Documenting life...: The witch and the clown

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

The witch and the clown

Tanner just came across this picture and said:

"look! Mom's a witch and Dad's a circus clown" Now, I can understand the clown comment, however, the witch part...a little harsh. :) What would I do with out children to keep me in line?

15 comments:

Sera said...: That is too funny. Reading some of the stuff your kids say just makes me laugh. I love it.; October 7, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Emily said...: Jasper could have been holding Tae! They look A LOT alike. What a relief that none of them inherited the pointy nose, arthritic fingers, and all of the warts. :); October 7, 2008 at 10:28 PM
MoM K said...: THAT is hilarious! You know he just means your black jacket right? and yeah, Maddie could be Tae!; October 7, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Anonymous said...: Kids say the darndest things, don't they? Good stuff, good stuff!; October 8, 2008 at 5:12 AM
tiffunny said...: I've always thought your girls resembled each other (and you) but I guess that picture kind of proves it. Don't you always look at older photos & wish you had a better camera back then? I feel so bad for my oldest kid and all of her baby pictures. Oh well. What can you do? Let's just say this picture of you guys is much better than what I have. I love how you post "retro" pictures - they're fun!; October 8, 2008 at 10:50 AM
chelle said...: If you are a witch, I want to be one. I guess I laugh to keep my kids in line. Just don't take anything to seriously. m; October 8, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Emily said...: p.s. I LOVE your latest "Maddie-ism" on your sidebar. It is true! Way back when (probably the early 1980s), the tooth fairy was just getting her start. How could you have possibly expected more than 50 cents when she was just starting out!?! Now that she's grown such a lucrative business, not to mention inflation, surely she can supply Maddie with more! I guess she is a little young to understand "Recession." :) LOVE HER!; October 9, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Amber said...: Hahaha!

Totally unrelated, but I was just on your photog blog, and Jake looked over my shoulder and said, "She really has a talent for that, doesn't she?" Yes, you do!!; October 9, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Sandy said...: Yeah try being eight months pregnant and wearing that hideous cap and gown in the brightest blue and gold on earth! UGH!; October 9, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Jen-ben said...: totally Sandy! :)
And Tiff they do so so look alike!
Mechelle, you must not know me very well...I rarely take anything at all seriously. Come on now! :); October 10, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Meredith said...: That's too funny!; October 11, 2008 at 5:15 AM
Kendria said...: Hilarious! A little harsh, yes... :); October 12, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Bryce & Cherise said...: i am, again, waiting for a new post...; October 12, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Ali said...: Hi lovey! How are you feeling these days? Are you feeling sickish?; October 15, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Anonymous said...: Geez, that is great! I love it when kids say stuff like that!; October 23, 2008 at 3:10 PM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.