Kids....say stuff

I haven't seen the monkeys this week. I've been sick and they're leaving for Florida today and my sister (Clown) didn't want them around a sicky like me. So, they'll be gone for a week and I will miss them. I started thinking about some of things they and other kids have said. I wish I had kept journal through the years but, it's never too late to start.

Alex(then 4)"Auntie, where's your husband?"
Me:"I don't have a husband"
Alex:"why not because only girls live in your house and even Harriet's a girl?"
Me:"yes, only girls live in my house. Some families are all girls, some all boys and some boys and girls"
The funny part of this is how random a question....I've been involved in this kids life since day ONE....it's not like he ever SAW me with a husband!
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Lucas(then 5) to his friend, while standing in his driveway with Brenda as I was pulling in.
Lucas:"That's my auntie. She's married to a girl. I know it seems weird but that's how it is in my family."
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The day after my girlfriend of 6 years had moved out. I was at my parents house with the kids.
Lucas(6):"So, I heard you and Chris got a divorce."
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Lucas was 4 and at my parents house in Florida.
Me:"how's your vacation going?"
Lucas:"I'm not on vacation"
Me:"Your not in florida?"
Lucas:"Nope"
Me:"where are you?"
Lucas:"I'm staying at the airport"
At this point in his vacation, Lucas had been to DisneyWorld, SeaWorld and Universal
Studios.
Later in the conversation
Me:"Have you done anything fun?"
Lucas:"Nothing! I told you I'm at the airport!!"
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Rosanne, my friend & co-worker, trying to play a game with her 4 yr old grandson Dean.

Dean:"Nana, read the rules"
Rosanne:"I don't have my glasses and I can't see them"
Dean:"If you can't see and I can't read, how are we gonna play???"
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So, this has been about neither taxes or The Girl. Though, my friend Deb says if I say a post is NOT about The Girl, then it's still an Ode.
So, Ode.
You know it's all Ode all the time in my head anyway.
That much is clear.