Well, there are only so many posts you can make on Facebook about cute little things your kids say without someone somewhere starting to roll their eyes. So, I'm putting them on my blog instead for the people that really care to know these things. And I am going to list them countdown-style like Letterman...just for kicks.
5. I was annoyed because someone left a small flyer on my windshield and I didn't notice it until I had already pulled out onto the road. He asked me why I didn't pull it off, and I said I would have to wait until we stopped the car. As we passed Zaxby's, he suggested, "You could pull over into this Zax-ophone's parking lot and do it."
4. After getting out of the car the other day, we stopped to pet our cat, Georgie. "She needs a friend. Don't coyotes really like cats?" he asked. "Um, not in that way. They like to eat cats," I replied. He thought about that for a minute, then said. "Not the coyotes around here, Mom. They speak a different language. Like Spanish or something." Six-year-old logic is staggering in its complexity.
3. He has been asking for a dog for a while now. As this is not something that is financially feasible for us at the moment, we brainstormed this morning about some other options. "How about a cockroach?" he suggested. "I like how they have those wiggly things that come out of their nose." (antennae) Um, no.
2. A couple of days ago, I spotted him walking out of his room with a button-down shirt, a ball cap and a fanny pack on. He said, "Well, I've got some dilligrams (telegrams) here that I need to deliver to our neighbors. Wanna come?" He opened the fanny pack and showed me some slips of paper with his name on them. "So this is the message you are sending to everyone? Your name?" I asked to clarify. "Of course," he replied, "because they are going to want to know who I am."
1. His teacher stopped me yesterday to tell me this one. He and his classmates went to the pool, and were standing in a particularly long line on the concession stand. When it was finally his turn to order, he stepped up and said to the woman at the window, "I just want to say thank you for your service today." His teacher said that the woman almost started crying and asked where in the world this sweet little boy came from.
I know just what she means.
