Regular or Decaf

Last week.
The telephone conversation began:

Amanda: Curlymop! Grandma is on the phone. Come and tell her what you got today.

Curlymop gets on the phone: Hi Gwama.

Gwama smiles through the phone: Hi Curlymop! Do you have something to tell me?

Curlymop: I got this today. See?

Amanda in background: Tell her what it is.

Curlymop: One plus two is three.

Gwama: Oh! You're learning how to add numbers?

Amanda in background: Tell her what two and two is.

Curlymop: Four. And when I'm nine I can drink Coffee.

Comments

Ian said…
HAHAHAHAHAHA!

My 8- AND 10-year olds drink coffee. And the scary thing is, it makes them much more pleasant to be around in the mornings. What kind of monsters have I created in my ultra-caffeinated state? LOL
5:27 AM, October 21, 2008
Anonymous said…
Makes perfect sense to me, Gwama. Now, please pass the sugar because two plus two is five...er... um...just pass the sugar.
5:37 AM, October 21, 2008
ChrisB said…
Gwama you have such wonderful conversations with Curlymop! I'm off to visit my grandchildren on Thurs.
6:32 AM, October 21, 2008
Anonymous said…
too funny

being 9 is a very important age you know.
7:56 AM, October 21, 2008
Attie said…
OOHh that is just adorable!!!!
8:36 AM, October 21, 2008
Susie said…
I just love talking to the Grands on the phone as you never know what they'll say. Wait till they're old enough to start texting on your cell. That's also a challenge figuring it out!
xo
9:01 AM, October 21, 2008
Tammy said…
Wow...I better not tell my oldest who is now nine! She is always wanting sips of my mochas...

Curlymom sounds adorable! :)
9:16 AM, October 21, 2008
Anonymous said…
Who can argue that logic? Too absolutely frigging cute.
9:48 AM, October 21, 2008
The Dishes Will Wait said…
So cute. But I'm wondering, when will they start dating?
10:19 AM, October 21, 2008
Unknown said…
Ah Curlymop, so sweet. Tell her coffee will stunt her growth. :)
2:15 PM, October 21, 2008
Anonymous said…
I love your Curlymop stories, Pam!

Gabi drinks Starbucks...well..she gets sweetened frothy cream and a little topping with chocolate and calls it coffee.
2:36 PM, October 21, 2008
Anonymous said…
LOL! Very cute.
10:08 PM, October 21, 2008
Anonymous said…
Wow, they really start young these days. hee hee
11:53 PM, October 21, 2008
Susie Q said…
Well of course! Doesn't everyone know that?

Nothing is more wonderful than talking to little ones.Oh the things I heard when I taught pre-school! I could write a book...but a lot of people would be terribly embarrasses. Hm...maybe i SHOULD write a book! *laugh*

Love,
Sue
4:57 AM, October 22, 2008
Peter said…
Kids say the darnedest things, well to Art Linkletter and you anyway.
6:08 AM, October 22, 2008
Sabrina said…
Well, I sure know I don't function very well without my java. . .
7:14 AM, October 22, 2008
Desert Songbird said…
Tee hee! She's adorable.
10:37 AM, October 22, 2008
Carole Burant said…
Out of the mouths of babes! hehe My little next door neighbour is now 9 and she's been drinking coffee for years...when I was little my mom wouldn't let me drink coffee until I was 16!! lol xoxo
3:08 PM, October 22, 2008
M@ said…
When do you let her start smoking?
3:59 PM, October 22, 2008
karisma said…
Oh how precious! That is too funny!
6:55 AM, October 23, 2008
Debs said…
Think she will remember when she is 9, that she can drink coffee? Kids seem to remember those sort of things. :)
9:59 AM, October 23, 2008
A Spot of T said…
LOL so cute! Love the "Gwama" too.
8:37 PM, October 23, 2008
darkfoam said…
yep, i think my youngest was around 9 when i discovered him drinking a cup of coffee which was being offered free of charge at our local ymca. i had taken both my sons swimming and while they were waiting for me in the lobby that is how they both spent their time. except that my oldest was 15, at the time.
8:47 PM, October 26, 2008
Wendster said…
I love how the progression in children's conversations makes such obvious sense to them, and is so random to us.

What a cutie.

Can she really drink coffee at nine?
10:29 PM, November 04, 2008
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