Do you write down the funny things your kids say? Do you capture photos of their antics and preserve them in your scrapbooks? I hope so, because those moments are fleeting, and if you don't snag them, the memories will fade, too. I love that technology—from mobile phones to Studio J!—makes it easier than ever to make and share memories while we're on the go.
As an example, just a few weeks ago, I was enjoying a Sunday evening at home with my children and grandchildren. Jared's kids were playing with an iPhone app called "Vidrhythm" that autotunes voices and creates goofy videos. The kids were having an absolute blast, and I have to admit, I thought it was pretty funny, too. I watched their little music videos and laughed until tears were trickling from the corners of my eyes.
Check out my singing superstars:
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Love Those Crazy Kids!
What hilarious things have your little ones done or said recently? Post your comment with your short story or funny saying here, and all posts submitted by midnight on Wednesday, May 23 will be eligible for a random drawing. I'll be choosing 10 winners who can select a free stamp set of their choice from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book—and I'll also choose one bonus winner whose entry just made me laugh out loud. Here's to those crazy kids!
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A couple of weeks ago, my 9 month old daughter was playing in her walker. I usually have her play in there when I need to get something done and can't have her under foot. I went to another room to grab something really quick, and by the time I came back she was hanging upside down! She had tried to crawl out, but one of her little legs go stuck, so she was hanging upside down out of her walker. The best part was she wasn't even crying. In fact, she had grabbed one of her toys that had fallen and was playing calmly with it! Being the good memory mom that I am, I filmed her for a few seconds before I helped her down. The video had myself and my family cracking up for weeks!
ReplyDeleteA couple of days ago my eldest son (he's 2) and I were hanging out in the backyard while my youngest was having a nap inside. Due to the free hands I had because my youngest was napping I decided to paint my toes. The boy comes running over to me yelling, "paint my piggies Mama!".
ReplyDeleteFor Mother's Day my husband and I had both my mom and his mom over for a bbq and someone started doing "this little piggy" on my youngest son who is 6 months old. My eldest thought this was a superb game (it'd been awhile since anyone had done it with him) and he kept getting my MIL to do it over and over again. After laughing so hard I couldn't find a way to tell him boys don't usually paint their toe nails so he matching nails to me and we spent the rest of my other sons nap sunning our toes in the beautiful afternoon.
Though not so recent, I will never forget this day:
ReplyDeleteI was nursing my baby while my 3 yr old daughter and I watched "How It's Made" on TV. A segment came on about how coins are minted. As we watched the metal being punched into coin shapes and stamped, my daughter kept getting more and more excited. She was jumping up and down in front of the TV, and kept yelling "Daddy, Daddy!" I was confused and asked what she was talking about. She excitedly said "That's where Daddy works!" I said "No sweetie, Daddy works in a field on an oil well." She shook her head, pointed at the TV and disagreed, "No Mommy, Daddy said he goes to work and makes money. THAT'S where he works".
I so wish I had the video recorder on that one! We still laugh about it.
When my son was about 4 he was in a Christmas pageant. His line was "an angel appeared and said do not be afraid". Instead he said "the angel came and said not to be a scared"
ReplyDeleteWe still laugh at it many many years later.
My 13 year old daughter is very random. Out of the blue she will pop out with the most unusual things at the worst inopportune moments, but what she says will just have everyone laughing. Just last week we were sitting in our living room talking. For the life of me I can’t remember what it was we were talking about, but I will never forget what she said or how calmly she said it. Out of nowhere she says to me. “I fell asleep in health class today and when I came back to the world there was a vagina and the board!
ReplyDeleteAbout 6 weeks ago my 10 year old daughter had the "talk" at school about puberty. I few weeks later I was attending a day conference about Menopause. At the supper table we were all discussing the upcoming events in our lives. I informed the girls (15 & 10) they would be on their own for the day as Dad had to work and I was attending the day conference. My 10 year old being very curious wanted to know what the day conference was about and why I was going. I mentioned to her that as she had the "talk" at school about puberty and how here body was going to soon start changing I too was attending a "talk" about changes that were going to start with my body. She very wittingly replied, "So you mean my boobs are going to start growing and yours are going to start deflating?" Uncontrolable laughter was all you could hear, even from my husband who was not sure he wanted to be in on the conversation.
ReplyDeleteOops sorry, the unknown story on May 17, 2012 @ 12:36pm about puberty and menopause is me Lannette.
ReplyDeleteWhen my son was 3 (he's 11 now)he came to me and said mom when I grow up I'm going to be a dump truck and when that dump truck grows up I'm going to be a bulldozer.So funny I love the silly things kids say.
ReplyDeleteMy kids say something funny almost everyday, I could go on and on. Thankfully I keep a smash book/journal so I can quickly jot down funny things my kids say. It works great for journalling those scrapbook pages at a later date! Here are just few of my favorites- 1.) Just last night at about 9:30 my daughter (5yrs.)comes out of her room. "Mom, I can't sleep, I am just so excited to go to the dentist!" 2. Daughter (5 yrs.) to Dad while dressed as Snow White "Hi, I'm Snow White, I met you at Disneyland." 3. Son (3 yrs) while praying "Father in heaven, thank you for the nice day, help me be a good boy and do what I know is right, help me be cool and awesome....." 4.)Daughter (5yrs.) when seeing some shirtless landscapers, "Look at those naked guys! Thankfully they have their pants on!" Don't kids say the darndest things!
ReplyDeleteMy six year old asked if she could be baptized soon. I explained that you need to know and understand what you are doing. She replied,"Best I can figure you just dive tuner the water!"
