On our recent vacation in the Lake of the Ozarks, my Uncle Joe and Aunt Julie were nice enough to offer their boat for a "little kids' cruise." My sisters, Oma, and I lubed everybody up in sunscreen and zipped the kids into life jackets. Initially Henry said he didn't want to go, but he changed his mind. Immediately he began checking things out:
Henry: Why is that water there?
Me: When people get back on the boat after swimming in the lake, water drips off them.
Henry: Why is that rope broken? Is that okay?
Me: It's just an old piece of rope that's not being used. Don't worry.
Henry: Hold on to me. What's happening?
Me: Uncle Joe is turning the boat, and one side goes up higher than the other...boats are made so they can do that.
Henry: Mom, I think I figured out what one of my fears is - boats!
I told Henry that I was proud of him for trying, but he didn't have to take any more boat rides if he didn't want to.
(Incidentally, Elena, who won't turn 4 for another few months, didn't have the same issues. She even went tubing - without anyone else on the tube! She had a great time and wants to do it again next year.)
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- My maternal grandmother had 10 children. Somehow she managed to find the time to write down the funny things her kids said over the years. These writings came to be known as the "funny book." Her oldest child, my mother, kept the tradition alive by writing her own funny book to record all the cute - and sometimes weird- things that my four sisters and I said and did as we grew up. After several years of being remiss in my duties as recorder of all things funny for my own family, I started this blog as the modern version of the funny book. I hope you enjoy it.
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