Here's a selection of some recent quotes from my 4-year-old daughter M- and 7-year-old son D-:
D- (after milking a legitimate cough a bit much): I AM sick-- I've always had a cough like this. ... YES, always... well, since last evening.
M- (rooting around behind her in her car seat as we drove): I've got a BUNCH of toys and stuff in my seat crack! I've got crayons, and Cheerios...a penny. I've got a PENNY in my SEAT CRACK!
D- (running, eagerly, after it was pointed out that Momma's crude humor was technically appropriate given her location*): Then I'm gonna go to the bathroom to say a bunch more BUTT things!
M- (finding a new way to protest, a few days after an explanation of Intellectual Property law): No, D-!! That's MY trademarrrrrrrrrk!
D- (unaware of the sad, overwhelming facts about himself these days, after reflecting on all the "bad kids" in his yearbook): Wow, MY teacher is lucky! Every OTHER teacher has a BAD kid in her class who has to go to the OFFICE like every day!
* For the record, no, she was in the bathroom washing dishes**, NOT using the toilet.***
** Until our kitchen is reassembled (but it's only been 8 months!!), that's where we're forced to wash them. We couldn't be happier about this...
*** She NEVER does that.
31 May 2011
27 May 2011
A conversation between M- and D-: Children, Interrupted
Here's a 100% authentic, oblivious conversation between two masters of a certain art form:
M- (continuing a story about school): Well, sometimes we talk while the teacher is talking, anyway, so...
D- (interrupting): THAT'S called "interrupting". It's...
M-: It's NOT good. It's very RUDE! Dad hates th...
D-: Dad was doing that back to us yesterday...
M-: Yeah he was, it's very annoying!
You may enjoy my previous (4YO daughter) M- conversations, (7YO son) D- conversations, and (wife) J- conversations.
M- (continuing a story about school): Well, sometimes we talk while the teacher is talking, anyway, so...
D- (interrupting): THAT'S called "interrupting". It's...
M-: It's NOT good. It's very RUDE! Dad hates th...
D-: Dad was doing that back to us yesterday...
M-: Yeah he was, it's very annoying!
You may enjoy my previous (4YO daughter) M- conversations, (7YO son) D- conversations, and (wife) J- conversations.
25 May 2011
Amusing searches, Vol. 14
Here are more of the most amusing searches that have brought people here recently, this time with the theme of: The Least Depressing Searches That Led People to my 10 Reasons my 3-Year-Old Son May be Homosexual Post.
(All search strings are reprinted exactly as they were entered, and the search text links to the post at which the visitor arrived.)
• 4-year old son walks gay (Harlingen, TX) - You know what they say, if it walks like a gay, and talks like a gay, you're probably unnaturally obsessed with your child's sexuality. Father or mother, I'm just glad this is how you spent your Mother's Day.
• 5 year old behaving homosexual (Queen Creek, AZ) - You'd think living in a place named Queen Creek, Arizona, you'd be resigned to this kind of thing. He's just trying to fit in!!
• when 2 year olds smear feces on the walls (Covington, KY) - Let me finish that for you: "...then the fun begins!"
• is it wrong for my 3 year old to sleep with me (Marysville, OH) - Yes, but only because the resultant insomnia might cause you to murder him or her "in your sleep".
• 20 year old son maybe homosexual? (Billings, MT) - Preeeeeeeeeeetty sure by this point, it's no longer your concern.
(All search strings are reprinted exactly as they were entered, and the search text links to the post at which the visitor arrived.)
• 4-year old son walks gay (Harlingen, TX) - You know what they say, if it walks like a gay, and talks like a gay, you're probably unnaturally obsessed with your child's sexuality. Father or mother, I'm just glad this is how you spent your Mother's Day.
• 5 year old behaving homosexual (Queen Creek, AZ) - You'd think living in a place named Queen Creek, Arizona, you'd be resigned to this kind of thing. He's just trying to fit in!!
• when 2 year olds smear feces on the walls (Covington, KY) - Let me finish that for you: "...then the fun begins!"
• is it wrong for my 3 year old to sleep with me (Marysville, OH) - Yes, but only because the resultant insomnia might cause you to murder him or her "in your sleep".
• 20 year old son maybe homosexual? (Billings, MT) - Preeeeeeeeeeetty sure by this point, it's no longer your concern.