Anything But Gray

Last week I was reading Jaime and Ben their bedtime story. They each get to pick a book. Ben picked a Winnie the Pooh book and we were reading it. On the inside of the front cover I noticed that I had wrote in who game Jaime the book and it was from Bev and Lonnie. We had just seen Bev in the grocery store the day before. So I say to Ben, "Remember the lady you hugged in line at Fred Meyer's?" (We wound up behind her in line and while we were all chatting Ben had went up to her and hugged her. Mind you, this child has no idea who Bev is, he hasn't seen her in AGES. He does that, randomly hugs people when we are in check out lines at stores. I have got to work on getting him to quit doing that before we move back to the real world.) Anyway, Ben and Jaime both say yes, they remember. I tell them that's who gave them this book, Bev and her husband Lonnie, who is our dentist. Jaime starts asking how long we've known Bev and Lonnie and I tell her that we've known them for about 7 or 8 years. I say to her "Actually, you know how I met her? You know Mommy's friend Kim? Well, she used to be my boss at my job before I had you and I worked with Bev AND Danielle. That's how Mommy met all of them." She looks at me, completely interested in the story and waiting for more. I tell her "And you know what? The building that our office was in isn't there anymore. There was a fire and it burned down. Now it's just a big hole in the ground downtown." Jaime looks at me, very serious and asks
"Is that like getting fired, Mommy?"
I completely die with laughter and Jaime and Ben start laughing too and I tell Jaime, "No..not quite, pretty, but that was a very smart question."

I just love the stuff that kids come up with.