Mouse's Nest: Conversations IV

Quotes

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. ~ Anais Nin

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. ~C.S. Lewis

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia . ~E.L. Doctorow

Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ~Pearl S. Buck

The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. ~Helen Rowland

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ~Krishnamurti

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us. ~La Rochefoucauld

If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. ~Johnny Carson

When I speak of home, I speak of the place where -- in default of a better -- those I love are gathered together; and if that place were a gypsy's tent, or a barn, I should call it by the same good name notwithstanding. ~Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

Absolutes are never true.

Sunday, April 6, 2008:

We all gathered around the computer to watch (delayed) the Solemn Assembly from the first session of conference.

Mom: And who's the next prophet?
Quinn: Thomas...Edison!

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Quinn: Mom, did you get pregnant in the middle of the night?
Mom: (shocked) What?
Quinn: I heard you on the phone and you said that you got pregnant in the middle of the night.
Mom: (racking her brain) OOOH, no, what I said was WHEN I was pregnant (pointing at Rhys) I had to get up and pee in the middle of the night and then when I got there I couldn't go.

Moral of the story: Not only do little pitchers have big ears, but bigger pitchers have even bigger ones and they don't always hear properly. I'm just glad we had the conversation last night instead of finding out that Quinn had gone to school and told all of his classmates that his mom got pregnant in the middle of the night!

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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Rhys: Um, Mom, Quinn has both Apple Jacks and Pops in his bowl and I was wondering...um, can we have both cereals?
Mom: Yes.
Rhys: Sweet! Without Cheerios?
Mom: Yes.
Rhys: Awesome!

See how he threw his brother under the bus while trying to make like he wanted to follow the rules?! Rhys is such a good big brother!

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By the way, my daughter has the most amazing conversations with other four-year-olds in our van. I wish I had a tape recorder; not so much as to bore you with the details but just to record the moment. I love how quickly they change subject and the sentences that make them say, "Ellaweez, you so funny!"

12 comments:

M said...: Because I'm a comment whore; May 7, 2008 at 5:05 PM
M said...: And because, seriously, I love this quote and this movie.; May 7, 2008 at 5:05 PM
M said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; May 7, 2008 at 5:06 PM
M said...: Dr. Jules Hilbert: Hell Harold, you could just eat nothing but pancakes if you wanted.; May 7, 2008 at 5:06 PM
M said...: Harold Crick: What is wrong with you? Hey, I don't want to eat nothing but pancakes, I want to live! I mean, who in their right mind in a choice between pancakes and living chooses pancakes?; May 7, 2008 at 5:07 PM
M said...: Dr. Jules Hilbert: Harold, if you pause to think, you'd realize that that answer is inextricably contingent upon the type of life being led... and, of course, the quality of the pancakes.; May 7, 2008 at 5:07 PM
M said...: completely gratuitous attempt to up comment count AND try Jill's method of leaving loads of comments at once; May 7, 2008 at 5:07 PM
M said...: completely gratuitous attempt to up comment count AND try Jill's method of leaving loads of comments at once; May 7, 2008 at 5:07 PM
M said...: Man, I'm just not very good at that...yet!; May 7, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Amy said...: Rhys is my kind of kid. We'd totally get along :o); May 8, 2008 at 8:04 AM
ConTorTion said...: madness has brought you here; May 8, 2008 at 11:02 PM
mia said...: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!
I hope your day is filled with lots of hugs and kisses!

Love,
mia; May 11, 2008 at 12:07 AM