More from the "where do they come up with it" files

*emeleel* · #1 10-20-2002, 06:17 PM

The other night it rained after the kids went to sleep. I was telling them the next morning how much it had rained and told them, "It poured buckets!" Erin asked me, "You mean it poured buckets of cats and dogs?"

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A couple of days ago we were in the car and Erin asked me how you get the leaves off of trees - do you use scissors? (A

question in its own right!) Sean told her, "No, you have to have a special kind of scissors. I think they're called 'spears.'"

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Today in the car, Erin asked if 22 + 22 = 44. "Yes, honey." "So, does onety-one plus onety-one equal twenty-two?" (Don't worry if you don't get it, I didn't either - it took hubby to figure that one out!)

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After that mathmatical puzzler, she then asked me, "Does my brain in my head wear clothes?"

KIDS!!!

magenta321 · #2 10-20-2002, 06:51 PM

Oh Melanie, I got the onety one thing

That's because before I learned addition, I swore 1+1=11. It worked in my head anyway.

**theworm**[$] · #3 10-20-2002, 06:52 PM

How old is Erin? Sounds like she's adorable and VERY smart. I'm sure that her brain does wear clothes!

jnbmoore · #4 10-20-2002, 07:18 PM

I love it!!

Very entertaining house you have

murasaki · #5 10-20-2002, 08:40 PM

Erin sounds like a hobbit in the making!

--naomi

*emeleel* · #6 10-21-2002, 01:53 PM

Erin just turned 4 a couple of weeks ago - and Naomi, hubby would take your comment as a big compliment!

And yep, Margaret, Erin used to swear up and down a few months ago that 1 + 2 = 12.

(Shhhhh....she can actually do some math problems faster than her big brother!

I don't make a big deal of it in front of them, but in my head I just have to laugh sometimes!)