Overheard at Home

Jan 15

The lotus is strong in this one

Son: “Daddy, I learned some Yoda today, can I show you?”

Me: “Sure…do you mean yoga?”

Son: “Oh yeah, yoga.”

Dec 24

Only my child

Madison wanted me to take her to the store so she could get her some M&Ms. As we pulled in, this was our conversation.

Madison~ Mama you don’t have any make up on.

Me~ Well honey I just got out of the shower.

Madison~ Well now I know why people wear makeup…

Oct 20

Birthday Present

My Wife: What do you want for your birthday?

Jack (3):A car please but not like yours, i want a racing car?

Sep 26

A hug for a hug

Me to 6yr old son : “You have an unlimited number of hugs in you, don’t you?”
Him : “Yeah. That’s because every time I give you a hug, you give me one back, so I never run out.”

Aug 12

Matthew (7): “It’s strange how Boy and Man have the same number of letters in but girl and woman don’t.”

I didn’t think of the word ‘lady’ until we had gotten out of the car much later.

Birds and the Bees. Doggy style.

(lying on the edge of my 4 yo’s bed at 6.45pm on a summer evening, trying to encourage him to go to sleep)

Charlie (4): How do you make a dog ?

Me (39): Well, a mummy dog and a daddy dog that love each other …. (Charlie interupts)

Charlie (moving his hands up towards the wall): I can’t make it look like a dog.

Me: *phew*

(I was doing dog shadow puppets with a torch, and again at the cinema the other week. He keeps trying to replicate me.)

Daddy?

One day myhusband called from work. After chatting about his annoying co-workers; he told me to hand the phone over to our son. I handed the phone to my 6 year old, and just watched. He and my husband talked for a little. Finally Regan put down the phone and walked up to me. “How was your chat?” I asked. “It was okay,” he answered. Then he added, “Anyway, who was that?”

Daddy?

One day myhusband called from work. After chatting about his annoying co-workers; he told me to hand the phone over to our son. I handed the phone to my 6 year old, and just watched. He and my husband talked for a little. Finally Regan put down the phone and walked up to me. “How was your chat?” I asked. “It was okay,” he answered. Then he added, “Anyway, who was that?”

Jul 13

Me: Do you want to go ice-skating tomorrow after your brother’s lesson we’ll go on the public session, and you can hire a penguin to hold onto

(a penguin is a 3 foot high plastic model of a penguin with handles that allows toddlers to keep -mostly- upright on the ice)

Charlie (4): No, I wasn’t born to do ice-skating.

Jul 08

Blueprints

5-yr old: “Mom, don’t you wish there was a machine so you would never have to clean the house again and again?”

Mom: “Yes, I would love that!  Why don’t you starting building one?”

5-yr old: “Mom! I can’t do that!  I don’t even have any blueprints!”