A Smile

My grandson, aged all of five, called me today to thank me for a cookie in a tin I'd sent home with his mother from work. Just a little something I picked up at Wally World, mostly because he likes soccer and the tin said, "I Like Soccer."

I'm nothing if not imaginative.

Anyway, he thanked me, and I told him I loved him, to which he courteously replied that he loved me too, although I could tell his attention was more focused on the cookie which he knew he couldn't have until post-lunch.

"You know what?" I asked?

"What?" he replied. Kid's sharp as a tack.

"You know what I tell people about you?"

"What?" (if it ain't broke, figures Camo...)

"I tell people that you make the sun rise every morning."

"Oh." (I can practically hear the visions of chocolate chips in his head.)

"You should tell your mommy I said that."

"Okay."

Now, from my end of the phone, I hear Cameron telling his mother what I said. She asks him, amused, "Grandma says you make the sun rise?" "Yep," says the king of one-word answers. "Well, do you?" his mom asked.

In a tone of suddenly intense exasperation (the cookie IS waiting, after all), Camo bursts out,

"I don't know!!!!"

ROFLMAO.

BTW, as I was finishing this, he called to inform me that the cookie "was DELICIOUS!" Smart kid; he knows flattery will get him everywhere.

I think the DH taught him that.

I Oughta Be Working

But I thought I take a few moments and share some Camo-isms with you. My grandson is seriously smart, the kind of smart that can get people around him in trouble, because it's dang hard to keep a straight face when you'll need to. Since you don't need to, I'll tell them to you.

A couple of days ago, Camo called his other grandma, who to him is Nonni, and informed her that he would like her to come over and play with him. She was in the middle of something and told him she couldn't come, but offered a raincheck of sorts. She told him he could come over the next night and spend the night with her.

Camo's response? I quote, "Hold on a second. That's not what I said!" ROFL Can't you just hear the indignation?

But one I enjoyed even more happened a couple months ago, around the time he hit the ripe age of four and a half.

Since he was in his second year, his mother, my DD, had him as her voice mail message. You could faintly hear her prompting him in the background as his little voice said, "We're not here right now. Leave a message, and we'll call you back." All with slight hesitations, but still pretty clear for his age.

I had mentioned to DD that as he got older, she should update the message, but still using him. So I was very surprised when I called, got her voice mail, and the voice in the message was her. I left my message for her, and expressed my surprise that Camo was no longer on there.

A couple hours later, she calls me back. First she responds to my reason for calling her, then says, "Oh, and you want to hear about my incoming call message?" Why yes, sez I. She then tells me that she too thought it was time for Camo to update. So she erased the old message, then asked him to come record a new one with her. He looked up at her, and informed her that he was "not in the mood."

Not in the mood? Not in the MOOD?!? How hysterical is that? I laughed until I cried...he's four years old, for cripes sakes. What moods does he have other than happy, sad, mad or frustrated? Oh, how funny! Not in the mood.

Maybe his muse just wasn't on him. You can't rush those things, ya know.

Late Night Fun

I am a David Letterman fan. Unlike Jay Leno, whom I find thick as a plank, Dave is witty, whimsical and thank God, intelligent. He's also well-loved by his employees, which to me is the sign of a good man. So most nights, being a night-owl kinda moon goddess, I am up watching at least the majority of his show.

Therefore, I don't watch Jimmy Kimmel. I really didn't like the Man Show at all; if I wanted to watch T&A humor I'd view some old Benny Hill - he did it better, but I didn't care for it either. Not a judgment (yeah, right - have we met?), but not my cuppa tea. However, his talk show is better. If there were no Dave, I'd sure watch him over Leno. As we cognoscenti know, Sarah Silverman, the naife girl-woman with her very funny self-named show, has been Jimmy's girlfriend for about five years. Recently, she went on his show, and played this song clip. (Warning, not for those whom are offended by bleeped language). This had the DH cackling so hard I thought we might have eggs for breakfast - oh, yeah, we did. Then today I got to see Jimmy Kimmel's response. OMG...I cannot THINK of the last time I laughed so hard. Again, some bleeped language, but just hysterically funny. And man, look at the stars in that - for what is essentially a gag bit on a late night show. What seriously good sports Damon and Affleck are.

Speaking of funny, DH and I saw Juno on Monday. No wonder it won best screenplay. It was smart, witty, and moving. Really well-cast too. Catch it if you can.