Heard over dinner last night ...
Ellie: Why are there screws in chairs?
Daddy: They hold the chairs together.
Ellie: So the squirrels won't eat them?
Daddy: Squirrels? What squirrels?
Ellie: The squirrels that eat the chairs.
Daddy: No. There are no squirrels. They're screws. They're two different things.
Ellie (clearly losing her patience): Daddy. I SAID why are there SCREWS in the CHAIRS.
Daddy: To hold the chairs together.
Ellie: So the squirrels won't eat them.
Daddy: What squirrels? Ellie, I don't know what --
Ellie (with a little, condescending laugh): It's okay, Daddy. It's a tough question.
Daddy: They hold the chairs together.
Ellie: So the squirrels won't eat them?
Daddy: Squirrels? What squirrels?
Ellie: The squirrels that eat the chairs.
Daddy: No. There are no squirrels. They're screws. They're two different things.
Ellie (clearly losing her patience): Daddy. I SAID why are there SCREWS in the CHAIRS.
Daddy: To hold the chairs together.
Ellie: So the squirrels won't eat them.
Daddy: What squirrels? Ellie, I don't know what --
Ellie (with a little, condescending laugh): It's okay, Daddy. It's a tough question.
Labels: Ellie-isms
7 Comments:
Had to laugh Sounds like it could be a "Kaityism."She's usually very understanding when something is beyond our ability to understand. Although sometimes she does have a hard time hiding her exasperation. You know when it's NOT really a 'tough question'.
That is funny. Keep it in the writing files!
That's hilarious!
Maybe it's because I have a toddler too, but this post just made me laugh out loud. Thanks and keep enjoying your little ones.
God Bless,
Jennifer
Doesn't get any better than that! : )
Brings back memories of dinner time conversations with my kids . . . lots of years ago. Funny!!!
that is so funny, I cannot stop from laughing...
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