Monday, September 29, 2008

NOT INDIAN, JUST A BROWN MUCHACO?!

Today I had to pick up Elijah early for a dentist appt. While waiting for him to come from music, I went to his class to get his backpack. I was talking to his teacher when she told me of a conversation the two of them had. While talking about how Johnny Appleseed befriended the Indians, Elijah had something to tell her it goes a little something like this:

"Mrs. Edmonson, I was going to be Indian but somehow I just came out like this," pointing to himself.

Mrs. Edmonson questions, "What's this?

Elijah replies with, "just brown, you see although I am brown like an Indian I am not in fact Indian just a brown boy."

We laughed then in the car on our way to the dentist Elijah says, "Oh Mom now I remember what I was trying to tell Mrs. Edmonson......my Mom is white and my Dad is black so that makes me a muchaco!" I thought I was going to choke from laughing so hard and he still seriously says, "What's so funny about me being muchaco?" I said, "Son you are MULATTO not muchaco. A muchaco is what Mommy orders from Taco Bueno!" He still didn't see the humor! I do and I still laugh just thinking about it! I've been trying to teach Elijah the politically correct name for his race, mulatto, but I guess I am not too good at it since he thinks he is a muchaco!

3 comments:

  1. haha! That's too funny!

    How did I miss that you had a blog? I am putting you on my reader! : )

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  2. That is hilarious....out of the mouths of babes!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog today. It was tough giving up her nursery, but it WAS all worth it to see her so excited about it!

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