Out of the Mouths of Babes

Ever notice how a 4 year old's voice is louder than 
200 adult voices?

Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when 
a storm hit withcrashing thunder andsevere lightning. As I 
came into my bedroom about 2a.m., I found my two children 
in bed with my wife, Karey, apparently scared by the loud 
storm. I resigned myself to sleep in the guest bedroom 
that night.

The next day, I talked to the children, and explained that 
it was O.K. to sleep with Mom when the storm was bad, but 
when I was expected home, please don't sleep with Mom that 
night.They said OK.

After my next trip several weeks later, Karey and the children 
picked me up in the terminal at the appointed time. Since the 
plane was late, everyone had come into the terminal to wait 
for my plane's arrival, along with hundreds of other folks 
waiting for their arriving passengers.

As I entered the waiting area, my son saw me, and came running
shouting, "Hi, Dad! I've got some good news!"

As I waved back, I said loudly, "What's the good news?"

"Nobody slept with Mommy while you were away this time!" 
Alex shouted.

The airport became very quiet, as everyone in the waiting 
area looked at Alex, then turned to me, and then searched 
the rest of the area to see if they could figure out exactly 
who his Mom was.

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An acquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story about 
her then 4 yr. old daughter. On the way to preschool, the doctor 
had left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her little girl 
picked it up and began playing with it.

'Be still, my heart,' thought my friend, 'my daughter wants to 
follow in my footsteps!' Then the child spoke into the instrument:

"Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?"

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A certain little girl, when asked her name, would reply, 
"I'm Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter." Her mother told her this was 
wrong, she must say, "I'm Jane Sugarbrown."

The Vicar spoke to her in Sunday School, and said, "Aren't 
you Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter?"

She replied, "I thought I was, but mother says I'm not."