Silly Kid stories

[fireheart]

When I was a kid, I had a boy in my class challenge me to a footrace across the width of the basketball and netball courts (they were side-by-side) and back. I ran the width of the netball court, touched it and ran back, while the boy was already down at the basketball court. My mum happened to be watching this at the time and found it hilarious .

[dalesys]

Mom dressed my two oldest sisters (5 & 3) in bare midriff outfits. Loosewheel, the younger, was frantically trying to pull her top down to meet the lower portion.

Marha, the ancient, explained, "Don't worry, it's supposed to have an intersection."

[Seraph]

Quoth Kal

Back when my eldest was little (technically still little at ten, but even littler then) we were coming out of the library when she saw a man at the bottom of the steps with long hair, heavy stubble and an eyepatch. Being a sensible girl she immediately screamed "It's a pirate!", dived back into the library and wouldn't come out again until he'd left. Luckily he thought it was as funny as I did and didn't get offended. :P

We had that issue recently while out at a restaurant. Guy walks past, with a huuuuge grey beard, scraggy hair, and this crazy leather eyepatch. Both girls point and scream "Santa's a PIRATE!"

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Years and years ago, my family was getting ready to go out someplace. I don't remember if it was shopping or out to dinner or what.

My parents had to go do something inside the house, so they put my sister and me in the garage and told us not to move until they came back.

In the time they were gone, my sister and I got out the garage door, across the back yard, and into the vegetable garden, which at that time was a mud pit due to heavy rain or snowmelt, and sunk ourselves in the mud up to our knees.

As I recall, mom and dad weren't angry as much as amused and bewildered. As I also recall, the trip we were about to make ended up not happening.

[dragon_wings]

My niece and nephew got a Harry Potter chest set sometime in the last year or so. And my nephew is *obsessed* with it. He'll take the pieces out and play with them even though a handful have gone missing since.
One day as the family (sis, bro in law, niece and nephew) were out and about nephew (3) screams out 'The black ones are always evil!' Cue *face palm* from my sister and brother in law.

[Mishi]

Jazzy and Bubbles know that they are not allowed to draw on the walls.
Their paraphrased excuse: The walls are really very boring and need to be a lot more prettiful, and we know we're not allowed to draw on the walls... so they drew many pretty pictures, cut them out with fancy scissors and proceeded to glue and tape them to as many walls as they could while I was in the bathroom.

[Squeaksmyalias]

As the story goes, typical of my childhood from what I understand.
I once got myself stuck in a tree while my older cousin was supposed to be keeping me out of trouble (considering how he, his brother and I were, I have no idea why he even tried). I meowed until found, then was lured out of the tree with a cup or can of soda. On the way back into the house he tried to bribe me not to tell, except little Squeaks was just so thrilled with her kitty cat antics that she proceeded to tell all the adults, it was a family party, quite a few heard about it.
After that he figured out that telling his little barbarian of a cousin that he wouldn't get her an invisible pet dragon was a better bribe....come to think of it he has never gotten me that invisible pet dragon.

[fireheart]

Quoth Mishi

Jazzy and Bubbles know that they are not allowed to draw on the walls.
Their paraphrased excuse: The walls are really very boring and need to be a lot more prettiful, and we know we're not allowed to draw on the walls... so they drew many pretty pictures, cut them out with fancy scissors and proceeded to glue and tape them to as many walls as they could while I was in the bathroom.

OK THAT I can see happening. Although it might be worth introducing them to Blu-Tack

When I was a kid we had this bucket in the backyard that was used for the sandpit toys (said sandpit is LONG gone). I discovered when I was a kid that I could sit in it butt-first with my hands and legs poking out the other end. Dad took a photo, then we had to tilt the bucket over so I could get out

[Mishi]

Quoth Squeaksmyalias

I meowed until found.

First it was the Aircraft ADD, now it's cats. We really need to meet up one day because Bubbles is somehow taking after you!
Lately, she's been climbing up as high as possible and then meowing for rescue OR throwing down one end of a skipping rope and yelling out "Yee-hah! I caught you 'cuz I'm a cowboy!". Bubbles is randomly running up to me, licking my arm or leg, barking and then running away laughing.

@Fireheart: My two wouldn't trash the house with flour, but they have made some interesting sandwiches and breakfasts* when I'm otherwise occupied. They're clever enough to time things so that they have a lower chance of interruption. No Blu-tack, they keep trying to feed it to the dogs.

*I was woken up one morning by Jazzy who was dressed in an interesting conglomeration of clothes and announcing "I've already had breakfast. It was Weet-Bix with milk, sugar and rainbow sprinkles. I'm all dressed and I woke up Bubbles for you, she's on the potty." The sandwiches were created while I was hanging a load of washing, they were: margarine, peanut butter, marshmallows and raw sugar on wholegrain bread. I caught Jazzy just as she was adding jellybeans and choc-chips, and talking to Bubbles about adding sliced banana.

[fireheart]

Quoth Mishi

No Blu-tack, they keep trying to feed it to the dogs.

Ah. I think my mum set up a massive blackboard in the family room to stop me from drawing on the wall as a kid . Nowadays they have blackboard paint and somewhere I've heard of magnetic paint (don't know if it still exists though). (for the record, the magnetic paint is designed for the vinyl magnets)

A friend of mine has a 3-year-old daughter who has a tendency to call every woman she meets "mum" and every man she meets "dad". I think the next Medieval Fair is going to be VERY interesting...