Falcon
Head Blade user
My wife and I were watching two of our granddaughters this weekend, while their mom and dad were out of town. Friday night we get them ready for bed -- peejays on, teeth brushed, all tucked in, etc. -- and it's time for prayers. My wife and I are sitting on the bed with them. The four year-old finishes hers and now it's time for the two year-old.
"Now I lay me down to sleep...," she starts, and she makes it through to the end. Now, this is a child I've seen three or four days every week of her life; we're not at all strangers. So she comes to the end of her prayer.
"God bless Mommy and Daddy and Kitty (her sister), and Grandma and..."
She stops. She opens her eyes and looks at me.
"What's your name?"
Grandpa.
"Oh, yeah, Grandpa. God bless Grandpa and..."
We kissed them goodnight, walked out of the room, closed the door, and then fell apart laughing in the hallway. I'm obviously having a profound effect on that child.
So, yeah. Kids say the darndest things. Anyone else?
"Now I lay me down to sleep...," she starts, and she makes it through to the end. Now, this is a child I've seen three or four days every week of her life; we're not at all strangers. So she comes to the end of her prayer.
"God bless Mommy and Daddy and Kitty (her sister), and Grandma and..."
She stops. She opens her eyes and looks at me.
"What's your name?"
Grandpa.
"Oh, yeah, Grandpa. God bless Grandpa and..."
We kissed them goodnight, walked out of the room, closed the door, and then fell apart laughing in the hallway. I'm obviously having a profound effect on that child.
So, yeah. Kids say the darndest things. Anyone else?
