This weekend I ended up with a block of time on Saturday morning that I spent at home with Abby and Emily (my youngest). We played board games for a bit, but they lost interest and began digging through their room and unearthing long forgotten treasure (and bubble gum wrappers). In their search they did manage to find one true gem... They found a bag of goodies a friend made to keep us entertained on one of our long road trips, and inside the goodie bag was a book with famous sayings that were intentionally left incomplete.
We spent two hours completing al 30 pages of the book. The objective was to complete the sayings accurately. We couldn't pull off accuracy, but I got some fun responses:
1. Don't bite the hand that . . . that gives you chocolate.
Mom's response: They're cute and smart.
2. Better to be safe than . . . get Hannah mad. You will never hear the end of it.
Mom's response: Add perceptive to the list. I must be doing something right!
3. If you lie down with dogs, you . . . why would you even do that when you could lie down in your bed?
Mom's response: Practical, too! Where is that Mother of the Year application form. With brilliant kids like these I'm going to be a serious contender this year.
4. If at first you don't succeed . . . you should try again. And if you still don't get it then ask Mom. And if she messes it up get Dad. He can always fix things.
Mom's response: What is this Dad business?! I fix all sorts of things. Just because I wrecked the bike ride because I couldn't figure out how to pump up my flat tire and ended up trailing the pack on a scooter doesn't mean I don't know how to fix things. Sheesh. I probably shouldn't include this part on my application, right?
5. Where there is smoke, there is . . . mom playing with her blog and not watching dinner.
Mom's response: What? That hasn't happened in at least a week year.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Truth can be insightful
Maybe I should hold off on that Mother of the Year thing 'til next year?
Posted by Kathy B! at 9:31 AM
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Some proverbs for the modern family.....I like it! :)
Oh you are rolling this meowning aren't you ...
I love the "mom playing with her blog" one - priceless!
Love this...kids are so insightful! :)
What a fun activity.
oh I should print out the smoke with blog one and put it up in my kitchen.
You have smart kids there!
During our next meeting, I'll be sure to inform everyone here that it's better to be safe than to get Hannah mad.
So....when's their blog start?
:))))
Your girls are hilarious! What a great post.
Love number 5! I am the queen of burning dinner!!
Very funny post!
You've got some funny girls!
I would love to know the name of that book.
And why would you want to lie down with dogs! (So SMART!)
I relate to your burning food from blogging, you know I do!
I think it's really cute that they got so involved as to finish the entire book at once!
That sounds like a great game and I would vote for you for mother of the year. ;)
These are so much better than the real ones.
Paah! I love the smoke one. Definitely go for mother of the year.
Your daughters are quick thinkers...I like their responses (even better than the "right" responses)
There is not really a mother of the year contest! I just got an email from someone asking how to enter... totally tongue in cheek!
Oh my. You have delightful girls! That last one though? A bit too close for comfort!
We thought we knew everything then we had children! xoxo
What a fun activity!! And insightful. ;)
At least you're blogging while dinner is burning. I'm usually standing right in front of it and wondering: "What's that smell?"
my favorite: where there is smoke......
oh and of course the chocolate
kids = brilliant. Love the logic behind lying down with dogs. Hysterical.
I would expect nothing less from your offspring.
I say go ahead and fill out your mother of the year application. With creative girls like that, you are a shoe in!
Haha! They totally called you out on blogging! ;)
hahahaha, that last one, so true. so true.
HA! That last one made me laugh! Of course this has never happened to me! :D
HA! That last one made me laugh! Of course this has never happened to me! :D
Oh my gosh! I say you are mother of the year for raising two kids that can come up with those answers!
LOL
LOL! I love their response to the smoke statement. I've done it myself. ;-) Accidents, they happen.
-FringeGirl
Very cute post, my friend.
Very cute!
This is AWESOME!! Love #5!! Hugs!!
LOL Bright girls with excellent memories. Should every mother be so lucky?
Haha on being on the blog and not watching dinner.
This has happened to me a lot. I've burnt a lot of corn.
Oh this sounds like so much fun! I love the stuff that comes out of kids' mouths. They are amazingly perceptive. I'll vote for you for Mother of the Year!
Don't they know people pay good money for smoked foods?
So funny. I am not one to talk though. I have lost track of time while blogging and burned things or worse.
Uh huh.
Really, these should replace the others. Your girls are very wise! :)
HAHAHHAHAHAHHA! TRUE DAT on that last one!
I love this! Great game for creativity.
Oh I LOVE this post, Kathy!
I think it's cool they sat and thought up the answers to all 30 pages - and I love the answers they came up with some of them. Your girls are brilliant! Pretty and smart(asses) and just like their mama! ;)
What? You've already won Mother of the Year!
I totally forgot about a pot on the stove today, too, and burned a batch of mincemeat to cinders. Fail. But I think at that time I was in search of a missing child, so at least I have an excuse.
haha I love it :) I don't have any children to make fun of my blogging but my own mother manages to :)
Hilarious! Especially number 5 - that's me all over!
When you were small did you ever have mad libs?
Haha I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has eaten charcoal due to skimming about the bloggosphere and forgetting about dinner.
And on 4, the best ad I have ever seen is for a handyman business. "We'll repair what your husband fixed"
Excellent words of wisdom.
Mother of the year is over rated anyway.
Ooh, the last one!! I've not created smoke, but I have forgotten about a pot of water, boiling away!!!
Love this...your kids sound very intuitive! LOL
Just found yuor blog from Modern Mom and I look forward to reading more from you! :)
Very smart kids, #1 was my favorite.
Your girls are brilliant! And I have been living by Number 1 for years now. It's worked out quite well for me.
Soooo cute! Love it!!
And I'd still send in the application hun!
Where's there is smoke.. is my favorite!
Honestly, this is SO funny! and the where there is smoke one? You know you should make it into a plaque and sell them....do you know how many millions of mommies would buy them?
lol... can I have a percentage though?
What a fun exercise! I'm going to have to try this with my kids. My favorite? Where there is smoke! So true in my house.
Your kids are BRILLIANT!!
You can always rely on your kids to keep you humble. :)
You're a great mom. I would have made them watch TV. MADE THEM.
*LOL*
I love it.. especially #5. I'm so glad you have a record of this stuff for down the road...
Extremely insiteful children!! You are definitely in the running for mom of the year in my book!! How else did these children become so intelligent???
Hilarious. I love the logic of "why would you lie down with dogs if you have a bed?" Genius. Clearly.
Now I know I'm not alone on number 5... so long as the fire dept. doesn't called, it's okay for dinner to burn once 'n awhile due to blogging.
LOL. I like your writing. :-)
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