-isms

talking about death...

Me: "...but because of what Jesus did, we all get to be alive again after we die."

Lacie: [hands clapped on either side of face] "WHAT?!! No way!!"

Andrea: "Mmmmm. My tongue is overwhelmed with joy and happiness."

Andrea: "Once when I got a shot the doctor gave me a whole roll of stickers after. Do you remember that, Mom? It was when I went to Clifton. I remember it like it was yesterday."

while driving, I was trying to explain to the girls why I did not want to stop in the neighborhood we were currently in...

Me: "There are some places where there is more crime than in other places, and we don't want to be there."

Andrea: "What's crime?"

Me: "Crime is the word they use to talk about all the bad things people do -- like stealing or breaking things."

Andrea: "Or killing people?"

Me: "Uh... yeah. Bad stuff like that."

Lacie: "What bad stuff?"

Andrea: [sigh] "You'll learn more about it when you're older."