Yesterday on the way home from school my eight-year-old, Aubrey said from the backseat, “Momma, I made you an early birthday present at school today.”
My birthday isn’t for another month.
Me: Thanks baby! What is it?
She passed me a card she made that actually said, “To Momma, From Your Eldest.” I’m not kidding when I say I am raising Anne of Green Gables over here.
What other eight-year-old do you know that uses “killjoy” casually in conversation??
I glanced at the card before passing it back to her to read out loud to since I was driving and she had written her poem in yellow highlighter. Aubrey read and while I gushed about how much I loved it, my six-year-old, Emma started sucking up.
Emma: Momma when we get home I’m going to make you a really, REALLY awesome card. Just like I did for Mother’s Day, and kind of like the one I made for Daddy for Father’s Day but BETTER…
Emma got quiet for a second then said, “HEY! How come there is a Mother’s Day AND a Father’s Day but there’s no such thing as Child’s Day!?”
Insert maniacal laughter from the front seat.
Me: Because EVERY day is Child’s Day.
Don’t forget to hop over to my FB page, I’m giving away 2 copies of Ketchup is a Vegetable today through Friday (11/30) & have lots of other giveaways as well!
Devon says
Sadly, there is such thing as Children’s Day. It varies depending on the country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Day
Shanna @ Motherhood on the Rocks says
Yes, child’s Day is any day that ends in “day” Exactly!
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Elisa E. says
My husband and I have had this exact conversation with our girls a few times, and each time we can barely contain our sarcastic laughter. Glad to know it isn’t just us
Cindy Dwyer says
I just love it when our kids surprise us with adult words or expressions. As my young son and I were leaving the library one day, I asked if he’d help carry the books, figuring he could take some of the smaller ones.
He said, “Sure. I’ll take the non-fiction and you take the fiction.”
The librarian looked like she wanted to kiss him!
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