My kids routinely shuffle through a varied list of potential marriage partners--a list which, if we took out each of them (since they mostly just want to marry each other, and yes, that does mean three sisters fighting over who gets Eric), would be reduced to a few neighbor kids, a couple friends from preschool, and one 'lucky' colleague of mine who is the latest object of Mia's five-year old affection (much to his chagrin & my ongoing entertainment, but that's another story).
Anyway, backseat discussions that involve wedding planning are semi-standard fare around here. This morning on the way to preschool Eric & Mercie were discussing how many potential mates they could have--could Eric marry two princesses or three, could Mercie marry both Jaxon and Aiden, and if so, could she still marry Eric, and how exactly would that work if they married each other and a few other people, too?
Somewhere in the conversation Eric remembered the first real love of his life, his beautiful, blond, blue-eyed babysitter Erynn, who he's had a flaming crush on pretty much since he got off the plane from China. Perking up when I heard her name, I asked Eric if he would marry Erynn when he grew up.
"No way," he asserted.
"But I thought you liked Erynn the best."
"I DO like her the best, but I can't MARRY her."
"Why not?"
As if I'm the dumbest, most dense mommy on the planet--which from his perspective I probably am--he slowly explained, "Because I cannot marry her, because I cannot kiss her."
"Um, why can't you kiss her?"
"Because I can't REACH HER!"
2 comments:
Very cute! There are a lot of couples, according to Eric, who should not be married. We tall girls were always a little ticked off to see a tall guy with a short girl. There's this cute couple in our ward where the girl is like 2 inches taller than her husband. Anyway, that's what step stools are for.
ROFL, I love the things your kids say almost as much as I love the things my kids say - and that's a lot!
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