The Things Our Children Say ...
My friend asked our grandson when he would turn 6. He replied, "When I'm tired of being 5."
Seeing her first hailstorm, Mary Sue, age 3, exclaimed, "Mommy, it's raining dumplings!"
As I frantically waved away a pesky fly with a white dishtowel, my granddaughter observed, "Maybe he thinks you're surrendering."
When I asked our grandson if he could name the capital of Florida, he fired right back, "capital F."
While shampooing our son, 4, I noted his hair was growing so fast he'd soon need it cut. He replied, "Maybe we shouldn't water it so much."
My daughter told her 5-year-old that their van was going to be fixed. Instantly, the small fry assumed, "Oh, it's going to the tire-o-practor?"
His mom informed her son, Brian, that she was going outside to get a little sun. "But Mommy, he gulped, "You already have a son...me!"
Originally published July 29, 2005.
