Comments on: Can I take advantage of your kindness? http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/08/20/can-i-take-advantage-of-your-kindness/ dawn friedman's blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:11:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Vicki http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/08/20/can-i-take-advantage-of-your-kindness/#comment-5802 Vicki Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:04:01 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1540#comment-5802 I have a 3 year old who is obsessed with talking about butts and poop. He's also a very literal child. We were having a family discussion in the car the other day and somehow (I can't remember how though) we started talking about buttocks. J said, "Hey, butts don't talk!" I have a 3 year old who is obsessed with talking about butts and poop. He’s also a very literal child. We were having a family discussion in the car the other day and somehow (I can’t remember how though) we started talking about buttocks. J said, “Hey, butts don’t talk!”

]]> By: mariah http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/08/20/can-i-take-advantage-of-your-kindness/#comment-5785 mariah Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:34:05 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1540#comment-5785 My mom was coming home from the hospital and my dad told me and my sister (5 and 7 years old) to go into the living room and pick up the odds and ends. My sister said, "You pick up the odds, and I'll pick up the ends." My mom was coming home from the hospital and my dad told me and my sister (5 and 7 years old) to go into the living room and pick up the odds and ends.

My sister said, “You pick up the odds, and I’ll pick up the ends.”

]]> By: Mayhem http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/08/20/can-i-take-advantage-of-your-kindness/#comment-5786 Mayhem Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:46:41 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1540#comment-5786 I asked my son, who was wiggling in an "I have to pee desperately" sort of way, if he needed to use the bathroom, and he said, "NO!! No! Yes... No! I'm just *dancin'* Mama!" (I took him anyway, and he did have to go! Whadaya know!) I hope your day gets better! I asked my son, who was wiggling in an “I have to pee desperately” sort of way, if he needed to use the bathroom, and he said, “NO!! No! Yes… No! I’m just *dancin’* Mama!” (I took him anyway, and he did have to go! Whadaya know!)

I hope your day gets better!

]]> By: HeatherS http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/08/20/can-i-take-advantage-of-your-kindness/#comment-5800 HeatherS Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:59:18 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1540#comment-5800 A friend recently gave birth to a baby girl. Her older son was watching her change the baby girl's diaper. After studying the baby's, ahem, diaper region, the little boy asked, "Mommy, why does she have two butts?" A friend recently gave birth to a baby girl. Her older son was watching her change the baby girl’s diaper. After studying the baby’s, ahem, diaper region, the little boy asked, “Mommy, why does she have two butts?”

]]> By: Jess http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2007/08/20/can-i-take-advantage-of-your-kindness/#comment-5787 Jess Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:43:58 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=1540#comment-5787 Hannah and I were talking about reptiles the other day. I mentioned lizards, and she said, "Oh, like Harry Potter!" (Everything is Harry Potter these days.) I expressed some confusion, and she said, "You know, when Hadrig (Hagrid) comes and says, "You're a lizard, Harry." That would have changed the tone of the books... (I think the pork joke was better. And I did get that e-mail you send me, I just had a crazy, crazy end-of-the-week and weekend.) Hannah and I were talking about reptiles the other day. I mentioned lizards, and she said, “Oh, like Harry Potter!” (Everything is Harry Potter these days.) I expressed some confusion, and she said,
“You know, when Hadrig (Hagrid) comes and says, “You’re a lizard, Harry.”

That would have changed the tone of the books…

(I think the pork joke was better. And I did get that e-mail you send me, I just had a crazy, crazy end-of-the-week and weekend.)

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