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 !