Life as I Know It

My wife loves, or should I say loved, to wear black. Black shirts, black sweaters,black dresses - you get the idea. Said it’s slimming.

That was until a drawing and a memorable comment from our nephew Dakota a while back. Now, if I may say so, Dakota is the sweetest kid in the world. I know you think yours is, but that’s just because you haven’t met Dakota. He’s a third grader (I think - a good uncle would know) at Carr Elementary in Dallas and is always quick to give his aunt and uncle a big hug whenever he sees us. He’s mild-tempered, mild-mannered and just an all-around good kid.

But, back to the story. It started when Dakota made a drawing for his Aunt Meghan. He was so excited to give it to her, and when he handed the picture he so lovingly and painstakingly drew for her, she saw he had dressed her in all black. That was the first wake-up call for my wife. Then, when she decided to change things up and wear a colorful outfit the next time we saw our nephews, Dakota dropped what’s now considered a classic line in our family on her.

“Who did you borrow that shirt from?” he asked.

Tears of laughter rolled down my face as my embarrassed wife stumbled over her words while searching for an answer.

It’s the kind of question only a sweet, innocent kid would make. And it was pretty darn funny.

But I know there are plenty of other good “Did my kid just say what I think he (or she) said?” stories out there. I’d like to hear about them. Shoot me an e-mail at bpetit@gastongazette.com and tell me what those sweet little darlings said that turned mom’s and dad’s faces red.

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