I’m not sure if anyone else is as entertained with the things kids say as much as I am, but lately our kids have changed the way they speak. For instance, Jacob has added the word “particularly” to his vocabulary. And Emma let me know the other day that her friend, “won’t be available” for a play date. She also asked for a Savings Bond on her Christmas list. I’ve been keeping up with some of the funny phrases I’ve caught coming out of their mouths recently. So here goes.
When tucking in Jacob for the night, I teased him by saying, “Is that chest hair?” He responded, “yeah, and look at my mustache!”
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I asked Emma what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said, “I want to build a hospital for kids, and you know the ones that don’t have any pictures on the walls?. I want to make one with pictures on the walls.”
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Emma asked my mom if she was older than my dad to which my mom replied “Yes”.
Emma pulled her mouth to one side, squinted her eyes, and said, “That meeeannnns you’ll…. you know……” then she ran a finger across her neck ” …..first”.
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Jacob and I recently had a talk about the birds and the bees. At one point I answered a question by saying, “I guess people are just curious.” and he said, “Yeah, I’m curious about a lot of things.” I asked “Like what?” and prepared myself for some huge question about girls and boys. But instead he said, “Like… why are we in a war. And which wars are we in anyway?” So I guess I can be proud that our discussion wasn’t too serious to him, but I wasn’t really sure how to answer his war question either!
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Emma: “Um Dad, these clothes match” (holds clothes up that she is going to wear for the day.)
Nathan: “Um, are you asking me or telling me?…..go show mom.”
Emma: “Mom, the next time you do laundry, tell dad that these clothes match.”
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Emma: (wanting to listen to the news on her new radio after we’ve told her it’s not appropriate for kids.) “Mom (hands on hips) I’m not a little kid anymore. I’m SIX… it’s not like I’m 3 or 5 any more…I’m SIX! Come on…”
Me: “It’s not even that fun to listen to.”
Emma: “Well, I think it’s interesting.”
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I heard this conversation from the other room. Jacob: “Emma mom and dad have to spend their money on things every month. Like they have to pay for their cars and the house and the refrigerator. Like probably a hundred dollars for each thing! All you care about is money for your toys!”
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Emma: (with fudge pop in hand) “You know what I think? I think if I didn’t have to eat or sleep and I never got tired… I could spin forever.” When I laugh she says, ” I don’t think you could. I mean… watch *spins* (with fudge pop still in hand) I’m pretty good at that.”
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I knew for a few days from overheard conversations that Emma liked a boy in her class. I heard her making a deal with Jacob for a ring he had, and he was giving her some sort of advice that I didn’t understand. After school the next day, Jacob asked her something like, “What did he say?” Then I found the note she had written for this boy in her backpack. “WELL YOU MARY ME?” When she finally told me all about it she said, “Yeah, he said we should take things in baby-steps.” I asked her what she thought that meant, and she said, ” Ya-know like first we need to be friends, and then we can be best friends, and then we can be boyfriend and girlfriend, and then we can get married.”
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Jacob: “You know since you told me I had to be on my best behavior at Jim and Dru’s house, I held my farts in, and now I have the biggest stomach ache ever.” *moan*
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