We all know that kids say funny things, but of course I'm certain mine are the funniest. For example...

Driving down the road one recent afternoon, Payton shouts "MOM, LOOK! The sprinkler is in the sky!" It's summer time in Florida, so I assume she's trying to tell me she saw lightening maybe confusing sprinkler/sparkler/lightening, so I try to correct her asking if she means lightening as I'm making a u-turn to get where we're headed. "NO MOM, the sprinkler -SEE!" I look over to see a fountain in the lake we're passing. Sprinkler - fountain, it's pretty much the same.

Also in the car, we pass a community where one of our old friends, Lily, lives. I pointed out that we're passing Lily and Laura's house. To this she responds, "Does Lily have a daddy?" I'm certain now that this was an innocent question, but it startled me, because they are one of the few couples that we know that have divorced in the last year. I know that Payton has no concept of this, but I'm panicking in the front seat. What do I say, what do I say?? Back to reality, "Of course she has a daddy, remember her daddy is Mark!?" I think I've settled this, as she does know Mark and I assume we're all set. In fact, we saw him at a festival not too long ago with Lily. For some reason she still doubts me, but eventually I did convince her. Dodged THAT talk!

Recently I've been trying to get myself back to the gym, but for some reason the girls fight me on it every day. They have fun there, but just can't seem to motivate to get there (something about apples falling far from trees comes to mind). Anyway, today we're driving to the gym and Payton is questioning me as to WHY we have to go. I don't want to warp her mind telling her Mommy's fat, or needs to loose weight so I go with the healthy aspect. I'm trying to tell her that I'm taking care of my body, this is why we ask her to eat her dinner, and why we don't eat cookies and candy all of the time. We want to keep our bodies in good shape, so that we can be around for a long, long time. To this she responds, are you going to die Mommy? Ugh, another one of those questions a parent doesn't really want to get into. Luckily, once again it was an easy, "Not for a long time honey, what do you want to eat for lunch?" kind of answer that she fell for. Dodged another one!

Parker's conversations aren't quite as deep at this point, but still just as charming. My current favorite Parker-ism is the word NUGGLE. This is her version of snuggle, and I may just add this word to the family dictionary because I love, love, love to hear her say it. It's usually used at either bedtime (to avoid it), or when I'm exhausted and laying on the sofa and she wants to climb under the blanket with me. Either way, she usually wins.