Danny approached me with a measuring tape in hand and asked to measure me. I said sure, and I helped him extend the tape from my feet to my head. Then he leaned down to see the number and announced, “Yup! You’re 50 million pounds!”
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Danny was supposed to be cleaning the playroom, but didn’t seem to be making much progress. When I walked over to him, he clutched his mid-section and with said a pained expression, “I think I have a stomach ache from too much cleaning.”
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Susie, after hearing me compliment her sister’s artistic skills: “Am I a good drawer?”
Me: “Yes! You just need to learn to slow down and be careful when you’re drawing.”
Susie: “Yeah, I do everything fast, like drawing, reading, writing…except running. I don’t run fast…and thinking. Yeah, I do everything fast except running and thinking.”
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Dad, after coming home and hearing the kids had been swimming earlier that day: “How was the pool?”
Danny: “Great! Wet!”
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Me to Jimmy: “Did you brush your teeth?”
Jimmy: “Oh I don’t do that anymore.”
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