You know there used to be a show called "Kid's Say the Darnedest Things" and it was like AFV only kids and their hilarity of comments when they are small, but what I have come to find out is that laugh out loud funny doesn't stop just because they get older. Even at 12 and 14 my Grace and Ben crack me up . . . Teens say the darnedest things too. So here you go . . . a little Grace and Ben say the darnedest things.
So I am driving in the car with my sweet Ben, and while I can't for the life of me remember the exact topic of our conversation, I know it had to do with the town we live in looking like a ghost town after a certain time. He then proceeds to say, "Yeah, its like "Charenbowley (pronounced chair-en-bowl-ee)!" I stop for a second and let that word sink in. Then I sit for about 10 seconds more just pondering what in the world is Charenbowley? Then the clouds part in my brain and it hits me . . . He had been studying Russia and the Ukraine a couple of months back in school and he means . . . wait for it . . . Chernobyl (insert laughing/crying emoji here). I start laughing til I can't breathe, and Ben of course is confused and says, "What mom?" I catch my breath and say, "You mean Chernobyl?" He's responds with a, "Yeah, that place!" And proceeds to enlighten me all about Chernobyl, what happened, when, who was affected, how long the effects last, how it was an abandoned town due to a nuclear disaster and is now uninhabitable for years. I listen intently and nod. I actually learned some things I didn't know, but in the back corner of my mind I'm laughing because all I can think about is Charenbowley. Now, I'm not sure why this was so funny to me, probably because my sweet son has the same dry humor his dad does and sometimes just the way they say things is funny even when they don't mean to be, but never the less, its forever burned in my brain and clearly in Ben's too because in his quick wit, now when it's all quiet in the town it's "Charenbowley time." I love my son, he is the absolute best and always makes me laugh and smile. Love you Ben . . . especially when we are driving and it is just like "Charenbowley" and we get home traffic free.
It's after school and we are at home hanging around the kitchen island. I am getting my daily sit rep of all that happened during their school day with their friends and teachers. Grace is up first and she is talking about her PE/Health class (which she has first period . . . horrible) and does not enjoy. She proceeds to tell the story of how some of the students in her class (Grace was in this group) had to STAND and work on their computer on an assignment for the health portion of the class while other kids did some athletic activity. Granted Grace is fine not doing the athletic activity as she will tell you she is NOT athletically inclined and prefers the fine arts mostly, it's the standing that is the annoying part for her. She's talking in her very dramatic, animated, speedy voice which indicates she is very peeved about this happening and finishes her story with this statement, "It's not like standing burns calories or anything (insert eye roll)!" Now the minute it left her lips, she realized what she had said hadn't come out like she meant and she tried to correct it, but it was too late. Ben and I are laughing and she's trying to talk over us and correct the fact that she does know that it burns calories, but not that much more than sitting and it was hard to balance the computer on one hand. In truth, I totally agree with her, holding a computer standing to type is cumbersome and I don't really get the standing thing either, but the dramatic flair in which she proclaimed standing doesn't burn calories was priceless. Sorry sis, I just can't let this one die, it's just too good. In fact, I'm sitting right now as I type this since standing doesn't burn calories . . . I love you sweet girl and I totally agree with you sitting is so much better.
I think I have amazingly awesome kids and really do adore them.
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