The Quote Board

Yuck!

2011-12-26T12:30:00.000-05:00

"You have morning breath... and it's afternoon!"
Philip to Mom

Posted by Mom

Moms

2011-12-24T12:39:00.000-05:00

"Mom, we need to go!"

"I'm the only one already in the car, Elanore! Why are you saying this to me?"

"Because you can make something happen. You're a mom!"

Posted by Mom

Hypocrisy

2010-09-24T12:59:00.003-04:00

"Elanore, what that's called is hypo-crotic-ness..."

Olivia

Posted by Dad

2010-09-20T16:29:00.002-04:00

Olivia, discussing her feelings about morning breath:
"And your breath tastes like llama..."

When questioned a bit, she expounded:
"You know, how a petting zoo tastes..."

"Well, people sometimes say something tastes like poop, too, when they haven't really eaten poop..."

Posted by Mom

2010-07-29T11:05:00.002-04:00

"May we go to Pier 1? I love that store! It's really awesome, and it's not too big. You can just stand up and look over the pillows and see your mom..." - Elanore
Posted by Mom

2010-07-27T19:01:00.000-04:00

"Was that a whole table of illegal aliens?" - Olivia, of the kitchen staff at the Mexican restaurant, all eating together in their white t-shirts before the dinner rush...

Posted by Mom

Publish Post

Scary trip to the outhouse...

2010-07-21T16:32:00.005-04:00

Evie, after viewing Elanore's drawing: "Does anyone else find this disturbing?!"

Posted by Mom

2010-06-29T06:44:00.006-04:00

Eric, to Philip: "Hey, that's pretty cool. I've never gotten a blurb before."

Posted by Mom

Ahhh, summer reading...

2010-06-28T06:57:00.000-04:00

Olivia, to Elizabeth: "Do you have any good book suggestions? I am so desperate I just read a Tinker Bell book of Elanore's..."

Posted by Mom

Getting Ready for Church

2010-06-06T10:15:00.006-04:00

Elanore: "Dad, we don't have time for Axe!"

Posted by Mom

2010-03-15T18:30:00.003-04:00

Olivia to Mom: "Hey, I got your foot bath ready! It's by the potty just in case you need to poop."

Posted by Evie

Mornings When Dad is Home.....

2010-02-22T09:38:00.005-05:00

Olivia ~ "Hey, where did my Grape-Nuts go?!?"

Posted by Evie

Natural Deodorant Brands

2010-02-21T18:41:00.002-05:00

Olivia: "Hey, Evie, Tom is not working for me; I think I'll try Jason."

Posted by Evie

2010-02-04T20:05:00.001-05:00

Mom ~ "The pack is peeing!!!!!"

Posted by Evie

2010-02-02T20:15:00.002-05:00

Olivia ~ "I think I'm gonna have the reception before the wedding."

Posted by Evie

2010-01-25T14:37:00.001-05:00

While reading William and Mary's Virtual Yearbook -----

"Whoa! I can turn a page!"
~Olivia

Posted by Philip

2010-01-25T14:14:00.002-05:00

Olivia: (on Mom's blog, pointing to the "Report Abuse" button)

"Oh, My Gosh, that's tempting!!!! 'There's a picture of me on this woman's blog!!!!!'"

Posted by Evie

2010-01-25T14:10:00.002-05:00

Elanore: "How do you do spell my middle name?"

Posted by Evie

2010-01-25T13:42:00.001-05:00

Me: "Greg, what are you eating?"

Greg: "Tots."

Posted by Evie

2010-01-25T13:33:00.002-05:00

Olivia ~ "Evie, guess what I'm thinking about?"

Me ~ "What?"

Olivia ~ "Did Adam have a belly button?"

Posted by Evie

2010-01-16T18:42:00.003-05:00

Elanore: "Mom, I think I know where Philip gets his loudness from."

Mom: "Oh yeah? Where?"

Elanore: "Dad."

Posted by Evie

Oh, Mom.

2010-01-16T18:39:00.004-05:00

I found Mom on the elliptical just now. She had just had a long bath.

Me: "Mom!!! What are you doing?!?!? I thought you just had a bath!!!!"

Mom: "I'm making my legs sore."

Posted by Evie

2010-01-16T13:57:00.002-05:00

Uuu!! Your name, the way it looks with a capital "E," reminds me of that mole you had on your neck. ~ Olivia

Posted by Evie (I guess I should say evie for this one. ;)

2010-01-16T13:54:00.004-05:00

Me: "Hey, Olivia, What part of a nucleotide is responsible for the way DNA is stored?"

Olivia: "Umm...... The middle."

Posted by Evie

2010-01-13T08:03:00.001-05:00

"Uggg!!! That bleached white flour burned me!!!!" ~ Greg Mills

Posted by Evie

2010-01-09T15:40:00.003-05:00

Me: "Hello, Sitterdings!"
Aunt Kim: "Hello, Olivia!!!!"
Me: (in a happy voice) "This is Evie!!!"

Posted by Evie

2010-01-06T18:27:00.006-05:00

Dad tried mom's drink, then:
"Blech!!! Ahhhh!!! Ick!!! That is way too sweet!!!

Mom~ "I put a teeny minuscule cocaine-sized scoop of stevia, and it was too much."

