Overheard

Wow! I've had this "Overheard" post sitting in my draft list since October of last year. I figured it was time to finally post it. To go with it, I'm loading some pictures from January that never made it to the blog.

Here are several one-liners. I no longer remember the context in which these were said or who said them, but they are still amusing:

"Quit! Your breath has too much water in it."

"I didn't know it, but I'm good at drawing Chinese clothes."

"Mommy, you are the best laundry folder. It's like underwear origami."

"No, it doesn't stink. It smells like Mommy...." [pause] "... when she's clean." I'm wondering what sort of looks the other kids gave to necessitate the little addendum there.

A malapropism from Taryn. (Who says teens can't be just as hilarious as a little kid learning to talk.)
"Their marriage wasn't circumcised until after Jesus was born."



A Taryn malapropism while studying the human body:
The muscle in your bottom is the Gluttonous maximus.

True, that.



Rebekah got a Wave board (one of those 2-wheeled skateboards with a pivot in the middle) for her birthday (see I told you this was an old post). The girls got the hang of it in about one morning. They made it look easy is what I'm saying.
So, I jumped on to try it. Through their laughter they tried to coach me. "You're not really doing the wave, Mom, you're just kind of jiggling."

I was helping David in the tub and noticed several scabs on his back. I asked him about how he got them. "I fell into the toilet but it's okay. I climbed back out."

See, there are benefits to having a gluttonous maximus. I've never fallen into the toilet and had to climb out.


Tina was playing with 3 smaller girls and was giving horsey rides with them on her back, 2 at a time. Joseph told her he would have been strong enough to give all 3 of them rides at once. She retorted, "So could I! I'm just not 3 buns long!"