Published by JPLand on 01 Feb 2010 at 11:50 am
Truth in Youth
My girls are young (Ladybug is almost 3 and Butterfly is 5.5). They are also very truthful. On Saturday morning, I was sitting in Butterfly’s room watching her and Ladybug play. (Actually, I was refereeing their day-long fight, but that doesn’t sound as sweet.) Then the refreshing honesty swept through the room. Ladybug came over to me, and laid across my lap. With the sweetest little eyes, she looked up an me and said:
“Daddy, you need a bath.”
“What? Why do I need a bath?”
“Because you stink. Blech.”
It was funny, but probably very true. When I eventually bathed and got out of the shower, she proudly let me know that her opinion of me was unshaken.
“Go take another bath. You stink some more.”