ReplyDeleteSorry, dive *under the water
ReplyDeleteRecently, we had a plumber out to work on our basement bathroom. This was also around the time my sister and her family were planning to stay at our house for a few nights, so my second son was excited about having a cousin over for a sleepover. Unbeknownst to me, my son had the following conversation with the plumber:
ReplyDeleteSon: "Are you going to be staying for a sleepover?"
Plumber: "Um, no, I don't think so. Why? Did your dad say something about working through the night?"
Son: "No. My mom wants you to stay for a sleepover."
While in college, I worked on a bus route picking up children (most of which who lived in rough neighborhoods) for Sunday School. One of our regulars, a three year old boy, walks up and sticks his head in my face and every so sweetly asks, "Wanna smell my hair? I got it cleaned yesterday!" It was so hard not to laugh; he was so excited:)
ReplyDeleteMe: I remember counting to my teacher.
ReplyDeleteGranddaughter Kate (4): You went to school? ....a surprised look on her face.
My grandson was visiting a few weeks ago (almost 2). He walked up to me and asked me 'hear that?' i say 'hear what?' he shook his head really hard and he said' hear that, my brain rattles.' I still get the giggles when I think about it.
ReplyDeleteMy amazingly funny and witty 7 year old keeps me in stitches. One Sunday 3 years, growing tired of fighting him on what was appropriate church attire, I finally explained 'boys wear a tie or sweater to show we follow Jesus as a way of respect and reverence.' He quickly responded, 'I don't want to follow Jesus. I am following Vader so I don't have to wear a tie!"
ReplyDeleteA few months ago we were visiting my parents at their farm and they had the neighbors over for a coffee.
ReplyDeleteMy middle son Oliver, who is 2, wanted something, but hasn't quite learn to express himself verbally yet, and grunted and pointed at what he wanted. My oldest daughter Isabelle, 3 1/2, told the neighbor "Oh, don't worry about Oliver, he doesn't speak English...The neighbor asked, "What does he speak?" Isabelle's reply... "He speaks Spanish."
I thought it was so cute and the neighbor got a chuckle out of it too.
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ReplyDeleteThe other day my 8 year old daughter said, "Mom, you're a lot skinnier now than when you were pregnant." My baby is 8 months old now.
ReplyDeleteA elementary student I watch in my daycare went on a field trip to our state capitol building. On top top of the roof there is 3 large golden horses. During the tour of the inside of the building the tour guide said, "We will now go look at the horses." The little girl raised her hand and said, "I'm allergic to horses." Bless her heart.
ReplyDeleteMy 4 year old son asked for a bowl of cereal while visiting my parents. When my mother asked what kind he wanted, he answered "not the kind that mekes you poop."
ReplyDeleteLove this - I've got three boys, ages 6, 4, and 2, so we are always cracking up at their funny jokes.
ReplyDeleteMy Ben is a sweetie - he turned four in March. I baked a yummy vanilla cake to fill with strawberries and whipped cream for our family celebration. He came up to me out of the blue and told me "Watch out, Mom! If you aren't careful you'll drip strawberries on your beautiful pants!" (i.e. worn out old jeans).
My two year old Max is not quite as sweet. Having two older brothers pushing him around has cause him to be a bit more fiesty.
So one day Ben (age 4) calls out, "Mom! Max bit me!". I come to figure out what's happening, and ask a stupid question, "Max, why did you bite Ben?" Like a two year old is gonna answer that, right? Max calmly says, "'Cause. I go Timeout.", then goes to his bed and sits quietly.
My oldest is a bit more logical and reasoned. I once asked Gabe how we could get Ben to wear underpants instead of pullups and he said, " I guess we better just ask him."
And one more - how can you choose when they are such funny boys? Ben apparently believes Ninja is a viable career option. I once heard him playing with legos: " Cole! You keep an eye on Ginni while I go to my ninja work."
And yes, Ben had named his favorite mermaid lego miniman Ginni after my CTMH upline Ginni Candelaria...now her fabulousness is immortalized in legos lol.
Being single and no kiddo's I have been blessed with many memorable moments with niece, nephews and friends children. Remember life before cell phones, well my mom wrote a grocery list and my three yr old nephew Charles tagged along with me to the store. As soon as we entered the store I saw a lady looking at her grocery list and at that moment realized I had forgotten the list at home. So I turned to Charles and said, "Oh no Aunt Kathy left Grandma's list at home." Charles quickly replied, "That's ok Aunt Kathy. I am sure that lady will share her list with us!" I had a mix of laughter and tears I had to hold back. Laughter of what he said and tears that this little guy had the understanding of sharing at the tender age of three!
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I recently took the cane bottom out of a chair to repair it. When my 3 year old grandson came in just as I finished, he said, “Grammie, you took the basket out of the chair.”
ReplyDeleteA few weeks ago, we had a cricket loose in our house. My husband went to find (kill) it and my 2 and a half year old daughter said, "did it jump out of your (Cricut) machine from your crapbook (scrapbook) room?" I asked her what color she thought the cricket was and she said "pink and white like your machine!"
ReplyDeleteHi Jeanette!
ReplyDeleteI had to share this "older" kidfunny....(My son is now 23) but when he was 8 yrs old, he often would bore and play under the table I used for a desk in my husbands office. So as I worked, he was sharing what he was building with legos. He always created a "Police Station Adventure" of some type. So I asked him what was happening at the station for the day and as he crawled out from under the table holding onto two little police figures, he looked me square in the eyes and said...."Looks like a bad stamping disaster to me!"...he was right! LOL! I'll never forget that though.
