School Quotes (collected by Mom)

After an especially stressful school day, I told the kids that I was going to unwind with some 100 Proof Limoncello.  Connor's puzzled response was, "Mom, HOW do you PROVE it isn't Jello?"

The other day Connor was humming El Shaddai.  He stopped suddenly and said, "Wow!  Someone really wants Elsha to DIE!"

The other day Aidan was bemoaning the fact that he had 2 more years of classifying sentences ahead of him.  I told him that, when all was said and done, I would have gone through the Shurley English program 42 times, so I wasn't feeling much sympathy for him.  He agreed that the prospect sounded like a life sentence.  :) 


Shaila has made great strides with her reading.  The other day she exuberantly proclaimed that she had sounded out the word A-S-S!  I'm thinking I'll blame the King James Bible for that success.

The other day, I asked her to pray for our church's missionaries, Abe and Rachel, as they learn a new language in China.  Her heartfelt plea on their behalf went like this, "Dear God, PLEEASE help Babe, and help his teacher not to be mean and cruel to him."  I'm not sure if she was picturing "Babe the Pig" or "Babe the Blue Ox."  :)

Shaila asked me discreetly, "Mom, I don't want to discourage Brandan, but he's always going to be younger than me, right?"

On a sentimental note, it just warms my heart to observe Siobhan and Shaila's friendship.  Even though there is a 10-year age difference, they are the best of friends and do everything together.  Last Saturday, I saw them snuggled up with their notebooks, studying Advanced math.  Shaila meticulously copied every letter, number, and symbol, just like her big sis.  When they were done, they settled in to color a Frozen picture together.  :)   Shaila often reminds Siobhan that she was an answer to all of her years of prayer for a little sister.

When we found out that we're expecting twin boys, instead of girls, Shaila was temporarily devastated.  She found comfort in Siobhan's accounts of the times she learned she was having a little brother, rather than a sister.  When they were lying in bed, Shaila asked,"Siobhan did the same thing happen to you when you prayed for a sister and got a little brother instead?  Well...I prayed for a sister and got TWO brothers!" 

Noticing that Brandan was wiggling uncomfortably and announcing, "MY BUM IS DIRTY!" 
I absently asked him, "Brandan, what's under your bum?"  
He pulled out a ruler and said, "Daddy spanks you HARD!"  :)

I told Connor, "It's okay that you need help with math.  That's what I'm here for."  He melted my heart by responding, "Mom, you're here for WAAY more than math, and we love you more than you know!"

Connor - "Wow, Mom!  Siobhan's recovery from back surgery took the same amount of time as crossing the Oregon trail!"  

Shaila asked Siobhan, "Was I even alive when you were in your first play?"  
Connor's answer was, "Yes, Shaila, but you were just a cell."

The other day I was packing a half dozen sandwiches for a field trip.  I turned around to find that a piece of my flat bread was missing, and I heard Brandan exclaiming, "That's AMAAAAZING, Mom!  I'll take two!"


Stephen gave me the most wonderful break on Friday.  He brought the 4 youngest kids on a field trip, and I enjoyed a house with self-sufficient teens.  I went on a long run, and no one missed me.  I took a shower, and no one banged down the door.  I sat down to correct Advanced Math and Biology tests, and no one interrupted me.  I drove Siobhan and Ethan to DI, and no one needed me to buckle them!  I came home to organize about a hundred shoes and mittens and finished the job in record time.  It's hard to believe that all of our kids will be grown up someday.  I'm not ready for that and plan to hold on to each crazy and sweet memory we are making in the meantime...