In the Mooooood for a Laugh?

Ari and I were cozy under the blankets in my bed as we read a book before bedtime. Max, who typically reads on his own (Something new that started when he started third grade. Yay!) was sleepy and joined us for a cuddle.

We were in the middle of a Freddie Fernortner: Fearless First Grader book. In this one entitled A Haunting We Will Go, the three first grade protagonists were lurking by a house reputed to be haunted. They heard a noise and ran away and one of them, Darla, fell and got her pants muddy. She said, “My mom is going to have a cow when she sees how dirty my pants are!”

I was curious to know if the kids understood, given the context of the story, what it meant that the mom was going to “have a cow.” So I asked. Ari said no. Max said, “That her mom is going to have to wash her pants.”

I was about to offer the correct explanation when he elaborated.

“In milk.”

I hadn’t laughed so hard in a long time.