Borrowing the idea from our friends James and Julie, a few years back we decided to start including humorous “kid quips” with our annual Christmas letter. We’ve noted that as our kids get older, their funny comments are less often accidental.  To our delight, they instead come in the form of intentional wisecracks.  Of course, not every joke hits (and some are not suitable for public consumption). But when they do, it can be well worth the wait.  Either way, our crew continues to provide us with plenty of solid content for consideration.  

• Ella: I would love to have a good Dobbs sweatshirt.

  Andrea: Dobbs? You mean the auto repair shop? Why?

  Ella: You know, because we go there all the time.

   

• August, while watching the Webster fireworks on the Fourth: Look it’s a sparkler, not a boom-boom.  Okay, maybe it was a boom-boom.

• Truman: Do you know why dad likes vacation?  Because he doesn’t have to work as much.

• Ella: Everything’s edible if you try hard enough.

   

• Dad, to Truman:  You know, that was pretty clever how you got your Mom to re-paint your entire room.

  Truman, completely earnest: Hey, I painted a solid 10 percent!

• Andrea: There’s a white elephant party this year for the youth group.  Any thoughts on what to bring?

  Ella: A bag of crickets.