No car with a keypad is safe...

So, we bought an older Ford Expedition a couple of months ago with the keyless entry number pad on the door. We bought it from a used car dealer, so no one had a clue what the code was to open it that way. Mike and I didn't care because we have the remote controls. Seren had the combination figured in less than a half hour. 8 years old...

Today's Penny thought and Xanman-don't is brought to you by: Reality.

Xander, my 3 year old, was running around back and forth, often playing with a very large mirror we have against the wall but near the floor.  The poor little guy tripped and smacked his forehead against it pretty hard.

As I was picking up my crying baby boy to console him, I heard his 5 year old sister, Penny say, "It's not the portal he thought it was. .."

Evy's expert opinion is brought to you by: National Geographic

In an effort to participate in a  discussion among the kids about the quantity and quality of Daddy's farts, Evy offers: It's Daddy's animal  instinct to leave his scent everywhere he goes...

Tonight's Serenism is brought to you by : Soup's on!

We're all sick over here, so we're trying to get better by eating lots of soup for dinner. Evy dumps a bit of her glass of water on herself and we all laugh.

Evy: What?! I didn't do it!
Mommy: If you didn't dump water on yourself,  then what happened?
Evy: The bowl of soup knocked the glass out of my hand!
Seren: I guess Evy has SOUP-ER powers!

Wednesday's Penny Thought is brought to you by : The Goblin King.

We were visiting with a friend who was telling Xander that he knew how Xander felt because the man also had many sisters, 8 to be exact.
Penny, who just turned 5 not long ago and has no formal education, shared a profound truth that she concluded all on her own: "Excuse me, but you needed to get rid of about 5 sisters."

Tonight's zany Xander moment is brought to you by: There's really just one explanation that makes sense...

Daddy made a pineapple cake for dessert tonight.
Penny asked: Is it pineapple upside-down cake?
Xander laughs and mumbles in his just-turned-three gibberish: Daddy spanked the cake's bottom!

I thought about it for a second and realized that's a reasonable explanation of why a pineapple cake would be upside-down.

Why on earth would he do that?

Mike says: Taking a small dog to a pet store for a harness fitting with 4 children 11 and under, is like playing Operation with one hand while playing Whack-A-Mole with the other, only the dog is barking at everyone passing by the shopping cart and the "moles" are traveling all over the store pulling things off shelves.