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.

Tonight's Serenism is brought to you by : Is tomorrow Monday?

Tonight's Penny Thought is brought to you by : Life's Lessons.

Tonight's Penny Thought is brought to you by : Life's Lessons.

Mommy hears Penny grunting and struggling,  then hears Penny say: "Give me my money! "

Mommy peaks in Penny's room to find that Penny has ripped an eye off her piggy bank and was trying to rip the nose off!

Mommy takes the piggy bank and asks, "May I help you?"

Penny says: "Yes, but you have to screw it to get the money out!"

Freudian slip???

Tonight's Serenism is brought to you by: Do I smell bacon?

We're in the car driving along when Penny asks from the backseat: Mommy, what are those lines up on the poles?

Mommy: Those are power lines,  sweetie. Don't touch one if you see it on the ground,  because it will fry you like a piece of bacon.  If it's near water, don't step in the water because that could fry you like a piece of bacon too.

Seren pipes in:  No one, but a pig, should ever go near one, ok Penny?

Today's Serenism is brought to you by: Bottoms Up!

Today was Parent/Teacher Conference day. I always look forward to these with mixed emotions. Evy is a great student, so hers is fairly predictable. Seren's, not so much. She struggled to follow directions and turn her homework in last year, but did well anyway. This year seemed to be going too smoothly. I haven't seen the contents of her backpack nearly all year, but she has insisted she is doing her homework and turning it in.
I have confirmed that Seren has been a model student so far. She even sets a fine standard in her email. Yes, at age 7 and 2nd grade, they are teaching how to use email. The teacher said the kids discovered emoticons and one sent her an emoticon of a cup of coffee first thing this morning, which she publicly shared her gratitude for, saying the boy knew her well. A few minutes later Seren says in her sweet Dennis-the-Menace-to-Mr.-Wilson voice, "Oh Mrs. Johnson...did you get myyyyyyy email?"
Mrs. Johnson looked at her email and busted out laughing when she saw emoticons of 3 frosty beers! She thanked Seren publicly for her appropriate suggestion for later today, but was careful to not share what Seren sent to her with the class. Bottoms up, Mrs. Johnson!