We all say stupid things

My kids laugh as so many of the things I say. Several years ago, I was not really thinking and just blurted out "Why are 18 year old people called teenagers?" Let me tell you, that set all three of them off laughing to the point of rolling on the floor. I looked at them dumbfounded and then thought about what I had said. Who in their right mind would have asked that question out loud. Needless to say, over the years I have said so many things that simply astonish my three children. But I can turn the tides on them. My favorite of my son is when I mailed him some homemade chocolate chip cookies during his freshman year in college. When he received them, he called me and asked me, "When did you bake these Mom?" When I asked why, he replied, "because they are still warm." They had been sent two days earlier and were warm from sitting in the mail truck all day. The apple does not fall far from the tree.