Fun to read your blog Jeanette! Drove through Utah a couple weeks ago and thought of all my CTMH friends and fun from years past! It was a Sunday or I would have stopped in! :) Hope you had a Fantabulous Mother's Day.
Hugs!
Terri A. in CA
When my niece was about 2 or 3, she loved climbing stairs and getting away from the adults.
ReplyDeleteOne night we were watching Oriana (my niece) and my mom, dad and I were in the kitchen as mom was making dinner. Oriana ventured away from us and we all heard her climbing the stairs. We let her go just because she really couldn't get in to much mischief upstairs where the bedrooms and laundry room are. Within 5 minutes we hear her crying and screaming "MIIIIIIIMIIIIII" "MIIIIIIMIIIIII" (Mimi is Grandma's "name" instead of Grandma). So I go upstairs to see what is happening and Oriana is in my parents bedroom.
She had reached up and grabbed their comforter (to climb up onto their bed - which is about waist level to a normal adult) and kicked her legs up thinking this would help her climb on top of the bed. So she is holding on for dear life, crying, screaming Mimi because she didn't know how far up she was. If she were to have put her feet down she would have been standing. I laughed so hard I was crying. I also learned that she is pretty strong to hold on for that long while waiting for someone to come rescue her!
My 3 children are all grown, the baby is 19. For mother's day they came for dinner, which dad cooked. I cannot describe the joy I felt to see my adult children enjoying themselves together. When people asked me how my mother's day was, I tell them it was wonderful, my children came for dinner and played nice. What a blessing they are.
ReplyDeleteI have a 5 1/2 year old son, and that child has a quick brain, he will spit a comeback out at you almost as soon as you say it. Drives me crazy... He's also not so snuggly anymore so I was taking advantage of it the other day when he wanted to snuggle on the couch with me. He was giving me a hug and asked "Mommy, you know you're my favorite Mommy, right?" To which I replied, "Of course I know, I'm your only Mommy. You know you're my favorite baby boy right, Monkey?" He answers back, "I know I'm your favorite Mommmy, but I'm not a baby boy anymore, I'm a big boy now." Sometimes I miss when he still was my baby boy, but I love that he's so chatty & at the fun age of board games and easy science experiments. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhen my daughter was about 3 years old, I would tell her to be careful because there was ice on the ground. We were shopping one day and I grabbed a tube of frozen grape juice. I was really surprised at how icy the tube was and mentioned it out loud. My daughter responded, "Be careful Mommy, it is icy!"
ReplyDeleteOne night at dinner, I was trying to get my 5 year old daughter to try new foods. We were having turkey and cranberries. I explain ed to her that the cranberries were good for her kidneys. And she replied, "Yep, and they are good for adult knees too!" My daughter is 23 and I still giggle to this day when I think about her response,
ReplyDeleteThe kids are always asking me extremely obvious things. Like when I am pulling a loaf of bread from the oven-"what is that smell, are you making bread?" or when I come in from the rain, "are you wet" or recently it was "are you sitting down" as I look up at them while sitting in my chair.... hehehe
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Swearing I would NEVER repeat the pat phrases my mother had used in parenting me I hit a phase where "Patience is a virtue" frequently came out of my mouth. One day when Shanda, age 3, and I were out shopping she became fidgety and disgruntled. I finally said to her,". What is up with you?". She replied," Patience averts me.". I said,"What.". Then she said, " That's what you always say to me. Patience averts you."
ReplyDeleteA little inappropriate but definitely one of my favorites...my 3 yr. old son lovingly looking at me & saying, "I love you, mommy, you're not an asshole!" Then about 2 years later, I told him we were driving through a fast food place because I wanted a soda to drink. He very seriously looked at me and said, "Mommy, it's wrong to drink & drive." That sassy little boy is now a 27 year old father!
ReplyDeleteLast week, I took my 19 month old daughter to the playground. It wasn't a sunny day, but in Southeast Alaska, we'll take an overcast day without rain as a nice day. As she was playing, Sarah looked up at the sky and saw the sun shining faintly behind the clouds. She pointed at the sun and said, "Moon!" hahaha! I'm afraid this kiddo has seen the moon more often than the sun in her life in a rainforest!
ReplyDeleteMy kids and I were walking home with our new puppy from school with a classmate who lives near us. They were discussing the upcoming neutering of our puppy. My son told me his friend had told him that our puppy would be put to sleep and they remove his testicles. I admitted this was true and my som's classmate piped up " My Dad had that done." I smiled inwardly and said confidently "No, he didn't" The little boy insisted "Yah, he did at the hospital, they put him to sleep and everything."
ReplyDeleteOK, so this isn't something that I personally experienced, but it was very funny none-the-less. My 10 y.o. son has a great vocabulary and he's not afraid to flaunt it wherever he goes. One day his teacher was absent and a substitute asked my son to work with another student (a girl of hispanic heritage) on a project to which my son replied "I'm sorry, but I can't. I'm a racist." Well, the substitute related this to his teacher who later asked my son why he said that, to which he replied "you know, I just don't like to work with girls." His teacher shared this with me later on, laughing hysterically. It WILL be on his 5th grade scrapbook pages along with a few other priceless stories his teacher has shared with me. I'm so glad for a teacher who appreciates the lighter side of my son's personality!
