci was found in the jungles of Amazon dot com. The king and queen quickly bought several more paci's and even paid for home delivery. All was right with the world and they all lived happily ever after.

SATURDAY MORNING CHORES

Time for dusting and Puddin is looking for some Endust.....

"Mom, where's the hind shine?"

CHRISTMAS MIX-UP

Our children's ministry at church is considering doing a musical this Christmas called, Arrest these Merry Gentlemen. Buddy had overhead the discussion and days later out of the blue said to us,

"Were there policemen with those 3 ladies?"

??? HUH???

"What are you talking about Buddy?"

"You know, Arrest the 3 Mary's"

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMM???

Here's just a couple of the head scratchers I have personally overhead lately coming from some of my sweet children's lips

Puddin: "I drew a picture of what you are going to look like when you grow up Mom."

Speedy: "Did he sign to the monkey before he was arrested?"

Tippy: "I slept so long my pants are sweaty."

3 DAYS IN THE ....

At breakfast this morning we were talking about Jesus dying on the cross. Mom asked, "Where did Jesus spend 3 days?" Tippy confidently replies, "He spent 3 days in the TUBE." teeheehee :)

BOATING ACCIDENT

It was quite the day at our house yesterday. Tippy was out riding his bike and wasn't watching where he was going. Yep, this was the cause of an accident. He rode right into the back of a boat that was sitting on the street. (He's ok, just looks a bit beat up.)

So this morning as the kids were gettting ready for school Buddy came down and informed us that he told Tippy what to tell his teacher. He said, "Buddy, if your teacher asks what happened to you, just tell her that you were hit by a boat." Of course our reply was no, no, no. Tell her you had a bike accident. To say the least one of us will be talking with his teacher this morning when we drop him off.