Perceptions of children....

Liah is such a smart girl. Sometimes I'm amazed at the stuff she picks up on. Then, every now and then, things I thought she totally got, um, not so much. It catches me off guard and I have to laugh.

First, we were in Winco checking out, and Liah asked me something 3 times. I could not understand her for the life of me. Finally, she repeated it again, and I laughed out loud before I could help it. She wanted to know if the guy at the check out stand was named "Beef Jerky." Huh? Then I noticed the sign in the check out line that said "Beef Jerky." It does kind of look like a nametag. Except for the fact that it's in front of all that beef jerky. Of course my kids have no idea what that stuff is because I think it is nasty. My sister used to call it "carcass paper." I'm thinking she wasn't too far off. Anyway, after I showed her what it actually was, I couldn't stop laughing. I felt bad as her cheeks turned red and she told me to "Mommy, you watch your mouth!" Sorry, Liah.

Then today, we were having scripture study, and we were talking about the land we live in and how it is a free country and we don't have a king. I asked her who our president was and she said "Obama." (She came home from school the day after he was elected feeling very smug about her knowledge of this information: "Hey mom. You know who our president is? Obama." Yes, Liah, I know.) Anyway, so trying to make a point that he was not born into this position but that people had to vote for him to be elected president, I asked her if she knew how he became the president. "Yes! He had to run REEEEEAAAALLLLYYYYY fast!"