ppd-ed

a 5 year old: "the phillies are in the world series because they won the NLCS.  i love the phillies.  go phillies!  my favorite player is howard."

me: "oh, i like him, too.  he hits the ball really hard."

the 5 year old: "no he doesn't.  he hits home runs."

me: "oh, okay."

the 5 year old's dad: "there might be a game on tonight in the ALCS - they didn't play last night because there was a rain delay."

the 5 year old: "no, dad, it was ppd-ed."

the dad: "ppd-ed?  postponed?  oh, you're right, but that's the same thing as a rain delay."


the 5 year old had read "ppd" somewhere and knew this was the reason the game wasn't being played.  IS THIS NOT THE CUTEST THING YOU HAVE EVER HEARD?  because the games are on after he goes to bed, his parents tape them and when he gets up in the morning he goes downstairs and watches them before his parents get up.  additionally, the 5 year old is better than me at basketball, knows how to add ["what's 8 + 4?" "okay, you put the 8 in your mind [points to head] and then you put 4 on your fingers.  9, 10, 11, 12.  it's 12!"], and when faced with dozens of designs to carve on his pumpkin, chose barack obama ["why did you choose obama?" "because.  i like him."].  he also sang the continents song for me and can ride a bike without training wheels.  i love this kid.