Quotable....

If you've not ever read it, you should read my brother's blog..... among other things, one of the neat thing Bruce's blog does, is to document his kids' "growing up years"

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I wish I'd had a blog when my kids were little....

Back then, every now and then I would jot down a note with some of the things the kids said....

tonight while sorting some old papers, I found one of those little notes.....


These are from 1998 .....


[1] June 13, 1998 - it was late evening... I was getting ready for bed.... and I'd just gone to the bathroom.... wearing only my boxers..... Standing in front of the toilet, with the door shut, thinking I had the place to MYSELF .... when the door suddenly blew open...

Anna, who was 6 at the time, had awakened from a deep sleep, barged into the bathroom and said :

" I need a DRINK .... ANDDDDD You shouldn't stand in your underwear in front of a GIRL "

sigh!!!


[2] June 14, 1998 - Anna came into my messy office and said : " You know, for an actual man, you make a pretty good mess ! "



The next few aren't dated....

[3] I was teaching Abby ( who in June of 1998 was not quite 5 ) I was hoping to educate her about life around the house. On this particular day, I was showing her how to answer the phone.... The kitchen phone was mounted on the wall, and I wanted her to realize she'd need to pull a chair over if ever she needed to answer it....

Paul : " Abby, this phone is too high to reach. If it rings, what are you going to do?

Abby : " Say Hello ! "

duh dad!!

[4] Teaching the kids one day about Easter, I started asking questions...

" Jesus died for our sins...... what happened on the third day?"

and one of the kids replied " He made the Sun and the Moon"

uh no, ( in my best Alex Trebek voice ) ....we were looking for Resurrection!!


[5] One day Anna and Abby and I were out shopping.... When we got home , expecting their mom and brother to be inside the house, the girls were out of the van like a shot ...

They got to the door WAY ahead of me and rang the door bell feverishly..... after no one answered, they turned to me and said..
" No one is inside"

and thinking this would be a good time to train them about Jesus' presence, I said...

" Jesus is inside"

to which Anna replied :

"Well He may be inside but he's NOT ANSWERING THE DOOR"

lol

and last but not least....


[6] One morning just after waking up, I went up to Anna and kissed her.....noticing her reaction, and realizing I'd not brushed my teeth yet, I said...

" Sorry Honey... I didn't brush my teeth yet"

to which she replied

" All I smell are your arm pits "


sigh.....