Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Decoding "kid speak"

A funny incident happened at our house just the other day. Funny instances seem to happen a lot here, I think it is because children are, simply put, funny.

Our neighbors live about 100 yards up hill from us. The distance is such that you can tell who is outside at their house, and if it is an adult or a child, but that is about all. It is not usually a good distance to hold conversations, seeing as how nothing can be heard.

So we get out of our car Monday and one of their kids is outside. He proceeds to start yelling at our girls. I heard:

WA-wah-wa-wah-wa.

Think Charlie Brown's teacher.

So then Brooke yells:

-Oh, OK!!

And Jordan comes up to me and says:

-They are going to set up fireworks tonight, and wants to know if we can come and watch.

???????????

My children must have the best ears on the planet. The neighbors did in fact do fireworks. One point for Jordan and Brooke, 50,467 for me.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That was terrific - they aren't just good listeners- how about interpreters ?!!! Thanks for the laugh. LeighAnn