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I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.
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2 a$ W' \! O2 ?"Why?" my daughter asked.
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* _; z- P Z' n3 Y2 L3 T"Because it's been laying outside, you don't know where it's been it's dirty and probably has germs" I replied. At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Wow! How do you know all this stuff?", C7 o+ L& O7 t7 A+ O% |
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( D0 c" M b: G2 J- _# k"Uh," I was thinking quickly, "All moms know this stuff. It's on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they won't let you be a Mommy."* R% d1 W1 E0 s
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# H# E; t1 c# p) E. yWe walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.0 { Z/ ` e! T8 \- B, }
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"OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy."
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8 q+ J& e3 C. }6 z7 e. O"Exactly" I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart. |
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