Silly Kid stories

[fireheart]

@Fireheart: What a cutie!

Last night, the girls were playing school:

Jazzy - "Dad, I was using my scissors and as you can see, I made a 2-D shape. Can you tell me what it is?"

Rugz - "Wait...you know the difference between 2D and 3D shapes!?"

Jazzy - "Yeah, we learnt about them in maths groups. Now, can you identify this shape please?"

Rugz - "It's a square. Now, what makes a 3D shape different to a 2D shape?"

Jazzy - "Well, they're fat..."

Thank you for reminding me of a conversation I had with my class about 3D shapes. We explored them in "families" (although we didn't explore spheres, cylinders, cones or a cube ) and for one of them I asked "What makes a prism unique".

The responses I got were:

-It's like a 2D shape that's been stretched out.
-It's a LONG 2D shape.
-It looks like cookie dough!


ETA: Another comment in someone else's science book.

Basically the kids were writing out things they'd need for the science experiments they're setting up. One of them has written "brains" in her list.

[worddork]

Babysat my 6 month old niece on Saturday.

She's learned a new trick. When feeding her, grandma wraps a tea towel around her to keep the mashed peas off her onies. So I wrap the towel round Nugget, start to spoon her some peas, and as soon as it hits her tongue, she wipes the food off onto the towel.

I don't think she actually ate anything during that feed time.

[AnaKhouri]

Khan: "To be like Mommy, you can be a typewriter. To be like Daddy, you can be a science boy. To be like Santa you can bring presents. To be like Batman you have to stay up nights."

[fireheart]

Khan: "To be like Mommy, you can be a typewriter. To be like Daddy, you can be a science boy. To be like Santa you can bring presents. To be like Batman you have to stay up nights."

And to be like fireheart, you need to yell at kids who do naughty things

[emax4]

A week ago I was in a local hardware store called Trader Horn. Sometimes you'll have a live person or prerecorded announcer come on and interrupt the music to announce some sale items. At the end of the message I heard, "And thank you for shopping Trader Horn: Your FAVORITE Store."

Down the aisle I saw a father with three kids and one of them loudly proclaimed, "It is NOT my favorite store!" I went over and told the Dad how funny that was.

[fireheart]

In Rundle Mall, we have the following sculptures:

-Balls
-Pigs
-Kids playing (apparently...)

Far too often I see the kids trying to ride the pigs

[AnaKhouri]

Down the aisle I saw a father with three kids and one of them loudly proclaimed, "It is NOT my favorite store!"

A couple months ago my mom and I took Khan with us to Kohl's, a department store-type place. As soon as we walked in, Khan looked around, scowled, and said, "This isn't a store for little bears! (I call kids little bears or hobbits) This is a store for mommies! NOW LET'S GO!"

[Tanasi]

This past Sunday I was playing with my 6mo grand-daughter. She was in a bouncy chair sitting on the kitchen island. I was tickling her feet with my beard. She'd just laugh, giggle, squeal and wave her hands, we were have a big time playing. My youngest daughter came in and distracted me and my grand-daughter with both feet kicked me in the mouth and nose. Now I have a fat lip and a black eye. It's hard to live down getting beat up by a baby.

[Shpepper]

I taught my stepson his Dad's phone number and our address using ASL signs. Every time we see him, he tells and signs his phone number and address. The sad part is that his mother will not teach him those things for her house.

His latest cute tale. We went out to look at Christmas lights. he said we were in Christmas land and he loved it. When we left that neighborhood, he started crying quietly. His dad asked what was wrong and he replied "That was so beautiful. and I cry when I am happy."

[AnaKhouri]

Khan: "Daddy! We got you a present. It's a secret. It's a book!"

Me >facepalm<

[fireheart]

Khan: "Daddy! We got you a present. It's a secret. It's a book!"

Me >facepalm<

At least he didn't announce what book it was

[fireheart]

From my cousin's 3-year-old son this morning while opening his present:

"I think it's a salad!"

