Very literal :)

Tonight I spent a couple hours with my friend's two year old.  Here's a snippet of the evening...

(Reagan fidgety and kind of having a slight I'm-really-bored-sitting-here-in-the-car hissy fit.)
Angie:  "Reagan, you are fine.  Calm down.  We are almost to the cottage.  Don't have a cow."
(Reagan silent for several seconds.)
Reagan faintly "Mooooo..."

After taking care of the dog-sitting dogs and then driving all the way to the cottage to check on Maggie...
Angie:  "Reagan, do you want to get on the crazy train with me?"
Reagan nods her head several times while replying, "Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Several seconds later, coming from the backseat, a very faint "Choo-choo!"  Well then...ALL ABOARD!

Don't you just love children?  Oh my....they make me smile and laugh OUTLOUD!  They are very literal.

This literal-ness reminds of me of my first year teaching 2nd grade.  I remember standing in front of the classroom and telling them that we were going to write out our spelling words on the back of math homework, and then I said, "You know -- kill 2 birds with 1 stone?!"  The gasp was audible.  Their faces fell.  I became "Miss Good, formerly-our-favorite-second-grade-teacher" to "Miss Good, BIRD KILLER!"  Once I realized that they had taken me literally, I quickly explained that it was a figure of speech...and then I had to go on to explain what a figure of speech was.  It sort of snowballed from there...