Posted by: coles14 | January 22, 2008

Conversations

My nephew stayed the night with me and we had a lot of fun. I forget how cute little kids can be! He is five and knows so much, sorta.

Looking at a black & white picture of my dad
Nephew: Is that grandpa? I know it is him cause he lived in the olden days before there was any color, only black & white

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Looking at a print on the wall of “The Banjo Lesson” Henry O. Tanner
Banjo Lesson
Is this picture of grandpa teaching daddy how to play the guitar before there was black & white?

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The radio mentions Martin Luther King Jr.
Nephew: I know who Martin Luther King is!
Me: Really? Did you learn about him in school?
Nephew: Yes, I know everything about him
Me: Great! What did he do?
Nephew, very excited: He was the first President! And he got killted
Me: Umm, not quite.
Nephew: Oh…he’s the first King of America? And no one wanted him to be the king?

(This was so funny I almost drove off the road)

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