Out of the Mouths of Babes

I usually do not post more than once a day because I do not want to overwhelm people with my glorious prose. Actually, that is not true at all. Mostly, I just do not have the time nor the inclination to post multiple times each day. Today is the exception - lucky you, huh?!?

When the rain finally let up around noon today, I ran out to the store for some flour. I am supposed to be cooking dinner for a family in our congregation. However, I realized too late that I was running really low on flour. I tried to borrow some from a neighbor only to find out after I got soaked running to their house that they were offering whole wheat flour. That would normally be fine, but I did not think my friends would appreciate a "healthy" chicken pot pie dinner.

Anyway, back to the point - I took my daughter, jumped in the car and ran to the gas station thinking I would pay way too much for a small bag of flour, but it would at least be quick. Unfortunately, after unbuckling my daughter, convincing her to leave her favorite baby in the car, and lugging her into the store to keep her feet dry, I found they had no flour. I proceeded to return her to the car seat, buckle her back in, and return her baby to her. In the process, I made the statement aloud to my 2 1/2 year old, "I guess I could run all the way to Kroger to get the flour. At least I know they have some. But that would take so much longer. Maybe I should just try the gas station at the corner."

I'll tell you that what came out of my daughter's mouth next was sheer genius. She said, "No, Mama, don't go to Kroger. Go to Walgreens." She is a prodigy. I always suspected, but now, I'm sure it's true. I had not even considered going to Walgreens, which is much closer than Kroger, but also just as likely to have the flour I needed.

So, the moral of the story (at least the one I'm taking away from this) is Do Not Underestimate Your Children. They are so much smarter and tuned in than we give them credit for being. I'm seriously considering letting my daughter do my taxes next year. You never know, she may find a deduction I didn't know about!