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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Don't Forget To Tip Your Waitress

At the amusement park last weekend, my six year old son felt it was his duty to provide in-line entertainment. He was working the crowd like a miniature Rodney Dangerfield.

At one point, a woman who was about five people back, looked at my son and said, "You are adorable!"

My overly dramatic kid let his jaw drop open, then he pointed at his chest as he feigned astonishment and asked, "Me?! You think I'm adorable?" Then his alter ego arrived (we call her Sybil) and he looked at the woman and loudly said, "I am NOT adorable".

The people around us starting laughing and the woman's husband scolded her and said, "How DARE you call a child adorable!"

My son giggled along with them, full-well knowing he had caused the merriment . Then he looked at me and quietly asked, "Mom? What's adorable mean?"

Labels: Kids, Shameless Statements

# posted by Momo Fali : 9:17 AM

Comments:

That STORY is adorable. :-)
Add it to the files of cute, embarrassing things to show in front of his girlfriends when he's older. ha ha!

# posted by

Anonymous : June 18, 2008 at 10:59 AM

Give him ten years and see how he reacts to such a comment...

# posted by

Martin : June 18, 2008 at 11:05 AM

That is the funniest thing I have read in awhile! Love the comparison to a young Rodney; I call my 9 year old a mini Jim Carrey.

# posted by

Kori : June 18, 2008 at 11:35 AM

I wish your son would be in the long, boring lines I have to endure whenever I go to an amusement park.

# posted by

LiteralDan : June 18, 2008 at 11:50 AM

I really hope you keep blogging well into his late child/teen years. The merriment to come will be great!

# posted by

Mama Dawg : June 18, 2008 at 12:48 PM

That's ... adorable!!

# posted by

Bean : June 18, 2008 at 1:12 PM

So cute. I had a similar conversation when I called one of my boys ridiculous...

# posted by

Texasholly : June 18, 2008 at 1:53 PM

Start calling him Eddie Haskel. Don't tell him why.

# posted by

Mr Lady : June 18, 2008 at 1:56 PM

too cute... we have a sybil too!

# posted by

Misty : June 18, 2008 at 2:16 PM

It means you can swing open and shut on your toes like a door. Heh. Just try him.

# posted by

Anonymous : June 18, 2008 at 2:44 PM

i love when kids know they are funny. they ham it up even more. so delightful! most of the time.

# posted by

Natalie : June 18, 2008 at 3:18 PM

Your kid is hilarious! :o)

# posted by

Bee : June 18, 2008 at 4:07 PM

I would have LOVED to have been in that line. How adorable! ;)

# posted by

Jaina : June 18, 2008 at 4:22 PM

You did NOT call your sweet guy Sybil!

# posted by

Anonymous : June 18, 2008 at 4:32 PM

Enjoy him while he's young and innocent, they grow up much to fast.

That is such a cute story....

# posted by

Gigi Ann : June 18, 2008 at 4:43 PM

Yeah, he is adorable!!

# posted by

Amy : June 18, 2008 at 4:58 PM

I can picture this scene, and I think you're onto something with the in-line entertainment. Maybe they can put him on the payroll.

# posted by

Anonymous : June 18, 2008 at 5:04 PM

Oh, he is adorable.

# posted by

Jo Beaufoix : June 18, 2008 at 5:26 PM

What a sweetie :) Hope he's in my line the next time I am waiting for a ride; I'd love the entertainment!

# posted by

Miss Lisa : June 18, 2008 at 6:26 PM

That's always my reaction when strangers call me adorable too.

# posted by

Anonymous : June 18, 2008 at 7:02 PM

tell him you don't know what adorable means either. tell him it's just something people say to awesome kids.

# posted by

MsPicketToYou : June 18, 2008 at 7:34 PM

I can just imagine the defiance on his face when he said it. And then, breaking into a huge grin . . .

What a ham!

# posted by

Laski : June 18, 2008 at 10:50 PM

LOL! No wonder he was so offended! He IS adorable!

# posted by

SherE1 : June 19, 2008 at 2:25 AM

I wish we were neighbors.

# posted by

Anonymous : June 19, 2008 at 8:26 AM

How deplorable, to call the child adorable! :)

# posted by

Unknown : June 19, 2008 at 11:28 AM

you should take him on the road. oh wait. you *were*. okay. i have other ideas....

# posted by

holly : June 19, 2008 at 6:53 PM

Now that's funny. You need to start carrying a tip jar. That boy knows how to work a crowd.

# posted by

Ed (zoesdad) : June 19, 2008 at 7:23 PM

That is priceless... I'm so glad you are journaling this in your blog so you can remember these moments forever, or at least until he starts dating.

# posted by

Tara R. : June 19, 2008 at 8:01 PM

he is SO very adorable.

# posted by

Anonymous : June 19, 2008 at 8:02 PM

Momo, I just don't know how he could get any funnier but he always does!

# posted by

Birdie : June 19, 2008 at 10:01 PM

I've already told you how much I want him, right?

# posted by

María : June 19, 2008 at 10:14 PM

good stuff! the kids got spunk!

# posted by

PG : June 20, 2008 at 1:11 AM

Your kid doesn't know what adorable means?? Good grief Momo you MIGHT wanna have him tested for a lack-of-fawning-parent-disability!

That being said, I continue to be jealous of how much more blog content your kids provide than mine do!!

# posted by

Anonymous : June 20, 2008 at 8:38 AM

What a sweet story! He's gonna be one heck of a ladies' man someday! LOL!

# posted by

Anonymous : June 20, 2008 at 11:21 AM

Too funny!!! Our 9 & 10 your old daughters are learning our sense of sarcasm very quickly.

# posted by

Anonymous : June 21, 2008 at 1:17 AM

Cute! This story reminded me of a few weeks ago at our family reunion when I said to my brother's son, "You are so adorable!" and my brother said to him, "Are you gonna take that from her? She just called you a 'door' and a 'bull'!" The kid was so confused.

# posted by

Jenna : June 21, 2008 at 9:40 PM

Gawsh, I love that! Yep, that story just proves it! Absolutely, positively adorable!

# posted by

Anonymous : June 23, 2008 at 12:06 AM

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