Momo Fali's: Giving the Finger

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Giving the Finger

One of my daughter's traits that I brag about is her sense of compassion. When she was little, she went to preschool with a severely delayed boy. Without prompting by us, or by her teachers, she would seek him out and invite him to play each day. She even offered him the coveted job of helping to pass out napkins on her birthday.

I can't say my son shares her kind nature. He will cry when he sees someone else upset, but we really can't be sure if that's because he feels sorry for them, or if they're just irritating him.

But at his school, they are trying to help us lead him down a compassionate road. At least a couple of times a month, my son has been taking canned goods to school to donate to needy families.

At first, he didn't understand why we were giving away perfectly good peanut butter, so I explained that we were providing food to help people who don't have any.

Yesterday, I bought these Halloween lollipops to give to some neighborhood kids.

My son saw them and said, "After dinner, I want to have one of those!"

I replied, "No. Those aren't for us."

He nodded and said, "Oh! Are we going to give them to people who don't have any fingers?"

Maybe he's getting this whole compassion thing after all.

Labels: Kids, Shameless Statements

# posted by Momo Fali : 6:53 AM

Comments:

Helping the fingerless, one sugar coated treat at a time ;)

# posted by

Miss Lisa : October 29, 2008 at 7:26 AM

I think he *is* getting it!

And those are awesome! (But it says "Party Pack": must be a small party!)

# posted by

Melisa Wells : October 29, 2008 at 7:55 AM

Oh that was funny! Because I know he totally thinks those would be great finger replacements! LOL

# posted by

Heather : October 29, 2008 at 8:35 AM

I NEED to meet this kid of yours! Everything that comes out of his mouth cracks me up!

Great lollipops! Where'd you find them?

# posted by

Jodi : October 29, 2008 at 9:01 AM

My son would want to pick his nose with those. Then his boogers would be salty *and* sweet.

# posted by

kaila : October 29, 2008 at 9:24 AM

Do they let kids perform at comedy clubs? Your son would be a shoo-in!

# posted by

Sadia : October 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM

You know....I had a comment but I decided it was too dirty to post. So, I'm not.

But, I do think he is on his way to "getting" it.

Good for you.

# posted by

Mama Dawg : October 29, 2008 at 9:45 AM

My mind must really be in the gutter this morning because those fingers look very ... phallic to me.

I'm sorry - I'm from California! What did you expect?

# posted by

Anonymous : October 29, 2008 at 10:25 AM

That's awesome. Reasonable assumption. :)

# posted by

Tara R. : October 29, 2008 at 11:36 AM

Hahah. Those look disgusting lol.

# posted by

Ashley : October 29, 2008 at 12:07 PM

He's definitely on to something, isn't he? :-)

I mean really, which of us couldn't use an extra finger? Especially a tasty one.

# posted by

Rachel : October 29, 2008 at 1:31 PM

yeah, i totally went to the dark side with my comment. i'll spare you my dirty mind. ;-)

# posted by

the planet of janet : October 29, 2008 at 1:47 PM

Cute!

# posted by

worldmomma : October 29, 2008 at 1:51 PM

That's awesome. Just for fun you should tell him, "no, we are giving them to people who eat fingers so that they won't come eat yours." just to get a reaction. Then again, we are really twisted parents.

# posted by

WeaselMomma : October 29, 2008 at 2:35 PM

Fingers, ay? If you say so...

His comment, while hilarious, would have been ruder if he knew what those things looked like.

# posted by

LiteralDan : October 29, 2008 at 2:46 PM

I am laughing more at the comments today than the post, which is funny enough by itself.

# posted by

Kori : October 29, 2008 at 3:58 PM

Just be thankful that you didn't decide to give some nuts away..

# posted by

Joe : October 29, 2008 at 4:08 PM

Those are really skinny... um ... fingers. I can't imagine that they would be very satisfying. *cough*

# posted by

Anonymous : October 29, 2008 at 4:38 PM

I need some for my daily commute. You CAN hyperextend the bird with repeated use.

# posted by

BusyDad : October 29, 2008 at 4:46 PM

That's just creepy. I totally just had a "Stumpy" the clown flashback. "Give me 4, kids!" Eww.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 29, 2008 at 4:57 PM

Hmm...I guess that's what happens from biting your nails too much. An extra finger might be useful for that.

(I'm using my second comment, because the first thing that came to my mind really isn't appropriate. Then again, considering the crowd here...)

# posted by

Christina : October 29, 2008 at 4:59 PM

oh, wow, that's good. LOL LOVE it.

# posted by

Rhea : October 29, 2008 at 5:20 PM

Those could be handy in the case of a severe kitchen accident.

# posted by

Kat : October 29, 2008 at 8:41 PM

oh that was sooo cute. I think he IS getting the hang of it.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 29, 2008 at 10:58 PM

That is so great! You have the funniest kids!

# posted by

Jenna : October 29, 2008 at 11:39 PM

That was too funny!
Those fingers are creepy. I have a thing, a phobia I guess, about detached limbs/digits.
Ick.

# posted by

Putting the FUN in DysFUNctional : October 30, 2008 at 1:39 AM

Those fingers are great! The husband of someone I worked with a long time ago on a galaxy far far away worked for a distributing company and he would get these products that candy makers were considering putting on the market. He gave me this candy in a nose shaped container. These green little nuggets of candy dispened through a nostril were called "Pick 'N Chews". They were awesome!

# posted by

dsto : October 30, 2008 at 9:06 AM

What a fun Halloween treat! Your son is a little smartie pants....an innocent smartie pants and those are the best kind!

# posted by

Kiera : October 30, 2008 at 10:52 AM

Ha ha ha...yep - I think he's got it!

# posted by

Colleen - Mommy Always Wins : October 30, 2008 at 12:46 PM

Those are the funniest yukky treats I've ever seen. But the thought that they could be substitute fingers? Priceless.

# posted by

MommyTime : October 30, 2008 at 1:18 PM

Laughing so hard I might cry. Love it, give them the finger for all the right reasons!

# posted by

Genevieve Hinson : October 30, 2008 at 5:53 PM

Hee hee, that kid is cool. :D

# posted by

Jo Beaufoix : November 3, 2008 at 8:18 PM

I'm a friend of Connie's; we're at work, obviously not working hard, since we're looking at your blog!

You are hilarious! I am loving this story about the fingers!

Have you ever heard of SITS? The Secret is in the Sauce? It's a big blogging community...lots of fun! Check it out sometime. One of my favorites is Lulaville; her link is on my blogroll.

Have a great day; I'll be back to visit.

# posted by

Heather : November 5, 2008 at 7:39 PM

Aww, give your daughter a hug for me. I have a soft spot for children (and people in general) with disabilities, and it warms my heart to see compassionate people treating them well. I used to volunteer at a therapeutic riding stable for children with disabilities, and my favorite ed class in college was the one on special education.
Your son is too cute!

# posted by

Jaina : November 11, 2008 at 1:26 PM

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