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I have a four-year-old who says some funny things throughout the day.  Here are a few of his nuggets of joy:

“Turn off your music, it makes me sad.  I need to do a video game for quiet time, not your music for quiet time.” – Sometimes I listen to new-age music from my satellite while I relax and read a book.  Apparently this is not his favorite way to spend “quiet time” and would much prefer a nice relaxing…video game.

“I’m going to send you to YOUR room so you can go to sleep and I am going to do a quiet time video game.”  These two have been followed by a “no” “yes” ping-pong match between us.

“You put on your Princess Leia Halloween costume and I will be Yoda.”  I relanted and he then followed me around the house showing me his toys and played a little “Uno Attack” match – always referring to me as “Princess Leia” and never “mommy.”  This also works with any hand-puppet I hold.  As soon as it’s on my hand, it has magically come to life and he wants to show it all of his favorite things because it’s his newest bestest friend!

“Dad, that song wasn’t necessary.” – After daddy had been humming a tune to himself while making lunch.

“Somebody lock me in the pantry!” – One of his favorite games where he then pops out and surprises any passers by.  (In case you’re wondering, we don’t have a lock on the pantry and would of course never lock our children anywhere because that would be abusive and wrong.)   Other similar favorites of his are “Push me down” (on the couch)  or “Tickle/Kiss Attack”.

What are some funny things you hear your kids say during the day that…out of context…sound funny or horribly wrong?

Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Kami
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In one week I have gone from saying “I didn’t go to preschool and I turned out just fine” to saying, “How was your second day at preschool, honey?”  My older son is a little resentful that he didn’t get to go to the fancy-schmancy preschool that the younger one is attending, but honestly?  When he was four we didn’t have the money and the waiting list was a mile long.  Suddenly my youngest benefits from a little time (we now have more money) and the fact that they had four openings (which shrunk to two in only one day).

Yesterday was our “first day” and already strange women were swarming around and shaking my hand, introducing themselves (which I only find irritating because I know I’ll never remember their names) and leaving me feeling a little like I just got fooled into joining some kind of cult.  One lady today kindly introduced herself to me and said, “I know you’re new…”  as if I had just moved into an Amish community or something.  She did invite the entire preschool class to come to her home (for her daughter’s birthday this weekend) to watch Toy Story 2 on a projector screen which I thought was very sweet and slightly insane.

To be fair, my oldest DID go to a co-op preschool (that means it was free) but it was only a negative experience for him (that means he was the only boy and he hated it) and I hated taking my turn once a month to be the “teacher”.

What are your thoughts on preshool, internets?  Not worth the money?  Totally worth it?  Some children benefit from it while others don’t really need it?  Discuss.

Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Kami
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