Stepping Stones

My youngest daughter

was watching her older sister's son,

TNT, (yep, his initials) who is ten.

They were driving down the road when my grandson said,

"Auntie Mimi, I get so mad when people call me a kid.

I'm an adult."

 "Hmm," Auntie Mimi said.

"Yeah, I can watch a whole movie

at the theater without having to go to the bathroom.

Kids have to get up during a movie to pee."

"I see," said Auntie Mimi. 

"So I'm an adult," he announced.

Aunt Mimi thought for a moment and said,

"Adults don't have tantrums."

"Hmm," TNT said and was very thoughtful for a long while.

"You're right. I should work on that," he said.

They stop at the grocery store to pick up a few things.

At check out, TNT is standing in the next aisle over.

Periodically, as the checker is scanning items,

TNT holds up an object to be purchased,

causing Auntie Mimi to shout,

"We don't need that."

The clerk keeps her head down and continues to scan.

Auntie Mimi shouts again,

"We don't need that."

And again,

and again.

Finally, TNT steps to Auntie Mimi's side.

The clerk starts to laugh,

"Thank goodness," she says,

"I thought you were crazy and talking to yourself."

Hope you are all having a blessed holiday season!