Laughing Out Loud

Art Linkletter knew he'd hit a hilarious nerve when he decided to interview children and record their answers. They DO say the darndest things.

Yesterday during our Breaking of Bread service, Evelyn was in all her glory sitting next to Aunt Jenny, stroking her affectionately on the arm in between the activities in her busy-bag. Towards the end of the meeting, she had a pad and pen in hand, and I whispered to her to draw a picture of Aunt Jenny since she'd be going back to New Zealand soon. She screwed up her little face, shrugged, and whispered back, "But...I don't know how to draw a nose." Jen & I convulsed for the next several minutes--and of course, things are ALWAYS funnier when they happen in really QUIET, PUBLIC places.

Evelyn helps us search the couch cushions for the "commote re-troll," and as far as Amelia is concerned, a chapstick will ALWAYS "help feel you better." Personally, I LOL when I think of my friend, Cindy's 2 year old neice, whose favorite cereal is "Pooploops."

Sometimes the things they say include the world of children's literature, like today when Evelyn told the man at the counter at Ritz Photos that she would put him in a "hot, steaming kettle of Beezlenut Stew." (Horton Hears a Who) I give him credit. He immediately shared that he had two cats, named Wednesday and Ruby (which I thought was very toddler-like of him), and when a nice lady came in and sat at the picture-computer next to us, Amelia looked at her and said, "The cat's name RUBY."

Tonight I was working in my attic office when Evelyn came up with a bag of marshmallows. When I asked her if Daddy had seen her take those, she grinned and replied, "Well, I just snuck up here like a little prairie chicken." (A Little Prairie House)