I was one of the lunch aid at my children's elementary school. Initially, I had agreed to work till the end of the October. After only 2 weeks of school, I am falling apart because the lunch hour chopped my day up right in the middle, leaving me no time for anything else.
Me: I've spoken with the school principle, and I will not be the lunch aid for too much longer.
Aspen: Oh, so you FINALLY clean the house.
Kirin: Oh, so you can FINALLY buy me the rest of the Harry Potter books and movie.
Sage: NO. NO. So...you can FINALLY buy me Barbie fashion movie, and Barbie pretty princess movie, and Barbie dress up movie.
Kirin was using something of Aspen's.
Aspen shouts: Wash your hands- you have cooties!
Kirin: I am in third grade. I don't have cooties anymore. I HAVE GERMS!!
Jade was graphing for science homework.
Sage:Ohhh, you are making dot to dot...I LOVE dot to dot, they make me feel enchanted.
Me: What do you want to wear today?
Sage: I want to wear my "dreams do come true" shirt, it makes me feel like a princess.
Kirin has been wanting a baby brother.
Kirin: Mom, can you have another baby.
Me:NO. Besides, it might not be a boy.
Kirin: Then I will panic. And have a heart-attack.
Aspen was in the bedroom with Jade when she asked me to turn on the hall light.
Me: You don't need the hall light on, your sister is with you.
Aspen:She just called me a creeper, do you think I am comfortable with her right now?
Sage and I were snuggling on my bed.
Sage: Can you move over, I have no room here except for a banana.
Jade: Oooh! Brain freeze!
Kirin: Oh really? How do you spell it?
Jade:b-r - oh, wait! i-t
Kirin:Ok, What's 12x1?
Jade:12
Kirin: See, you don't have a brain freeze.
The following conversation occurred in Chinese. I don't know how funny it will be now I am translating it into English.
For someone who've slept in, in English, you'd probably say: "You've slept for a long time!" or just "You've slept in!"
But in Chinese, you could use the word "full" in conjunction to "sleep", like eating until full. Makes perfect sense, doesn't it?
Anyway, Sage slept in one morning through all the foot stomping and food microwaving. When she finally woke up at 10 in the morning.
Me: You slept full!!
Sage who never heard such an expression, contemplating for only a second replied: I. Slept full....but, I didn't eat.
Jade: I have a chest pain.
I think I am going to die soon.
Good bye, family members.