"Is [she] really eating potato chips, corn chips, and a banana for breakfast?" (Answer: "I suppose so...")
"Mama! Joanna is wearing socks and tights!!"
"Does this match?"
"Is that really what you're wearing?"
"Did you comb your hair this morning? Yesterday? Last week??"
"Do you think anyone will notice that my socks don't match? They're the same color...about." (Answer: "Probably not, as long as you leave your shoes on this week...")
"Let's see if we can make it to Sunday School this morning!" (Answer: "Ha ha ha ha!")
"Well, the van won't start..."
"Looks like we're stuck...I'll go get the shovel and see if I can dig 'er out."
"I can't find any clean socks for Josh and Katrina!"
"Who wants to dress Josh and Katrina when they get out of the tub?"
"Can I borrow your shoes?"
"Hey! That's MY coat!"
"Let's just drive off and leave them here!"
"One--two--three--PING!!" (This last quote is a variation from the book Ping, by Marjorie Flack, about the little duck named Ping who hates to be last on the boat when the duck owner calls "la la la lei!" We "ping" the last person to get in the van.)
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Wow...I can only imagine getting ten people ready for church! AS my mom says 'here they come like a herd of turtles', no offense intended to turtles...
At our house my sister and I normally make two trips apiece to my parents closet where my mom keeps her shoes, and clothes, and some of the jewelry... but I still get the
"Annie, we have fifteen minutes, you had better go get ready."
Response, "I am ready"
"WE don't have time to be goofy, go change."
"Why? What's wrong with this?"
"You're serious?"
"Yes."
"You're wearing THAT?"
"Yes."
"No you're not....Mom...come see what Annie says she's going to wear!"
A little abuse of hyperbole but something like that...hence life in a household with kids:)
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