Kids Say the Darndest Things

Let me present my 7 year old, who has been proclaimed by her teachers to have the most unique insights that they’ve ever seen.


Today was a friend’s birthday celebration so we braved the insanity of the snow to pick up a present for said friend.  So here we are at Fields and we picked out an adorable Birthday Card that both me and her little sister agreed upon.  We head over to the till to check out and she stays over in the card section.  Just as we arrive at the cash register I hear lovely Miss T informing me from across the store that we had made a huge mistake in not selecting a card that said “5 Year Old” on it.

Being that we’d already been standing in line for 5 minutes, and there were people in line behind us I didn’t want to cycle back to the card section to select a new “more age appropriate” card.  I told her that the card was perfectly alright, and that we didn’t have a need for 2 cards.  She was not pleased with me and brought me a more appropriate card that I asked her to put back on the shelf which she did.

Now a lady who was standing directly behind me in line took it upon herself to intervene in the interaction and says to Tala:

”Today is my birthday, are there any cards for a 58 year old"?

To which Tala responded:

”No, but there’s one that says Don’t Worry About Your Age” and she smiles sweetly at the lady who looked quite pleased with Tala’s response.

I could tell that she was toying around with the idea of saying something else and of course in typical Tala fashion she says:

”But there’s a picture of teeth in a cup on the front”
Myself, and the others in the line up broke out in laughter at her honesty and even the “Birthday Girl” had a good chuckle.

Reminiscent of the time while having a Mommy Cuddle Tala turned to me and said:

”You’re so beautiful”    ***insert pregnant pause here***   “And old!”

I will say that life is never boring with children!