Family Forward Thinker Pillows

'Typical family rubbish bin if you ask me: No chips, no chocolate, but lots of discarded vegetables...'

'She's a very protectice mother!' - Lifeguard at Christening/Baptism.

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

Satya Nutella

I figured out how we can pay for the kids' college tuitions. Do tell. I'm going to leave for a year of self-discovery, which I will chronicle in a best-selling memoir. Oh, but

"I have a feeling he understands more than we think."

"I don't know...sometimes I think I don't spend enough time with them. What kind of role model am I?"

Innovation tray covered in ivy.

"Come on, we've thought of 492 names surely we can get one more"

Innovation & Calculation

"I consider every member of our family to be like family."

'Will I have to be a mum when I grow up?'

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

"Anything interesting happen over the weekend, Frank?"

By teaching the parrot a few key phrases, Marilyn no longer needs to nag her kids.

'We can't move in with my parents - they've moved in with grandma!'

'It's time you learned, son - in-laws and outlaws aren't necessarily opposites.'

'We'll never understand these kids. It's the old evolution gap.'

'Dad, I don't need a two-thirds majority to over-ride your veto. I've got mom.'

"You're six years old and I'm your mother! - I'm SUPPOSED to impose my moral standards on you!"

'My mom says we're expecting a house guest for 18 years.'

'How many are just staying together for the kids? Ok, that's good, very good.'

"Gracie, we're rich because we love one another...we have a safe home and we don't go to bed hungry at night."

'It's the next big thing, but I can't fit it through the door.'

'Enjoy it while you can, kid...one day you wake up and you're five!'

'Dad, are we rich?'

"I think I'm ready to go forth and multiply."

"Gosh, before you know it they'll be all grown up and making poor decisions that you can't comment on or ever make peace with!"

Proud Mum.

'Except...That.'

"I've spent so much time with my family that I've started to lose sight of what really matters."

'Text your father and tell him I'm not talking to him!'

Forward Planning - The key to Success

'I figured I'd better skip the ceremony and get a place in line.'

'I must be getting old. I've stopped trying to come up with ways to drive you crazy.'