"Mommy, did you know that water is drugs?"
Uh, no. Why do you think that?
"Because some bigger kids did a play at school this week and they said water is drugs."
(He says this in his best 'duh, Mom!' tone, like he is about to share something that I obviously have NO clue about)
Hmmmm, do you think maybe you are a little bit confused? Why don't you tell me exactly what they said...
"Well, they did this play and one girl asked the other girl 'Have you been drinking?' and she said 'Yeah, I've been drinking' and drinking is drugs and drugs are bad"
Which, in Clay's 6 year old logic, means that drinking ANYTHING, including water, is bad... all of this brings him to the conclusion that water is drugs.
After a few laughs I explained the difference between drinking water/kool aid/juice vs. boozin' it up. This conversation reminded me of Red Ribbon Week when Turner was in Kindergarten and the memorable afternoon it led too. Here is a photo of Turner & Clay on T-Mans first day of big school:
So, picture these two out to lunch with their Grandmama & Grandaddy on a nice Saturday afternoon. Somehow smoking was brought up in the adult conversation... and since it was Red Ribbon week, drugs are on Turner's mind.
Turner chimes in... "My Daddy does drugs!"
Of course he says this nice and loud and clear so all the folks at surrounding tables can hear ;)
Grandmama: "Turner, your Daddy does not do drugs!"
Both boys: "Yuh huh, he does, he smokes!"
Turner: "That's right Grandmama, he does, Daddy smokes crack." (Again, nice and loud for everyone to hear, so glad I wasn't there!)
Grandmama: "What on earth would give you that idea??? Your Daddy does not smoke crack or anything else!"
Turner: "Mommy says he does"
Oiy! I *may* have had a habit of mumbling under my breath that "Daddy must be smokin' crack" when I thought he was doing something ridiculous/crazy/or that I just didn't agree with. And it's situations like these that remind me that little ears are ALWAYS listening.
But, like I said, it did make for some lively conversation and funny memories!
4 comments:
I loved this post. It's been interesting around here, too!
I'm glad to see we aren't the only ones still using the old "smokin' crack" phrase. It is one of my favorites. It got Jason in a little trouble when he yelled it to Olivia's soccer team of 10 eight-year-old girls!
hilarious!! when josh was in first grade, his teacher read them a story about a girl named margarita. josh proudly announced to the class that his mom's favorite drink had the same name-lovely!
THat is freaking hilarious! Daddy smokes crack! What is next: "Daddy is hooked on getting the spins...he even leads a class in getting your spins on!"
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