Sometimes, the conversation gets quite deep around here:

Arianna:        Mom, did Adam have to go under the water to name the ocean animals?    

ME:                 I...uh. well, I don't - Um, what do you think?

Arianna:         (thoughtfully) I think they poked thier heads out and came to him.

ME:                (nodding intelligently) I think you're right honey.

Phew, that was close. I almost lost  my reputation there! :-)

And for those of you who think Noelle came from somewhere way out in left field, here is proof that she has inherited her mother's deep thinking genes and her father's practicality. We were reading Aesop's fable about the farmer with the goose that laid golden eggs. I think the moral was lost to her, but it inspired the following conversation:

Noelle: Why him want da golden eggs Mama?

Me: Because he is greedy and wants to be rich, honey.

Noelle:  Is him going to eat the eggs? 

Me: No sweetie, you can't eat golden eggs.

Noelle: Oh. [She ponders this more, then perks up and asks -] Is little golden baby chicks tan tome outta the eggs?

Me: No honey, nothing will come out of them, they are just solid gold eggs.

Noelle [pondering, and a little preturbed my now]  Mama, WHY him want the golden eggs for?

Ahh, that's our little country girl.

And finally, since it's been TWO whole posts since I last had a picture, here is one of Zeke, treating his First Ever Bloody Nose. I know it will not be his last, and frankly, I am surprised it took him this long, considering that he alternately stumbles or hurls his way though life.

And no, the tissue didn't last long after the picture. :-)

And on a totally unrelated note, I have decided to challenge myself to post one new entry each night this week, and to make it even more challenging, I will try to get it in before 10pm EDT, because that is the cutoff I have given myself for turning off the computer at night. 10 might be late for some of ya'll, but I have been known to be on the computer till 1 am, and when I finally wake in the morning the dinner dishes are still in the sink. (How embarrasing, I can't believe I shared that. If you are totally disgusted with me, please keep it to yourself, lol. ) But let's focus on the good news people - there will be lots of posts this week!  Did you catch yesterday's serious post?  We may not get another one of those till next week. I can only be so serious, you know?There will be more cute kid pics too, but you'll just have to come back and see, because right now it's 10:08 pm and I have a date with the dishes.