What does it mean?

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:45:23 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Mark has taken to asking "What does it mean to...?" when we use a word or phrase that he's not sure of.

Yesterday he was doing something silly and I told him he was a rapscallion, though definitely not meant in the truest sense of the word. Mark asked what that meant. I told him it meant he was full of mischief. He giggled about both funny words and then asked what it meant to be full of mischief. I told him, "It's when you're a silly boy and do silly things."

"Kind of like being a goof," he said.

Yes.

That's it exactly.

Last week he told the man at Menard's that he was shy. I asked him what that  meant, and he said, "Because I don't like other people's dads. I only like my dad."

Okay.

(And enough with the shy thing. You're not shy, you're just PICKY!)

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