Pinewood Castle

Quote Corner

“Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.”

― H. Jackson Browne

Quote Corner

"Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school."

- Melinda Harmon, Federal District Judge

Quote Corner

"Parents and families are the first and most important teachers. If families teach a love of learning, it can make all the difference in the world to our children."

- Richard Riley, former U.S. Secretary of Education

Quote Corner

"My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself."

- George Bernard Shaw

Quote Corner

"Thank goodness my education was neglected."

- Beatrix Potter

Quote Corner

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did

but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

― Maya Angelou

The Mystery Booth

So we were in line for confession last Saturday and the Little Princess studied her siblings waiting quietly in line and taking turns in the confessional. After a while she requested, "When Sunshine is done going potty I want to try too!"

The Things They Say

After the Little Prince had his nursing session cut short due to pulling too hard on my necklace he threw a little tantrum. "He learned from The Master," Dad observed.

"I'm The Master!" boasted his four year old sister.

*******************************************************************************************************************

The same four year old sister has been trained to stay in bed until the clock turns 7:00 am. The other morning Dad went in to say good morning but the clock displayed 6:58 so she was obediently sitting in bed looking at a book. After two minutes had passed she popped up and instructed Dad, "You make sure the clock stays 7:00 so I can get dressed!"

**********************************************************************************************************************

And from the 7yo boy: a co-worker of my husband's came over this afternoon to help install a new radiator in the '96 Accord (we are nursing it along until we can afford a replacement). He busted a gut when our son saw the old fluid being drained and announced that it looked like "giraffe snot".

Nuggets from Lenten Reading

"If we have lived for God, then death is a liberation."

- Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Victory over Vice

Nuggets from Lenten Reading

"One day a woman went to the saintly Father John Vianney, the Cure of Ars, in France, and said, "My husband has not been to the sacraments or to Mass for years. He has been unfaithful, wicked, and unjust. He has just fallen from a bridge and was drowned - a double death of body and soul."

The Cure answered, "Madam, there is a short distance between the bridge and the water, and it is that distance which forbids you to judge."

- Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Victory over Vice

Nuggets from Lenten Reading

"Let no one think he can be totally indifferent to God in this life and suddenly develop a capacity for Him at the moment of death."

- Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Victory over Vice

Nuggets from Lenten Reading

"The Church fasts, the world diets."

- Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Victory over Vice

For the Poor Souls (All Four of Them)

Child (who shall not only remain nameless but also get in for a hearing test):

"You mean there are only four souls in purgatory?"

Three-isms

She thinks she's got everything all figured out.

The other night at the dinner table when she wouldn't eat her dinner but wanted dessert and mom said no, "Mom, say YES!"

When her big brother was pestering her, "Don't make me cry!"

After we announced that we were going to have caramel apples for dessert, "I want mine without the apple!"

What Did You Say?

Me to Dancer: What is next in your lesson plan book?

Dancer: It says to listen to Barbecue music.

Me: You mean Baroque?

This is the same child who used to say how much she liked "laminated" chicken. Of course she meant "marinated"!

Our All Time Favorite Kid Quotes

This isn't quite the same with blog names, but I hope you have a few good laughs anyway!

Dancer Age 2

In the spring - "I think I see the wind blowing the leaves back on the trees."

Mom, "What color are your eyes?
Dancer, My eyes are brown."
Mom, "What color are mommy's eyes?"
Dancer, "Your eyes are green. And brown and black and white and red!"

Mom, "It's time for the N-A-P game, let's go upstairs!"
Dancer, "We play the N-A-P game for every quiet time!"

Dancer said a swear word at the dinner table. Mom, "Do you know what that word means?"
Dancer, "It means that L. made a mess!"

In the bathroom in the middle of Mass, "Nothing's coming out. Maybe next week!"

Sunshine Age 2

"I'm two, M.'s four, mommy's five."

Singing the ABC's, "H, I, J, K, ELMO P."
Also, "Twinkle, twinkle little star, now I know my ABC's."

"Can I have some matrimony and cheese, please?"

A relative asked Dancer how she liked going to preschool. Sunshine chimed in, "M. goes to preschool and I go to Wal-Mart!"

Holding up one finger, she seriously said, "Mommy, there's only one God." Holding up all ten fingers she said with a smile, "But there's a lot of angels!"

Sunshine was rewarded with chocolate chips at home for potty-training. When she had to use a public restroom she looked around with concern and asked, "Mommy, do they have chocolate chips here?"

Dinnertime:
Sunshine, "What's for dinner?"
Daddy, "Food!"
Sunshine, "NO!"
(typical defiant two year old)

"Mommy, can I have a cookie before dessert?"

An epiphany, "I can talk and think at the same time!"

Mom and Dad, "Why did God make you?"
Sunshine, "So you could love us and serve us."

Dino Age 2

While coloring with crayons, "I'm drawing a train engine!"
Holding up his crayon, "Mommy, the crayon won't work!"

Overheard asking Sunshine, "Do you remember when God created us?"

Upon observing a hummingbird, "He has a toothpick in his mouth!"

Dino, "Where does chicken come from?"
Mom, "Chicken."
Dad, "Where does pork come from?"
Dino, "Porcupine!"

When I was pregnant with #4., "Is the baby going to come out your nose?"

Evidently we often tell the kids we are going to say grace while our dinner cools off. One night Dino protested, "No, we don't have to pray - it's not hot!"

Kindergarten Quoateables

While listening to the States and Capitols song on the Yakko's World CD Dino expressed his relief that we do not live in Idaho.

"Why is that?" I asked.

"Because it's noisy there!"

(Boise, Noisy)

" I have to just concentrate on concentrating."

— Martina Navritilova

Be Brave, Be Yourself

"He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away."

— Raymond Hull

Oh My, Me?

"When we are no longer able to change a situation — we are challenged to change ourselves."

— Victor E. Frankl