The things kids say to embarass their parents

Last night was Ethan's Blastball game. (Like t-ball, but for younger and less players) It was a 6:00 game, so Greg was coming straight from work and meeting me and the boys at the ballpark. Ethan was busy doing all things that little boys do---kicking dirt, smushing bugs, wandering around. He looked around and seemed to take note of all of the fathers that had started gathering in the stands. He then started to tell me (and the rest of the people in the bleachers) why each one of the men couldn't be his father. He started off easy--That's not my daddy because he has another mommy with him. This got the people around us to start listening in to see what on earth he was talking about. He pointed at another man---That's not my daddy because he has hair. (If you don't know my family, please reference My Profile picture to see why this was pretty funny). That comment brought some chuckles from the crowd. Now, however, we start that downhill slide... That's not my daddy because he is black. This comment brought some nervous chuckles from some people. Not that they thought a 4 year-old was being racist, but because he was pointing at a dark skinned Hispanic man who was not taking Ethan's innocent mistake with much humor. That is when I decided to put a stop to his little game. Especially since the next man down on the bench was a very, very large man and I thought it best that Ethan not say out loud why this man was not his daddy!