Sometimes the most hilarious things you hear will come from the innocent mouths of children. And sometimes they're the most embarrassing.
When my middle daughter was in kindergarten her teacher decided to have each child describe their parents. She wrote their answers on paper and posted them on the blackboard for parent/teachers night. This what my little sweetie had to say about her parents..."My daddy likes to work and my mommy likes to go to parties". She described us to a tee.
This same little girl was sent over to a neighbor's house because they were sitting on their porch playing guitars one warm summer evening. She was told to ask them if they would play "Wildwood Flower". After a long wait, we wondered why they didn't play our song and asked Cindy what she'd asked for. She'd asked them to play a plant.
My oldest girl joined some neighbors on a trip to the park. Not long after they left they returned with Kim who had tear stained, swollen eyes. When asked why she hadn't wanted to stay at the park, she replied "I'm just a homely child". What she meant was that she liked to stay home.
Shelley, the youngest, had a bit of a speech impediment...she couldn't say her "r's" until she was about 6. At one point she was trying to master the expression "goody goody gumdrops" but it always came out "giddy giddy dwumgops". She'd stomp off madder than a wet hen because we'd laugh at how cute she sounded but, in a few minutes she'd come back and try it once more. We'd hear "giddy giddy dwumgops" again and almost fall off our chairs laughing. As mad as she was, she just couldn't give it up and never understood that we laughed because it was so precious.
Those are just a few moments in my life that will always bring back fond memories.
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