Fantastic Funny Bones and Groundings

I was at the computer this afternoon doing some stuff for work and realized that it had gotten unusually quiet. Silent in fact. So I walked out to find my children. And what were they doing? They were doing the dishes! :) They had pulled the stool out of the bathroom and were standing at the sink. Kimberly was washing and Benjamin was rinsing. I guess Kimberly had decided that the kitchen was more dirty than she could handle.

I need to be better at recording the funny things my kids say. So here are a couple of brief conversations with Kimberly this past week. The first one comes from having watched too much of the movie Hairspray recently. (This is the kid's current favorite.)

Kimberly: Mom? Are mouths bones?
Robin: Yes, mouths are bones and muscles.
Kimberly: Where is my funny bone?
Robin: Right here on your elbow.
Kimberly: My funny bone just told me a joke and it made me laugh!

Kimberly has had a problem with wetting her pants recently. We have tried every kind of punishment and reinforcement possible. Nothing seems to work. Finally one day after 2 "accidents" before 10AM I told her that next time she would be grounded from TV for the rest of the day. This conversation happened upon the 3rd "accident".

Robin: Kimberly, since you wet your pants again you are now grounded from TV for the rest of
the day.
Kimberly: What does grounded mean?
Robin: It means when you can't do something anymore.
Kimberly: Well then you are grounded all day!
Robin: What am I grounded from?
Kimberly: You are grounded from being mean to me!

She couldn't have been too mad because yesterday in the car she asked me....
Kimberly: Mom? Do you know who is FANTASTIC?
Robin: Who?
Kimberly: YOU are fantastic!
Then she said "I love you mother" in sign language.