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...