We were always entertained by
the funny comments our children would come up with. Janika had been
teaching Jase times tables and he learned some of them. We were walking
to the park and Jase saw a truck that said "4X4." He exclaimed
matter-of-factly, "There's another one of those 16 year old trucks again!"
Then one Sunday we were sitting in church and the first counselor in the
Bishopric got up to conduct. Janika said, "Is he like the "Vice
Bishop or something?" I said, "They are called first and second
counselors." She said, "So that's sort of like the first mate
on a ship then?"
On Valentines night we all went shopping and when we came home there were some plates of cookies on our doorsteps. Janika asked me if she could call and thank our neighbors for the cookies and I said, "sure!" Well, she called and they weren't home and so she left a message on their answering machine saying thank you for the cookies...(and then she must have been in prayer mode because she said)..."in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!" When she told me she accidentally ended the message like that I laughed so hard that tears were rolling down my face. It seems like one of us did that as a kid too...probably me!