Quotes of the Day XI

Parker ran into Miles' room while I was changing his diaper today, and said, in an alarming tone,

"Mommy, I thought of something weird! If there weren't ever any more june bugs, there would never be another June!"

Another Parker thought to get you thinking today,

"Mama, why don't girls ever have beards?" Except say beards like this: beeyahds.

This question resulted in a cursory discussion about these things called male and female hormones and what they do (cursory, remember), and the many ways in which boys and girls are different. He's also been very interested lately in how electricity and magnets work, how big germs are, if we live on the inside or the outside of the earth, what's under hot lava and what eyeballs are made of. Those I can answer correctly (I think), but electricity? I think I remember something about electrons, but I did get a C in Physical Science. I told Parker that these teeny little things called electrons bounce off of each other really fast and that results in electric power being created. Totally wrong, apparently. I need to start studying just so I can talk to this kid. Luckily, his daddy is a brilliant science-minded person. But then, after easily answering Parker's questions, Neal looks over at me and says, "you really don't know how electricity works?"

Nope.

A really quick one from Audrey, and actually not a verbal quote, but a written one. I was reading through her new Junie B. Jones Top Secret Personal Beeswax Journal she got for her birthday. (I totally believe in invading my children's privacy.) On the page where you're to describe your family, it prompts you to enter three words that describe your mother. And I quote:

1. Prettyish
2. Loving
3. Nice

Three words that describe your Daddy: "I love him."

Prettyish? Are you kidding me?