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ReplyDeleteMy daughter, Kassidy was about 3. One night at dinner she looked up and said, "Mommy, I 'm full." I replied, "Kassidy, you need to eat some of your dinner. You have not eaten much." She responded back, "Mommy, I'm full. I am ready for ice cream." I informed her that she needed to eat a few more bites since she stirred her food around. She looked at me with a serious face and her big blue eyes and said, "My over her (pointing to her right side of her stomach) is my ice cream compartment and it is empty. My dinner compartment is now full. Can I please have some ice cream now." She was so serious and I was so impressed with her response. I still laugh about it today and she is still crazy for ice cream each day to make sure her compartment does not get on empty. I wish I had that on video. Such a precious moment.
This is a story from my classroom. These children are certainly mine, since, in some instances, I see them more than their parents!
ReplyDeleteDuring my Literacy Block, I meet with small groups of students while the others are working at Literacy Stations. The rule/joke is: you can't interrupt me - unless you are on fire. When it comes to first graders, they will interrupt for every little thing. Well, one little boy needed my attention badly one day. He came charging up to the table I was at, yelling, "I'M ON FIRE!!!" Bless his heart! I will never forget him!
My little girl likes to ride on my back and pretend I'm a horse. To get on she tells me to "grouch down" then once on she says, "okay, grouch up!" I laugh so hard every time I can barely do it and I don't her to ever learn that it is really crouch down.
ReplyDeleteMy son, who is a grown man now, favorite way to describe something as a small boy would start out like this: "Mama, their car is just like ours, only different" and he then would proceed with the differences. "Sam's shirt is just like mine, only different." Occasionally now and then it will slip out again. We all laugh.
ReplyDeleteMy five year old is learning about the Civil War in school and a visitor came to do a demonstration:
ReplyDeleteJ: "Mom, can we make heart attack someday?" Me "Heart attack??" J: "Like in the Civil War. Heart attack." Me: "Oh, Hard tack!" J: "That's what I said, heart attack."
My 4 year old was standing by his grandmother's pool and was told by his mother and grandmother not to jump in because we had to go to the kitchen for a minute. Of coure, we could see him, he just didn't know it. Sure enough he jumped in when we were out of sight. When we went out to ask him why he went in the pool he said, "Mommy, a big wind came by and blew me in." To this day he has a line for everything:)
ReplyDeleteWhen my daughter was about 3 years old, I went away on a scrapbooking retreat and my wonderful husband stayed with the kids. He called me one afternoon just laughing and asked if there was anything he should know about the UPS man. He then went on to explain that my kids heard the truck pull up to the house, my son, 6 at the time, ran to the door to get my CTMH package that was being delivered. My daughter missed the driver at the door but from the doorway, waved and yelled..."I looooooove you!" When she realized how funny we found it, she proceeded to yell "I love you!" to the UPS man with every delivery until we moved.
ReplyDeleteOH yes, my younger daughter (who is going on 22!) would get a lot of words mixed up. I wrote the "Donna-isms" in her baby book.
ReplyDeleteSome of them were: Desk-a-lator for escalator.
"I learned my Listen, Mommy!" (after I lectured her, naturally!)
Donna was learning to read in kindergarten and the consonants were 'male, whereas the vowels were 'female.' So Donna explained to me that "Miss E exercises with Barbles" I asked her to repeat that..."She exercises with BARBLES, mommy." OOOOH, I finally got it...Bar Bells!
Those are just a couple I can remember off the top of my head.
My son Kevin has autism. He has a difficult time with speech and making himself understood. His language is called echolaic. He repeats what he hears but doesn't have conversational language. Sometimes what he hears isn't "exactly" what is said. One day I asked him if he wanted some fruit cocktail? He said "No fruit cottontail"! It was sooo difficult not to laugh as we don't want to discourage anything he might say. It always make me smile!
ReplyDeleteJust the other day my boys Tony age 7 and Joé age 5 were talking about what the older one wanted for his birthday. He oh so wants this green gardening wagon that tilts in the Canadian Tire flyer- he loves his present little red wagon but it's getting worn out. Anyways, Joé said to him if you want that wagon ask Nana for it , she's rich she can buy it for you! Like it was nothing....funny thing is when I shared with the grandparents this story they laughed and Nono said - Lou we do need to buy this for him! I'm not sure what was more funny the kids conversation or the grandparents! *laughing as I write this!
ReplyDeleteMy stepson, Charlie, was in 1st grade, learning to read. When we watch TV or movies, we usually have the closed captioning on out of habit. One of the movies Charlie wanted to watch offered closed captioning, so he asked if we could turn it on for him.
ReplyDeleteMy husband asked Charlie, Okay, do you want English, French or Spanish?" Charlie's reply was "Spanish, please."
Hubby looked at his son and replied, "You can't read Spanish, can you?"
Charlie replied, "Sure I can...Sp-An-Ish!"
Not so recent, but still makes me giggle...
ReplyDeleteWe sat in the bleachers with our boys to watch my daughter's band perform at half-time. Another "band parent" struck up a conversation with the boys who proudly explained that their sissy was in the band. The parent asked, "What does she play?"
The boys calmly replied (in a tone that sounded a lot like DUH), "She plays music!"
TO preface this story my son has a below the knee amputation,has a prosthetic leg, is engaged and his fiance' has 2 boys...Dylan's perception of Brandt's situation is priceless as you will read...one day mom and Dylan,5, were walking on the sidewalk and Dylan spotted a woman with a prosthetic leg. He got so excited, tugged on mom's arm, pointed at the woman and in his innocent little voice said..."hey mom LOOK! that lady is a transformer just like Brandt!!"
ReplyDeleteMy little cousin was in the bathroom and I could hear him tooting away, so I asked him if his tummy was upset. He responded, "I don't know about my tummy, but my bottom sure is mad".... OMG I couldn't stop laughing. He was only 4...
