I was thinking of three separate kid happenings that lasted with me through the ages. 1. My neighbor had twins..They wandered away from home. Age 3...She found them around the corner..After she finished yelling, she asked them why were they there? They replied "Well Mommy, you said Spring was just around the corner and we wanted to see it." 2. My friends grandson, age 3 went to a Home Depot with his father. a little person, (adult male) walked by..The child asked his father, " Did he come in to buy batterys?" 3. My youngest son, age 3..( guess that is the funny age.) He didn't want his little friend to know he still took a bottle on the sneak. I left one in the refrig. for him..They were playing outside and in came the bottle sneak, opened the refrig. , stuck his head in the door, and took a slug..He didn't see his friend right behind him watching..Without missing a beat, he said " It's my fathers." Mimi My friend's(Sandy) daughter(Britianny) was 5 yrs old at the time her friend's grandmother died. Sandy thinking that this would be a good time to try and explain death to her daughter told Britianny that her friend's granny died and went to heaven. She told remember when you kitty died and we buried her in the back yard and we put her in a shoe box and then put the box in the ground and covered her with dirt. Remember we all gathered around your kitty and said a prayer and asked God to take care of her in heaven. Brit said yes. Sandy said well grannie died and they put her in a casket. We are going to the funeral home and say a prayer. Your friend's granny is in heaven. They went to the viewing room where the grannie lay in the casket. There was soft music playing in the background and the room was full of flowers. Brit took all of this in and her eyes were as big as saucers. She looked up at her mom and said "Hmmm so this is what heaven looks like". Lee I know my children have said funny things too but can't think right now. I do remember when Eddie was about 3 or 4, he was outside playing on the porch and he came running in. I asked him what was wrong, and he said his "Charlie had to make more pee!" Have no idea where he came up with that discription. He was trained when he was about 2 1/2, did not like to be wet. Did not have disposables back then. but from that day on he always called it by that name. My oldest son called his Jack. lol. I always wondered where they got the names. Vi My oldest son was learning to sing the songs we sing in church.. He couldn't read yet so he was just singing what he thought he heard. One day I was listening to him sing alone. He was singing the song "Blessed Assurance" There is one line that says "Born of His Spirit washed in His blood". Ken was singing "Born of His Biscuit washed in His blood". 8^) Guess we were not pronouncing the words too good.. Another time when he was older we were driving by a gas station and Ken yelled "Dad, Dad they are having a "gas war"! We looked around and some men were washing the driveways at the gas station with water hoses. Ken had always heard us talk about gas wars at the stations when they were lowering prices. We then realized he didn't know what we were talking about. 8^) He thought we meant a literal WAR. Funny the things we say that we don't take time to explain to our kids.. LOL!! And the answers they come up with. 3 Mary Lynn When our son was about ready to start kindergarten, he was just our of the tub and had his under clothes on and he was sitting on the couch and I said,"we better get ready and go to your Round Up" and he looked at me so serious and he said "Mama I think I just want to be a pilot and fly over your house and bring you bread and milk instead of going to school." My sister and brother-in-law were at our place for dinner and Sandy, our oldest daughter was our only child at the time and I would say a little spoiled....we were eating and she didn't want to finish what she had on her plate and so John said "Sandy do you realize how many little kids over seas would love to have that food?" She looked at him for a minute and then picked up her plate and said"here Daddy ,take it to them!! Needless to say we had a laugh over it after she went to bed that night!! When Connie was about 2 years old we lived several blocks from a triple A ball park and they would have the circus there when there were no games and the circus trucks used to come by our house. She was standing looking out the window and she was all excited about seeing the circus trucks, I was in the kitchen and I said do you see the big trucks and she said "yes, I hear their voices." Dorie a friend had a four year old daughter and was moving out of state.. the day they where ready to leave. the little girl started crying. they asked her why she was crying.. she would like the new house with the pool... the little girl said we forgot ginger... no we can't take ginger she is buried under the rose bush.. she will be watching us from dog heaven, to make sure we get to the new house safe... when they got to the new house there was a rose bush blooming in the front yard... look mommy ginger got here before us... H.S. Well, when I was asking Hannah, now 7 yrs. old, about her first week at kindergarten, she told me they learned a new grace. She then put her hand over her heart & began "I pledge allegiance . . . " Joan Bennett This isn't funny but something I can't forget. Our oldest daughter was retarded and had C.P. One of the boy's friend ask them "Whats wronge with her? My son,about 10 yrs old then said " She is mentally retarded and has C.P. Don't you know anything?" Barbara Nilson

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