By Elliot Doomes, February 18, 2019 [Updated, July 11, 2019] —When I was a small child, my brother William (Bill) was complaining about a pain in his bottom. I said, “Let me see Bill.” He pulled down his pants. I took a long look [and] became very disturbed. I shouted, “Mom! No wonder Bills bottom hurts. He’s got a hole in it.” It took years to live that one down. It told over in the family.
It was funny, kids are always funny. I don’t care what they do or how they do it, kids are always funny. Kids will keep you laughing and the funniest part is that kids don’t know they are funny. I remember one time I was talking to my granddaughter. She asked me, “Pop-pop, do mice like cheese?” And I said, “Yes.” So she took out a bunch of cheese and started putting it behind the appliances for the mice. I caught her and I asked, “What are you doing?” It was the funniest thing. She thought mice were cute and wanted them to be happy. But when I asked her, “Why?” she looked up at me and said, “I don’t know.” And she looked so sad when she said it too. Those are moments that I will treasure forever.
And when kids are quiet, you really got to look for them because you know they up to something. My daughter is a rambunctious, energetic kid so when she’s quiet, I know she’s up to no good. One day, she was quiet and I went into the kitchen. She went into the cabinet, opened the baking soda, and had it all over her hair and her face. I don’t know how she got into the baking soda, but that’s why you put things up on the shelf. Kids will find things you can’t. I’m just glad it wasn’t anything toxic. I had to sneak out of the house if I wanted to do something on my own. As soon as she’d see me with my hat and coat, she’d go please and be right at the door waiting for me with her hat and coat. You know what I used to wake up to every morning? She’d be sitting on my bed singing the words to the theme song to “Captain Noah.” I never thought she’d remember that but she knew all the words and what time it came on. Kids are so smart, you know that? Any time you say, “Don’t do this.” Guess what they’re going to do? Their curiosity level is very, very, high.