Funny Business

The day after Andrew and Sasha watched King Kong, they found a bug on the playground. Standing above it and making wild gestures to scare it, Andrew remarks: "It's like the bug is a human and we are giant scary monkeys!"

Funny Business

Andrew's belly hurts. Mom is rubbing it.
Andrew: Do you know why you should never have a robot for a mom?
Mom: Why?
Andrew: Well, robot moms usually have spiky hands. And, sometimes, they even have lasers in their hands. So, if they rub your belly, it would hurt. A lot.

Funny Business

Mom is telling the kids about the naturalization process. At the part about swearing in during the ceremony, Sasha's eyes pop out and she exclaims: "Oh. My. God! I can't believe it! Even the kids are swearing?"

Mom is cooking.
Sasha: Mom, is broccoli good for you?
Mom: Yes, it is.
Sasha: Does it have any sugar?
Mom: It has only good stuff in it.
Sasha: Cool, then if I have a piece now, that means I don't have to brush my teeth tonight, right?
Andrew: No, you still have to brush. It might get stuck in your teeth.
Sasha: Oh. I don't want it then.

Playing Brain Quest.
Mom: Which large country is directly south of the United States?
Andrew: South America.

Mom: What country did bagpipe music come from?
Sasha: England.
Mom: Close but no cigar.
Andrew: New England?

Funny business

Sasha, doing her homework. She wrote the letter p facing the wrong way.
Mom: "Look what you've done here!"
Sasha, erasing the letter: "Oops. Sasha made a pee-pee. Hee-hee!"


On the playground. Andrew is being silly.
Mom: Andrew, because you just threw a pine cone in my face, you are punished -- no dessert tonight. It's really too bad because I bought something special today.
Andrew: Well, how was I supposed to know you bought something special?! It's not fair!