Tidbits from the Piglets

Mr. M: Mom, why can't I have a Gameboy?

Me:  Because I don't like some of the games on them and I think they are a big waste of time.

Mr. M:  But you have a computer and that's a big waste of your time.

Miss A:  Mom, are getting ready to go to the gym?

Me: Yep.

Miss A:  (derisive tone) Why?

Me: (thinking: it's obvious to a 6 yo that it's a lost cause) To fight against the machine!

Miss A (praying):  Please bless us, Heavenly Father that no harmony will follow us.

(I say "no harm or accident follow us" a lot.)

Miss A (examining a pile of rocks at the street corner, 200 miles from the ocean): Mom, look a shark's tooth (holds up a pointed rock).

Me: Wow.

Miss A:  Another one!  I think a whole shark died here!

At the State Fair, we saw a horrific show that was supposed to be a horse show, but in reality turned out to be a variety show gone bad.  Imagine bad actors dressed up as famous actors, doing skits in the middle of a dirt field pocked with manure.   Fabulous.

At one point a little person (is that the right title?) came out dressed as Elvis.  

Miss A:  Mom, is he real?  Like really, real? Real short?

Fake Marilyn Monroe and Elvis scaring my kids.