jada: "there he is."
me: "who is that, jada?"
jada: "dat man. momma, what's his name?"
me: "president obama."
jada: "why do you say 'besident'?"
me: "he is the president of the country we live in...the united states...so we call him 'president'."
jada: "oh. ok."
...pause...
jada: "when i get big like besidenta bobama, i gonna be the besidenta...and when i do, will you do my hair with big swirlies and pink ribbons and then we can look like strawberry shortcake and her friends and eat strawberries...and i could get pink hair too. momma, can i be besidenta?"
me: "yep...you can do anything you put your mind to...even be a pink haired president. worse things have happened."
the upside to jada being president...
snack time would be mandated
there would be a day dedicated to ice cream
women would get their hair done for free once a week, and with swirly, pink ribbons
we would hug instead of shake hands with foreign diplomats.
when countries were not getting along, there would be a time out place for them to both go to cool off.
and then, there might be a lot of whining too, but here's to hoping that she'll outgrow that part.
so beware of the pink haired candidate...you have been warned.
go visit angie for more wordful wednesday's!!
me: "who is that, jada?"
jada: "dat man. momma, what's his name?"
me: "president obama."
jada: "why do you say 'besident'?"
me: "he is the president of the country we live in...the united states...so we call him 'president'."
jada: "oh. ok."
...pause...
jada: "when i get big like besidenta bobama, i gonna be the besidenta...and when i do, will you do my hair with big swirlies and pink ribbons and then we can look like strawberry shortcake and her friends and eat strawberries...and i could get pink hair too. momma, can i be besidenta?"
me: "yep...you can do anything you put your mind to...even be a pink haired president. worse things have happened."
the upside to jada being president...
snack time would be mandated
there would be a day dedicated to ice cream
women would get their hair done for free once a week, and with swirly, pink ribbons
we would hug instead of shake hands with foreign diplomats.
when countries were not getting along, there would be a time out place for them to both go to cool off.
and then, there might be a lot of whining too, but here's to hoping that she'll outgrow that part.
so beware of the pink haired candidate...you have been warned.
go visit angie for more wordful wednesday's!!
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that gal jada is a girl after my own heart...i mean a whole day dedicated to ice cream...pink swirly hair...lots of hugs.
yeah baby.
jada for besident.
that's what i'm talkin about!
Angela
~K