I admit it, I'm getting older. We all are. Each day we are one day older than the day before, and I'm okay with that. But there are some things that help you realize just how old you are.
An example that easily comes to mind... when one of my kids asks me, "Did they have X (color TV or Legos for example) when you were a kid?" Then there's the, "What's that Mommy?" while pointing to a telephone book that was delivered to our house the other day. Another was realizing that my son will be 10 (double digits folks) in 3 months. CRA! ZY!
And a couple days ago a good friend of mine sent me an email. Why does that make me feel old? Because she sent an email because sending an actual letter was just too old school. Sending a letter... old school? I suppose so, but it seems so odd that's it's gone out of fashion so quickly.
That got me thinking. My son is familiar with email; how it works and what it's for. My daughter has a general knowledge of it, but has never sent or received one. They are not old enough to have an account, but I'm sure Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or something very similar will be their version of email in the future. Will their kids be asking them one day what Facebook was?
I'm not sure. But I sure hope when it happens, they feel as old as I do when they ask me their questions.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Out of the Mouths of Children
Below you will find a compilation of cute, funny, or sweet things my kids have said recently:
While at church, Jon and I were told that we were a couple that looked perfect together. We were told we had a happy "glow" about us. We were talking about it later wondering what the man could have been seeing, and our son proceeds to say, "Maybe it's because your skin isn't as dark as his so he thinks you were glowing."
My daughter has a tendency to mispronounce things. I'm not sure if it's because she's not paying attention to what we are saying or because perhaps we aren't always looking at her when we tell her the name of something (thereby missing some valuable lip movements when saying certain words). Some of her more recent mispronunciations: Crackle Barrel (instead of Cracker Barrel) and Milky Wave (instead of Milky Way).
My son is not immune to mispronunciation either. He recently said aerodymanics (instead of aerodynamics). I must admit, it does roll off the tongue as aerodymanics quite easily.
While at church, Jon and I were told that we were a couple that looked perfect together. We were told we had a happy "glow" about us. We were talking about it later wondering what the man could have been seeing, and our son proceeds to say, "Maybe it's because your skin isn't as dark as his so he thinks you were glowing."
My daughter has a tendency to mispronounce things. I'm not sure if it's because she's not paying attention to what we are saying or because perhaps we aren't always looking at her when we tell her the name of something (thereby missing some valuable lip movements when saying certain words). Some of her more recent mispronunciations: Crackle Barrel (instead of Cracker Barrel) and Milky Wave (instead of Milky Way).
My son is not immune to mispronunciation either. He recently said aerodymanics (instead of aerodynamics). I must admit, it does roll off the tongue as aerodymanics quite easily.
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