The inner workings of a 6-year-old's mind
"George Bush was the last president,'' Lily told me one day recently on the way to school.
I was impressed.
"George Lincoln is dead.''
Not impressed. I corrected her.
"Just let me say it the way I want,'' she insisted. "I'm not that smart.''
The same day, she asked me all of the following: "Can we go to Disney world?" "What does someday mean?" "Can we get a puppy?" "Why do farts smell so bad?''
I also had to explain the difference between a diary and diarrhea. I'm not kidding.
Saturday she advised me during a discussion about college that "I don't want a job. I want to get married and do nothing.''
I told her Sunday that, "we're going to get you the best doll house for Christmas.''
"You know what,'' she answered. "Tell Santa. I don't want you to have to spend your money.''
Last night she said I was distracting her from her Webkinz activities.
"I can't focustrate!'' she said.
This is what parenting is all about. Answering weird questions like "do ponies lay eggs.''
It's a lot more fun than answering the questions she'll probably ask when she's a teen, like, "Are you sure this dent wasn't in your car before I drove it?''' or "Who washed my cell phone?''
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