CANNONISMS

I have been in Idaho Falls this week with Emily and the boys while Greg is in San Francisco at a work seminar. It has been very busy and makes me remember those days when I had three little children 4 1/2 years old and under. GREAT MEMORIES! Emily is amazing and does so well managing her busy life and doing for everyone else. She is super-woman!

One definition in the dictionary of the word CANON means "an established or basic rule or principle." Our little 4 year old grandson, Cannon, (with two n's) says the funniest and yet very profound things, so I have started to call them Cannonisms. He is the embodiment of the word "Canon."

Cannon is not a good sport when he plays games. Colton, Cannon and I were playing the card game, Thomas the Train Fish. Cannon had a little temper flare (after cheating and not telling the truth about cards in his hand) and so I said, "Cannon, grandma is disappointed in you for throwing the cards." He just looked at me and was thoughtful. After a minute, he said, "I'm never growing up." I said, "Why aren't you ever growing up?" He responded, "You get old and die." Then matter-of-factly, he said, "You're old and you'll die." Well, I can't argue with that, can I? When I arrived on Monday, Emily was sitting at the dining room table with her new mac laptop. It had just been delivered. After visiting with Cannon a few minutes he said, "Mom likes her "puter" more than me." (I am not sure why he calls the computer, puter.) I can testify that Emily does LOVE Cannon more than her "puter." His most laugh out loud, Cannonism was when he said, "Grandma, I am not listening to you anymore. You are trying to teach me another language." This was said after I told him he couldn't say the word "camed" and he kept putting 'ed' at the end of many of his words. It is true that kids say the funniest things.