Yesterday I took Maymo to the office supply store to buy some lined paper. He carried a stack of 4 packages and when he plunked them down by the cashier he began counting – by 200s – the number of sheets of paper, in total, in his pile. (“200… 400…. 600..“)
After he informed me that he had “800 SHEETS, MOM! THAT’S A LOT!” he smiled up at me and I nodded that he was correct, while simultaneously reaching for my debit card. The cashier was shocked that he had counted by 200s, and raised an eyebrow.
Cashier: Wow, you counted by 200s! That’s really good! How old are you?
Maymo: FIVE!
Cashier: You’re a very smart five year old!
Maymo: I AM!
Me: And handsome too, right?
Maymo: Yup!
Cashier: You must have to beat the girls off with a stick, huh?
Maymo: [huge grin] YEAH! I CAN BEAT THEM WITH A STICK! I CAN HIT THEM IN THE HEAD!!
Me: Ummm… No, I think she meant..
Maymo: [Louder and more enthusiastically] I will crush their heads! I CAN! WITH A STICK!
Cashier: [wordlessly staring at him, then me]
Me: I’ll just put the receipt in the bag, thanks.
Five is.. literal. Very literal.
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5 is extremely literal!!! i once told 5 yr old First Born that he cracks me up… and he comes back with “but Momma, who made you like an egg?!!?”
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plus, Maymo is freaking cute… i think girls + stick will be a viable option… when he’s a teenager!
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Someone said that to Dax not long ago and he looked at her all shocked and said, “But….that would be mean.”
This from the boy who thinks that sitting on his baby brother to keep him out of his Legos is an acceptable behavior.
Kids are weird.
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I commend Maymo on his superior stick-beating abilities! Maybe he’d like the Cardboard Tube Fighting League? http://tubeduel.com/
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Ahhahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
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He’s adorable. Oh, and btw…some of us remain ‘very literal’ for life.
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Because you can’t hear my high pitched squeals of laughter but your dogs can.
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Heh. That’s awesome.
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