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James sent me the following newspaper clipping image by email today.
This reminds me of an interview in our city newspaper where the president of the local chapter of the Federation of Republican Woman was asked to name her favorite American president. There in black-and-white, her answer read "Benjamin Franklin".
Finally, someone posted this link on a homeschool discussion board today.
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Saturday evening, we attended a dinner held in honor of our pastor, Bob, and his wife who are leaving our congregation to start a work in Laramie, Wyoming. On a few different occasions in the past, Bob has entertained the congregation with ventriloquism acts that he performs with a dummy.
Saturday afternoon, our family put together a skit spoofing Pastor Bob's ventriloquism act which James and the kids "performed" at the dinner. While neither the staging or the taping are well done, some may enjoy seeing the video:
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I love the beauty of the snow and am glad for the fun the kids have playing in it, but I do not like driving in it one bit! Maybe I'd like it if I had a Jeep, but the mini-van isn't built for the snowy terrain. There have been several times recently that I've held my breath at intersections, wondering if the van will actually come to a stop. Most of the side streets have turned into one-lane rugged roads hemmed in by plow-created drifts. I am impressed, however, with the job our city has done in clearing even side streets. One morning, at 4 am, Logan and I enjoyed watching out a window as a large front-loader struggled to plow a path in our cul-de-sac.
The Jeep pictured above is not on our street, but has been a humorous landmark that we've driven past several times.
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My
two older boys have been in a phase for awhile of bolstering their
boyhood by spurning all things "girlie." They mock all things
purple, pink or princessy to the point where I've had to intervene to
protect Sophie's feelings.
Months ago, Sophie checked
out a library book on tape which contained the fairytale
"Rapunzel". The kids listen to books-on-tape most days while they
eat lunch. The boys thought that their two votes could prevent
the Rapunzel tape from ever being a lunchtime listening choice... But
they forgot that Mom is a girl.
I insisted one day
that they needed to listen to Rapunzel before the tape had to be
returned to the library. I reasoned with them that it was
important to know the story, being part of our cultural heritage,
because references to the story just might show up in other literature
that they would read. Apparently, the boys did not think it was
too "girlie" to cry about my decision! However, they were saved
from the perceived torture due to my inability to locate that
particular story on the cassette.
Fast forward to today.
After lunch, Sophie came across a Bizarro cartoon in the funnies titled
"Rapunzel's Escape." It featured a damsel, with a braid trailing
off into a distant tower, asking a peasant "Got some scissors?"
Sophie laughed at the cartoon, but she really didn't get it. I
saw my opportunity.
I found the story of Rapunzel in a 1945 set of The Home University Bookshelf
which I inherited from my grandmother took from
my parents' house. I called the kids to sit around me on the
couch while I dramatically read the tale...without mentioning the title
{Insert maniacal laughter}. The children all listened with rapt
attention, and when I was finished, begged for more. With a gleam
in my eye, I revealed to the boys the title of the tale which they so
enjoyed. They both had to smile.
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One
of my sisters told me of an embarrassing incident that happened to her
recently, and of course, I found it to be hilarious! The poor
girl has been taking a new medication to deal with her incessant
migraines and some unfortunate temporary (hopefully) side-effects are
some short-term memory loss and "deficient noun disorder". At
least the medication is helping her with her headaches!
She went to a roofing supply store to buy shingles for her house.
When she talked to a salesman, she asked, "I'd like to buy some...of
those....things that go on your roof..."
He looked at her like she was nuts and said slowly, "Do you mean shingles?"
"Yes" she replied, very embarrassed.
My sister and I had a good laugh about the way her brain betrayed
her. Pregnancy has had similar effects on my thought processes
too.
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Jen Ig's
blog is usually good for some laughs. Sometimes she
gets all serious on us, and that's worth reading too, but oftentimes
her blog is an inspiration for silliness. In her recent Way Too Much To
Say post, she shared Jay from Cleveland's muglet which he
created of her brother-in-law. Too Funny!
Of course, the muglet site led me to start uploading and sending out my own muglet creations... What is a muglet?
Check out THIS ONE of
my dad! Don't forget to click on the buttons on the left side of
the page while you are there. Keep in mind: My dad has a
PhD in Biblical Theology, but yet his favorite read (aside from the
Bible, of course) is Louis L'amour.
Then I had to make ONE OF MY HUSBAND to
send out to all his friends. Our pastor said that James is
a good dancer.
My two boys wanted in on the game. Here
is one of Evan
and here is Matthew's.
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I'm usually not a big fan of email forwards, but my friend, Jenna, sent me this funny one today:
WHY GOD MADE MOMS
"Why God made moms" answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions.
Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in
the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use
string, I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.
What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
Why did your Mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats alot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her thinking cap on.
Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.
What's the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home, and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3.
Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause
that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
What does your Mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your Mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of
plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of
that.
2. I'd make my Mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on her back of
her head.
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My sister just sent me this amusing email forward:
These have to be original and genuine - no adult is this creative!!
MELANIE (age 5) asked her Granny how old she was. Granny replied
she was so old she didn't remember anymore. Melanie said, "If you
don't remember you must look in the back of your panties. Mine
say five to six."
STEVEN (age 3) hugged and kissed his Mom
goodnight. "I love you so much, that when you die, I'm going to
bury you outside my bedroom window."
BRITTANY (age 4) had an
earache and wanted a painkiller. She tried in vain to take the
lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her Mom explained it
was a childproof cap and she'd have to open it for her. Eyes wide
with wonder, the little girl asked: "How does it know it's me?"
SUSAN (age 4) was drinking juice when she got the hiccups.
"Please don't give me this juice again," she said, "It makes my teeth
cough."
DI (age 4) stepped onto the bathroom scale and asked: "How much do I cost?"
JACK (age 3) was watching his Mom breast-feeding his new baby
sister. After a while he asked: "Mom why have you got
two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?"
CLINTON (age
5) was in his bedroom looking worried. When his Mom asked what
was troubling him, he replied, "I don't know what'll happen with this
bed when I get married. How will my wife fit in?"
JAMES
(age 4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: "The
man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but
his wife looked back and was turned to salt." Concerned, James
asked: "What happened to the flea?"
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I think it is very funny in a horrible sort of way. I hope you can tell that I'm joking.
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Click HERE to see this must have item for every home with children!
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