funny kids of mine

peanut got in the car on friday from school and informed me that didn't have school on monday. here was our conversation:

ME: that is right. you have three days of no school.... saturday, sunday, monday. do you know why?

P: yes, it is dr. king's birthday.

ME: oh. yes, that is right. did you talk about who he was?

P: yes. he was an important man who said that it was wrong for dark people and light people to have to use different bathrooms.

ME: that is right. he was very important. that is why we celebrate his birthday.

(at breakfast the next morning)

P: hey brother, do you know whose birthday it is on monday?

LB: mine?

P: no......

LB: yours?

P: no......

LB: baby sister's?

P: no...... not in our fam-i-ly!

LB: i don't know.

P: dr. king. you know him.

(i interject and remind him that he just learned this in school and his brother does not know who dr. king was)

P: oh.... let me tell you who he was.

(he then repeats his explanation to his brother).

(i love my tax payer dollars!)

i had a friend over for lunch.

she was telling me about her friend heidi.

little bit was having lunch with us.

here was part of the conversation we had....

LB: mom, we have a friend heidi.

ME: (thinking) no, we don't pal.

LB: no. no. we do. we do.

ME: (thinking again) i really don't think we know a heidi, pal.

LB: remember we prayed for her.

ME: (thinking really hard) i really don't think we know a heidi.

LB: yes we do. remember. the earth shook and all the houses fell down.

ME: OH!! haiti!

LB: that's what i said.