I.
Jane: I don’t understand. I don’t understand how two people who love each other as much as I know you two do can fight so much!
Flora: Oh, Mom. Don’t worry. We’re just like Sadie and Carter. (Sadie and Carter Kane, from The Kane Chronicles.)
Cinder: Yeah, we fight all the time…
Flora: … but we cooperate when it matters.
Cinder: Yeah, we’d totally work together to save the world. Right, Flora?
Flora: Right… Ouch! Why’d you punch me?
Cinder: The world is not in peril right now.
II.
Cinder: Mom! I taught Ender a new word!
Jane: Oh, dear God. Do I want to hear this?
Cinder: Ender! What do you say?
Ender: Butt sack! Butt sack!
Jane: Butt sack?
Cinder: It’s a euphemism. Do you want to know for what?
Jane: No.
III.
Jane: Ender, beloved, the potty is right there. Why did you pee on the floor? Again?
Ender: I hate potty. I never pee in potty again.
Jane: Why?
Ender: Potty evil.
Jane: Cinder!
Cinder: What? Why are you assuming I told him the potty was evil?
Silence.
Cinder: Well, it’s not like he was using it much anyway.
IV.
Flora: Moooom! Maggie’s drinking pee!
Jane: What? Oh… no, that’s okay, that’s water.
Flora: You… gave… Maggie… water… in… Ender’s POTTY?
Jane: Well… it’s not like he’s using it these days.
(first published June 15, 2012)
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Blogosphere Love Payback Moment: I still haven’t properly reciprocated to the funny Momtimes4 for the Very Inspirational Blogger Award, and now the ridiculously awesome and hilarious Jenn from Something Clever 2.0 has passed on The Liebster to me. Thank you, lovelies–it’s always nice to know you’re not just throwing words into the ether, right? And I’ll dot the T’s and cross the I’s–wait, that doesn’t sound right–of the pay-forward when I can do so with some focus and concentration. In the meantime: thank you much. And keep on laughing. Because it’s cheaper than drugs or therapy…
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