Kids say the darndest things

son's 4th birthday. the day before, he was being a huge brat so we were talking about what happens if birthdays are cancelled: presents go back to the shop, no cake and you stay 3 forever.

him: so... that means I won't ever die.

Somehow he always manages to win the argument!

lol that is outstanding

flawless victory

overplayed your hand, tbh

yeah I know!
He's frighteningly good at assimilating new information with stuff he learned ages ago and drawing logical conclusions. Then asking relevant questions.

We're reading the Hobbit. We're a bit more than halfway through, at the spiders in Mirkwood.

My 7 year old daughter asks "Why are there no girls in this book?"

damn

also otm

he always manages to win the argument!

You could have come back with: "No. Even three-year olds can die!" (accompanied by a meaningful look). To which he might retort, you said "you stay 3 forever. Those who live forever do not die. QED, my dear parent." Your rejoinder: "Those who die do not age, my dear child. Once having attained age three, a dead child cannot be remain two, nor yet become four. Hence they remain three forever. Case closed."

After which your child grows up to be a celebrated lawyer.

frighteningly good at assimilating new information with stuff he learned ages ago and drawing logical conclusions

this is so fun to see, like he's spent time a learning system and now understands it enough to test or exploit it. Last night he was hyper and didn't want to take of his clothes to get his pajamas on; usually we do this by commanding a super hero named 'naked boy' to appear. He wouldn't so I made some dumb joke about transforming into a nakedasaurus and he looked at me deadpan and said "those have been extinct for a really long time".

haha.

"How much is that doggy in the window?
You've got your own sense of right and wrong!"

"what are you thinking about?"

"nothing"

"oh come on"

"fortnite"

"okay"

"and before that, football"

"okay"

"and before that, spiderman"

what a unique flower

lol

Ben gave us a permission slip for a field trip to see a play entitled “Nightmare on Puberty Street.” Which we signed. Cut to twenty minutes later and

Owen: What is this on my face? Is it acne?

Ben: Nightmare on puberty street!

Author, author!

omg that sounds like it should be a Legz Akimbo production

4yo, out of nowhere: there are dimensions we don't know about

us, open-mouthed at our genius/otherwise gifted child: um... What dimensions do you mean?

4yo: no, there are some engines* we don't know about. What are dimensions? Are they fun?

*new characters from Thomas the Tank Engine that he'd just watched on tv

massive lols at that!

haha that’s great

lol

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:D

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That is my favorite thing in ever

so great

my latest favorite grand-daughter thing is when she asks for "a glass of water, filled TO THE BRIM"

“Do ghosts have wallets?”

🧐

my son just called me a "scallywag"

I cosign your son imo

call him a nincompoop

All these are such cute remarks. Here it's watching Sex Education.
Me (during scene in which two teens watch gay porn):"So you know what rimming is?"
My 13 yo:"Yes."
I'm like Gillian Anderson's character. Lol. Or Eurotrash. Basically, yeah, I educate my kids. 😂

You're a hero.

It's been snowing; yesterday the snow was pretty heavy all over our garden covering everything. Today a lot has melted, so the patio, garden path etc are visible again.

My 4yo, upon seeing the thawed garden path: "ahh, Pathy! you're back!"

aww

He’s been obsessed with spelling and numbers lately- wanting to count to a hundred, asking for the sum of two numbers vs the name of two numbers next to each other, etc.

Tonight he told me there is a number called ‘dash’, and I asked where he heard about it and he said “from the scientist I met before I was born”. This is like the third time he’s casually mentioned this scientist.

D:

Xxxpost hero? Naaaah. Haha. We've always been no holds barred w most things. Well, me mostly. Same w language: no baby talk. Just no.

We were talking yesterday and suddenly realized: in about four/five years she's off to university. Gone. On her own. Wtf.

4yo talking about his testicles again: "These are useless, aren't they daddy? I think they're what Topsy had removed" (Little girl character on kids' tv show who had her appendix out in the show)

O_O

I think he thought they were the same as an appendix (?!) which in the show they explain doesn't do anything...

Wah!

6yo daughter hammering on our hastily locked bedroom door, bellowing, "But there's no REASON for you to be NAKED! It doesn't make any SENSE!"

lol

yikes

So funny

"i have an object in my left nostril" - the four-and-a-half year old to the ER doc after shoving part of a juice box straw wrapper up his nose during nap time at preschool

"luigi? he's a butt scientist" - shit talking mom while they were "playing" OG super mario brothers

Both classic! That's exactly how I'd break that info to a doctor, to be honest.

4yo upset because he was thirsty and wanted a drink of water on the way to pre-school, and said he wouldn't drink any water at pre-school because it doesn't taste very nice. We wouldn't let him go all the way home for a drink so he started to cry... "Well crying won't help you!"
"Yes it will because I can drink my tears!"

we asked for that one, really