Out of the mouth of babes

**Taz_Zoee** · 03-05-2008, 06:10 PM

This is one that my niece said. First of all, I don't want to offend the Oregon PTers we have on here, so please don't take offense.
When my niece was about 7 years old we (my brother, SIL, my two nieces and myself) took a trip up the coast to meet with my sister that lives in Oregon. On the way to the Oregon border the girls kept asking - are we in Oregon yet? Once we were FINALLY in Oregon my youngest niece said - Are you sure we are in Oregon? My SIL said yes, why? She said - Because Aunt Rhonda said people in Oregon don't know how to drive.
She was really confused because she saw cars on the road driving around. I guess she expected to not see any cars at all since "people didn't know how to drive in Oregon". We had a good laugh about that one.

I could go on with these kinds of stories, since I worked with kids for 12 years, but I'll limit it to my family.

**kuhio98** · 03-05-2008, 06:34 PM

Here's a sad - yet kinda funny - one I read. I think it was in Reader's Digest.

A mom had to go into the hospital to have an operation. Her little 5-yr old boy wanted to visit her, but the hospital had a policy that no children under 12 could visit.

Every day, he asked his dad if he could visit his mom. Every day it was explained why he could not.

Finally, one day his mom called him on the phone. They had a nice talk and he felt better. But, as they were about to hang up, the boy broke down into sobs. His Mom asked him what was wrong. Though his tears he said, "I'll see you when I'm 12!"

No matter how we try to explain, children have their own logic. And they are usually right!

**Flatcoatluver** · 03-05-2008, 06:42 PM

How cute!

I was 5 when my mom had a garage sale. I liked to pretend like I was a dog and I barked at everyone there. So my mom put me into the playpin. A man let me out as a joke since I was barking at him and I ran up and bite him.

I hope I had my rabies shot.

**Medusa** · 03-05-2008, 07:21 PM

When my son was little, probably about 6 or so, my (then) husband and I were talking to another couple about their upcoming camping vacation. I said "Yes, we're planning our vacation, too" and she said "Oh, you're going camping?" and I said "No, we're going to several places so we'll be staying on the road". My son's brow furrowed w/a worried look and he said "Won't we get run over?"