ReplyDeletewhen my little one (now 20) was younger he would leave me little notes, my favorite one said "Mom, you are the BUS!" When he read it to me he said best, but even to this day he will send me notes, or now texts, and still tell me that I am the bus! Love it!
ReplyDeleteOne afternoon my Mother,daughter,sister,and I were coming home from the zoo. my Mom and Bethany(my daughter)were in the back seat talking about the events of the day. Mom started talking about all the pretty flutterbyes(her made up word for butterflys)they had seen that day. Bethany with all the innocence of a 4 year looked up at her and patted her on the leg and said "It`s all right Grandmother, I know when you get older your face cracks and you can`t say your words right anymore. Well needless to say the grownups in the car were laughing uproariously, while poor Bethany had a confused look on her face. It happened 20 years ago and we still laugh just as hard today.
ReplyDeleteWell, my son who is now 18 and graduating high school is going to kill me for sharing this. He must have been in about second grade when we were going for a walk down by the creek we live by. There was a gal there swimming and he pops up out of the blue and says, "Look, she is wearing a zucchini. We all just started laughing, knowing what he meant to say, "bikini". So, the family joke is to always point out to him when we see a bikini, look Nick there is another zucchini. Thanks for having us reminisce about some of the corniest things that our kids have said.
ReplyDeleteMy baby girl, who is not such a baby anymore, is in speech therapy. She has started talking more and more and we are thrilled! My oldest, age 5, said to me the other day, "Mom we need more babies in this house, because I love babies and Annalee is talking now - she is not a baby anymore." :) Oh so sweet I thought, until he continued. "We need at least TEN more." I think a part of me was not sure whether to laugh or cry at that moment. Three keep me busy enough - can't even imagine Thirteen!
ReplyDeleteWhen my son was really little, his older sister did all the talking for him so he didn't learn to talk until he was about 3. One day we were visiting friends when he took himself off to the bathroom. A few minutes later, he came back hopping across the floor on all fours. "Me wabbi!" he excitedly exclaimed. "What was that?" I asked. "Me wabbi! Me Wabbi!" he said again and turned around to show his impromptu cotton tail - a was of toilet tissue he had wedged in his little butt crack! We still laugh about that even though he is now 37!
ReplyDeleteMy son McKendry (14) was volunteering at church while having a conversation with my best friends son Rhys (8). Rhys' mom is the vounteer coordinator for our children's ministry.
ReplyDeleteRhys: McKendry, how much do you get for allowance?
McKendry: I don't get allowance. I do work for neighbors like mowing and house sitting.
Rhys: You mean your a volunteer at home to do chores?
Here's a conversation we had a while back that I am still shaking my head over
ReplyDeleteEllie: Mom, Carina can't come into my room.
M: Why? E: Because my room is guilty.
M: ?! Why us your room guilty?
E: Because my room is all slickery slick, slickery slick.
At which point she shut the door to her room, walked down the hall and started playing in the living room. I checked out the room, and I had and still have NO IDEA what that all meant!
Recently I was giving my 7-year-old son a haircut and noticed how his hair seemed to be thickening up and turning darker, just like his dad's. I commented to him, "Andrew, your hair is getting more and more like dad's every time I cut it."
ReplyDeleteHe jumped up off the chair with a look of fear on his face and exclaimed, "What?!?!? It's turning GRAY?!?!?!?"
Oh, did I laugh!
We were driving across the border at the 1000 Islands to go to Florida and my son said, "Look Mom, a boat with trees on it". I was looking in the direction he was pointing only to see that he was seeing a small island with trees and he thought it was a boat. That made me laugh. I wrote it down in my travel journal.
ReplyDeleteMy little one was sick yesterday and she kept saying she wanted Aligator. I finally figured it out. She wanted Gatorade.
ReplyDeleteMy story isn't long but has brought smiles and chuckles every time I relive it. Our little Loren had trouble learning all the nuances of our language, confusing his "Ps" and "Fs". At the same time, he was being potty trained and becoming aware of his own bodily functions. One day I was in the store in our small community and had run into two friends from our neighborhood. We were exchanging opinions on the weather, common friend updates, and goings on in our families while Loren seemed to be busy examining all the wonderful new products on the eye level shelves in the aisle. At the perfect moment Loren grabs my hand to get my attention. Both my friends watch as I leaned down to give him my full attention for the moment, hoping for the to proudly show him off to wonderful neighbors. Loren says, "Mommy, I 'p'arted." While all parents know the joys of the uninhibited children pronouncements, my friends and I were still overtaken with giggles and we will always laugh at my child 'P'arting in the store.
ReplyDeleteI jot the funnies on my big calendar squares, save all the calendars from year to year, and transfer the cuteness to memory book pages when I can. When eating corn off the cob, our four year old said, "Look, Mommy! Some of the kernels are in their seats, and some of the seats are empty!"
ReplyDeleteI will share my favorites from my daughter's youth. She is now 41. The first concerns broken things. When she was a wee young lass dealing with a broken toy, crayon etc. she would tell me, "Look Mommy! This just came from together." Ever the inquiring child and a bit of a sceptic she asked me when about seven, Mom do you really think that milk still comes from cows?" I may have forgotten many priceless things she said all those years ago - but these I still hold precious in memory. Thank you for the opportunity to remember and smile anew about dear old times. Simona MacAngus a new March campaign consultants.
