"Kimber, why is that fence like that?"
"Like wh–?"
"Do you think that horse will let me pet it? We have a dog like that horse, did you know? His name is Brian, but I always call him Ryan–get it? Brian-Ryan?"
"Wow."
"Tricky, isn't it? Hey, do you ever look at the road when you walk?"
"Uh-huh."
"How come you didn't see that the road was broken back there?"
"Uh. . . I was prob–"
"I'm going to take a piece of this road home to my mom."
"Okay."
"Oh NO! That little chick got out of her fence!"
"That's a killdeer."
"A WHAT?!"
"Never mind... It's a bird. A mama bird–and her chicks are only the size of–"
"Hey, did you ever watch Princesses and Tiaras?"
"Nope."
"It's this show, and you get all this make up on and get your hair done pretty and you wear a tiara, and I'm going to be on it."
"Yeah?"
"I'll tell you when I'll be on it, so you know when to watch, okay?"
"Alright."
"But first my mom has to buy me a violin, so I can learn how to play it, because you have to do a talent and I don't want to just show everyone my piece-of-a-broken-road-collection."
Heavens, no. We did, however, have a panic attack at midnight when Mom arrived, and the chunk of asphalt went temporarily missing…
July 31st, 2010 at 9:01 am
Someone rattled your brain??? lol
July 31st, 2010 at 9:08 am
So basically kids really don't want answers they just want to ask the questions!
July 31st, 2010 at 12:32 pm
That is hilarious!!!!!! Oh my goodness. The way kids minds jump from one thing to another. I love the idea of showing the broken road collection being a possible talent!!!
July 31st, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Exactly! They just want to be heard–you don't actually have to have any answers. Just listen; that's the key!
July 31st, 2010 at 3:50 pm
I just read something today that I totally related to, cracked me up, and reminded me of this post:"I don't allow kids in my place until they're old enough to hold a conversation or operate a corkscrew."
July 31st, 2010 at 7:25 pm
The chunk of broken road is so much easier to play than a violin.
August 1st, 2010 at 10:58 am
That's so funny! XD Kids are so refreshing.