he gets it!

SO another car conversation. Zach asked if I had listened to Barrack Obama lately because he was supposed to write a letter to the president in school. Jared interrupted and said,

"Zach! don't write to Barrack Obama because he lied to us! He said everything would be free and it's not."

Zach said, "No, he just said college and health care would be free."

So I asked him where he heard that and he said that he watched him give a speech and say that. I'm not sure what he watched, but that's what he came away with. SO I asked him what he thought of it and he said,

"I think that it's a bad idea, beacause if health care is free then all the doctors and dentists and other workers will quit because they'll say 'this sucks we aren't getting any money!'"

So, if my 9-year-old gets it, how come the president doesn't?


p.s. after that we talked about how doctors and dentists go to a lot of school and it costs a lot, Zach asked how much and I said it depends, but around a couple hundred thousand. He says, "$200,000! That's not so much." I said, "what? that's a ton." He said, "you could win that in the lottery- you just need to buy a ticket!"
Why didn't I think of that? I'm calling Kerry and telling him to pick one up on his way home- our student loan worries are over!!

On the way to school

Some of our most interesting conversations happen on the way to school in the morning. We live about 15-20 minutes from school (depending if I stop at Maverick for a diet coke) so i decided to blog some, so I dont forget.
this morning we were listening to the radio and the kids were boppin along to some
song, and I hear Jared ask Hannah who her favorite singer is.

She says, "Well, I have alot. Taylor Swift, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Demi Lavato, Selena Gomez (we watch a lot of Disney Channel) and Lady Gaga."

That stopped me short. SO I ask how she knows who lady gaga is.

"O she sings poker face."

How does my kid know that song? We don't really listen to much lady G in our house- she's not exactly the role model I would choose for my 7-year-old. But wait it gets better- "Tick Tock" comes on the radio next and Hannah says,

"O I love this song, Mom who sings this."

I say, "Ke$ha." (although I didn't really say the dollar sign part hee hee)

Hannah says, "O yeah I love her- she sings 'your love is my drug'" What????

to which Jared replies, "Mom, what's a drug?"

So, we spend the next 5 or 6 minutes talking about the dangers of drugs. SO I guess I can thank Ke$ha for my kids weekly "just say no" discussion, but I am still trying to figure out where Hannah is hearing this music. If it comes on the radio (on the rare occasion our dial is not tuned to the country station) I usually change the channel. Fess up! Which one of you is corrupting my kid? hee hee

SO anyways, after that I decided we would all be better served listening to a cd of the Doodlebops- which coincidentally Hannah rocked just as hard to. And I'm pretty happy about that. I'm gonna do my best to keep her innocent for awhile longer ;)



p.s. joke of the day from Jared:
How do you wake up Lady Gaga?
Poker face!