My youngest sister, Kim, is visiting us. While out and about today, I stopped at the grocers to quickly grab some carrots while she stayed in the car with the kids.

“Back in three shakes!” I say as I hop out of the car. I grab the carrots, check out, hop back in the car and we head out to track down the last of the school supplies Reed will need for kindergarten (!).

A minute or two later, as we’re driving along, he asks, “Did you get them?”

“Get what?”

“The three shakes.”

Kim and I laugh and I explain how it’s just a saying, that the full saying is “Back in three shakes of a lamb’s tale” which is really fast.

“So, do you understand now?”

“Uh huh… but did you get the three shakes?”

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