Mini Intellectual Gifts

"I don't know about you, but I couldn't wait to get back to our book club."

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

"Did I hear the dog in here?"

'Call for you on the cream corn line.'

Being and Nothingness Pop-Up! (book)

'What a drive! Our boy's going to go a long, long way.'

'I know about the birds and the bees. Tell me about the bears and the bulls.'

"....But then I find myself saying, what if there isn't more to life than this?"

'Ah, it's so precious to witness a child learn how government actually works...'

'I'm sure that you are highly qualified. It's just that we're not hiring anyone at the third grade level.'

A baby playing on a grand piano

"I'm still pre-literate."

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

'I've been told before that I'm very mature for a three year old.'

A young positivist.

"Remember, we're the next generation so try not to blow it."

"It's a 'pencil' - It's like a pen, except that it's made of wood!"

"I think it's time we learned to stand up for our selves."

That kid's all business.

'If you don't learn how to sign your name, you'll have to pay cash!'

"Two boys from legal to see you."

It's a picture book. The words aren't called "subtitles."

I disturbed the class by talking in my sleep.

Kid praying: 'If it's okay with you, don't record this one.'

"Reverend, if we're born again in Jesus...do we get another belly button?"

"I'd like me first word to be profound, but I'll probably panic and blurt out 'Mama' like every other baby."

"Wait, so his first whole sentence was 'I don't want to work, I just want to bang on the drum all day'?!"

"Face it -- you resent me for the exploring in depth a world that you take for granted."

"When I grow up, I want to impeach a president."

"It must be still charging."

'F.G.G. First Grade Graduate.'

"Now we know who'll be taking care of us in our old age."

"I used to get toys as birthday gifts but now that I'm in pre-school, all I get is money for my college fund."

"She's always been a quick learner."