Lately L wants to know not only what animal he is eating, but what part of that animal. He became upset yesterday over ham. Not because he was sad that he was eating pig, but because he was sad that the pig’s face had been removed.
Along these lines, when he asks what animal he’s eating, he checks to make sure he understands by doing an impression of the animal.
“What aminal is this from?”
“That’s chicken.”
“As in bok-bok chicken?”
“Yes, as in bok-bok chicken.”
These conversations have permeated S’s consciousness and now whenever she eats anything, she says “bok-bok” and does spastic chicken flapping with her arms.
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One of S’s favorite songs is Wheel’s on the Bus. Her favorite part is the horn going “toot, toot, toot” complete with horn honking motions. In our house, toots, and tooting have a whole ‘nother meaning. (Can you see where this is going?) Whenever S passes gas, she excitedly acts out honking a bus horn and shouts out “toot, toot, toot!” It’s so cute, it makes me just want to feed the kid beans.
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I’ve mentioned before that S has nothing interesting to say, and yet she talks constantly. I’ve tried explaining to her what ought to be said aloud, and what is not interesting enough to say. For example, while driving in the car in the afternoon, it is not necessary to observe, “Me no see moon.” One need not list all the things one does not see at a given time. I answered, “Me no see elephant.” She is not learning.
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Conversation with T at 6 AM this morning (we aren’t the happiest people at 6AM):
me: I ordered S her own clock so she can know when it’s morning.
T: What? Why?
me: What do you mean why?
T: Can’t we just rig one?
me: Rig one? With paperclips, weights and rubber bands? WTF are you talking about?
T: No, I meant with a lightbulb and a timer.
me: OMG, you’re a crazy man. She can have her own clock. She’s her own whole person.
S: Ya! Me me own person! Me me own person! Daddy, me me own person! Me me own person! Me me own person! Daddy! Daddy, me me own person…
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me to T: Maybe you could take L to the market with you and he might S-L-E-E-P in the car.
L (extremely excited): Does that spell “guns in the car”?
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“Guns in the car” made me laugh out loud. Thanks!! I needed a break from my afternoon.
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Thanks Allison for the laugh…my 19 year old son wrecked his six month old car today (yes the fun never ends!) and I really needed it. I have two toddlers also (2 and 4) so I can still relate. That guns in the car thing, too hilarious.
Toot, toot, toot is cute… I never thought about that one – we sing beep, beep, beep for the horn. We can go on for about 20 verses, I’ve learned a lot from You Tube – you can make up anything to go in that song…
Ahhh, kids say the darnedest things, no? Thank you for the laugh!
Bwha! Guns in the car. Holy crap, that’s funny.
I say feed her beans…”tooting” is really only funny when they’re little like that, so enjoy it before it becomes disgusting!
“guns in the car” has had me laughing all afternoon…
I’ve been walking around, intoning “me my own person,” but nobody has bought me a clock. Or a lightbulb on a timer (wtf? isn’t that called a sun?)
Guns in the car is AWESOME. Take him to the store so he can have guns in the car. That’s *exactly* what I was thinking. 😉
The ham without a face. Priceless! How the f*** do kids come up with such random things to get upset about?
Guns in the car was so unexpected that I just had to close the office door. Too funny!
What the hell is it about boys and guns? I loved the toot toot toot!
Boys say and do the funniest things. Boys will be boys. (:
Laughing out loud at work about “Me no see elephant.” 🙂 Thanks for the laugh!