A Few Funnies

Maggie is a pretty funny kid.  I know most parents are rather enamored of their own children and that I am certainly one of them; but she really is a hoot.  Her timing is particularly key.  I’m not always good about writing these things down, so I will use this blogger-majig as an excuse to set down some of the hilarity.

Last week we started a Parent-Tot Tumble class.  As we walked into the gym where the class was being held, Maggie and I saw all of the kids already rolling and running around on the mats.  Maggie proclaimed loudly at this energetic sight: “Wow!  Now you’ll really be able to lose some weight, Mom!”

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While looking at a cookbook together, we happened on a picture of some cookies.  Maggie exclaimed, “Oh, cookies.  I can’t have those.  They’ll ruin my figure.” 

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I told Maggie that an upcoming wedding this summer was supposed to be grown-ups only, so we would most likely decline the invitation.  She wildly cried out, “I’m little now, but I’ll be grown up then.”

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As Maggie was dressing herself in a pair of brown stretchy pants, she paused mid-way up her legs and looked quizzically at her slacks.  “You know,” she said, “when they’re like this it looks like a moose head.”

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A while back Maggie was running nude around the apartment (that is a story for another blog post, for sure.)  She kept hollering, “I’m proud of myself.”  She’s never had a problem with self-esteem, come to think of it.

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We were Christmas shopping at a store near my Mother in Bloomington-Normal when I put on a silly pair of fake glasses with fake nose and mustache.  I asked Maggie if she thought they were funny.  She soberly reproached me, saying “Take those off, Mommy.  It disturbs me.”

I hope this brightened your day.  She certainly cracks me up!