My Mini Me is a skinny mini. In my bathroom this morning, I tried to safety pin her skirt so it fit better in the waist. As I worked to secure the pin I accidently poked Mini Me in the arm. I quickly apologized and checked for blood.
She said, "Mom, why can't they give those things a name that tells the truth about them? It shouldn't be called a safety pin."
"What would you call it, Mini Me?"
"I would call it a pokey pin, not a safety pin."
Brillant.
Brilliant indeed. Those things hurt!
ReplyDeleteMike at Cry It Out!
Well, it beats a Hokey Pokey Pin. How would you like to do the Hokey Pokey and turn yourself about with a sharp and pointy instrument?
ReplyDeleteAwwww, Mini Me has your beauty and wit.
That Mini-Me, so wise beyond her years.
ReplyDeleteI'm wishing I had to pin my waistbands so they'd fit better. But alas. My waistbands all fit, a little too well sometimes.
My four year old just yesterday learned the irony that is "the funny bone".
ReplyDeleteMini Me is wise beyond her years. We have to do a lot of waist-band safety pinning around here for our skinny minis. I guess I don't make those plump, squishy, rolly polly babies. But mine are easy to carry around :)
ReplyDeleteI can never find any pokey pins around my house. < That's me trying to relate to everyone.
ReplyDeleteTell Mini Me that I agree. There is nothing really "safety" about them, if you need to open it to pin it to something.
ReplyDeletewe did call them that!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, they are safe until you open the package anyway!
ReplyDeleteI hope you didn't leave a permanent scar on poor mini me!
So funny! I've been poked before and I love the idea!
ReplyDeleteShe's so funny!
ReplyDeleteHow cute! We missed you at the Blogfest...
ReplyDeleteChildren are so full of wisdom.
ReplyDeleteWish I'd thought of that. Who named those things anyway?
She is a smarty pants isn't she. Beautiful, and a thinker!
ReplyDeleteWhy are they called safety pins in the first place?!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for commenting on a post about safety...er uh... pokey pins.
ReplyDeleteAah Mini Me. You make all Women Folk happy.
ReplyDeletepokey pins. so smart that girly is.
ReplyDeletePokey pins! She's brilliant! I've poked Lauren with "safety pins" before, too...more than once, she tells me!
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