Kids Say the Darndest Things....

I was getting the house in order for L's birthday (pix and post to follow about that party soon!). I was holding the baby and had something else in the my other hand. I dropped something and couldn't grab it with everything/body I was holding, so I asked my sweet and usually-eager-to-help 3 1/2 year old, C, to help: "Sweetie, grab that for me, would you please?"

He turned around and with gusto, looked at me in disbelief, and very passionately exclaimed, "MAMA!!! I can't help! Right now I'm Picking-  My-  NOSE!!!" (with said finger suddenly frozen in mid-nostril).

Whoa! Okay! Silly me!! I had not realized your important state of affairs, dear son! Please, go back to your nose-picking! I will find another way to pick that up!!!!!

Honestly.  What was I thinking?!