Dad: "Amy come here!"
Amy: blink blink, no movement
Dad: "The dog is better behaved than you."
Category: From the mouths of babes
Funny things kids (and sometimes adults) say. Somethings these make you say “Hmmm.”
From the mouths of babes
Amy: " I don’t like being small." giggle, smile "when you’re small you’re" pause, grin, quieter "aaangry."
My God! My daughter is Jack Nicholson!
From the mouths of babes
While driving Noah to karate we notice a portion of Food City’s parking lot blocked off with what appears to be jumping balloons, tents, and a big cow and lots of orange.
Noah: "Dad, what do you think they are doing over there?"
Dad: "I don’t know but I see a jumping balloon, cute girls, and a big cow. Looks fun!"
Noah: "Don’t you have an affair Dad!"
Dad: "Noah, I would never have an affair. What makes you say such a thing?"
Noah: "You called them cute girls."
Dad: "Oh. Well I can notice they are cute or pretty without having an affair."
Noah: "Oh I see! You mean cute like little girl cute."
Dad: "Uh."
From the mouths of babes
Amy: "I wish I could be drops of water."
From the mouths of babes
Dad, point out some studs in the house: "Noah, what are these for?"
Noah: "To keep the craddle from turning over."
Dad: "It’s a crib not a craddle."
Noah: "To keep the craddle from turning over."
Dad: "It’s a crib not a craddle."
Noah: "To keep the craddle from turning over."
You know, kicking expensive phonographs always helped in these circumstances…
From the mouths of babes
Granddaddy: "So, who does Evan look like?"
Cathy: "He’s a mix of everyone."
Granddaddy: "You mean my grandson is Heinz 57?"
Cathy: "Yes. He’s all the leftover DNA. I used the rest up."
From the mouths of babes
The other day we went to Cracker Barrel with Cathy, Noah, Amy, Evan and myself. If you have never been to a cracker barrel, you should know ever table has that triangular game with the golf tees. (which ironically, is how they describe it in their product description! I wrote mine first!) I have accidentally solved it once in my life.
Amy is playing the peg game and drops a golf tee on the floor. We ask Noah to pick it up. Now Noah could be holding something and still be unable to find the object he is holding. The rest of this plays like it was scripted for a movie.
Noah begins looking for the golf tee on the dark tile floor and Amy watches Noah intently from her booster seat with this pleasant, relaxed look on her face. The guests around us take no notice as they continue to eat their pancakes, grits, and chicken and dumplings. The checkers board sits on a barrel just waiting for two players. We are near the kitchen and the wait staff enter and leave at haste and Noah stays out of their way. Noah is bent over staring at the floor. A waitress quickly sweeps the floor in front of her on the way back to the kitchen. It almost looks Monkish as if she does not want to step on a dirty floor. Amy continues to watch Noah as he stares at the floor moving his head back and forth as he scans for the golf tee. Knives and forks clink on plates. Conversations hum.
Dad: "Amy can you see it?"
Amy, non-chalantly and continuing to watch Noah: "She sweepered it."
From the mouths of babes
Yesterday I am on the driveway deciding what goes back in the garage and what goes in the garbage.
Sarah, steps into the garage and shouts out to me: "Mom said to tell you its thundering!"
Dad: *blink* *blink*
From the mouths of babes
Sarah, who has lost her cellphone somewhere in the house: "Well, I don’t know what to do!"
Dad, blink blink: "Find it?"
The noise I hate the most…
Thud. Wahaaa!
From the mouths of babes
Amy, deep asleep, loud and with enthusiasm: "Thank you elephant!"
From the mouths of babes
Evan: "Rompf gurr hurr-rum romfp fps"
Dad: "Tommy, I think Evan is trying to tell you something."
Evan: "Errr oohph umm umm"
Tommy: "No, he’s talking to the Roomba."
Note- Roomba is charging in Tommy’s room while we have guests.
Dad: "He doesn’t like that thing. Let them work it out."
Tommy: "Funny Dad. But not that funny."
From the mouths of babes
From the mouths of babes
Amy says: "I wish I could dance with the clouds up in the sky."
That’s my free spirit!
From the mouths of babes
Amy: "Daddy, you make me all better."
Thanks!
