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Wrapping it up

My kids are always saying funny things; oftentimes after something particularly amusing, Chris will say, "You're going to blog about that, right?" And I usually mean to, but then sometimes I sit down and try to write it down, and whatever it was that made us laugh so hard loses something in the translation.

This is one example:

Tonight at dinner, Mallory said, "What's a cornucopia?"

"It's a horn-shaped basket," Phoebe said promptly and matter-of-factly, and we just died laughing. When the giggles had died down, Chris said, "Yes, and it's usually filled with fruits and vegetables."

"No," Phoebe said in disgust. "It's filled with pumpkins and leaves and pine cones." And we died laughing again.

Trust me, it really was funny.

So that wraps up Thanksgiving, and that wraps up NaBloPoMo as well. I did it! Thirty days, thirty posts, go me.

Comments

aimee said…
Way to go!

I think I had to be there, huh?

:)
3:41 PM
Anonymous said…
I for one enjoyed reading your blog every day. It is almost like talking to you every day.

Mom
4:52 PM
H Noble said…
You did it! I did a lot better than I usually do about blogging consistently, but you blew us away. I give you the NaBloPoMo award.
10:13 PM
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