Show and Tell

On Sunday the kids and I went armed to Walmart, with the school supply list in hand, to stock up before the supply had been picked over and while the aisle was less packed with bustling parents and whining kids. As we arrived and I was dropping items in the buggy Erica was keeping herself entertained by looking at the fronts of all the different folders; Hannah Montana, High School Musical and the most prominent for this story The Jonas Brothers.

She said that her friend said that one day she was going to marry a Jonas brother. I told her that that was unlikely and in an attempt to keep her 5 years old for at least a couple more months I told her that she did not need to bother herself by thinking about those brothers and that they shouldn't matter to her....she replied "well, they do" and gave me a stare down as if to show that her will could not be defeated by a simple suggestion.

The conversation continued and I explained further about how inappropriate it would be for her to be friends with a boy that was so much older while she were a little girl and that if a boy like that came to our door to see her, how her daddy would have a hard time with that. Addison piped in unprovoked and said if he did come to the door daddy would show him his shotgun. I LAUGHED OUT LOUD and did not have to wonder long about where she had heard about the show and tell.