Such talented (?) grandkids

Our grandchildren have impressive talents and insights. Take Sam, 6, he announced one morning, “Mom, did you know I can morning snore? I’m doing it right now!”
Another time he said, “I feel so good…because my armpits stink.”
That appalled his sister, Sophia,, “What! Why would that make him feel good?! Boys are so weird.”
She should know, she has two brothers.
According to their mom, Henry, 3, “Really wants to talk about time:”
When she urged him, “Come on, Buddy, let’s go” Henry replied, “In ten minutes” and held up five fingers.
This year the family purchased a season pass to Six Flags and went to the nearby park a number of times. Although the park is closed for the winter, Henry asks, “Mama, we go to Six Flags tomorrow?”
Mom shook her head, “No, Buddy, they aren’t open.”
Not understanding, Henry asked, “We go to Six Flags in two days?”
He wants to go back to Six Flags which won’t open until summer so since September his mom says he has been asking, “It’s the first day of summer?”
It’s going to be a long winter for his mother.
He also likes visiting his friend and often asks his mom, “We go to Frankie’s house today?”
Mom replied, “Not today Buddy.”
Henry looked up at her, “Not yet?!”
Asking once would be fine, but Henry repeats the same conversation over and over through the day.
He offsets his toddler obsessions at nap time when he asks “Mama, you sleep with me, you take a nap with me?”
She replies, “I’ll read you a book, and then I’m going to let you take a nap.”
Recently, the little charmer thought a moment and then asked, “Mama, you a princess?”
“I don’t know. Do you think I’m a princess?” his mamma asked.
“Prolly. Prolly you a princess, Mama,” Henry said and quickly added, “You sleep with me two minutes?”
His mother concluded, “How can I say ‘no’ to that?”
Sophia, 8, focuses more on food. She declared earlier this month, “My favorite eating season is Thanksgiving.” It is definitely not October when she assured her mother that she only went trick-or-treating “for the good exercise.”
In another city, grandson Elijah, 10, the only direct male descendant on his dad’s side, informed his parents that he is the family’s only hope to carry on the family name. Such a responsibility. It was, however, his first name that caught his attention after a recent Sunday School lesson. He hopped in the car and asked, “Why did they call Elijah a prophet? Wouldn’t he be more like a NON-profit? He didn’t make any money, did he?”
That one made his pun loving grandfather smile.
Elijah and his younger sisters help with chores around the house.
One night their mom said that Daisy and Caroline helped her cook and “tonight, Eli said, without prompting, ‘I want my chore to be clearing the table.’ He has never done this chore, but he did tonight, and it was a joy to work with him in the kitchen. Some days as a mom are utterly exasperating and exhausting, but those five minutes here and there are glorious. While I don’t want to say farewell to my kids’ childhood, those glimpses of maturity are so, so good.”
Evidently the feeling is mutual. Eli looked pensive during a family game of Old Maid. His mom noticed and asked, “What are you thinking about?”
“Oh, just thinking about how much I like my life.”
Just another kid’s passing remark about a time of life full of wonder, discovery and developing conversational skills.


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