The Things Kids Say!

JaMae-I love the talking age! It's a riot hearing what's going on in these little minds. Last night we were driving home in the car and Aiden was in the back singing Old Mc Donald had a farm! But of course he only knows one line so it was the first line over and over...My hubby looked at me and said "Isn't this so nice compared to that first year?" And he was right. Aiden never rode well in the car so driving was always stressful because we had a screaming child in the backseat constantly--and if we didn't we were really worried he would wake up any minute and start screaming. It is SO much fun when they talk and sing instead!

How funny all of these are. This is a great topic. I can't wait until my little lady starts talking!!

My kids were watching TV the other morning and you know how now they're showing all the new toys, just in time for Christmas? Well, Eli (6) sees a game that he thinks looks really kind of cool. He says, "mom, I want to put that on my Christmas list."

I tell him, oh, it's one of those toys that looks so much better on TV than it will in real life. They're just trying to get you to buy it, so they make it look like a lot of fun, but it might not be that great and so forth.

He comes back with, "but that's okay, mom. We don't have to pay for it. Santa can bring it."

I couldn't come with a response to that one!

That is funny!

I have to share that two years ago Aaron had just turned 8 and we were walking out of the grocery store and it was actually hailing. Now here in Southern CA that is very unusual so the kids weren't too familiar with it in real life. Aaron was lagging behind and hitting at the air making his notorious sound affects when he started to get quite mad. I said, "Aaron what are you doing?" His response, "Hitting the air." I asked him why he was hitting the air and he said very confidently, "Because it keeps hitting me."

Mikki Hogan
Publisher of UniqueParenting.com

This one is from my friend's incredibly bright 5 year-old:

We were at the park yesterday and there was a group of older boys (a home-school co-op) who were running around playing Star Wars games. Alex came over to me (his mom wasn't around) and said, "I'm going to go hit those boys" Shocked. Um...what?

So I asked him, "Why would you want to do that?"

I expected him to say that they had pushed him, or harmed him somehow, but instead he said, "because they're strangers." Huh?

Hmmm... Me:"Why would you hit a stranger? Is that what God would have us do?"

Alex: "Well, if a stranger grabbed my jacket" he motioned by grabbing the collar of his jacket and pulling "I would hit him."

At this point it's dawning on me that he may have recently learned some self-defense or something so I said, "well, if an adult stranger was trying to grab you and hurt you, than yes, you should hit him and run away, but those boys aren't trying to hurt you. They're just having fun playing a game with each other." he thought about that and must have decided that that made sense and the "strangers" didn't pose a huge danger because he ran off and continued playing without hitting anyone...But man, that one cracked me up.

This is a blast Cheryl! Great Idea!

I can't wait until my little Joa starts to say funny things. For now I will share some of my niece's sayings during my pregnancy.

One day I was at Target finishing up my baby registry. My niece asked me to scan a fun Diego plate set for the baby and some baby food. I explained that the baby wouldn't need those for a while because i was going to nurse him. My then, 4-year-old niece asked me about nursing. I explained it to her in the best way I could. I said God puts milk in my breasts and then the baby drinks it. As soon as I told her she let out a loud, "EWWW!" Then she looked at me very seriously and asked, "Chocolate milk?" (her favorite drink)

Another afternoon my niece and I were laying in bed after her nap looking at a baby magazine together. There was an ad with a gorgeous red headed baby. As I turned the page she asked me, "Titi, what color is your baby going to be?" I was floored because up to this point we were unaware that she was aware of skin color differences. I calmly replied "He will probably be brown like me and Tio." Without skiping a beat she says, "I want him to be Orange

This is such a fun topic. I have a notebook with little notes of some really funny stuff the kids just say. Here are two examples I loved;

When Aaron was 4 he came running out of the room one day in a fit of panic shouting, "mom there is something in my ear!" Now the poor boy was crying and really scared so my thought was a toy or something that somehow got stuck. I am looking and see nothing, absolutely nothing so I calm Aaron and try my best to convince him of this. He is not having it and says I can feel it! I asked him what he thought it was and his response, "A hole!" LOL Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

Just last night we were at Burger King with another family sharing a nice laugh and greasy food. My son Joshua tickles my ribs because I kept scooting into him (on purpose of course) and I jerked away almost falling off the seat. I looked at him and said, "Don't do that I could have fallen." My little Morgan, 7yrs, says, "Mom, it's 'fell' because fallen isn't a real word." I told her fallen is too a real word and she insists it isn't. So I asked her, "What books are you reading?" Her response, "Ones with real words."

All the parents laughed and left it at that. Ones with real words. I have tons of these and will share more definitely. Thanks Cheryl for starting this, it is such a fun topic and we parents can sure enjoy looking back on how our kids so innocently share their opinions!

Mikki Hogan
Publisher of UniqueParenting.com

That's funny, Cheryl! My dad is bald, but we never thought of getting him a hair piece. LOL

We just bought a tractor so my husband could mow the yard in less than 2 hours. I was joking around and I called it "Daddy's new toy" to Aiden. It has been a couple months and Aiden will still say "Daddy? We ride on your new toy today?" And when he wants his dad to mow the lawn he gets really serious and says "The yard don't wook good, we need mow it." (often this comment comes on the same day the grass has been mowed).

Another favorite of mine, was when we got a smoker. It has a main grill and then a small box off to the side where you put the wood chips in. Well, he pointed at the big part and said "That's Daddy's grill" and then at the small box and said "That one mines". So now when Daddy smokes meat, Aiden always supervises what Daddy does to "his grill" Grin

~Elsie