A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary.
Funny things kids (and sometimes adults) say. Somethings these make you say “Hmmm.”
Evan, pound pound pound: "Mooom MIE! You don’t yeeET?"
Evan: "Moommie!"
Evan:"You done yet?"
Evan:"You done yet?&qout;
Evan:"Mommy. You done yet?"
I can only assume she was in the bathroom.
Evan:"Daddy. Amy hit my shirt!"
Dad:"She what?"
Evan:"Amy hit my shirt. Go like this!"
Wait until Dad diapers and completely dresses you then say, "Got go poop Daddy!"
Dad: "Time to take a bath."
Evan, 3 years old: "Sorry Dad. I can’t take bath."
Dad:"We are going to take a bath and brush your teeth."
Evan:"Sorry Dad. Not right now. Going to get cereal."
Evan, with the world’s cutest wave, and cheery:"Bye."
Evan:"Nite nite Mom me"
Evan:"Mommy help me on shoes"
Dad:"Give me that bop please."
Evan, 3 years old handing over pacifier:"Here go."
Dad:"Thank you."
Evan:"Welcome."
Dad:"You’re a good boy."
Evan:"Yeah Dad dy."
Evan, 3 years old: "Bye-bye Daddy!"
Dad:"Bye-bye."
Evan:"Thank you Daddy."
Dad:"You’re welcome. I love you!"
Evan:"I love you too Daddy"
These exchanges make me melt. Evan’s speech has inflections, pauses, and energy that we take for granted. His words say, "I have mastery of this language but I am still learning." I love to see a child grow!
Dad:"Who put the roll of toilet paper on the bathroom floor?"
Amy, 6 years old:"Not me."
Dad:"Didn’t you just use the bathroom?"
Amy:"Yes."
Dad:"Then you put the toilet paper on the floor."
Amy, the wordsmith:"No. I didn’t put the toilet paper on the floor. I dropped it on the floor!"
Evan, 3 years old: "I play with this."
Mom, exacerbated :"You’re just trying to drive me crazy!"
Evan, matter of factually:"No." (his no sounds like an air bubble popping out of a fish tank).
Evan:"Amy help."
Most popular thing heard the night before a Boy Scout camping trip [both boys]: "I can’t find my head lamp!"
Amy, teared up and unhappy with my insistence that she take a bath: "You’re mean!"
Dad: "Yes I am!"
Tommy, almost 18: "Amy you can’t say that."
Amy, 6 years old: "Yes I can."
Tommy: "No you can’t."
Amy: "Yes I can!"
Tommy: "No you can’t! Quit it!"
Evan, 3 years old bouncing and chanting: "Amy, bebe. Amy, bebe. Amy, bebe."
Amy: "Evan, stop it!"
Evan, adds some sway to his shoulders and bobs his head: "Amy, bebe. Amy, bebe. Amy, bebe."
Amy, tearing up: "Make him stop! Evan’s calling me a baby!"
Oh how they slip down instead of rise up. Do the younger of the species always win?
Evan, 3 years old: "Amy, I gotcha your nose!"
Amy, 6 years old, covering face with her book: "No you don’t. It’s protected!"
Amy:"Hey! That’s cheating."
Evan:"I gotchit!"
Amy:"I got your nose."
Evan:"NO Ammie!"
Evan:"Give you me my nose!"
Amy:"No. Give me my nose."
Evan, crying:"NO.. AAAAaaMY!"
Noses should have been designed to stay on our faces better.
Amy, 6 years old: "Dad, did you get a cinnamon roll?"
Dad:"No. I don’t need one. Thanks."
Amy: "Well, I’m eating the last one already."
Mom: "Mister! If you are going to pee on the floor, you are going to clean it up!"
Amy, 6 years old: "Dad, can I have a push pop?"
Dad, from behind a closed door: "Sure but I can’t get it for you right now."
Amy:"That’s okay. I already got it."