ReplyDeleteMy 2-1/2 year old granddaughter, Emily, was beginning to develop a nasty habit after a lengthy spell of upper respiratory and sinus issues. One day her mom (my daughter) caught her with her finger in her nose and said to her, “Emi, stop picking your nose.” Emi replied, “I'm not picking my nose, I'm smelling my finger!”
ReplyDeleteHee-Hiles! That was the "catch-phrase" when our daughter was young. She loved to prance around in my shoes but wasn't able to pronounce high-heels, instead it came out hee-hiles. We chuckled and delighted over this litte phrase and which stuck around for many years. Funny how these things cycle around-when her oldest was just a toddler still in diapers, he found my hee-hiles and strutted around the house in Nana's shoes. I have the cutest picture of this little boy, wearing nothing but a diaper, wearing my open-toe, single strap, red heels. Of course he will "just die" if we ever show that picture off!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter was 3 years old. It was winter and we were visiting my parents in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They lived in a complex that had several houses which surrounded a pool that was for everyone in the complex. My daughter was a very independent, fearless, little girl, so we showed her the pool when we arrived and cautioned her about the dangers of getting too close to the edge. We told her it was deep and that if she fell in, she would sink to the bottom. A few days later we were walking around the pool with her, and she was talking about it being dangerous. She said, “It’s deep and there’s a sink in the bottom!” (She will be 39 in a few days.)
ReplyDeleteMy 7 year old has recently gotten very into hip hop music because of her 20 year old sister. Recently while driving in the car I had a country station on and she asked what type of music it was. When I told her country she very politely asks if we could out the "city" music back on because this was too slow. Out of the mouths of babes....
ReplyDeleteA friend’s 4-year old asked his 7-year old brother to explain to him about God. He knew who Jesus is, but was confused about who God is. His brother told him matter-of-factly: “You know God. He’s the one who made the world, the trees, the oceans, the animals, all the people, . . . He made EVERYTHING! Oh, he didn’t make the cars, though. GM made the cars.”
ReplyDeleteWhen my now-13-year-old was about 5, she did NOT want to eat the quick supper I had prepared, a chicken/pasta/vegetable meal from a bag. I tried to convince her that she liked everything in it, but she refused to it. (She even went as far as to tell me she would just eat a big breakfast in the morning!) After her bath, I tried one more time to cajole her into eating her dinner. She refused. I told her that I was pretty disappointed in her decision, but it was her decision after all. In all seriousness, she looked at me and said, "Well, I'm pretty disappointed in your supper." I didn't dare laugh in front of her, but boy have we laughed about that one since!
ReplyDeleteEmi, my 2-1/2 year old granddaughter, was eating cashews for the first time. When she finished, she looked at her mom and said, “I want some more moons, please.”
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeanette, I've enjoyed reading the comments. Started my day with lots of laughs.
ReplyDeleteI will share about my boys. My oldest, almost 15 now, was a toddler and we were working on good manners. Every time I would tell him to tell someone thank you he would say "thank me!"
It is hard to pick just one funny situation so I'm also going to tell you about my youngest. He was a late talker as he has Down Syndrome. He was between 3 and 4. He was crawling into my bed early one morning just as I had passed gas and before I could say anything, he says "Bless You" I wanted to laugh but didn't want to discouage his speech so just smiled and thanked him. We kept a talking journal for him for his speech therapist and she chuckled as she read this entry (She was a nun also) Karen
(Sorry if this repeats..don't know if it went thru!)
ReplyDeleteHi there! I LOVE this! What a great way to brighten the day reading all of these!
7 year-old: "Mom, you know how I want to be a singer someday?"
Mom: "Yes."
7 year-old: "And you know how I love to watch T.V?"
Mom: "yes."
7 year-old: "Well, it works out PERFECT! I can watch myself on T.V!"
My oldest daughter was 5 (she is now 13...she will be so happy to know I'm sharing this...) she got put on a time out...I made her stand facing the wall so she as she stood there...she kept misbehaving...and stood longer...about 15 minutes later she was finally able to behave and she looked down at the spot she had been standing (carpetted area) and said with tears sliding down her face..."see I had to stand there so long my feet prints are going to stay there and everyone is going to know..." I almost fell over laughing...
ReplyDeleteMy kids aren't kids any more...they are both in their 30s and quite amazing young adults. This isn't something cute because it is hard to share cute things when your children are grown. But I will share something I think is very inspirational. My daughter (my eldest) is 37. Her entire life she has wanted to be a police officer. She is only 5'3" and about 110 pounds and she endured a lot of discouragement because everyone told her that because she was a 'girl' and so tiny that she would never make it. Three years ago she applied to California Highway Patrol (basically our state police). She excelled in all the pre-hiring tests. State budget cuts prevented a new academy class until this year. CHP is one of the toughest police academies in the country. Well, she got accepted and is near the top of her class. Fifty percent have failed out, and she is consistently used as an example of 'the perfect female officer' as she goes through pepper spray, boxing, being hit with a taser twice, and generally outshining her fellow cadets - both male and female. She is 20 weeks into a 27 week endurance test and will graduate July 13. Tiny woman, strong will - and I will bet she will be 'cute' in her uniform!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen our youngest Justin was 3 years old and learning how to count, his daddy asked him to count to 10 for him. He promptly did that. Then daddy wanted to make him really think about the order of the numbers and he asked him to count backwards. Justin obediently and proudly turned around backwards and counted 1, 2, 3... Not exactly the backwards his daddy was looking for, but we have laughed and laughed about that and he has always been the comedian in our house! :)
ReplyDeleteLast week I wanted a new blouse. At the store my son did not want to take the time for me to shop. I asked him, "Is this one pretty?" He quickly replied, "Nope, none of them are. Let's go home!"
