G. is my more reserved child and usually leaves the more comical comments to her younger sister. But every once in a while G. comes out with something priceless. This morning we were treated to one of those rare moments. G. was helping her dad and sister get the kitchen ready to make pancakes. It required following multiple step directions (something she struggles with) and she managed to get not only herself confused while doing this, but everyone else in the process of getting the recipe and ingredients out of the pantry. Once the confusion was sorted out and the pancakes were underway, G. broke out in a grin and said:

“If someone was trying to hurt me or L., I would confuse them to death by talking to them and then they would let us go.”

Bless G.’s heart for recognizing her learning issues and making a joke about it. It’s even better than the time she told me the best way to deal with strangers was to speak to them in French (a language she does not know). My G., she’s a special one. To read more of the weirdness that comes from the mouths of the Almeida kids (and dad), check out The Classics in Kids Tracks – retro