Wednesday, 25 February 2009

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  Conversations with Kids

  For some reason lately, I kind of get the idea that kids like me.

  For example, the other day I received a phone call from someone at our church. When she asked her son who he wanted to come to his birthday party (he's turning two soon), the first thing out of his mouth was, "Ewain! Ewain!" I was honored.

  As I've spent so much of my time lately with little people under the age of five (with the occasional jump to even a fourth grader), it only seems appropriate I write about some of our wonderful conversations.

  Conversation 1:

  Kid: For our play, you own the store with all the cats.
  Me: Does that make me the crazy cat lady?
  Kid: No. You're the crazy cat woman.
  Me: Oh, okay. (And after being corrected several times for saying the wrong one ...) What's the difference between a lady and a woman?
  Kid: A lady is old. You're not a lady.

  I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or an insult.

  Conversation 2:

  Me: Ooh, does this necklace go with the other one on your doll?
  Kid: Yes, my mommy bought it for me. She buys me everything I want.

  Everything? You should have seen the look on the kid's parents' faces when I repeated that one to them.

  Conversation 3:

  Me: Okay, <insert kid's name here>, it's time to get your pajamas on and read a book before bedtime.
  Kid: I'm hungry now. Can I have a snack?
  Me: But you weren't hungry at dinner time.
  Kid: But God told me to eat mashed potatoes and the rest of my hamburger.

  How can you keep a straight face to that? I'll admit: I caved and let the kid eat the hamburger.

  Conversation 4:

  Me: Well, it's time for me to go. I'll see you next time.
  My Boss's Kid: I don't see why you can't just be our nanny and live with us.

  Can anyone say "awkward"?

  Those are all the conversations I can think of off the top of my head that I found particularly entertaining. I'll be cat-sitting this weekend, so I hope not to have too many overly exciting conversations to add then.

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