Kids say the darndest things!

C (at the playground): "Daddy will you swing with me?"

Dad: "Sure."

C (after a short while swinging with Dad): "Dad, it's a swing set not a rocking chair!"

- C (age eight)

Kids say the darndest things!

C: "Dad, I'm gonna be an astronaut. If you're still alive when I get a job will you go to the moon with me?"

Dad (spontaneously crying): "Yes."



- C (age eight)

My daughters fill my life.

Kids say the darndest things!

"I have an idea and I'm not afraid to use it!"

- C (age eight)

Kids say the darndest things!

Dad: "What do you think of Seattle?"

C: "It's cool. No really. It's cold actually! When I get home again I am SO going to be SO warm!"

- C (age eight)

Kids say the darndest things!

"I'm gonna pass out if I don't fall asleep soon."

- C (age eight)

Kids say the darndest things!

C: "Kitty winked at me!"

Dad: "Really?"

C: "Yes, but Mommy says I shouldn't anth-something-morphize things."

Dad: "Anthropomorphize?"

C: "Yes, that's it. Kitty doesn't know human emotions."

Dad: "You're right."

C: "But she does understand kitty emotions."

Dad: "You're right."

- C (age eight)

Kids say the darndest things!

C: "I hate change."

Dad: "Everything changes."

C: "Yeah. For instance, clocks. They definitely change."

- C (age eight)

Kids say the darndest things!

C: "That spider is smart."

Dad: "That spider is about as smart as your elbow."

C: "But my elbow knows everything!"

- C (age eight)

Kids say the darndest things!

Dad: "What do you think of this painting?"

C: "For a musician, it's not bad."

- C (age eight)