You Can't Make This Stuff Up...

I used to think that teaching was the absolute perfect profession to read or hear the oddest things. Nothing like a pop quiz or a well aimed question to a daydreaming student to get their creative blood flowing. Parenthood has blown this belief away. I guess the saying, "Kids say the darndest things" is trite for a reason, which leads me to this afternoon and my now daily chuckle:

Walking into the living room, I notice Alice naked from the waist down.

"Honey, where are your panties?" I asked dreading the answer. Alice has become great at taking off her panties after peeing in them. I scanned the room seeking the telltale wet spot on the carpet.

"Here Mommy." Alice pointed to her play kitchen. She then walked over and opened the oven door where her Pixie Hollow panties were wadded. "They're cooking," she added.

"You are cooking your panties?"

"Yes, they're cooking."

"O.K. Ummm...let me know when they're done."

"O.K. Mommy."

I walked from the room totally befuddled- amused as all hell but befuddled nonetheless.