What's in a Word

My husband and I adopted two little girls to make our combined total eight. At ages four and eight our little gems have been a blessing to our entire family which now includes twelve grandchildren. Both of our little gems were not english speaking when we arrived home with them and even now almost three years later they provide some real insight into the things we say. Last night at the dinner table my husband was tired from the odd hours he had worked this week and apologized for his unusually quiet demeanor, saying "I'm sorry I am such a party pooper." My now twelve year old daughter's face contorted and her sweet little mind conjured up the visual image of a party pooper. "That's disssscusting Daddy." she replied. My husband and I busted out in laughter as we explained to her the figurative meaning of the comment rather than the literal meaning of the two words party pooper....we laugh alot in our house; as you can imagine this is not the only time this has happened.