Overheard at the dinner table...
Big bug conversation at the dinner table tonight....
E **7yrsold**: Mom, I found a whole roly-poly nest today.
Me: Nice. Let's leave them outside, please.
M**15yrsold**: Mom- remember when we used to keep all our roly-poly's in our dresser drawer in that tin?
Me: *shudder* yes...thus the reminder to Keep. Them. Outside.
J**14yrsold**: Remember that time when E brought a paulmetto to you by the antenae?? (she was a mere 18 months old at the time..*shudder*)
L**nearly 12**: Oh, I remember when the dogs used to catch birds in the yard and chew them up. ewwwww.
AJ**Nearly 10** ok, people...let's not talk about the birds and the bees at dinner. You're all making me sick.
::Pause while the words he chose registers in the minds of the rest of us::
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E: What are the birds and bees, anyway??
L: Instincts. ((pause)) oh,whoops! I meant Insects.
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Fear Factor, here we come.
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between Lightning and Lightning Bug"~~Mark Twain
E **7yrsold**: Mom, I found a whole roly-poly nest today.
Me: Nice. Let's leave them outside, please.
M**15yrsold**: Mom- remember when we used to keep all our roly-poly's in our dresser drawer in that tin?
Me: *shudder* yes...thus the reminder to Keep. Them. Outside.
J**14yrsold**: Remember that time when E brought a paulmetto to you by the antenae?? (she was a mere 18 months old at the time..*shudder*)
L**nearly 12**: Oh, I remember when the dogs used to catch birds in the yard and chew them up. ewwwww.
AJ**Nearly 10** ok, people...let's not talk about the birds and the bees at dinner. You're all making me sick.
::Pause while the words he chose registers in the minds of the rest of us::
<<<
E: What are the birds and bees, anyway??
L: Instincts. ((pause)) oh,whoops! I meant Insects.
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Fear Factor, here we come.
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between Lightning and Lightning Bug"~~Mark Twain
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