Embracing Commercialism

Mady's been a little under the weather recently. She's had a stuffy nose and has been blowing it a lot today. We're not really brand specific when it comes to facial tissues, but usually we buy whatever brand name is the cheapest. (We don't do store brand tissues or toilet paper) After blowing her nose she looks at me and says, "Man, Mommy, that Puffs commercial got it right. These Kleenex's are rough. I want Puffs."

How Now Brown Cow

Zac wanted some milk. He very much enjoys getting the milk jug or juice container out of the refrigerator for me and today was no exception. He opened the refrigerator and looked at the jug of Red Diamond Tea on the bottom shelf.

Zac: "I don't want that brown milk, that's disgusting."

Get a job!

We were leaving church and Matt and the kids were waiting for me in the truck. Mady was looking through Matt's Bible when the book of Job caught her eye.

Mady: "Hey Mommy, look, there's a whole book in here about a job! You should read this so you can get one."

The College of...Chicken?

While eating chicken last night, Mady decided to start discussing college. The conversation went something like this:

Mady: Mommy, I don't want to go to college.

Me: Why not?

Mady: I don't want to move away from you, because I love you.

(I told my husband to grab the video camera because I know it won't be long before she is ready to move out)

Mady: Well, I guess I can go to college. Do I have to go where you went to college?

Me: No, you can go wherever you want.

Mady: Does your college have chicken?

Me: Yes, they had chicken where I went to college.

Mady: Then I'll go to your college. Because they have chicken. I love chicken.

Innocence

We were driving to the lake when we saw a truck with one of THOSE things (the male parts I think should be against the law to hang from your vehicle...but that's just my opinion) hanging from the trailer hitch.

Que Mady:

"HEY, Did that car poop? There's something red hanging from it!"

Size Matters

Daddy, let me just tell you...Airplanes are bigger than you think.

How Profound

So, I'm sure you have noticed the "anti-smoking" billboards all over the highways. One features a family with the mother's face burned out of the picture and it says something along the lines of, second hand smoke kills however many people a year. The one of the crib with the baby burned out referencing second hand smoke and SIDS made me cry the first time I saw it.

Mady just doesn't get it. Every time we pass the billboard of the family, she asks why the mom's face is burned out. So, no more sugar coating.

The last time she asked, Matt told her, "Smoking kills people." She was confused to say the least.

Mady: "So, if smoking kills people why are they allowed to make cigarettes?"

How Profound.