Kids say the funniest things....
During high school, our concert band did an exchange with a high school band from Rossford, Ohio. As part of the experience, our family hosted two young men from Rossford for supper. One student was African-American, and one was Caucasian, and they were both named Bill. Little brother Matt said,"You guys have the same name. Are you brothers?" It was a great ice-breaker for getting to know the out of town band members!
At Sunday School, a youngster forgot his offering and younger brother Todd said, “That's okay, they let you in for free.”
Robin, when she was about 4, and I was 8, asked me what Purgatory was (probably because our next door neighbor cousins were of the Catholic faith.) I tried to explain to her that Purgatory was a place where Catholic people went after they died. As if a light bulb went off in her head she said, “Okay, so Catholics go to Purgatory when they die, and Lutherans go to a cemetery!”
My sister Robin and our cousin Susan are pictured below.
My father often did plumbing work over at Kelleys Island. Whenever he mentioned the island, baby sister Kellie seriously thought it was HER island! She would tell everyone that "Daddy's going to work at my island."
I still find that children are honest, curious, and often they say the funniest things. Having a big family, there seems to be a steady flow of funny events and interesting happenings. We miss having Mom and Dad around to retell their favorite stories about the things their children and grandchildren said through the years!
