Well, just a few days ago, I sat down with my 3 year old Dnephew and said, so, what do you want Santa to bring you. He smiled, sat down on my lap and said, okay, (I'll try to type this phoenetically how he said it), a fowr wheewer, a howrse, and (this is when he got really excited) a PINTO BB GUN!! I said what is a "pinto bb gun". He got a little closer to me and said a little louder, and slower, a PINTO BB GUN. I said is this a new kind of BB gun? He said no, grabbed my face, said, look at my mouth and said again, VERY loud and VERY slow a PINTO BB GUN. Finally, I looked at my brother, who had a cheeky smile on his face and said, I give up, what is a pinto bb gun. He said, a PISTOL BB gun. So, looked at Dnephew and said, OH a pistol BB gun! My nephew smiled and said see, just like I said, a PINTO BB GUN! It was priceless!
When DD was 5, she asked for a baby brother or sister. But, not just any brother or sister, she wanted an adopted baby from China. I said, well Santa doesn't bring brothers and sisters, and besides, adopting babies from China is a little expensive! With tears in her eyes she sulked off to the office in the house. I didn't know what she was doing, she loved to play Barbie and Dora on the computer, so I thought, I will let her be, she just wants to be alone.
Well, a few days letter, the home phone rings and DH doesn't recognize the number. He answers it and I hear him say a few yeses and nos and a couple of okays and finally, I am so sorry for your trouble. When he got of the phone he was laughing hysterically. I said, what on earth is so funny. After he could breathe, he said, that was such and such adoption center. Apparantly we submitted an inquiry on the web about adopting a child in China! After a good laugh between the two of us, we explained to DD that while it was rather intelligent of her to think of such a thing, that she should not be looking at websites other than those we had already discussed. She said, I just thought I would help you in the process, in case you changed your mind! PRICELESS!