Funnies

I have a few funnies from those grandest littles my heart adores.

Goodness knows we could all use some adorable humor in our day: a needed distraction from adult life which is waning low every four years about this time. Wink. Wink.

I have had the unexplainable joy of seeing all my little grands this month. They just swell my heart to the point of explosion! There is so much joy and laughter!!

Do you remember that TV show way back when … Kids Say The Darnedest Things?

I remember watching and laughing so hard at the things kids said. Just figuring out why they might have said them in response to the question brought belly laughs! Truly, you never know what they will come up with, especially preschoolers!

I also remember when our daily newspaper had “Funnies”. It’s probably the only part I ever looked at! Just a little bit of laughter to temper the days news or life’s weightiness.

Today, I’ve got a few humorous accounts from my 4-year-old “cousin twins”! We call them that because they were born two months apart. Both look like their Dads, which are brothers. Voices sound alike and they are inseparable when we get together! Ones a girl, Goldie, with curly blonde hair. The other, a boy, Justice, with straight blonde hair. They could easily pass for biological twins.

Let’s let Goldie go first …

I was at Goldie’s house for her 4th birthday. Her birthday fell on a Monday. Her party was Sunday. Monday, Mom and Dad had work. So I got to have a “Goldie day”, on her birthday! A very special treat for me!

I took her on a surprise journey. We went to Build-A-Bear!!

Did you know on a child’s birthday, you can purchase the “Birthday Bear”? One dollar for every year of age! So, ours was $4!! (Good deal and very fun!) We added a few accessories for a higher cost, but Zee Zee didn’t mind!

Then I asked her where she wanted to go to lunch. Of course, she picked Chick-Fil-A! As we were eating, I interviewed her and recorded her answers on videos using my phone to capture her precious 4-year-old thoughts. Her delight was in watching each video after she answered the question! “Can I see?”

She turned the tables on me and asked me a question … it went like this.

“Zee Zee, what’s YOUR favorite color?”

“Well,” I said, “I really like the color black.”

She gave me the oddest stare. “ZeeZee, black’s not a color!!”

“It’s not!”

“NO,” she insisted. “It’s just not mixed up yet!”
My girl who loves to paint and knows about mixing colors! (hehehe)

“Pick another favorite color!”

“Okay, well, I like white too. Is that a color?”

“Well,” she said with a little Kentucky draw.
“It’s a color … but it doesn’t show up on paper!!!”

True. Very true Goldie!

Oh. My. Word. I could not have guessed her responses in a million years!!! Of course, I am still laughing.

Here’s a Justice funny …

At four, he can still be snuggly … on his terms. That sweet little guy was showering me with snuggles this last trip, much to my epic delight. When he gets on my lap, his soon to be 2-year-old sister wants up too. This is never a problem; always a blessing.

Needless to say, we are pretty smooshed together, just the way I like it!

One day while on my lap, or should I say leg. They each get a leg to delineate spaces.

He looks up and asks me in the sweetest tone,

“Zee Zee, why do you still have boobs?”

Hahahahahahahaha.

I almost erupted into a deep Santa laugh, but somehow managed to keep my composure.

I replied, “All ladies have boobs. They’re just different sizes.”

He was satisfied with the answer, but I don’t think I answered the question.

He asked why I STILL …

His sister was breast fed, and he’d had some discussions about all these things with Mom. He noticed the difference between nursing and what happens when you stop, his Mom later told me.

Zee Zee looked like she must still be feeding some kids somewhere, is what I think he was really asking!! Or why didn’t they diminish after she finished feeding them?

Oh. My. Heavens. I have chuckled and chuckled about his question and inferences and confusion.

How adorable is that?

Just one more, Goldie’s turn …

That precious blonde looked right up at me and said,

“Zee Zee, you’re old!”

“I AM?!”

“Yes. You. Are.” Spoken very assuredly and matter of factly!

“How do you know that?” I replied.

“Wellllll, you ARE my Dad’s mother.”

“Yes, I am!”

Pointing up at my neck, “Annnndddd, you do have that mole on your neck!”

I’ve had a prominent mole on my neck as long as I can remember. Kids seem to notice it and want to touch it. (Yes, my doctor checks it.) Kids seem to remember it about me.

“Does that mole make me old?”

“Yes!!” She insisted.

I think she may have been equating mold/moldy with mole thus surmising I was old … I had mold growing out of me!!

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

She came in for the kill … “And … you walk slow!”

Bingo! Bull’s Eye! Got me on that one. Next to her, everyone is slow!!

I have to admit her points were valid and held truth. Although, in my defense, I’ve had the mole since I was little! I am sure I called much younger people old when I was four!!

Maybe, one day, she’ll learn that moles are not associated with mold and age, but for now, it’s hilarious!!