We Are But Dust-Literally

EVERY family has one.

A person that takes things

LITERALLY.

We have our own.

Little Lulu!

I call her

Literal Lulu.

You have to see the humor

in the little things when

you live with someone that is literal.

This happened a couple of years ago,

when Lulu was a bit younger.
 TPot (Momma) is cruising stations on the radio.

I hate when people do that, don't you?

A preacher is on the radio.

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He intones at the end of his sermon

 "Without God we are but dust."

There is a stricken intake of breath in the backseat.

 "What’s the matter, Lulu?’

What is BUTT dust?"

 What? WHAT? What are you talking about?

"Well, the guy on the radio says that without God

 we are BUTT dust!"

TPot is stricken with laughter that bubbles up

 and flows out of her mouth before she can squelch it.

 TPot has spewed her Starbucks

 (oh-so-expensive -but-ever-so-good coffee out through her nose).

 Suspiciously, from the back seat,

 comes the dreaded (and oft repeated) question....

"WHAT’S SO FUNNY?"

 TPot pretends she is coughing

 (which provides her with an excuse not to answer).

She gives her the standard answer

 that every parent/grandparent uses to

 cover up every laugh at the child’s expense-

 "Nothing’s funny- I just

swallowed the wrong way"

Oh!

That is just ONE of the many little

laughs we have had over the years.

Here is one unique way that this

girl operates.

The other day there was a piece

of errant ice that missed the

cup when it came out of the ice dispenser in

the fridge.

Rather than wipe it up..

Lulu prepared a

WARNING sign instead.

Ummm-hmmmm...

and you thought that

SweetCheeks was the only

one that gives us a good laugh

in the family.
How sad is it that I laugh
AT someone and not
WITH them?
Cuz...I am just THAT person!

First night out on the road with
the kids...so far...so good..