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I was telling my niece (6 years old) about the werewolves the dog has to fight every full moon. She said there is no such thing, and I said there are in Tennessee. She asked for a picture.

Last night I took a picture of one on the computer and worked hard to make it not look like a computer picture. The wife sent it to the niece.

The niece replies back in an audio text "Jenny, is that real?"

Then a few seconds later another audio text "I can see the computer lines from the screen. Uncle Scott took a computer picture"


Sad days when I can't even get one over on a 6 year old. I think my wife is still laughing.


Game on!

Kids are definitely more tech savvy than us old folks. Sounds like your niece is a smart cookie and not prone to being gullible.

Pics or it didn't happen

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Sadly, she'll never be a member!

That suspicious mindset will serve her well in life. Especially with today's media.

Ya got your hands full Scott!

Yesterday my 5yr old son (who loves ALL holidays, and does the countdown) told me he wants to put out carrots for the Easter Bunny. If they're eaten, then the bunny is real. If they're ignored, the bunny is a human in a large bunny suit. If they're half eaten then he's not sure. I told him to put out cookies also, and that'd answer the question for sure. He liked that idea.

A few minutes later he got a big smile on his face and announced that he wants to set up a trail cam indoors to catch the Easter Bunny. I was proud.

Kids are interesting critters. It's fun seeing how their minds work.

She has spring break this week and I asked her why she wasn't in Panama City, Florida for spring break. She said "I can go to the bar to see drunks"

This sounds kind of familiar, as my girls figure me out quite often....haha. I guess they've come to expect some funny business from my end. What kind of boring uncle/dad/grandpa doesn't yank with the youngsters?

I also love it when they think they know something, but aren't quiiiite there yet. Kids and I were playing the alphabet game in the deerstand this past season, where each person takes turns naming items in alphabetical order. Food, animals, and products are popular categories. We tried places, which turned out to be harder, taking turns in order, "A-Africa, B-Boston" and so on. Nearing the end got pretty tough, but my 7 year old's eye's lit up when her last turn came around. She was so proud to say "Y-.......Yuh...Yuh...Europe!". Bless her little heart, as we nearly all fell out of the stand..... Pretty sure zero deer were seen that day, but that was okay.

Sometimes I get the feeling that the average kid under the age of 10 has more computer smarts than I do. My 34 year old son started using computers in the 2nd grade, IIRC. I have a 13 yr. old step-grand daughter that does most of her homework on line. I'd bet one of the modern excuses for not doing your homework is; "My computer crashed".

Ha. You should do that, leave only the tooth scarred carrot top, let him make his diagnosis and then let him check the trail cam pics-with you in them.

While these kids are tech savvy, they lack any real world experiences. Can't get my 8 year old niece's face out a tablet or phone for 5 seconds.

I bet an overnight camping trip behind the house in the woods could convince her of the existence of werewolves, pretty easily, if an Uncle was so inclined...

You should have seen the [bleep] when I put a red nose on a deer I shot a few days before Christmas when my step-kids were younger....

Got a couple more years out of Santa Claus when we put a present beside the chimney on our second story roof. He spotted it mid-day and came in screaming he needed some help and equipment to get it down. He was sure it was one of his. Great times.

Roflmao! That's funny right there!!!!

Great story, 222Rem.

When my daughter was younger she put out carrots and a note for the Easter Bunny. The note requested that he provide his signature on the note paper to prove that he is real.

That night, I grabbed some of the thin craft foam that I have with my fly tying material and cut out a rudimentary paw print, glued it to a small scrap of wood, and used it as a stamper with an ink pad to make the Easter Bunny's mark on the note. I think I bought another year's worth of belief in the Easter Bunny for my 15 minutes of trouble.

It's tough staying ahead of kids....

Ma got me good once. I was questioning the whole "down the chimney thing" and getting suspicious, as we didn't have a chimney at the time. I got sick and was puking Christmas eve. The next morning, there was a piece of "Santa Claus's coat" stuck in the door, Ma said I must have scared him out of the house when I was up puking, and he ripped his coat on the way out..

She had ripped up a red stocking with the white fluffy cuff and wedged it between the door and the jam...

Made me a believer for another year or two..

If she comes down to visit this summer I think we may well do the 'camp out' thing. I can only hope the coyotes are howling that night.

She needs time away from her Hillary voting parents.

Record and save an episode or two of 'Mountain Monsters'

Looks like you got beat by six year old eyes and some savvy. Kids are fun.