Thursday, I was in line at Country Mart behind a grandma-looking woman with a small boy and girl. The boy looked around 5, and the girl maybe 7. As Gran was scanning her card to pay, the kids waited in the front aisle at the end of the checkout. I presumed she had the duty of taking care of them until their parents were off work. It was around 4:00.
Boy paced back and forth along the contraption holding big water jugs, and the two lottery machines. Girl was mainly there to keep him from running off, I suppose. She trailed behind him a few steps. Boy was hyper in the way of a young child just released from prison school. It's hard to hold in rambunctiousness all day.
Boy peered down the short hallway, where you could see one of the managers sitting behind a desk.
Boy: "Do you live here?"
Manager: "No. I just work here."
Boy: "Huh. What do you do? You're just sitting!"
Heh, heh! That was hilarious. She chuckled, and tried to explain how she takes care of the store. Another cashier came walking along. Boy said something, and that cashier said,
"I'm 43."
Gran said, "Here now! You don't need to be so nosy!"
Cashier: "It's okay. He just said he was five, so I told him I was 43."
Gran: "He does have a mouth on him! I thought he was asking your age."
I was quite glad to remain in the background behind Gran. No telling what question Boy might have had for me!
5 yr old boys are unpredictable. They are very busy busy beings, always busy. Our 5 yr. gr-son is a wild man, he never walks anywhere.
ReplyDeleteI remember those days!
DeleteMy son was more into touching everything, like running his hand along the entire length of the fresh meat display. I was grossed out by this habit. However, as a rule he rarely said inappropriate things. But, he did talk to everyone.
ReplyDeleteGood to know that he didn't put others on the spot with too-specific questions!
DeleteMy son was more into touching everything, like running his hand along the entire length of the fresh meat display. I was grossed out by this habit. However, as a rule he rarely said inappropriate things. But, he did talk to everyone.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why this came up twice. I only hit the "publish" arrow once!
DeleteI remember age five with my kids, all of them letting off steam after behaving at school all day. We'd get home (walked) and they'd run around in the yard wearing themselves out while I prepped and cooked dinner. After dinner if it was summer, they'd be back outside until bedtime when they all slept like angels ready to start again the next day.
ReplyDeleteMine had time to wind down in my classroom after school, grabbing a snack and playing computer games. And squabbling with each other, of course! By the time we got home, it was homework time while I prepared supper. Then bath and bed.
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