Excuse Me, Sir

"Excuse me, sir. It would have been nice if you had held the door for us instead of shutting it in our face." - Five year old Elizabeth after running up to a stranger to discuss the incident with the door. The discussion worked because the guy apologized.

Let's Go See the Butts

Katie: "Dad, can we go to the Met? I want to see the butts."

Me: "Excuse me?"

Katie: "The Met has a special exhibit of famous people's butts that I really want to see."

Me: "What do you mean an exhibit of people's butts?"

Katie: "You know, statues of people's butts. Statues of famous people's shoulders, neck and head."

Me: "Katie, those are busts. We call those kind of statues 'busts.'"

Katie: "Oh. That makes more sense."

Today

Today was Junior's due date.  I was reminded of that fact when I picked Katie up from church this morning.  I asked her how church was.  She said it wasn't very good.  I asked her why, and she explained that she was really sad because today was the due date.  I was actually extremely surprised that she remembered.

Katie mentioned that she wishes we could have given Junior a rip. 

Ummm....what do you mean give Junior a rip?

After a moment of talking, we realized that she means a grave.  In her limited experience, gravestones say R.I.P. in big letters - Rest in Peace.

Stuff Elizabeth Says

Five year old Elizabeth confessed to some wrongdoing and apologized.

Wife responded, "Thank you for apologizing. Now, don't do it again."

Elizabeth looked a bit confused and annoyed, "Ummm...I just apologized. An apology means that I was wrong, and I won't do it again. So, I just told you that I won't do it again."