55. My son said to a LtCol, “Hey, you look like my paw-paw!” The LtCol had just welcomed his fifth daughter into the world three weeks prior…he was only 46 years old. Talk about being embarrassed! But luckily the LtCol was very laid back and cool and laughed about it. He said, “Oh, boy this will be my Facebook post for the week!”
56. We had just moved from OCONUS back to CONUS and were sitting in an off-post military theater for the first time in years. The movie is about to start, and my kids stand up and my son takes his hat off. The put their hands over their hearts in preparation of the National Anthem. I totally melted, then reminded them we were off post.
57. My two year old asked if Daddy (currently out on a MEU), is on Captain Hook’s ship.
58. My three year old told my two year old while potty training, “You gotta go on the potty so we can get big and go to Kuwait with daddy!”
59. We drove by my husband’s ship yesterday and my two year old was yelling, “Hey daddy! I love you!”
60. My daughter referred to our driveway as the “runway”. (Pilot daughter problems!)
61. We were on a family walk and my husband was lagging behind. My three year old, who was on her bike, shouted back at him, “Waitin’ on you, shipmate!”
62. When my husband came back from the field he was talking about the different MRE’s they had to eat. My son asked him what did MRE stand for, and my husband said “Meals Ready to Eat.” My son replied, “That’s not right, dad. It should be MRTE’s!”
63. Years back I sent a kid a picture of a Danish Leopard A2 main battle tank. His reply was, “Where does the Leopard sleep at night?”
64. My oldest (three) told me this morning that her daddy has been home too long and needs to go back to work. He was deployed when she was one and came home when she was two and a half.
65. My son salutes me or my husband (his daddy) instead of signing “thank you.” It’s too funny. We taught him to sign at a young age and he still does for a few things. He’s two and a half years old.
66. My husband has been on workups for the past two months (but is fortunately able to come home on the weekends). My two year old typically drags her imaginary suitcase around the house because she is “Visiting her aunt in California,” but this time when I asked where she was going she said, “Daddy’s house!”
67. My three year old saw a group of OTS trainees at the BX one day and said, “Wow, there’s lots of daddies!”
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