ReplyDeleteEmi (my 2-1/2 year old granddaughter) was helping her mom, Hallie, locate dog poop in the backyard. Dusty (one of their dogs) was in the corner of the yard digging. When Hallie yelled out to Dusty, Emi said, “I’ll get Dusty, you get poop!” A future leader in the making - - - she already knows how to delegate!!!
ReplyDeleteMy husband, who is an electrician, was working at someone's house when their little boy came up to him with a box of cookies and asked "Can I have some of these?". My husband answered..."You better ask your parents." The lil' boy replied "That's why I asked you, they'll just say NO"......
ReplyDeleteAnother golden nugget from 2-1/2 year-old, Emi. If you haven’t already guessed, she is a handful, but so much fun! Her mom and dad usually give her to the count of three to reconsider her actions before the law comes down on her. Just tonight, Emi wasn't listening. Her mom said to her: “What happens after I count to 3?” Her answer: “4!”
ReplyDeleteHi Jeanette! My 3 year old says the funniest things! You know how you ask your kids "what would happen if..?" Well, I asked him what would happen if he touched the stove and he said "I would turn into a vampire" another day I'd asked him what would happen if he ran around the pool and he said "my belly would esplode(explode)"Where do they GET this stuff!? They really ARE Crazy kids!!
ReplyDeleteWe were in the car and I was flipping through radio channels and Alton heard the announcer say, "Eating blueberries alone is not enough" to which Alton replies "Yep. You should always eat blueberries with a friend." He's 3 and he loves to tell people, and I quote, "I'm a hugger!". He truly is the joy in my day!
ReplyDeleteOn one of the first cool, fall mornings here a few years back my son, age 5 at the time, was standing outside waiting for me to take him to school. It was cold enough to see your breath and he said in amazement, "Look, Mom! I can see my own exhaust!"
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, Jeanette! I am grinning from ear to ear! Here's one more I thought of:
ReplyDeleteWe were eating pizza and my 2 1/2 year old kept saying, "Get these tires off my pizza, please." I didn't know what he meant until I realized that the "tires" he was referring to were the black olives.....
Took my 2-1/2 year old to the Chicago art museum. My husband and I tried to keep her engaged with talking about colors, animals and other things she was seeing in the paintings. One of the paintings we saw, she said "he has no shirt on," and I told her yes, you are right and do you see his belly button. She responded, "tickle, tickle!" because everyone knows, that is what you do with a belly button!
ReplyDeleteWhen my son was 4, I rounded the corner into his room. I walked in slowly b/c I wanted to see if he was truly in bed. He was and my despair, he had his finger dug into his nose. I exclaimed, 'Avery! What are you doing? I told you not to pick your nose!" His reply was, "I'm not. I'm putting it back."
ReplyDeleteGood one, Haley D! That made ME laugh out loud.
ReplyDeleteHi Jeanette,
ReplyDeleteAll of these are pretty cute. Mine is a definitely a "monkey see, monkey do", story. My husband lovingly has always called me "Woman" when asking me to do something. When my nine year old son was about 2 or 3. We were walking around the car after buckling in his baby sister. And he opens the door and jumps in as he proudly proclaimed, " BUCKLE ME, WOMAN!!" In the moment I was pretty shocked, but then could not contain my laughter. I still laugh when I think back how matter of fact he said it!
Well I have two stories:
ReplyDelete1) My oldest son was about 2 and was always seeing my husband and I on facebook. So one night while I'm sitting at the computer, he comes waddling in with a little photo album I had given him with pics of family members and says, "Look Momma, this my facebook".
2) This was same son at 3 1/2 (pretty recently). I had just given birth to his baby brother and was unsure how to explain nursing to him. So luckily my wonderful hubby quickly took over and explained how mommys feed their babys. You could see this lightbulb go off in his eyes and he turns to me so proud of himself and says "Mom, you're just like a cow!" My husband and I laughed so hard, I had tears in my eyes.
Emily and Sam were arguing, so as a consequence, they each had to say something nice to each other. Emily says to Sam, "You have a nice tan." Sam replies, "You're skin looks softer than your fists."
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ReplyDeleteSorry, the last unknown about facebook and being a cow were mine - BriHarris3818.
My son always has fun "Samisms".
ReplyDelete1 - "jack crossing" rather than jay walking"
2 - "Mom, I want to be a cub scout so that I can do the pine cone derby!"
3 - Reading a bithday card:
Front of card: "You're hot!"
Inside card: "Don't worry, it will pass."
"Get it, Mom? She's having flash backs!"
My daughters (5 & 3) just got a nice card from their Grandmommy. They were writing a response with my help, responding to some questions. Here was their letter:
ReplyDelete"Dear Grandmommy,
Yes, the sun is shining here. School is out in four days. We can name the lizard 'Leap Leap.' Thank you for the card. Please send candy next time.
Love, Leah and Susanna"
My 2 year-old is fascinated with her body. She's also realizing that people look different. While undressing for a shower, she pointed to my chest and asked, "What are those?" I replied, "Boobies, you have some too." I then showed her. She looked at hers and back at mine, and said, "Boobies, big ones!"
ReplyDeleteOh ny, my kids only get limited "screen time" - you know, TV, computer, video games, etc... Well, my little one told his pre-school teacher his brother didn't have any "scream time" left -- so funny, but maybe you had to be there. What a hoot!
