Silly Kid stories

[fireheart]

One I forgot to mention.

Friend of mine has a 5-year-old daughter. Friend also recently became an Australian citizen.

During said ceremony, 5-year-old went up on stage. The lady handing out the citizenship certificates gave her a little kangaroo toy despite the fact that kidlet was an Australian citizen (by birth and by daddy-Mum is from the USA)

[AnaKhouri]

Khan: "Why is Zeus the King of the Gods?"

Me: "A long time ago the Greek people believed in a lot of different gods, and Zeus was the chief god. He controlled storms and lightning. We don't believe that though, they're just stories. We believe in one god."

Khan: "So...after Zeus, the one god came and took over."

Me: "Um, not quite."

[fireheart]

Khan: "Why is Zeus the King of the Gods?"

Me: "A long time ago the Greek people believed in a lot of different gods, and Zeus was the chief god. He controlled storms and lightning. We don't believe that though, they're just stories. We believe in one god."

Khan: "So...after Zeus, the one god came and took over."

Me: "Um, not quite."

Heh, I had to come up with a neutral response the other day to the question "Is God real?" My response was that I wasn't going to say anything because what I told her would differ between adults

[Kittish]

I watched my youngest niece and nephew several hours this evening. Nephew is just learning to stand and walk a little, not quite there yet and niece is in first grade. I think tonight was the first time my nephew has encountered a cat. He was fascinated, and laughed himself silly. Mister Kitteh even played with him, they spent a good half an hour with nephew chasing Kitteh, and Kitteh moving just fast enough to keep out of grabbing range.

I made zucchini bread this evening also. Niece is unbelievably picky about food, there's a stupidly short list of things she'll eat, and pretty much all of it is stuff I don't normally have in the house. She surprised me though. She watched and even helped with making the bread, she knew there was zucchini in it, saw it being grated and mixed into the batter and decided to try it anyway. And liked it. A lot. The chocolate chips didn't have anything to do with that. Nope, nothing at all.

[AnaKhouri]

Having children help in food preparation goes a long way toward making them more likely to eat it. My son isn't picky at all, part of that is natural and I truly believe part of it comes from having him help me prepare food since he could stand up.

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At the park, talking to a nice grandma with a 5-year-old granddaughter.

Granddaughter: "I wanna go! I'm hot and thirsty and you just keep talking and talking and we need to go NOW!"

Grandma: "Viola, you don't talk to Grandma that way!"

Granddaughter: "Whatever, I talk to you like that all the time."

Khan and I:

Later I asked what Willy Wonka would have done to that girl. He said the squirrels would push her in the garbage and turn her into a blueberry.

[Deserted]

I made zucchini bread this evening also. Niece is unbelievably picky about food, there's a stupidly short list of things she'll eat, and pretty much all of it is stuff I don't normally have in the house. She surprised me though. She watched and even helped with making the bread, she knew there was zucchini in it, saw it being grated and mixed into the batter and decided to try it anyway. And liked it. A lot. The chocolate chips didn't have anything to do with that. Nope, nothing at all.

Wait... chocolate chip zucchini bread? THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING...!

[fireheart]

Having children help in food preparation goes a long way toward making them more likely to eat it. My son isn't picky at all, part of that is natural and I truly believe part of it comes from having him help me prepare food since he could stand up.

We've started doing this with the kids at work: they help prepare their afternoon tea once a week if it doesn't involve anything hot (ie pasta or soup). They love it. (for some things ie vietnamese rolls, we do the stuff that requires hot work, but the kids do the rest)

And now, a story from work.

Two girls this morning decided they'd save the earthworms that washed over to the school in the heavy rains that have been plaguing the school for a fortnight now. So they originally grabbed them with sticks and put them back in the earth.

Then later on, they decided that one worm was worth saving so much, they grabbed the skateboard they use to pull each other around and placed the worm on that, before transporting him over to the point where they were releasing the worms. My boss and I couldn't stop laughing

ETA: One of the kids at work is Aussie-born Chinese. He gets picked up by either Mum, Grandma or "Grandma that doesn't speak good English." (his words) This is literally how he described his grandma.

