Alex: "Hey, Joe, when you go back to school and your teacher asks you what you did over summer vacation, you can tell her 'I got investigated by CPS.'"
A few minutes later Joe asked Pete if he wanted to play Indiana Jones, and Pete stopped what he was doing for a second to say "Wes!" (He has no /y/, so we have "wou" and "wummy" and "wes" instead of "you" and "yummy" and "yes.") Joe said, "I am a bad guy and my weapons are these rulers." (From the upcoming movie, Indiana Jones and the Measurer of Doom.) Pete said, "I'm Indy, nursing," and resumed. First things first, you know. Can't fight the bad guys without the snack of champions.
Marty, just in from climbing in the tree again: "Mom, when I die, can you put my coffin in one of the two highest branches of our tree? I don't want it to be buried in the ground."
Alex again: "Mom, can we name the new baby Hoelun?" [to which I said, "???"] "That was Genghis Khan's mother." Better than Elvis' mother, I suppose. Marginally better than Genghisette, a previous suggestion, but not by much.
A funny from last Thursday: the caseworker was sitting at our breakfast table, filling out paperwork about whether I have visible drug paraphernalia in my home while the boys finished their muffins. Alex (he's 11) said, "Mom, I'm still interested in reading some Nietzsche. Can you recommend a good place to start?"
Not at all funny: caseworker isn't returning my calls. Still nothing in the mail. Trying not to let it get to me. I want this over.
praying for over. OVER. (OVER!!! with exclamation points to make it hurry more)
I love "I'm Indy, nursing" - so so cute!!!
Posted by: Tracy | August 12, 2008 at 05:13 PM
Oh, these are funny indeed, particularly Ghengis's mother and Nietzsche.
We'll keep praying that everything will turn out fine.
Posted by: Lilian | August 12, 2008 at 07:02 PM
So funny! And I hope this whole mess is over, soon, too. I was going to comment on the previous post...I can't imagine that writing what you did could have any possible effect on your situation, and I don't think it puts you in anything but a positive light (plus, I love stories about moms accomplishing superhuman physical feats when their children are in danger!)...but, if it's still causing you worry, why not take it down, at least temporarily? Again, not because you SHOULD take it down--but why add to your own anxiety right now? No one here will judge you for it either way. (If you now feel OK with the post being up, on the other hand, leave it up!)
Posted by: electriclady | August 12, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I don't know about that Nietzsche bit. In some houses/families, reading IS a drug, and Nietzsche is some seriously heavy stuff. I do hope you keep that under lock and key. ;)
I keep stopping in to see if this is resolved. I'm sorry it's still lingering and I hope it's over soon.
Posted by: amy | August 13, 2008 at 07:08 AM
You just made me laugh out loud and wake up the baby! :)
Posted by: Pippi | August 13, 2008 at 01:15 PM