Quote of the Day, part XLIV

Me, during Family Home Evening: "How can we repent of 'persecuting your brother'?"
William: "Pick me! I just barely did it!"

Jacob, when I showed him the twin coverlet I had purchased for his bed right before we moved:
"I like that. Whoa, wait! Are we really going to get beds that big?"
Me, thinking that this boy has been sleeping on a camping cot on the floor for entirely too long.
This move didn't come a day too early!

Monday, September 29, 2008

Cleaning Outfits

I gave the kids an assignment to clean out the car. Simple instructions: Each were given two grocery bags and told to go fill them up, bring them inside, and put away the contents of their bags. Then I proceeded to make dinner. I went outside a little later to check on their progress.

Me: "Oh my! What are you wearing?"
Isaac: "Our cleaning outfits. You have to have something special on to do a job like this."


Isaac's looks especially uncomfortable, though his shimmy doesn't seem to be restricted.


Clara, slowly but surely, filling her bag with crayons. (Ooh, it's painful to look at Isaac...)



Will in the van, trying to figure out exactly where the opening in his pouch is.


The master-mind of the operation. Isaac announced that he had Jacob's outfit all folded and ready for him for when he came home from soccer practice.

9 comments:

Norris Fam said...

Thanks for that post...I needed a good laugh today and that did it for me!!! Please send them my way soon because my car looks like a full dumpster waiting to be emptied!

Whitney said...

ho ho ho. belly laughs. especially clara's bag of choice. it looks like her mom recently picked up some artificial insemination....and what a catchy name for such a place!

Amber said...

Oh my gosh! That is hilarious! Of course your kids would be so funny! I love it!

Anonymous said...

My kids do the same thing! Except they call them swimming suits. I have to say, Anna, your blog is my very favorite to read. It is hilarious! You are such a good writer.

Holly Ogden said...

oh my.

Staci said...

Wow, that is a good idea. Make the kids do it! Your kids are adorable and it is fun to see how much they have grown up!

Jessie Riley said...

I'm with you in thinking that it is PAINFUL to look at Poor Isaac's bottom!

scooping it up said...

I think the essential element of any successful ensemble is that it allows free, unhindered shimmying. Clara does seem to shopping at "Sperm R Us." Hmmm...

Allens, Inc. said...

Alright already! The name on Clara's bag is Sherm's, as in Sherm's Thunderbird. It's a great warehouse-ish, Food4Less sort of store here in Roseburg. And I think the only sort of artificial insemination places they have around here are for cows. Put all your minds at rest...