Martin King Junior

Harmony came home from school Monday, all excited to have learned about Martin Luther King Junior. Except she couldn't get his name right... Now just imagine Harmony sitting on the top of my desk off to the left side all excited about a guy she really knows nothing about, spit flying in my face, and her little arms waving all over the place, with her eyes opened wide and she's serious about this....WAY serious!
So Harmony starts telling me about Martin King Junior and how he was a good man and he let the brown kids ride anywhere they wanted to on the bus and the white kids couldn't boss the brown kids around anymore! The brown kids didn't have to ride in the back of the bus no more! They could drink out of the bubblers at school and even hold  hands if they wanted to and no one could get mad at them! Martin Luther made the Law and no one could break the law or they would go to jail. She kept telling me what a good man he was and then she pipes up with this "And then you know what Framma?, some white kids shot him, shot that brown guy DEAD!" Her eyes were wide open too! Like she just couldn't believe it!!  So I had to ask her which brown guy got dead and she says "Martin King Luther Framma, weren't you paying attention??"  I say "OH, that's right!, why did they shoot him" and she says, "Because he was a good guy!" I told her that didn't make sense and she told me that she will never be a good guy cuz she don't wanna get shot! What the heck am I supposed to say to that?? LOL
Then she starts telling me about playing in her new snowsuit and how warm it was and how fun the snow is and that she made sledding hills for when her friends come to play this weekend and then out of the blue she says....."Framma, did the black kids ride ON the back of the bus??" I dam near peed my pants!!! hahaha! I couldn't help it! She was not impressed! :P

I sent her upstairs to eat supper and told her I would call when I was ready for her to come back down to play. So I called around 7 ish and we made plans for the weekend. She'll be back from her dad's on Thursday at 7 pm and had already made a plan for a sleepover at my house! Geez, so nice to be informed of this eh? So I guess she's having a girls night with me and Olivia and we're renting Home Alone 2 and Toy Story 3. Then we have to make microwave popcorn and cookies (I'm gonna BUY the cookies) and get Cheetos and chips and dip and crackers and cheese. I told her we get to stay up until 11 and I won't tell mom we stayed up past her bed time and she thought I was the best granny in the world again! :) even though I know she won't make it past 9! No worries, she has no school on Friday :P
Being the best person in her world just ROCKS. She thinks she gets away with so much good stuff and in reality she gets away with nothing. But I love being the best thing in her tiny little world even if it's just for a sleepover! :)