Funny Things Kids Say III

I’d Love to, but…
One summer evening, when my brother was about four, a neighbor friend of his came over to play in the yard. The two seemed to be having a good time, but it was soon time for bed and the boy’s dad came to pick him up. “It looks like you two certainly [...]

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Emerging Dimplomat

My mother sent me the following e-mail yesterday. Apparently I wrote her this note of negotiation regarding our chores when I was eight. I will admit that of my childhood sins, bossiness soared high at the top.
I found the note this morning when I was over helping my dad. I sat down to read a book [...]

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Funny Things Kids Say II

You smell fishy…
Some Indian friends of ours were having their second baby dedicated on Sunday and we decided to dress in the traditional Indian garb to support them as their only family in the US (we sort of adopted them when they moved here from India a few years ago). We were trying to explain [...]

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Funny Things Kids Say

…just because kids are funny and I need laugh!
Mouthful
While taking care of five children for an evening, I turned from heating their dinner on the stove to find the youngest had filled her mouth with so many jellybeans that she couldn’t close it. She began to cry till her older brother compassionately insisted, “C’mon Gianna, roll [...]

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