Life from a child’s view

July 28, 2007 · Posted in Daughters

Children say the funniest things.

My wife and I read to our girls every night at bedtime. We’ve done this since our oldest daughter was born and our girls make sure that we don’ t forget. Sometimes, due to the length of the book, we may only read a chapter, but unless they have stayed up past their bedtimes, we read every night. The girls alternate picking out what they want to hear at bedtime, so the content may vary from Jules Verne’s “Journey to the Center to the Earth” to “The Three Little Pigs”.

A couple of nights ago, my youngest daughter, Peyton, soon to be four, picked out an educational book. You know the sort. It teaches colors, numbers, counting, similarity, and opposites.

My wife was doing an excellent job reading and teaching as I listened. When they got to the subject of opposites, my wife’s teaching skills became even more apparent. The following is a short dialogue of what happened.

Wife: “If something is not up, it is …..”

Peyton: “down”.

Wife: “Good job Peyton. If something is not little, it is …”

Peyton: “big”.

This interaction continued for several minutes, until my wife came to the in/out or on/off concept and this is what was said:

Wife: “If Peyton is not in the bed, she is ….”

Peyton: “In trouble”

Needless to say my wife and I exploded into laughter. Children make our lives a joy. Thank God for them.

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