Out of the Mouths of Babes...

so, the last few weeks I've been spending a lot of time with the Louski family, particularly Kauy (coy) and Makaley. Kauy is 7, Makaley is 10. Trina is a day older than my mother

Trina teaches Children's Lit at one of the universities here in town on tuesday nights, and the last 2 (and maybe tonight) i have watched her kiddos. Also, she got a new computer BEFORE CHRISTMAS and it was still sitting in the box, in the dining room. So, i've spent a few more nights over there moving, hooking up, and playing with computers. I'd almost forgotten how much i love being at her house. her kids are hilarious. seriously, hilarious.

so, last night i'm babysitting while trina partied with the old folks played pekeno. the kiddos and i laughed together. they farted numerous times just for me (yay me) and we all had a lovely supper of sandwhiches, chicken fingers and nerds. what can i say? i'm a friggin cool babysitter.

then we popped popcorn and watched most of Cars. i seriously love that movie and it was the only one all three of us could agree on. we also proceeded in devouring 2 bags of popcorn between the two of us. Trina, if your kids have tummy aches today, it's totally NOT my fault. i told them 1 bag was plenty, but kauy insisted on having his own bag because Makaley and i mooched chicken fingers from the poor starving boy's plate (he had like 15 on there!)

then i became the mean babysitter and made them go take a shower. but they didn't complain because i definitely resorted to bribery am just that good. it's amazing what $1 will get a kid to do. haha when i told them if they would go take their showers and get in bed without complaining i'd give them some money, kauy responds with "it bettuh not be a quatuh!" hahaha

so, they each went to a bathroom and took their showers. Kauy was bathed and had his teeth brushed in 3.8 seconds. yes, trina, i smelled him to make sure he used soap. i wouldn't let him turn the movie back on, so we talked while he cleaned up his toys (gasp! i am SUCH a good babysitter). then he plops down on the couch and starts playing with a string on his pajama pants. i had started reading my book again when kauy says "hey brandy! look! i cut off my circle-ay-shun!" sure enough, he had wrapped the string around his little index finger so tight it was turning whitish blue. i told him that was funny but that he didn't need to do that or his finger would fall off. he then says to me "brandy? did you evuh know anyone who cut their circle-ay-shun off for like a really really long time? that would be weird." I told him that no, i hadn't seen anyone cut their circulation off for a really long time. (ok, so i have, but i wasn't going to encourage him.)

then, out of no where, we have this conversation:

kauy: "did you know i've been pointing my middle finguh down at the ground all day?"

me: "um. no. why??"

kauy (in an accent that would make Jed Clampett proud): "i was pointin' it at the DEVIL!"

me (trying not to laugh): "you've been pointing your finger down at the devil all day?"

kauy (with his signature huge grin): "yeah. and i used my middle finger so i'd be pointing the bad word finger at the DEVIL all day"

me (laughing my ass off) "oh kauy. you kill me"

kauy: "what?! what's so funny!?"

me: "you, kid. you're funny. but maybe you should keep the middle finger thing to yourself from now on."

kauy: "oh. ok! can we start the movie now?"