The Things Our Children Say

* "Close the curtains," requested our 2 year old grand-
daughter, sitting in a pool of bright light. "The sun's
looking at me too hard."

* My friend asked our grandson when he would turn 6. He
replied, "When I'm tired of being 5."

* Seeing her first hailstorm, Mary Sue, age 3, exclaimed,
"Mommy, it's raining dumplings!"

* As I frantically waved away a pesky fly with a white
dishtowel, my granddaughter observed, "Maybe he thinks
you're surrendering."

* Announcing to daughter Lori that her aunt just had a
baby and it looked like her uncle, she said, "You mean
he has a mustache?"

* When I asked our grandson if he could name the capital
of Florida, he fired right back, "capital F!"

* While shampooing our son, 4, I noted his hair was growing
so fast he'd soon need it cut. He replied, "Maybe we
shouldn't water it so much."

* My daughter told her 5-year-old that their van was going
to be fixed. Instantly, the small fry assumed, "Oh, it's
going to the tire-o-practor?"

* Impressed by her 5-year-old's vocabulary, my friend
complimented the young scholar, who nonchalantly responded,
"I have words in my head I haven't even used yet."

* His mom informed her son, Brian, that she was going
outside to get a little sun. "But Mommy, he gulped, "You
already have a son -- me!"

* When our son asked about two look-alike classmates at
school, we told him they were probably twins. The next
day, he came home from school all bubbly and said, "Guess
what? They are not only twins, they're brothers!