He's a man/She's a lady

Kids say the darndest things. This wasn't some episode with Bill Cosby, this happened in my driveway.

Owen and I were playing in the front yard while Parker and Jack were down for their morning nap. We spotted a woman walking her dog early on a quiet Sunday morning. Owen is learning about men and women (everyone on TV, people on the news, commercials, Sesame Street, etc) and points out whether "he's a man" or "she's a lady." Now I'm guessing you know what happened next...he misidentified the woman walking the dog. On my quiet street. At 9am. The awesome thing was that she didn't look anything like a man, but I can't blame the kid, its easy ro get confused in today's society. It is one thing he is learning that I guess we still need to work on!

I tried everything to distract him pointing out the dog, dragging his noisy car on the concrete, trying to be polite with loud "HELLOS!" I think I did a good job, I'm not really sure if she heard him any of the 15 times he said it (Owen tends to repeat phrases he is proud of), but it was quite embarrassing at the moment. I'm sure this won't be the last time he (or any of my boys) gets me into an interesting situation. I figure it gives me funny things to blog about...

And I will get even with him when he gets to high school.