If you are a parent, then I am going to guess you have heard this phrase, “Did you know?” at least once or twice. For me, I hear it at least 1,000 times a day. I swear. I am not exaggerating. No lie. 1,000 times a day. And that is just from my son. If I count in all the times I hear it from my daughter too, then I am going to have to say I hear it at least 1,500 times a day. She only says it half as much as he does because she is only half his age.
I am really enjoying spending time with my kids since this summer. Since I have always put them in daycare for the summer, I am not used to having them home. We are doing a lot of playing together whether it is going to the beach, going to the library, or just playing together at home. We are spending a lot of good quality time together. I feel very fortunate to have this time with my children since the older I am getting, the faster time is flying. I know in a few more summers my son will want nothing to do with me. He will be too cool to hang out with mom. It will be all about his friends and I will be kicked to the curb (okay, maybe a little over dramatic with the saying, but you get the point).
As I am spending more time with my kids, we are having a lot more conversations. Silence is not golden in my house nor in my car. Because of this, I have learned more than I ever thought I could from my children saying, “Did you know?” 1,500 times a day. Did you know that there are a lot of black cars on the road? Did you know baseball is nine innings? Did you know you move fast on water slides? Did you know ants can bite you? Did you know 200 + 200 is 400? Did you know all you have to do is add the zero on the end to figure that out? Did you know if you stand still a wasp will leave you alone? Did you know New York has a lot of trains? Did you know it is really dark at the bottom of the ocean? Did you know there is hot lava in the earth? Well, if you didn’t know all of this before, you do now, just like me.
Believe me. There are a lot more little facts that I know. I just don’t have the room to list them all. I feel like I am living with a human almanac or even better, my own little Cliff Claven from “Cheers”. Remember him? He used to walk around saying, “It’s a little known fact…”. Maybe my children are Cliff Claven reincarnated? Every time one of my kids tells me a “Did you know” fact, I want to say, “Thank you Cliff Claven”, but obviously they would have no idea to what I am referring.
I do find it very amusing when they keep saying their little facts. It is very entertaining. But really? Do I need to know 1,500 facts a day? Probably not. But, it does show me how observant they are and just how much their little brains work. It is truly amazing. So, in all, I don’t mind listening to, “Did you know” as much as I do in one day. Besides, when I am not hearing, “Did you know”, I am hearing, “If you imagine”. That is said about 500 times a day. Per child. But those stories will have to wait for another day.
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