Swimmer's ear

There must be something in the water clogging up the ears at the Austin household. Our latest communication miscue is pretty funny.

I was out of the house this morning before the guys got up because Jim had a dentist appointment at 8. So I missed this exchange, but Jim told me about it after saying how frustrated he got with Carter this morning. Now, of course, we can laugh about it.

Carter was in the bathroom brushing his teeth and Daddy yelled in there, "Carter, do you know where the lotion is?"

"It's south," Carter replies.

"South?" Dad asks, thinking we forgot to pack it. "In Texas?"

Carter responds: "Well, it's south and east and west. All around."

"What the @#@!$#?" thinks Dad.

Turns out Carter thought Daddy said OCEAN, not LOTION! So now (in Carter's mind) the conversation makes sense ... if Jim in fact would say, "Carter, do you know where the ocean is?"

Guess you had to be there. I thought is was hilarious... or how Larry is...