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Quote from EC: “I have seen so many teeth but yours is the best.”

Joshua Hoover — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:11:14 +0000

My now ten year old son decided he’d play the part of the “Tooth Pixie” for his sister who lost her first tooth over the weekend. He left the following note:

Dear Leia Hoover,

I love your tooth. In return I give you this $5 dollar bill. I have seen so many teeth but yours is the best. Love the Tooth Pixie.

XP

Apparently the Tooth Pixie signs all official letters with “XP”. Who knew?

Quote from EC: “It’s like a fun house that’s no fun.”

Joshua Hoover — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:01:15 +0000

I forgot to post this earlier. My now 10 year old son made this statement at his Grandma’s house over Christmas. The house is unique in that everyone who enters seems to lose at least one personal belonging (not including one’s mind). EC made the fun house reference after EC’s uncle couldn’t find yet another item of his.

Quote from EC: “Thank you for the olive cobbler.”

Joshua Hoover — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:00:03 +0000

EC’s mom made a casserole tonight. The recipe called for olives but she and I don’t like them so she gave EC a can of them to satisfy his need for a salt lick. I guess a casserole with a side of olives equals an olive cobbler. Not sure. Not sure I want to know.

Quote from EC: “He has a brilliant idea!”

Joshua Hoover — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:22:07 +0000

Gordon Gekko or EC? Hard to say.

Sadly, this quote from my son was not directed at me. It was for his friend, who suggested they sell their breakfast burritos, coffee and lemonade at his Grandmother’s garage sale instead of ours. A garage sale to EC is like insider information to Gordon Gekko – an opportunity to make lots of $$$.

Quote from EC: “It looks like someone murdered a pig.”

Joshua Hoover — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:59:48 +0000

Oh EC. It’s been a while since I captured one of your famous quotes here. This is one of those that is hard to forget. It came over the weekend when I was painting our backyard fence. I was painting the fence a dark redish brown color. Apparently a color similar to that of pig’s blood? Hmmm…

Quote from EC: “You don’t have a cane but you’re still a pain.”

Joshua Hoover — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:19:58 +0000

This one came as EC let his sister know what he thought of her – Dr. Seuss style.

Quote from EC: “Let’s roll like a troll!”

Joshua Hoover — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:12:48 +0000

My nine year old son yelled this out as the family was getting ready to go out the other day. I’ll take partial blame for this one, as I have the habit of saying “let’s roll” when I’m trying to get the kids ready to go somewhere. I don’t ever recall throwing trolls into the mix. EC gets credit for that.

Quote from EC: “If I don’t make it through the night, I just want you to know this – you’re a bad manager.”

Joshua Hoover — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:43:46 +0000

Ah yes, nothing like a little tornado warning and spending time in the basement with my eight year old son and (almost) four year old daughter. Contrary to what you might think, EC was not directing this quote at me. No, the target for this one was EC’s sister. I told EC that I didn’t realize his sister was a manager. He looked at me like I was the crazy one and then continued to contemplate (out loud) how he might die in a tornado tonight.

Quote from EC: “Warm milk. It really hits the spot in the morning.”

Joshua Hoover — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:34:40 +0000

This one came last night as the family was taking a walk around the neighborhood. EC informed his mom and me that he had to pop some popcorn when he got home. He then added that he’d be leaving some milk out overnight and followed it up with the quote.

Quote from EC: “Next time, tell that to my red beady eye.”

Joshua Hoover — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:38:13 +0000

This was my eight year old son’s response to his Mom when she told him that he was going to be OK after being poked in the eye playing basketball a short time before.