THIRSTY?

This evening we had a community church service at the local county 4-H fairgrounds as part of the church's community outreach week.  It was an all-inclusive service, so all the kids were in with us for the entire time.  Part of the service was our community outreach pastor speaking with a woman who had had several projects done to her home over the course of the week.  The pastor asked her to tell her story, and she spoke for several minutes about how she'd married very young, had six children in five years, and her husband cheated on her for years before she divorced him.  Shen then explained that she'd "gone wild" after the divorce, and that she'd started drinking.  She said that it wasn't until she began raising her grandson that she really started turning her life around, and that included the choice to stop drinking.  In her words, "That was over 40 years ago, and I haven't had a drink since."

At that point, Kaitlyn turned to me and whispered, very seriously, "Her mouth must be really dry."

SCARIEST CONVERSATION EVER!

Kaitlyn: "Ryan, you know Joe-Joe?"
Ryan: "Yeah?"
Kaitlyn: "Well, I've been sleeping with him."
(Mom: severe heart attack, completely freaking out, "MY CHILD IS SIX YEARS OLD, WHY ARE THESE WORDS COMING OUT OF HER MOUTH???")
Ryan: "What?"
Kaitlyn: "Aaron's Joe-Joe stuffed dog?  I've been sleeping with it at night."

I'll let you know when my heart rate returns to normal.

Watch where you put your hand

Ryan: "Mom, did you know that the ground on Mars is called mars?"
Mom: "What?"
Ryan: "It only makes sense.  The ground on Earth is called "earth" so the ground on Mars must be called "mars.""
Ryan: "And if you stick your hand down into Venus, you are sticking your hand in "venus.""
Aaron: "And you don't want to stick your hand in the ground on Uranus!"

Funny Girl

We got quite the mother-load of funny from Megan (4) on the way home from church last night:

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy, you guys are great!" 

 Later, she was explaining about taking communion:

 "Communion isn't a snack, because God's body isn't a snack."

And finally, just a cutie-pie mixed-up word.

Mom: "Megan, what do you call things like dogs, cats, rabbits and squirrels?"   

Megan: "I don't know."

Mom: "They're not people, they're...?"

Megan: "Oh, aminals."

Fashion?

The kids and I went swimming this evening and had a blast with the pool all to ourselves.  The swim lessons were a pricey, but SO WORTH IT investment!

After returning home, I sent all the kids off to change out of their suits and take care of their towels while I showered and got dressed.  Megan (4) came into the bathroom while I was brushing my hair and complained that she couldn't find any pajamas.  Since I'd seen a pair when inspecting her room earlier today, I told her where they were and sent her to find them.  She came back, not in those pajamas, but instead wearing a long-sleeve pajama shirt under a sleeveless nightgown.  An odd combination, but the girls often do that to "stay warm" so I didn't say anything.

A couple minutes later, she came back and asked if the pair of pajama shorts she'd found in the laundry were hers.  I told her to check the tag, and she confirmed "4T" and ran off to put them on.  She came back and proudly displayed her pajamas, and I stifled a laugh at the mismatched items.  She'd just added the pajama shorts under the other two items.

So I asked her, "Why not just wear the shirt and the shorts?  Take off your nightgown?"

She looked at me as though I was clearly stupid, and answered, "Because, that would look ridiculous."  I had to giggle a little at that, because from where I was standing, she did look pretty ridiculous already.  But she wasn't done.


"You can't SEE the shorts under my nightgown, see?  If I took my nightgown off you could see them and THEN it would look really REALLY ridiculous."


Oh...I see.  

Can you say carbs?

Dad: "What did you have for breakfast?"
Megan: "Poppa-tarts and Texas Road Buns."

Spelling Lesson

Kaitlyn (6): "Ryan, what comes after the "R" in your name?"

Ryan (13): "Y"

Kaitlyn: "Because, I want to learn how to spell your name."

Animal radar?

Kaitlyn was looking at a giraffe and saw the little horns on its head.  She stared at it for a long time and then finally asked dad, "Are those supposed to be Montanas?"  (antenna)