- FUNNY THINGS MY KIDS HAVE SAID -

i'm sure after i post this, i'll think of more, but here's few highlights to get you going...

today we'd a funeral (my aunts) to attend & had the 3 bear cubs with us - they were so good & sat quietly through the entire service, etc. & when it was all over, kiara leaned over to me & said, "are they gonna serve the food now?" - maybe that's why she was being on her best behavior, thinking food was coming??

"KIARA"S ERUPTED!" is what we heard karleigh yelling from the backseat today - when we asked her what she was talking about, she said that kiara erupted (& was not happy at all!) - in delving a bit deeper, we found out that karleigh was trying to talk & kiara erupted her (INTERUPTED HER!)

when brit was about 4 years old, we'd only had her just a few months & i'd got her all dressed up & we were heading out to run errands (just her & i) - i'd to stop & get gas on my way, so i went to the local gas station, right by our house that we always used - we were the only ones there, it was early in the morning so to have a change of pace, i asked her if she'd want to go pay for me - she was thrilled & said, "YES!" - i gave her $5 & said, "you go in & tell them your mommy's putting 5 bucks in pump 9 & then hand them this money & return to the car" - she eagerly jumped out, ran in as i was watching her, came back out just like she was supposed to do, got in the car & SLAMMED the door! - i asked what was wrong & she said they laughed at her - i couldn't imagine what she was talking about so after i finished getting gas, i got in the car & asked her again what had happened - she said, "i did just what you said" - i said, "tell me exactly what you said to them, just like you said it" - she said, "i told them this... my mom's humping pump 9 for 5 bucks!" - needless to say, i never returned to that gas station again!!!

when brit (yes, it's about her again... sorry brit!) was about 4 she came to me one day & asked if she could have sex - i said, "WHAT???" (keep in mind we'd adopted her at 3.5 years from the welfare system & we didn't know for sure about anything she'd seen, experienced, etc.) - she repeated to me what she'd asked already, "mommy, can i have sex?" - still not wanting to give in & assume 'SEX' was what she was really asking for, i played dumb - i said, "i don't know what you're talking about, can you ask it a different way?" - she said, "you know, what you & daddy have!" - EEEEEEEEEK!!! - i'm sweating at this point, not knowing what to say or heaven forbid what she's seen & so still acting dumb, i thought i try 1 more time & asked her to tell me in another way - to this she replied, "you know, when you don't say 'charge it', but instead you have sex!" - she was saying CHECKS!!!

once when brit was in preschool, they were told they could bring in a show 'n tell - she asked if she could sing a song & they allowed it - the next week, she wanted to sing a song again & they allowed it - this got to be a habbit with her during show 'n tell & finally they told her to start bringing an item to show the class - she informed them that she was going to just sing a song instead - they asked her to bring an item & she informed them that she was going to sing a song - this went on & on until the teacher finally said, "brit, i'm telling you one more time, I WANT YOU TO BRING AN ITEM TO SHOW 'N TELL NEXT WEEK" - to that brit replied (with hands on her hips), "WELL WE DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT WE WANT, NOW DO WE??" - from then on she took an item every week (ps. we never knew any of this was going on until after it'd been settled or we'd have stopped it a long time before that!)

lastly (yes, another brit story), when we'd first moved here to this community brit started first grade - about a week into school, the principal called me & asked if i could come to the school right away - i raced over to find the principal, brit's teacher, a fireman, a police officer & brit all standing at the door - i thought to myself, oh my goodness, what's she done! - she's always been a great kid & i knew she wasn't hurt as she was standing there smiling all over herself, but i sure couldn't imagine what was going on that they'd need this much 'backup' & would need to call me in - they all introduced themselves & then they proceeded to tell me that it was fire prevention week & all the kids in brit's class were sitting around talking about safety - they were saying things like, "don't cross the road without looking both ways", "don't play with matches", "don't mess with knives", etc. - they said one little boy had said, "don't do drugs", which my daughter commented that, "my mommy does drugs because they make her feel good" - they said to her something about me NOT doing drugs, but brit stuck to her story about me doing drugs because they made me feel good & to take 'good feeling' drugs was alright - now keep in mind, i'm now 40 years old & i've never taken drugs in my life - if someone would hand me some, i'd not know to sniff it, drink it, put it in my viens or what, so i couldn't imagine why she'd say such a thing - i was dying on the inside & everyone was looking at me for an answer - i looked at brit & said, "honey (gritting my teeth as i wore a tight smile), mommy doesn't do drugs, do i?", to which she replied (whispering as if no one would hear her & smiling all the while), "yes you do, but that's alright" - i said, "brit, mommy's never done drugs, why would you say such a thing?" to which she replied, "because i'm supposed to tell the truth to my teacher" - at this point i'm realizing they're thinking i'm role playing with her to get her to see it 'my way' & change her story - finally i said, "alright brit, if mommy does drugs, what drugs do i do?" to which she replied, "the ones that make your head feel better" to which i shared with everyone that i suffer migraines & take perscription meds for them & apparently that's what she was talking about - they let me leave, but i'm sure they kept their eye on me for quite awhile as we were new to the community & they probably thought this poor little girl was being raised by drug addicts GEEEZ - (ps. now they've got kiara, then ruby & then karleigh - by the time karleigh gets there, it's hard telling what they'll think of me!)

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