ReplyDeleteMy granddaughter was about 3 1/2 years old, she had just learned to say grace. My daughter, son-in-law and son were over for brunch when Dawnia asked to say grace. We all bowed our heads and she started with Plesae bless this food and...and...and...and...and...and...(by now we were all looking at her. She had her eyes closed so tight, her little head bowed ,and hands clinched. So on she went with and...and...and...,and...(then said) make Grandma buy me everything I want! Oh my, I thought my kids were going to bust. My daughter said"Boy Mom, she has you pegged!
ReplyDeleteI, like some of you, have a notebook where I write little tidbits of stuff kids say and so. Then when I am scraping I have plenty to say. I just randomly opened it and this is the first entry I saw.
ReplyDeleteOctober 21st, 2011
Maverick (age 2.9999) and I were sharing a lunchable:
"Maverick you can only have one cracker" He is trying to eat two crackers one cheese and one ham
"One cwaker?"
"Yes honey just one cracker."
"Oooohh ok"
"Maverick what is this?" I just have to ask because its so cute the way he says it.
"Cwaker"
"You are so cute Maverick. You are a cwaker"
"No Mommy I am a boy"
"ok, well then he is a cwaker" I point to his baby brother.
"No Mommy, that's a baby"
We have a big fish tank in our family room which is connected to our kitchen. Our family was looking at the fish tank and my husband was standing next to it. One of my daughters says look at that fish it has a big poop hanging out of it. I gently reminded her that we don't say the word poop and then she promptly said right after, Look at that fish it has a big poop hanging out of it, and then I just looked at her and said didn't I just tell you not to say that, and she said I was talking to Dad.
ReplyDeleteA friend’s 4-year-old graduated from Pre-School today. There was a celebration and a lunch afterwards. His mom and grandma attended. On the way home his mom says to him, “I bet grandpa really missed you today!” It was their routine to eat lunch together after school. She said, “He had to eat lunch with Rosie (the dog).” The 4-year-old looked at her, with an almost fearful look and exclaimed, “You mean grandpa had to eat dog food?!!!”
ReplyDeleteMy friend got a stylish new doo & color spruce up last night ~ trying something newish. She teaches preschool. This morning one of the minions says, " If you think that brown hair looks good on you ~ ummm, NO and NO on the bangs too." Gotta love the honesty. Note to self... No more bangs and apparently I need to be wearing my hair like Rhianna - However that is??? Loved this and it sure made me lol!!
ReplyDeleteA few weeks ago I took my five year old to an extra class for dance since she had been out sick the week before- I said to her, "We have a ballet MAKEUP class today, get your dance clothes on." She happily did what I asked, bounced into the dance studio and I didn't think another thing of it until I picked her up. She was ANGRY. I couldn't imagine how dance could have been so awful. After we got in the car, I asked her what was wrong. "MOM, YOU SAID IT WAS A MAKEUP CLASS, AND ALL WE DID WAS DANCE." Apparently she was looking forward to eyeshadow, blush, and lipstick :), not pirouettes and arabesques. Needless to say, we did real makeovers when we got home :).
ReplyDeleteIn August 2008 I had fallen and pulled all the muscles and ligaments in my back. In early 2009 I had spinal injections to help with the pain. In Oct. 2009 the injections were starting to wear off and my tail bone was very painful so the Dr. told me to sit on one of the blow up donuts. So I got one and my Granddaughter Hailey (4 at the time) always followed me from chair to chair making sure I had my donut. So one day, my daughter, Granddaughter Hailey and I went to town, and on the way Hailey says "Grandma you forgot your donut". I said "No, I can't use it in the car because I get car sick, remember". Hailey says " Ok but your dog bone is gonna hurt".
ReplyDeleteI am very blessed to have 3 amazing children all with their own special memories.
ReplyDeleteNathan, my oldest, graduates from HS this Friday. One afternoon, when he was about 7, he was helping us stamp all of the invoices going out. One minute he was fine and then the next thing I know he is covered in stamps. They were stuck everywhere in every which way. To this day those pictures are immortalized in one of my favorite layouts.
Madeline, the middle child and only girl, is the ray of sunshine in our home. I remember when she was almost 2 and was learning different nursery rhymes. One afternoon on the way to the grocery store she started to sing "Da itty bitty PIE-DAR" (spider) at the top of her lungs. To this day the memory of her sweet voice coming from the back seat singing PIE-DAR warms my heart.
Joe, my youngest and final son, is 3 and is the craziest boy. He always has us in stitches and is definitely the charmer. Last night while getting ready for bed he come running into my room dressed in Madeline's Super Girl halloween costume and a red bike helment. He gets up on my bed for a quick picture and starts jumping around. I tell him "Joe we don't jump on the furniture." Joe says "I'm not jumping I am falling!" and falls flat on the bed. I tell him we don't fall on the bed. He says " Okay I flying then!" and jumps up and "flies" (falls) right back down again. I give him that "No" look as he is getting back up to do it again, so he says "Mommy how am I suppose to be a hero if you won't let me practice my flying skills?" with the biggest pout and brown eyes you have ever seen. "Okay Joe just one more time." is all I could think of, and in comes Madeline who is 6. "Joe you are the luckiest kid in the world! Your super power isn't flying it's getting Mom to give in! Not even Dad can do that!"
I loved reading everyone's stories, and love reading the blog too! Thanks for all the inspiration!
When my youngest (Carson) was about 8 we made a quick trip to the grocery store for a few items, in the first isle, I asked him (because I knew he would know the answer) if we needed milk? He paused, and thoughtfully said, Yes, I think we only have Two "Tanks" left! I could hardly keep from laughing, and to this day we talk about milk - not in gallons, but in tanks.. :)
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