Receivers give too

Mom :When you send a note to Santa keep in mind this is the season for giving not receiving?
Elvish : I know, I will try, but you got to understand. .if I am a receiver I am only trying to help too
Mom: How is that?
Elvish: If there are no receivers, there would be no use for the givers

No ordinary science

Mom : So.. Newton was no ordinary man .
Elvish : I was already convinced of that
Mom : That's nice , what convinced you ?
Elvish : Most people would just wash the apple and eat it,not make a law about it !

Chasing dreams

Elvish : Don’t wake me too early in the morning ?

Mom : Why not? We want the morning to be relaxed

Elvish : You don’t understand !! I may be chasing my dreams .

Cracking life

Elvish : I wish my life was shaped like an egg and not a circle

Mom : Is it because I say life goes a full circle ?

Elvish  : Yes ,I want mine to be an egg

Mom : Why ?

Elvish : I just want to crack this whole life thing !! 

Calculated Life

Tolkien : I think I know what you mean when you say Math is important in life.

Mom : Glad you got the point !! It isn’t hard when you think it is fun.

Tolkien : Yes, when you add your friends ,subtract your enemies  and divide your negativity , you multiply your happiness.

                               

Geometrical life

Elvish : Mom did you realize life is so geometrical ?
Mom : How did you conclude that ?
Elvish : Because of the things you say to us often,Life goes around in a circle , you live in a box and try to think outside it and without family life is pointless !!

Knock before you enter

Mom :Always knock on a door before you enter 
Elvish : You mean any door ?
Mom : Yes ,if its closed ,knock and then enter. It is just good manners .
Elvish : Except when it is your class room door. When it is closed, you pass !!

Life is a circus

Tolkien : Mom ,your life must be entertaining
Mom : How did you conclude that ?
Tolkien : It wasn't a hypothesis to conclude.You often say your life is a circus. 

Fitting in

Elvish : It is difficult to fit in when you are often upside down

What men want

Today we made it to Mars !!
What happens next?
Finally there will be research on "What men want!"

Christmas Story

Elvish : Mom, do you think Christmas is only for girls too ?
Mom : No ?? It is for every one !It is the most joyous time of giving
Elvish : I asked because every year you make our Christmas tree wear a skirt

Roller coaster life

Mom : Life is a roller coaster ride..Life gives us highs and lows, like happy days and sad 
Elvish : That means we just have to put our hands up and scream with excitement when we go down...mmmm now I wonder.. why do people get sad??

Men are from Mars

Today we made it to Mars !!
What happens next?
Finally there will be research on "What men want!"

Window of opportunity

During one of those pep talk sessions
Mom :.....Remember if one door is closed
Elvish: Try the window !!

Persistence pays

Mom : You are so persistent when you need electronics. You don't quit,do you?
Elvish : I have been told you should keep trying till you succeed.

Time for fine print in life lessons

Bugged

Elvish : I got a bug in my nose when I was playing cricket .
Mom : yew!! I hope you got it out .
Elvish : No it was too quick for me,I think it made it to my brain.
Mom : oh no ! What should we do ?
Elvish : Nothing ! This is just to inform you, if you find me "bugging" Tolkien today , it isn't really me..it's the bug in me .

Bugged beyond words #elvishgnan

Life Rocks

Mom : Sometimes life gives you rocks ..what would you do?
Elvish : You just take them and write messages that inspire and sell them in Hobby Lobby !! 

Too many trips this summer to the hobby store

Recycling Life

A session of trying to recap the previous year's spiritual lessons over the summer, 
Mom : So life is all about ....
Elvish : Recycling ??

I think he meant realising..but recycling isn't a bad place to start, all negative thoughts to some positive ones

Dog talk

Elvish talking to a friend ,who wants to pet our dogs

Friend : Does your dog bite ?

Elvish : There is no record of him biting anyone so far

Friend : Does that mean he won’t bite me?

Elvish : No it means,if he bites you,you would be the first !

That’s encouraging …or diplomatic .But for the record,his friend did pet our dogs :) #caninehumor

Vulnerable

Spelling practice

Mom : Vulnerable

Tolkien: Can you put it in a sentence please ?

Elvish:I can

Mom : #surprised

Elvish : We are all vulnerable to "life"

#nowitmakessense

Kid polictics

Elvish walking home arguing with Tolkien 

Mom : what happened ? 

Elvish : It happened again 

Mom : what ?

Elvish : L said I can't be your friend if you are friends with G 

Mom : but you guys were friends this morning?

