Adrian Barnes' Blog http://www.adrianbarnes.com I'm not anti-social; I'm just not user friendly Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:34:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Voice of Encouragement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adrianbarnescom/~3/q5u2DOqaZY8/ http://www.adrianbarnes.com/family-friends/voice-of-encouragement/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:11:57 +0000 Adrian http://www.adrianbarnes.com/?p=1690

When the circus clown dropped one of the balls he was juggling. Natalie, stands up and shouts (with as much sincerity as a 6 year-old can):

“That’s OK! We still think you’re doing a great job!”

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Natalie: “Mom, is that where the dead soldiers are going to be?”

Lisa: “No Natalie, it’s a memorial for the dead soldiers. There won’t be any bodies buried there.”

Natalie: *pause*

Natalie: “Oh…just heads?”

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Day 1 @ 8:00pm: The Lie

Natalie: “William (a boy at her daycare) picked up a dead mouse at daycare today!”

Lisa: “Did you touch it?”

Natalie: “No”

Day 1 @ 8:15pm: The Spin

Lisa: “Natalie, are you sure you didn’t touch that dead mouse?”

Natalie: “Ok…I did but I just stroked his cute, furry belly“

Day 2 @ 8:00am: The Truth

Lisa: “Did the kids touch a dead mouse yesterday?”

Natasha (Daycare Provider): “Yes…Natalie brought a headless mouse into the house and said she was an animal rescuer”

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Natalie: “I’m not going to have kids when I grow up.”

Adrian: “Why not?”

Natalie: “They’re annoying…”

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