Holiday quotables

Holiday quotables

Hello out there, and welcome back to the post-holiday routine. I find it calming and restorative; but I know it can be a let-down. So to boost your spirits (and my own too, why not?), I thought I’d share with you a few holiday-time quotable comments of the young children in my extended family. Happily, we got to see not only grandchildren, but nieces and nephews, so here’s a collection of their impromptu and memorable remarks:

• A just 2-year-old nephew visiting our new home walked through the entryway to my office, which is decorated with posters from children’s literature. N (we’ll call him N, to protect his anonymity since I have no signed release) was moving right along at a determined “no grass grows under my feet” two-ish pace, glanced up at the cover poster of Margaret Wise Brown’s classic bedtime story and without skipping a beat, correctly pointed out, “Ders noodnite noon!”

• When N’s 4½-year-old brother, B, was told the good news that they are going to have a baby sister fairly soon, he shook his head, then smiled sympathetically at his mom, “Wow, that’s a lot of people for you to take care of!”

• Our 3½-year-old grandson, C, informed that his oldest cousin had just turned 13, remarked, “Thirteen? Do you know what that means, Grandma?” and to my “No, What?” C replied, with eyebrows up, “It meansszz, B’s a TEENAGER now!”

• Seven-year-old L, seated beside me on her booster pillow kindly provided by the theater, while waiting for the curtain to rise on her first-ever Broadway show (“Mary Poppins”), announced with authority, “Before it can begin, Grandma, they have to play the commercials!” Her introduction to live theater was just in time!

• Finally, when that notable new teenager opened his holiday gift of 4 tickets to a professional hockey game with his favorite team, he called out, “Oh, SWEET!” followed by, “Great seats! Sooooooo cool!”*

* Catch my next blog, a commentary on “Cool”!

January 9, 2008