(no, it wasn't-I do think it was lego)

ETA: Other gems from today with my 2 cousins (3 and 18 months old)

-I didn't hear this one fully, but apparently the 3-year-old threw a fit when he had to get out of the pool. His mum went to him "Yes we'll buy a new house with a pool"
-The 18-month-old kept bawling repeatedly today, although seemed happy to destroy his aunty (my cousin)'s quoits present. (she's also expecting, so we'll be having a 5-month old at Christmas next year!)
-The 18-month-old is quite happily walking and today decided to quite proudly display that by banging his head onto the corner of the table tennis table. (which was funny in a way because he was just quite casually walking along, then BONK!)
-3-year-old had his own little table and chair for Christmas lunch. It was quite cute. And just like the first Christmas with the 3-year-old (at the time 9 months), his brother threw a fit because he wanted to spend time with daddy.

-Not so much a silly kid moment, but my cousins from interstate came down today. My auntie (who tends to be one of the "bleach blonde frizzy hair cat-eye glasses, pink lipstick, "Give us a kiss love" type aunties) rallied them into dressing up as elves and handing out presents. Do I need to mention that they're all 18+ and were wearing tights? Cue the "men in tights" song from Robin Hood: MIT.

[fireheart]

One from my 3-year-old cousin's son (so my second cousin):

How to Dance like my 3-year-old:

-Try to do a handstand on the floor. Repeat this while hopping around in a circle.
-Spin around until you are dizzy. Then rest on someone's leg. (which was my boyfriends )
-When the song (don't know the title but it goes "I'm just crazy about you bay---beh" and sounds like Eagle Rock) that sounds like Eagle Rock comes on, start trying to copy the Wiggles Dance of it (very funny)

How to Play Connect 4 the 3-year-old version:

-Pick up the giant rings that were being used for game pieces.
-Proceed to put them into the nearby fountain.

(This wasn't just the 3-year-old, we had several children there between the ages of 7 months and 3 years, from different families. So we had a 7 month old, a 15 month old, a 2 3/4 year-old and 2 3-year-olds. The 7 month old kept chewing on the pieces )

How to Play Draughts/Checkers the 3-year-old version:

-Proceed to pick up the giant pieces.
-Stack a tower with them (these were GIANT pieces, about the size of a lilypad)
-If you happen to be the almost 3-year-old, barrel into them and knock them over
-If you happen to be the almost 3-year-old, create a circular path with them and step on them like lilypads (nobody wanted to play the game since we didn't know the rules)

And finally, how to play pool the 3-year-old version:

-Help pick up the balls from the pockets (these were the string basket ones)
-Roll them all over the table.

I stopped him before he could interfere on this one. His idea of "darts" was to climb up on the chair near the dartboard and put them in (it was his mum's dartboard, it was electronic and nobody else was playing but I supervised him with the darts since they were plastic)

Luckily there were no tears with this one. On the other hand, his cousin threw a little tantrum at one point. (The other 3-year-old)

ETA: This is the website that shows the giant games. http://www.gardengames.com/giant-connect-4/ I am SO buying some of these for my special needs kids as a reward.

[Caffienated_Caramel]

And finally, how to play pool the 3-year-old version:

-Help pick up the balls from the pockets (these were the string basket ones)
-Roll them all over the table.

My sister and I did that when we were kids.

Hmm silly kid stories...I posted one in a thread I made called ancient self sgithing a couple of years ago. It was the second one. Go take a gander and lol.

Being a hyper demon child that I was, there are many stories of me told by family members. The most famous ones are "War" "Shooting Star/Red Balloon" And "Marinated Chicken"

This one I'll regale that I call "Cheese"

I believe I was two and was going through swimming lessons at membership pool place. One of my Aunts or Mom had recently bought a video camera and was filming my sister, baby cousin and me.

I thought it was a regular camera. As in anyone who pointed a camera at me at the time, I stop what I'm doing, say 'cheese' until there's a flash or they go away and I go back to what I was doing before.

Only this time, the camera didn't flash or go away. Which I believe threw me into confusion. So I kept saying cheese at it until something would happen so I could go back to what I was doing (swimming).

It got to a point where after my lesson I was done, I'm yelling at the video camera "CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSE!!!!!!"

I think I gave up after awhile or until they went to film my sister or baby cousin. And I believe this video evidence still exists.

[Andara Bledin]

One from my 3-year-old cousin's son (so my second cousin)

Totally OT, but that would be first cousin once removed. What type of cousin is based on how many generations back to get to siblings, and the removal is how many generations apart you are. Wikipedia has an incredibly useful chart for that.

Also, your 3-year-old cousin has a son?!?

^-.-^