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A few months ago, my FIL stopped by to pick up a drill.  While chatting with dd#2, he picked up the drill and pretended to shoot her with it.  Not to be out done, dd#2 picked up her favorite stuffed-up friend and shot my FIL. 
 
To shoot a Manna-Gun, just lift the flipper, pull it down, [...]

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Yesterday, I was in the kitchen preparing dinner.  The girls were in the school room playing.  They had just gone through the kitchen pulling each other on the chair that rolls, at high speed.  Giggles everywhere!  Once they got back to the school room, all that cuteness disappeared.  This is what I heard, in angry [...]

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This was last night.
Mom:  Son, do you want to watch Independance Day?
Son: YEAH!!
Mom:  Oh wait, I have to see what the rating is.
Son:  It is PG-13, for violence and language.
Mom: Ok, we have TV Gauardian let’s watch it.
Son:  It has Will Smith in it.
Mom:  I didn’t know that.
Son:   Will Smith + TV Guardian = Silent Movie.
 
Well, [...]

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The other day, I was in the laundry room hanging clothes. The three girls were in the livingroom folding clothes. Sir Husband was in the kitchen.
This is what I heard:
J.: DAAAAD! S. shoved a sock in my mouth!
S.: Well, you wouldn’t stop talking!
J.: That doesn’t give you the right to shove a shock in my [...]

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School is done. I am so glad! Last Saturday, I took the two youngest girls and their portfolios (above) to the evaluator. They did well and can move on to the next grade. All of their work is now in a box, ready to be put in the attic.
My youngest daughter went to my [...]

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What is Purple Piranha?  So glad you asked.  Make a note of it.  We don’t want you to forget later on. 
Sir Husband is remodeling the house…still…
He is now in the peas’ room.  He has finished the ceiling and has painted the walls purple.  You should now have some idea of where the purple [...]

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A conversation between the grandmother and my 6yo.
Grandmother, “How did you get that cut on your finger?”
Child,  “The piranha got me.”
Grandmother, “Piranha?”
Child, “Yeah, it’s purple.”
Grandmother, “You have a purple piranha?”
Child, “Yeah, it’s in my room.”
Grandmother, “You have a purple piranha in your bedroom?”
Child, “Yeah, it’s on the floor in the doorway.”
Grandmother, “You have a purple [...]

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While driving in the van through a speedbump infested parking lot, our youngest started talking…
Hey! the butt of the van just went up!
The butt went up again!
And again the butt goes up!
Husband says:  That is your daughter.
Mom (that’s me) is looking confused because there is no way that is my fault. 
Mom says, “Please stop saying butt.”
Ok, [...]

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