[Kittish]

Week number two of niece and nephew for the evening. Taught the niece how to play War and made her declare which side was the winner for every card flip. She wasn't even having to think it over much toward the end of the second game, even had the jack=11 queen=12 king=13 bit down. Kicked my butt in the first game, second game was a draw.

Found myself trying to explain how gender works for plants, she kept wanting to know which bits of my little tree were girls and which were boys. Helps that there are bigger trees actually blooming right now around the corner of the house, maybe she even got the bit where pollen is the boy part and pistil is the girl part and that flowers have both. Not sure she quite comprehended that trees are as big underneath the ground as they are on top of it.

I also currently have a hopscotch grid on my kitchen floor, laid out with painter's tape. Niece was bouncing around, full of energy and kept saying how it was too bad I didn't have chalk and a patio where she could play hopscotch, so I set her up. She spent the next hour happily jumping back and forth along it. Left the grid on the floor because I'm going to have them again tomorrow.

I have this very silly looking baseball style cap, it has kitty ears sticking up and the cat face on the front. Looked really super creepy when I got it, the irises of the eyes were white. I painted them green, so now it just looks silly. Nephew is in love with the cap, sat in the middle of the kitchen with it, putting it on (it fell down over his face every time), taking it off, putting it on, looking at it, chewing on the bill, putting it on, spinning in circles on his butt on the floor....

I've told niece that if she's good all this week that we'll make cookies next week. Think I'll do the wrapped kiss cookies again, that'll be one that she can have fun doing. Can even do them in colors, and decorate them some if she wants to.

[AnaKhouri]

Asking Khan what he wants to drink for breakfast. He says no to milk, juice, water etc.

Me (exasperated): "Do you want beer?"

Khan : "N...YES! I want beer!"

Me: "I was kidding. You can't have beer."

Khan: "I want beer!...Mommy?"

Me: "Yes?"

Khan: "What's beer?"

[fireheart]

Asking Khan what he wants to drink for breakfast. He says no to milk, juice, water etc.

Me (exasperated): "Do you want beer?"

Khan : "N...YES! I want beer!"

Me: "I was kidding. You can't have beer."

Khan: "I want beer!...Mommy?"

Me: "Yes?"

Khan: "What's beer?"

Oh dear.

If you have a juicer, why not let him help you make some juice for him?

[dalesys]

Khan: "What's beer?"

Whiskey's too rough, champagne costs too much, and Sneaky Snake stole all of our beer.

[wolfie]

Whiskey's too rough, champagne costs too much, and Sneaky Snake stole all of our beer.

Sounds like the Tom T. Hall version of a mixed drink. For non-fans, "Sneaky snake" is the title of one of his songs (aimed at kids, so it's ROOT beer that the snake drinks), and the start of Dalesys' post is a quote from "I like beer".

[fireheart]

Conversations between me and the kids this morning:

Me (to another child who's walking in): Guess what we're making today!
Child 2 (from across the room) PAPER-MACHE!

(Technically she was correct-it was a pinata)

Me: So I'll be going to see a wedding and to see my family. (Long story short: I'm flying back to my hometown for a few days in November)
Child: So your family is getting married?
Me:

[fireheart]

Conversation between a former coworker and one of the kids he looks after:

Child: My grandma bought me this new book, it's called the Bible!
Him: Oh really? Sounds exciting! What is it about?
Child: A man who was born on Christmas Day, then died on Lucky Friday. But it's okay; he woke up a few days later and flew away.

[Pixi_kitty]

At the elementary school I work it, due to need, parents are allowed to drop their kids off an hour and a half before school starts. The older kids get to do academic activities in the computer lab, while I sit with the K-2 on the stairs. My job is to keep them reasonably quiet and under control. I try to keep things light and easy going, so when a kid is doing something obnoxious and another one tattles, I ask if we should throw the kid in the garbage bin. They giggle and it stops behaviors.

Yesterday, my principal was having a conversation and starts laughing very loudly. One of the kiddos looks at me and complains "She's not using a Level 1 voice!" Of course, I agree, and then ask if we should throw her in the garbage. The kids all look at me aghast, then start to giggle uncontrollably.
That afternoon, during dismissal, there was crazy rain. Guess who put on a garbage bag to keep dry?
My reputation is now legendary.