Saturday, September 27, 2014

Reading and Whales

In the car this morning:
Colby: "I read a 700 page book."
Mom: "No you didn't.  I've never seen you read a 700 page book."
Colby: "I did at school."
Mom: "I don't believe that.  What book was it?"
Colby: "I read Moby Dick."
Mom: "You did not."
Colby: "Yes I did.  I read Moby Dick."
Mom: "What is the Captain's name?"
Colby: "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I don't remember."
Mom: "Right.  Ahab.  What is it about?"
Colby: "A whale."
Mom: "What kind of whale?"
Quinn: "Duh.  A DICK whale."

OK.  What do I say to THAT????

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Overheard

Colby: "In all classic books, the main character dies in the end."
Quinn: "Really?"
Colby: "In Old Yeller, the dog dies.  In Charlotte's Web the spider dies."
Quinn: "Huh"
Colby: "In Babe, the pig dies."
Quinn: "The pig dies????"
Colby: "Yeah. I think so."

Wasn't there a sequel to "Babe" the movie?  Anyone? Anyone?

Little Louie

Quinn has been playing the trumpet for precisely 2 weeks now.  I think he's doing a bang up job!!  We may have an Armstrong on our hands!