Elvish : that's the problem ,he is friends every morning but not in the afternoon 

Mom : Did you explain to him ?

Elvish : Yes , I did and I finally said 

You can't tell me whom to choose as a friend .It is your right to choose to not be my friend and it is my right to choose to be. You can't take that from me

Mom : what did he say ?

Elvish : nothing !!

How could he???

#kidpolitics#democracyprevails

Fashion Smashion

Tolkien: Mom, what do you consider fashion ? 

Mom : you mean personally ?

Tolkien : yes, what is your style ?

Mom : If it is not wrinkled.. Wear it, if there are no stains.. Wear it.If it doesn't smell...wear it 

Tolkien : that isn't style..when did you pick up this sense of fashion ?

Mom : ten years ago..when you were born ! I have never looked back since

Timing is everything

Elvish : Mom ,how was your day ?

Mom : It was good.Thank you for asking.That was sweet 

Elvish : Ya I wanted to check your mood before asking something .Can I get some Pokemon cards ?

Marriage woes

Mom : I heard a couple of girls in your class want to marry you

Elvish : Ewww! I don't want to 

Mom : You seem to need a partner for all your work, and I am getting old ,may be I should get you married.

Elvish : I think it's illegal for me to marry now, I could be sent to "juvenile" if I did !

Cold morning misery

The coldest morning and we are ironically back to school after the hols @6 am

Mom: Rise and shine my Valentine

Tolkien : You got to be kidding me !! 

:) You got to love kids

Contentment

After a lengthy lecture on "contentment"

Mom: So what did you learn from the story ?

Elvish: It is better to be middle class 

Gentleman

Elvish: I am going to take a break from being a gentleman

Mom: Why?

Elvish: I am drawing too much attention on myself

Animal people

Elvish : what kindof people are we ?

Mom : I don't understand .what do you mean ?

Elvish: you know there are cat people and dog people 

Mom : oh ! I think we are dog people

Elvish : any chance we could be hamster or gerbil people too ?? 

Good going tyke ..you almost  got me there ;) but I am almost caving in , he has worked my last nerve since October

Silent conversations

Ok so I tell my kids that in a few days I get a root canal

Elvish : what happens then?

Mom : The dentist is going to fix a tooth that is ill

Elvish : Is it going to hurt?

Mom : Yep a lot .I may not be able to talk for a couple of days.what do you think ?

Expecting an compassionate answer, but still worried I threw myself to the wolves here

Tolkien: who is going to give us instructions on what to do?

Elvish : Remember she can write

Childhood classic

Mom :I write Elvish and Tolkien so you both can remember some  of our funnest conversation when you and I are both older

Tolkien : I like that our childhood will eventually be a comic strip

Elvish : Mom your childhood is a classic 

Ok this time the dude didn't hopefully imply I was old or ancient like a black and white movie but something more positive :)

Open new doors

Mom : when one door closes another opens ! 

Elvish : How would that help ? You would probably be in a room you don't want to be 

Life lesson 102 : Don't use proverbs with 7 year olds

Funny bone

Tolkien : Mom says I was funny when I was a kid. But she didn't write Elvish and Tolkien back then

Elvish : why did you stop being funny?

Mom : well she is funny sometimes,but mostly she has learnt the right facts that she makes more intelligent comments than goofy ones like you

Elvish : you mean you get smart ,you stop being funny ?

Mom : Perhaps you will lose your funny bone and become more serious .who knows ?

 Elvish : You better stop taking me to the library .I really don't want to get too smart and lose my funny bone

Table talk

Mom : you guys argue at the breakfast table or the dinner. You should learn to have a quiet meal
Tolkien : Incidentally they are both the same in this house .
For some clarification , we do eat the breakfast nook at dinner time too

Naturally a disaster

After what seemed like the longest quiet Saturday afternoon upstairs in their rooms
Mom : I am coming upstairs ,I hope you have cleaned up your rooms
Elvish : mom remember how you call me a little hurricane
Mom : yes
Elvish : if you come to my room now, you will see why

I guess I should have mixed sentiments about disastrous room going forward 

No brainer

Woking on addition flash cards
Mom :Now  for a no brainer
Elvish : I can't answer those
Mom : why??
Elvish : I have a brain.Save those for anybody who doesn't have one

Word Work

Mom: what is the opposite of Open ?

Elvish : close

Mom : ok can you put these in sentences ?

Elvish : sure, Open your mind.Close your mouth ! 

Illustrated life

Mom : The happenings of this house...
Tolkien : Goes in an illustration !