Sunday, May 15, 2011

Overheard Weekend Edition

10-year-old's first comment when picking him up afterschool on Friday, "Mom, jumping off of the swings is sooo exhilarating!"--Yes, honey, it is. Oh, to go back to those days. And, I wonder if he can spell "exhilarating"?

8-year-old who has been limping around on a sore heel for two weeks, "Mom, how is this going to get better?" Mom, "by resting it." 8-year-old, "Yeah, like that is going to happen."--Self-knowledge is half of the battle . . .

Watching the famous John Wayne movie The Cowboys with the family, and 8-year-old says,"what are they doing with all of those cows?" Mom replies, "well, they are moving them from one town to another to try to sell them." 8-year-old replies, "So that's why they are called, 'cow boys'? That's dumb."--Well, honey, I'm not sure that the American Old West was the linguistic capital of the world.

"Mom are we going to Church tomorrow?" 8-year-old asks. Mom replies, "Well, honey, that depends." "On what, if Daddy sleeps on the couch tonight?" 8-year-old reasons.--Much funnier if one doesn't know that Daddy has been sleeping on the couch because he has been sick with bronchitis.

2 comments:

  1. So, E's not impressed with "cow boys," eh? Love the honesty. : )

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  2. Maybe E would have been more impressed if he knew that they were also called "cow punchers."

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