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Me: It is important to be polite. Polite children say please and thank you, and
they listen to their mommy. We like
polite children.
(Silence while they digest this)
Adam: But we like dark children too?
Me: POL-lite, Adam, polite. But yes you are right, we like light children and dark children, but we especially like polite children.
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Oh my, this made me laugh! My daughter is a good bit younger than your kids, but I had a similar experience with her yesterday. After her bath, she always likes to help rub lotion on her body. So yesterday, I put a squirt of lotion in her hand and said, "Ok, baby, put the lotion on your body!" But she instead walked over to her little training potty and started rubbing the lotion on that. I was flummoxed for a minute before I realized "body" rhymes with "potty" (at least if your an American from the Midwest, as I am). Hee hee!
Posted by: Anne | 30 July 2008 at 09:14 PM
Thank goodness he said it out loud so you could explain. Don't you wonder how many miscommunications happen that they keep to themselves and just assume is what you meant?
Posted by: Em | 30 July 2008 at 09:14 PM
"You're", not "your". Sorry, anal about grammar,
Posted by: Anne | 30 July 2008 at 09:15 PM
And punctuation--should be a period after "grammar". OK, leaving now before I do any more damage...
Posted by: Anne | 30 July 2008 at 09:17 PM
the one thing I hate about my kids growing up is that we have fewer of these moments. Absolutely classic!
Posted by: melody | 30 July 2008 at 09:33 PM
Ah. Fantastic!
;)
Posted by: cooler*doula | 30 July 2008 at 09:48 PM
Made me laugh out loud!
Thanks!
Posted by: Gina | 30 July 2008 at 10:08 PM
Ha! That's classic.
Posted by: Katie | 30 July 2008 at 11:31 PM
Love it! The innocence is priceless.
Posted by: Another Katie | 30 July 2008 at 11:40 PM
Hilarious!
Posted by: Megan | 31 July 2008 at 12:09 AM
hahah he is so super cute man !!!
pfffftttt @ grammer police
Posted by: Bottonz | 31 July 2008 at 12:12 AM
The things kids say...
And you know he will repeat his version of this little talk you had when it is the MOST embarrassing for you, right?
Great story.
Posted by: Katy | 31 July 2008 at 04:13 AM
Very, very cute. :)
Posted by: Dani | 31 July 2008 at 07:29 AM
LOL...priceless.
Posted by: Andrea | 31 July 2008 at 09:03 AM
Classic :)
Posted by: nola | 31 July 2008 at 09:17 AM
Soooo precious! From the mouths of babes.....
Posted by: Sharon | 31 July 2008 at 10:02 AM
OMG! that was hilarious! reminds me of when i was still living in america and was visiting some friends in cape town. they have a delightful little girl who kept eating off my plate. after lunch we were having coffee and cookies and i saw her eyeing mine. i smiled at her and jokingly said, "i know you want my cookie, don't you?". i couldn't understand her stricken expression till her mom reassuringly pulled her over and said, "it's okay darling, she means her biscuit!".
translation
american: cookie = biscuit
south african: cookie = vagina
just imagine what went through her mind!
Posted by: sass | 31 July 2008 at 12:22 PM
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Posted by: Darkchocolate | 31 July 2008 at 12:34 PM
This is precious. And priceless. I love kids when they are at the stage that they notice physical differences, but don't have any opinion about it. It just is.
Posted by: wyliekat | 31 July 2008 at 03:10 PM
What a funny post! This may sound like a very ignorant question so I hope you can bare with me, but do your kids have a lot of non-white friends/ is their school diverse where they would have the opportunity to become friends with kids from different racial/ethnic/cultural backgrounds? I have not been to South Africa so what I 'know' is 100% hearsay, but despite so many years of progress, I'm told that there is still a lot of segregation and people aren't really mixing a lot. All of which could be a lot of misinformation that I've received. I'm just curious as to what your children's generation are going through/creating. Hope this isn't too heavy/dramatic a question. I just figured it would be better to ask than run around with mis-perceptions. Thanks!
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Posted by: Carla | 31 July 2008 at 05:16 PM
Oh dear, that's priceless! What a little sweetie!
Posted by: Rachel | 31 July 2008 at 05:53 PM
Really, really darling comment. Write that one down and remember it.
Posted by: Kathy | 01 August 2008 at 12:46 AM
Very funny story. I love moments like that.
Posted by: Kristin | 01 August 2008 at 06:20 AM