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Apr
20
They say the darndest things…
2009 at 10am Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky
Inspired by Lisa’s recent posts about conversations with her daughter, I thought I’d share this gem from the world of being the “cool aunt and uncle” to eight nieces and nephews ranging in age from one week (really!) to 10 years. I don’t know if it’s because we’re younger or because we don’t have kids of our own to distract us or what, but these kids say great things to us.
Last night, we had just finished having dinner with hubby’s brother and his wife. We’re hanging out on the back porch, enjoying the nearly perfect weather, and watching the dog try to figure out what the sprinkler was all about. The kids were (supposed to be) upstairs getting ready for bed, when Nephew, age 7 1/2, appears on the porch wrapped in a blanket.
Nephew: Uncle Bob, can I run through the sprinkler?
Hubby: Uh, no. Aren’t you supposed to be getting ready for bed? No running through the sprinkler. Maybe another day.
Nephew: Awww, but I’m naked!
(Like that’s a good way to convince us!)
And that’s just a sampling. Recently, they’ve also asked us to explain “making out,” and to prove that the Easter Bunny is real, and to look at their va-jay-jays to make sure there’s no bug bite when they really just don’t feel like going to bed yet. Yep, that happened. Compliments of Niece, age 4. The next time a child gets out of bed telling me that something hurts and follows up my questions with “Well, maybe you should look at it,” I’m running for the hills.
Or just hoping it’s a nephew asking hubby, so we can even the awkwardness score.
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My daughter has pulled the va-jay-jay thing on me. To them it’s just another body part like an arm or leg.
Today, while giving a spelling pretest to my second grade class, one of the words was “astronaut” One girl looked up at me thoughtfully and said “You know, my Nana made out with one once.” Hilarious
Wow, now I’m even more glad that dogs can’t talk …