Game. Set. Match. The Kid Gets the Victory.
Alexis has this skill that, frankly, I think is pretty amazing. I can't do it, so every time she does, I'm impressed. The kid can always remember what she dreamed about. If I don't ask, she will volunteer the information.
"Guess what I dreamed about," she said as we drove to school.
"What?" I asked. I learned a long time ago that guessing was pointless. Her dreams cannot be predicted by the likes of me.
"I dreamed that I got stung by a bee," she replied.
"You know bees only sting you if you bother them, right?" I asked. The kid does not naturally have a bug phobia, but some of the people in her life are trying REAL hard to give her one by panicking and freaking out and generally being wusses in front of her.
"I was bothering him. I chased the bee and he stung me," she replied.
"You know boy bees can't sting?" I asked. I don't know why I even started the detour around the point of the conversation. Stupidity, I suppose.
"Why can't boy bees sting?" she asked.
"They don't have stingers," I said. "Only girl bees can sting, but as long as you leave them alone, they won't."
"Oh," Alexis replied. "But why do only girl bees have stingers?" she asked.
"I don't know," I replied.
"Daddy has a bee stinger," she pointed out.
After that? There really wasn't much left to say.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Reader Comments (26)
HAHAHA! That's hilarious!
HAHA! Oh how awesome.
I'm the same way with Maggie & bees- she's only been stung once, last summer, but she remembers. I try to keep her calm when they buzz around, but it's tough. Same way with spiders, AND YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT SPIDERS. I try to be A Big Girl when she's around.
It's tough. heh
lolololololol
ha ha ha :) SO FUNNY!
hahahahahahahaha.
Ha! Yep, where could you possibly go from there?!
Silence was definitely the safest route, but pushing the conversation could have resulted in so many funny things for you to share with us...
What? Not worth it?
Yeah. I guess not.
I hate it when you make me spit coffee all over my keyboard...
Be glad she doesn't have brothers!
I cannot stop laughing. You walked yourself right into that one. Too hysterical!
AWESOME! hee hee hee.
That is too funny. I really can't stop laughing. I will laugh about this for days. Good One Alexis
Well, I guess you *could* call it that. ;)
I hope she doesn't get a bee phobia. Ollie has one and it drives me INSANE. And it's partly his father's fault b/c he used to freak out whenever one would come around. I don't know how many times I've said "Just stand still and it won't bother you" to my 39 year old husband and my 7 year old.
HAAAAA! That is aweomse. Fnny how boys are like bees, if you bother them they will try to sting you.
Oh dear. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Another Alexis classic. Reminds me that last year, when Nielsen Online ranked you as one of the nation's Top 50 Mommy Bloggers, the category they put you in was..."Queen Bees."
@JMWander--I hate you.
You were right, I lost my coffee on that one. That's funny.
Bwahahahaha!!!!
Oh. My. God.
You should have had a warning that people shouldn't be drinking anything while reading this.
ZOMG that is so hilarious!
Well, that's that then huh?
Long time no read (I know, my fault - and baby makes three!). She is getting SO big!
OMG, I laughed out loud all by myself. That is hilarious!
Laughed myself silly. Almost peed my pants. You just made a pregnant lady run to the bathroom while laughing hysterically and praying not to wet ANOTHER pair of underwear this week...
MWA HA HA HAH!!!! That is even funnier than when Look Daddy! told his daughter he needed privacy in the bathroom and she threw him a tampon.
Oh my.... :)
I have a friend who only has little girls. One day her three year old daughter came and told her that daddy had a tail, and she wanted one too.
Funny... I have never seemed to have these issues with boys.... ;)