Wednesday, January 16

hairy balls

after picking up makenzie from preschool today, Cherisse was interrupted on her northbound drive on the 215 by makenzie in the back seat.

makenzie - "mom, what are those hairy balls?"
cherisse - "what?" (then giving her all of her attention, adjusting the rear view mirror solely on makenzie, and to find out what she is talking about)
makenzie - "mom what are those hairy balls?" (pointing out the window)
cherisse - "uh, i don't know what you are talking about. what hairy balls."
makenzie - "those right there on the ground, moving in the wind."
cherisse - "they are not called hairy balls, they are called tumbleweeds."

it kind of reminds me of a story of a friend of ours who was driving her kids around when someone cut her off in traffic. she slipped and said that "&^%$-ing jerk!" immediately her oldest told her, "mom we don't say that." realizing what she had done she did not say anything only to hear her son say, "jerk is a bad word." not that this is on the same scale but it gives me an opportunity to share that funny story.

6 comments:

Robyn said...

That is so hilarious. Have you seen the saturday night live skit? Except it's not hairy balls it's something else but I don't want to write it. It's hilarious too.

Lisa said...

hahahaheeheehee! That's funny!

heidi and tom said...

Too funny.I read the title of the blog entry and was immediately curious. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before Savannah starts making comments like that. What a cutie.

Will & Cheyenne said...

That is hysterical!!!

jakenapril said...

Hilarious!!! I guess I couldn't expect anything less from Kenzie when she has a dad like you. Love ya. I just wish you could post a pic of Cherisse's face when Kenzie was talking about the "hairy balls."

Jelly said...

I'm proud of you...I don't think I would have been able to adjust the mirror from laughing so hard!