Posted by Evie

2010-01-06T16:54:00.002-05:00

*small gasp!!!!!*
"It's my birthday this weekend!!! Ooooooo!!!"
~Mom

Posted by Evie

Things we shouldn't have to learn...

2010-01-06T13:50:00.003-05:00

Mom ~ "'And what does BR stand for?'

'Bromine, and who the hell cares?!?!?'"

Posted by Evie

2010-01-06T11:03:00.007-05:00

"Mom, you have the poofiest hair on the page!" - Evie, upon seeing my "virtual yearbook photo" in the top row of page 26 of the William & Mary Colonial Times 1989 yearbook.

"Gosh, Dad has the poofiest man-hair on the page, too!" (He is in the top row of page 48.)

Well, it WAS the 80's! ;)

Again, it was pps. 26 & 48. Check it out at http://alumni.wm.edu/1989/yearbook/files/Default.html

And it was pps. 28 & 40 in the Green & Gold book for entering freshmen. See those pictures, from 1985, here: http://alumni.wm.edu/1989/green_gold/files/Default.html

Posted by Mom

2010-01-01T00:03:00.005-05:00

"I don't think he made it up, but I think he wrote it." - Dad

This was the response to, "Did Frank Sinatra make up this song?"

Posted by Philip

2009-12-31T23:02:00.003-05:00

"Philip, don't put words in my mouth, or thoughts in my head!" - Evie

Posted by Mom

2009-12-31T10:47:00.005-05:00

"Mom, Winston just stole my clementine." - Olivia

Posted by Mom

2009-12-31T10:47:00.002-05:00

"My hands are colder than I thought anything ever could be." - Elanore, after the morning run with the dogs

Posted by Evie

2009-12-31T10:45:00.003-05:00

Olivia: "Evie is naughtier than Winston, because Winston doesn't know what he isn't supposed to do."

Posted by Laurie

2009-12-30T08:13:00.004-05:00

"Diiest, I didn't know they made man leggings." - Elanore

(Dad was wearing running pants before his run.)

Posted by Evie

2009-12-25T09:45:00.003-05:00

"I was lying in bed thinking about all the presents I was giving people, and then I remembered that I'm getting some, too." - Olivia Grace, on Christmas morning

Posted by Mom

2009-12-23T18:45:00.001-05:00

(As the phone was ringing, on our second day of vigilant keep-your-eyes-on-him-every-single-minute watching of the new dog, Winston, who occasionally still tries to pee in the house.)

"Aaaaaaaaa... The outside world...

Now I know how new Moms feel!" - Evie

Posted by Laurie

2009-12-14T12:15:00.003-05:00

Olivia: "When you give a sermon, just make sure your fly is zipped."
(This was in response to my declaration that I was going to be an intense pastor.)

Posted by Philip

2009-12-08T20:16:00.004-05:00

Oh, I gotta pee!!!! ~ Mom

Posted by Evie

2009-12-07T08:55:00.002-05:00

Elanore: "I'm getting hot... can we turn off the TV?"

(This while we were all watching the "Cozy Cracklin' Firplace" DVD last night. The gas logs were on, and they were the real source of the heat.)

Posted by Mom

2008-10-25T14:52:00.000-04:00

Iivo, preparing for the costume party: "I'm coming as a big stinker!"

Elanore: "But, Diiest, you don't need to get dressed up for that!"

Posted by Mom

2008-10-15T08:49:00.000-04:00

"I don't take orders from little people."

(Olivia, to Elanore, who had requested that she play a particular favorite on the piano.)

Posted by Mom

2008-10-03T21:51:00.000-04:00

Elanore: "Philip smells like earwax."
(as he read her a bedtime story)

Posted by Mom

2008-10-02T19:12:00.000-04:00

Olivia, to Elanore: "Lips? Lips?! Who doesn't know how to spell 'lips'?"

Posted by Mom

2008-09-14T14:47:00.000-04:00

Olivia, of Little: "Aww! Her little 'doganality'!"

Posted by Mom

2008-09-13T16:46:00.001-04:00

"Yay! I want a Freeze Squeeze! What's a Freeze Squeeze?"

Posted by Mom

2008-08-17T14:18:00.003-04:00

Olivia: "Louis? Louis?! Who would name their kid Louis fourteen times?!"

Posted by Mom

2008-08-16T14:45:00.000-04:00

Olivia: "I don't think men are funny."

Posted by Mom

2008-06-29T11:53:00.001-04:00

"What's my name? I'm prettier than you."
- Elanore to Olivia, on taking the Austen Heroine quiz

The Austen Heroine quiz is something that Mom and Evie showed to the rest of our family this morning. The quote above is something that Elanore said when she turned out to be Marianne Dashwood, and Olivia turned out to be Elinor Dashwood.

Posted by Philip

2008-05-08T12:17:00.004-04:00

Dad: "Way to go, son! You've got the brain of a math!"

Posted by Mom

2007-10-17T14:11:00.003-04:00

Elanore: "I LOVE piano! For some reason, it feels like I've been playing for a long time - like an old friend" (one week after her first piano lesson, the day before her second one).

Posted by Mom

2007-04-07T20:16:00.003-04:00

Mom: "Why are you taking a shower right before you go out to play?"
Evie: "Because you can't enjoy getting dirty and yukky unless you're clean."

Posted by Mom

2007-04-07T14:15:00.003-04:00

Olivia: "Would you put my gloves in the microwave? The snow magnet to them."

Posted by Mom