The first comes from when I had the kids earlier this week. As you may remember, Braeya is NOT fond of children, but she did make an appearance late in the day to see what all the fuss was about - an action I'm pretty sure she soon regretted.
Whenever she hissed at them, I gave her a stern "BRAEYA JO," and our niece said to me, "She has a middle name?"
So the next time Braeya hissed, our niece said, "BRAEYA JONES!!!" I cracked up!
"No, no. Not Jones. JO." But she kept calling her Braeya Jones the rest of the day.
A few minutes later she said to me, "Does Braeya have a last name?"
I told her it was Shaffer, just like ours, and she looked absolutely astounded. She whispered, "We are all Shaffers??"
Yep. All of us and Braeya Jones.
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The next one comes from the carpool lane, and my apologies to those of you who saw it on Facebook already. Repeat!
When the kids got in the car, Sister wished me a Happy Valentime's Day, and as we drove through town, I noticed a florist making a delivery to one of the offices. I pointed it out and said, "Hey look! Someone is getting flowers!"
Sister: It's for Valentime's Day.
Me: I know! Hey, Ryan gave me flowers, too!
Sister: Did you say thank you?
Me: Of course!
Sister: I want to hear it.
Me: What?
Sister: I want to hear what it sounded like when you said thank you.
Me: Thank you so much! I love them!
Sister: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's going to make me cry!
(Pause, pause, pause)
Sister: Did you have to live with your boring parents until you met Ryan and got married?
I kind of felt like that last part was a loaded question.
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And this one is from the Big Kid: Ryan.
When we were at Red Robin on Valentine's Day, they had their televisions set to Olympic coverage. He could see one right behind me and at one point, he read me the lineup for the evening.
Ryan: It's skiing, speed skating and figure skating. But it says Paris for the figure skating.
Me: Paris? Like the country?
Ryan: Yeah.
Me: Could it be pairs?
Ryan: No. there's no apostrophe
Me: There is no apostrophe in pairs.
Ryan: OH! Well then yes. That makes a lot more sense, doesn't it?
(There actually was an apostrophe in later versions when referring to pairs' figure skating, but it still cracked me up.)
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The funny part is over now...just wanted to thank those of you who are praying for my friend Michelle. They're still needed!
4 comments:
hah! too funny!
Kids are the best! While we are waiting on our own (God willing!!), we have the absolute joy and privilege to love our friends' children. When one kiddo was younger, he thought that my husband's name was "ChrisandJenni" because that's how we were referred. Like "ChrisandJenni are coming to dinner" or "We are going to ChrisandJenni's house." I think this was due in large part to the fact that he adored (and still does!) my husband and could take or leave me - hahaha.
Continued prayers for your friend.
Kids! They say it as it is (or they think it is)!
We are praying for Michelle and her family.
Have a good weekend!
:)
Jenni - That is hilarious and makes perfect sense!!!
Paula - Thank you so much! :)
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