Sibling Observer Gifts

'Your sister's wearing well for her age. I hope I look that good when I'm ten.'

At the Museum

T"ruly, Susan, I envy no man."

'I didn't do my homework because I forgot my user name and password.'

Boy and Bear and Monster

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

'Nope. I didn't see any dogfish.'

"You're never a superhero in your own backyard."

What do you want, the moon on a stick?

Magnet School. A "magnet school"? Won't that mess up the computers?

"I don't care if you saw this in a western..."

'Larry liked to crack the window before bed.'

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

"Better luck next time, kid."

I think you meant to huff 'n' puff at the next house over.

The Charge of the Kids

6th Grade Do-You-Own Research Fair

'I've been watering myself by taking showers. How come I'm not growing as tall as your plants?'

Fade to black...

A balloon vendor hands a child his only 'good' face out of many,less than desireable faces.

"Look at her...Gracie is intelligent, optimistic, ambitious..I wish she was one more thing."

'Is that IT? All this way for just the ONE?'

"I don't get it either, but my mom keeps telling me to hang up the phone, so I do it to make her happy."

'No hair or teeth, can't walk or talk -- it's hard to believe we're related.'

'The real story behind the Princess and the Pea.' A queen saying to a little girl eating, 'Eat all your peas or else you'll have to put them under your mattress.'

Four balloons

Lesser Known Historical Figures: The Steno at the First Thanksgiving Dinner.

'Does this mean I have to share my pocket money?'

"Why, it's Daphne—home from Foxcroft."

'Is this one of those deals where the names have been changed to protect the innocent?'

"You're a very good hall monitor, Billy, but we don't detain teachers."

"It's not fair that ice cream melts, but broccoli doesn't."

'...and it absolutely must be assembled!'

"Look! the poor kid's prematurely BALD!"

'He's nice enough, but it's hard to get an intelligent conversation out of him.'