Kids say the funniest things

Lilly has said some perfect 3 year-old comments recently and I want to share them. The first came from Papa's steel head fishing trip the weekend before we went to Nana Great's house for Easter. When he got home he told the kids, in a very animated way, all about the 2 fish he caught. Both fish were wild and had to be released back into the water. But Papa instilled in Lilly just how big those fish were. As you can see from the picutre they were "this big!" She was instructed to tell my unlce Andy, also a big fisherman, and he really got a kick out watching Lilly tell everyone just how big those fish were. Well, Stevie and Lilly love the story and the way Papa tells it so much that the telling has now become a dinner time ritual. Both kids now have a role in the telling, Lilly has to make the sound of the line zipping out when the fish bites, and Stevie describes, with all the approrpirate sounds, capturing the fish in the net and having to let it go. The second fish Papa caught was huge and a jumper. Those are the most fun to catch because of the fight they give you and can get several bursts of energy and pull the line out again and again. This one jumped clear out of the water several times. Papa told the kids that if it was me trying to get this big fighter in, my arm would be tired and I might have to let someone else take a turn. He was teasing and the kids loved it! So, last night, as requested by both kids, Papa told the story again. It goes like this,

Papa says, "I'm almost down the river and I haven't caught a single fish. But, there is one more good hole before the boat dock. So, I row over to the side of the river and under some trees. I have to duck and row at the same time. All of a sudden, BAM! A fish hits the line and it is bouncing in the pole holder. I grab the pole and set the hook. But now i'm floating toward the bank and a big tree, I have to put the pole back in the holder, grab the ore and hope that fish stays on the line. I row and row to get clear of the trees and reach for the anchor. I let the anchor out and again grab for the pole only to discover the fish is still on the line! I start reeling her in, and she is a big one so I have to really work to get her in. I pull and reel and pull and reel and pull and reel. And my arm starts to hurt." Lilly says, "Is Momma reeling the fish in?" Papa and the the rest of us just roar with laughter.

I told her she is a stinker and that I have strong arms. I showed her my muscles. But just as she knows to show how big the fish is, she also knows that when the fisherman in the story has tired arms, its me...

The story recently received an addition. At the end of the story, Papa asks Lilly, "and if Andy was fishing with us, how big of fish would he have caught?" Lilly holds out her pointer fingers about 6 inches apart and says, "this big Papa!" I'm not sure it gets any cuter than that!