Out of the Mouth of Babes

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Here are some of the cute things that my children have said. At least these are the ones that I was smart enough to write down.

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Will – age 2 ½ – first sentence we ever heard him say (he was adopted from foster care)

“I want my f&#@!+^ mommy!”

Will - age 2 1/2 - His head got bumped on the truck door as Bill was lifting him up into his car seat. He whimpered a little, and dad asked, "Are you going to live?"

Will looked at him funny, "At your house."

Will – age 3 – while rough housing before bed

“I’m going to wrap you into a burrito.”

Will – age 3 – named his stuffed shark souvenir from the zoo aquarium

“hockey puck”

Will – age 3 – at the grocery store with his father

“What are we going to get?” Bill picked up carrots. Will said, “Carrots! Good Choice!”

Will – age 3 ½ - when crying with a few tears

“Why is my eye dripping?”

Will – age 3 ½ - A stranger at a garage sale asked Will, “Why are you so much bigger than your twin sister?”

“She doesn’t drink white milk. I do!”

Will - age 3 1/2 - He stepped on something and hurt himself, just kind of “weh, weh” and I asked him why he did that. He said,

“Because I don’t know what I’m doing!”

Will - age 5 1/2 - He was out with a "day with daddy" and had just finished shopping at Wal-Mart to buy a new radio for himself. He was hoping to go to the park and play.

Dad said, "okay, now for more shopping!" Will answered, "yeh!" Dad said, "but you don't like shopping." Will explained, "I do, when it's for me!"

Kaci – age 3 – this one is special to me because she was mimicking me and said it ALL the time

“I don’t think so!”

Kaci – age 3 ½ – Kaci’s note from her early childhood teacher said...

“She said ‘What the H@^*!' today in class. She paused for a moment as if checking to see if anyone was really listening to her story then continued on matter-of-factly.”

Kaci - age 3 1/2 - listening to music with her dad in response to the song Ballad of Irving “142nd fastest gun in the west…”

“We don’t use guns. That’s a bad choice!”

Kaci – age 4 ½ - Bill and I were discussing having to change plans because our babysitter canceled.

“Maybe Dr. Sunderland can baby-sit us.” (He is the ENT specialist she sees every 4 – 6 months for her ears. He is a really nice guy who is older than her grandpa.)

Kaci - age 4 1/2 - same doctor as the babysitter comment when her brother was NOT being cooperative with her pretend play

"Then I'll just marry Dr. Sunderland."

Kaci – age 4 ½ – see separate story, “Hi, Stinky Face” when we saw the adoption judge at a state adoption celebration event with several hundred people. (she has also done this to her school bus driver – he wasn’t very please, either)

“Hi, judge” (yelling) “Hi, Stinky Face!”

Kaci – age 4 ½ - Kaci was talking to her twin brother about her dad

“Stop arguing with him. You’ll make him mad or piss him off.”

Kaci – age 5

My mom was taking Kaci to Dairy Queen for a treat and told Kaci, “Give mom a hug & kiss.” Instead, Kaci kissed and hugged the dog twice. Then told me, “see ya later.” I pouted and said, “I’m mom! That’s the dog!” Kaci kissed the dog again and turned to leave. Changing her mind, she bossily told me to sit on the rock. So, I sat on the rock. Kaci leaned in close and licked me on both cheeks. She turned to leave with a big grin.

Kaci - age 5 1/2 - about 2 months ago, Kaci lost the tip of her middle finger in an accident and had it sewed back on in the ER. I was speaking to her preschool teacher and was told the following story.

We were in circle and you know how Kaci often wants to tell things that have nothing to do with the current topic. Well, She raised her hand, "Mrs. P.!"

"Yes, Kaci" - in a loud, firm, indignant voice Kaci said, "MY MOMMY TOLD ME, if my finger falls off, I should pick it up, put it in the trash and go to the nurse!"

The teacher and paras repeated the imitation of Kaci's voice and giggled with delight at how funny it sounded. She said, "Can you imagine how many times you'll hear a child say, "if my finger falls off...?"

Her teacher says that she will truly miss Kaci's stories when she goes to kindergarten next year.

Kaci - age 5 1/2 - she says this all the time -

"What da..." as in (what the hell!)

Kaci - age 5 1/2 - "mom, we've gotta take the dog to the vet."
"Why Kaci?"
"Cause, the dog has flus on her tummy."

Kaci - age 6 - after getting her ears pierced and daddy making a big deal about what a big girl she'd been, she was shopping to spend her Christmas gift cards. She passed by the pink girly watches and picked up a grown up style watch,
"I want this one cause I'm not a little kid anymore."

Kaci - age 6 1/2 - her daddy had to plug in her new mp3 player to charge. She asked how long it would take so dad pointed to the clock and showed her where the hour hand had to move to.

Later, she was looking at the clock. Dad asked her what she was doing. "I'm making sure it's moving."

Will - age 6 1/2 - We were shopping at Wal-Mart. