Sometimes children are smarter than we are, funnier too...  |
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| This morning Dearra asked me how much soldiers get paid. I told her, "not all that much." She was outraged. "Why? They fight and put their lives on the line." "I don't know, I just know it's relatively low." "Well, they should get paid as much as the President." Kids are smart. Then we're driving to school and there's the usual running commentary about the musical selection, which is still Peter, Paul and Mary. Puff the Magic Dragon was playing. Dearra says, "what a dumb name, Puff. Of course he puffs. He's a dragon." So I said, "they could have named him Huff." Naomi says, "yeah so he can huff and puff and blow the house down?" I said, "no so he can huff and puff and burn the house down." Eye rolls all around... Next song was 500 miles. "Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four, Lord I'm 500 miles from my home." And Dearra wants to know what's with the infantile counting thing. So I told her, "they're counting the miles." "Yes, but what are they saying before that?" "Lord I'm"... "What kind of word is that? What does that mean?" "They're talking to God." "Huh?" "Lord is..." Loud interruption, "Ohhhhhh, Lord, I thought it was some kind of German word." "No, Dearra it's two English words, Lord and I'm... As opposed to Lore Dime"... This followed by other possible combinations until the next song started. Then we got to the next song, Stewball. "Mom, why is it called Stewball?" "That's the horses name." "Why would somebody name a horse something like that?" "I don't know, maybe it's a reminder of where he'll end up if he doesn't win." More eye rolls. This Peter, Paul and Mary stuff could keep us entertained for a long, long time... | | | | | |
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dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | Mine are 12 and 9 and they always keep me hopping! :-) | | | |
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2. jillhill (17693)
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3 years ago
| | Well I never have seen the possibilities in the entertainment value of Peter Paul and Mary the way your family is getting from it! I just thought they were good singers! LOL | | | | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | When Dearra gets yapping, anything could be entertaining! | | | |
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3. nonstopthinker (120)
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3 years ago
| | lol that was funny. children are like that. they always take things in the lightest mood and many a times when they tell something which might seem serious to them, maybe very funny to us because they may be saying it due to their lack of experience. i always like talking to the small kids. its really funny to hear their funny answers to our stupid questions lol. i have a younger brother who is nine years old now and he sets me cracking at times! | | | | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | They make me laugh all the time. It's great! :-) | | | |
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4. ANTIQUELADY (16514)
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3 years ago
| | I think it's their mom who keeps them entertained, lol. U are a great mom Dawn & u are making great memories for your kids. | | | | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | We entertain each other! :-) | | | |
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5. cloudwatcher (4168)
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3 years ago
| | . . . . . and keep us entertained too! Thanks Dawn. I think I've said it before: Dearra is a Dawn in the making, so hope remains for future generations. Driving the kids to school must be the highlight of your day and theirs. Soldiers should be paid more, but just imagine the tax bill if they were paid as much as the President! Is that a good reason to LOWER the President's pay? | | | | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | Despite not being a morning person, mornings are the highlight of my weekday because of the kids... And you couldn't lower the President's salary enough to make it up to the soldiers, unfortunately! | | | |
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6. tamarafireheart (13724)
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3 years ago
| | Hi dawnald, Questions, questions, questions, glad you have the answer to everyon one of them, yes it must be very enternaining in your school run and yes children are very very smart, you have to be on the ball for them, glad I'm not lol! Tamara | | | | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | darn I could send you one but they don't have passports... | | | |
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dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | She is either going to find that really interesting or she is going to roll her eyes and say "whatever". :-) Thanks for the info! | | | |
ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | I'm like #1 or 2 in horses, so you would expect me to know things like that... | | | |
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8. cutepink_13 (539)
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3 years ago
| | i agree with you. my younger cousins are more intelligent than me. they're into math competitions. when i was in their age i was just a plain student. i think children now are more sophisticated than we do. | | | | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | Mine are pretty innocent compared to some children and I'd kind of like to keep them that way!!! | | | |
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9. wahmivy (608)
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3 years ago
| | A probing and opinionated mind... sounds like you have a very smart child :) | | | | | | |
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10. angeliam (158)
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3 years ago
| | yeah,today's children are smarter than we are.i wish i would have a clever baby. | | | | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | I hope you do too! | | | |
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