Some of Em and Mike's kids and cats

“Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. ”
  Fred Rogers

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.

GARRISON KEILLOR, Leaving Home

Not having children makes less work—but it makes a quiet house.

SUSAN GLASPELL, Trifles

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.

BILL COSBY, Fatherhood

That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up.

WALT DISNEY

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

ERMA BOMBECK