Silly Kid stories

[AnaKhouri]

Watched a few minutes of "Annie" with Khan (5) last night.

Khan: "Why does she (Miss Hannigan) make the kids say 'I love you'?"
Me: "I don't know, buddy. She's mean."
Khan: "Maybe no one ever says they love her so she has to make them tell her they love her."

A keen student of human nature, this one.

[Kittish]

My chocolate banana veggie muffins went over quite well with the Incredibly Picky Niece. So much so that she can't WAIT to make another batch with me next week. I don't understand this kid. She insists, vehemently, that she does not like soooo many different things, yet she'll eat almost all of those things happily, even knowing what she's eating, if they're IN something. So she's going to get to grate carrots for me, and I'll probably have her work the blender to make the puree.

Nephew also got one of the muffins, gave it to him entire. He made amazingly little mess with it, wound up with only a few crumbs on him when he was done with it. He's also learning that when I call him over offering him food that it's probably going to be GOOD, so he's starting to come running when I call his name with food in my hand.

[CloserToSane]

A text from my adorable cousin (she's 15) "London this month woooo!!!xxxx" a mere hours into November. We're having our first girly weekend away this month. She's even more excited in person.

[fireheart]

Conversation today with one of my kidlets when he was getting picked up.

Kidlet: I'm SOOOOO hungry.
Me: Do you reckon you could eat a horse?
Kidlet: No, but I reckon I could eat a sandwich.
Me:

I asked him the same quesiton later and his response that time was "I could eat a whole chicken."

ETA: Asked him the question this morning ("Did he eat the whole horse last night?") and his response was "I ate a whole beef."

[wolfie]

Slightly O/T, but in Spanish "ito/ita" is the diminutive suffix (hence the tabloid "celebrity drunk du jour" going out for a few margaras instead of margaritas). Since a burro (donkey/mule) is related to horses, does that mean that when you're "hungry enough to eat a horse" you'd order a burro instead of a burrito?

[fireheart]

A number of my kidlets have younger brothers or sisters (some of whom are starting school next year). One of them proceeded to "rat" out his older brother from his hiding place, then when I said hi, walked up to me and yelled "WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?" much to mum's and my amusement.

He also kept wandering over to the table that held the magic sand but when I offered it to him, he'd run off giggling.

[AnaKhouri]

I guess one of the boys at Khan's school heard that song because at lunch he was apparently saying, 'What does the sandwich say? Omnomonomnomnomnom!"

[mjr]

My kiddo, who is 9, has an interest in Japanese. And whenever we ask him to tell someone "Thank You", he does so...in Japanese.

Also, when he was younger, he would often answer yes/no questions with "Y" or "N".

And at one point when we lived in an apartment, we had a big bay window with vertical blinds. He used to like to go near them, and would occasionally knock out one of the blinds.

Well, we had these little plush learning blocks. One of them had a frog on it, and when you pulled the leg, it vibrated. He hated it.

So in order to keep him away from the blinds, we would just put this little frog plush block on the floor by the blinds.

[April]

So my daughter is 13, almost 14. She has been fairly innocent and maybe a little naïve of "adult activities" until recently. we had "the talk" quite a few years back, and have discussed matters of sex frequently, but not the details beyond just the physical act. She has learned quite a bit from sex ed in school, and from her more mature friends.

So she comes home the other day, and says "Mommy. Did you know that they make flavored condoms? They are for (whispers) oral sex. My friend on the bus told me"

So I had to tell her yes, I did know about flavored condoms.

She looks at me, with big eyes and says "But how do YOU know? you know what? never mind. I don't want to know." then she shakes her head at me (in disappointment?) and walks away.

Somehow I feel like I have been chastised.

[dbuzman]

Kittish, it may be the texture of the food she doesn't like. I like raw onions but I cant stand cooked onions because to me they feel slimy when I eat them.

[mjr]

Another one from my kiddo:

He came up with a very cute story about how Fuji apples get to the U.S.

Apparently, there'a a Fuji apple tree at the base of Mt. Fuji. And according to his story, a helicopter with a claw on it picks an apple and flies it to the top of the mountain. At that point, the helicopter puts the apple down and someone rolls it down the mountain. When the apple gets to the bottom of the mountain, someone picks it up, puts it in a cannon, and shoots it across the Pacific Ocean to the U.S.

That's the best I recall it, off the top of my head.

It's a very cute story.

[Deserted]

Apparently, there'a a Fuji apple tree at the base of Mt. Fuji. And according to his story, a helicopter with a claw on it picks an apple and flies it to the top of the mountain. At that point, the helicopter puts the apple down and someone rolls it down the mountain. When the apple gets to the bottom of the mountain, someone picks it up, puts it in a cannon, and shoots it across the Pacific Ocean to the U.S.

...where it lands as burning applesauce...

[fireheart]

One from one of my 5-year-olds today.

Me: <child> is there any sandwich filling that you would like? (this was for our food order)
Child: I'm not going to be hungry that day.
Me/Bosslady:

(And in case you folks are wondering, we are going to do butter, jam and vegemite/mightymite (Gluten-free vegemite), along with turkey/cranberry and baked beans)

[fireheart]

I guess one of the boys at Khan's school heard that song because at lunch he was apparently saying, 'What does the sandwich say? Omnomonomnomnomnom!"

I've never seen 30 kids get SO excited today over a song. We put "What Does The Fox Say" on during a cleanup period. All of them were dancing around like crazy

[AnaKhouri]

Khan accidentally told me what he's getting me for Christmas.

Toothpaste.

But, as he pointed out, I will still be surprised because I don't know what KIND of toothpaste.