"I have a great new idea for playing hookey!"

                                        "I'm gonna hide inside GM!"

                             "Uh-oh...  I think he's gonna sneeze..."

                         "This isn't exactly the outcome I had in mind..."

 

"Multiplication problem: Every day after school, Johnny eats eleven potato chips.  How many potato chips does he eat in nine days?"

                "I gotta remember to thank my teacher for this assignment."

 

"My sister is about to find out how much fun it is to slide down the stairs on a rocking horse!"

                                     "Okay, Deena--here goes!"

 

                                "That went well!  Now it's my turn..."

                                              "The evil eye loves me."

 

"No, Mother, I don't know how that cactus plant got onto Mrs. Rasmussen's chair!"

               "I shouldn't have hung around to watch.  That gave it away."

 

                                 "Nope, sorry.  No mail-order brides."

 

                 "Oh no...  The hands were here and they left all kinds of junk."

 "There, all done.  It sure is nice to have the house back to normal--"

 

"I told Deena she really needs to get rid of some stuff, but Mother says I don't have a leg to stand on..."

                   "That's one of those obscure grown-up sayings, isn't it?"

 

"I am now going to demonstrate the art of going down a staircase on a tricycle..."

                    "It's such a comfort to have parents who care so much--"

                                                    "--about the clock."

 

"Tony bought five pizzas for his party.  Each is cut into eight pieces.  How many pieces are there altogether?"

   "I'd get my homework done a lot faster if they just wouldn't talk about food."

 

                                                         "Uh-oh--"

 "It's at times like this that I start hearing that dreaded phrase, 'over-indulged'..."

 

                 "Is it my fault they only said not to scribble on the walls?"

 

"Homework assignment: division. Work the following problems, then circle the problem with the largest remainder, underline the problem with the smallest remainder, and draw a slash through the problems with no remainders."

                        "What if my attention span has no remainder?"

 

                 "Oh, wow! I found a huge coin out here in the big playroom."

"My parents will be so proud of me.  I'm gonna save it instead of squandering it on more toys..."

 

                           "Well, here I am in the time-out corner again"

              "I wonder what my parents do when I'm stuck here for hours..."

                                     "Serves me right for peeking."

 

"Deena wants me to hold her doll while she goes to the bathroom.  Sure hope she doesn't take long..."

                                   "Come back quick, you hear?"

                  "Some days it's just not worth getting out of bed in the morning..."