I was going through files tonight on my computer, deleting nonsense or unneeded files, organizing stray files into folders, etc, when I came across this gem & boy did it give me a great laugh!
Apparently, in January of 2009 I did an activity with my girls where I gave them the first half of a proverb and let them come up with the rest. The results were rather hilarious – especially six years later. At the time, Lizy would have been 9, Dot 8, & Em 6. The first line is the given line, the second is what my kids gave me 😀 Some are wise, some are endearing, a couple are right (or pretty close), and a bunch are just plain funny! I didn’t change anything – just copy and pasted (so comments in paranthesis are what I wrote 6 years ago)
1. Don’t change horses
Until they grow up (Emily)
2. Strike while the
Bees are gone from the hive (Dorothy)
3. It’s always darkest before
The light comes up (Elizabeth)
4. Never underestimate the power of
God (Emily)
5. You can lead a horse to water but
Not to a lake with sharks in it (Dorothy)
6. Don’t bite the hand that
Is alive (Elizabeth)
7. No news is
Until morning – we only get news when it’s morning (Emily)
8. A miss is as good as a
Hit (Dorothy)
9. You can’t teach an old dog new
Tricks (Elizabeth – she didn’t know that is really the answer)
10. If you lie down with dogs, you’ll
Get dirty (Emily)
11. Love all, trust
Heavenly Father (Dorothy)
12. The pen is mightier than the
Eraser or a pencil (Elziabeth)
13. An idle mind is
Blank (Emily)
14. Where there’s smoke there’s
A fire – not always though (Dorothy)
15. Happy the bride who
Marries the groom (Elizabeth)
16. A penny saved is
Saving money (Emily)
17. Two’s company, three’s
Trouble (Elizbeth)
18. Don’t put off till tomorrow what
Is rotten (Dorothy)
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and
I’ll cry with you (Emily)
20. There are none so blind as
One who can’t see (Dorothy)
21. Children should be seen and not
Hid (Elizabeth)
22. If at first you don’t succeed
Try to do it again (Emily)
23. You get out of something only what you
Need (Dorothy)
24. When the blind lead the blind
You fall (Elizabeth)
25. A bird in the hand
can fly away (Emily)
26. Better late than
kicked out of school (Dorothy)
Fun and Flawed 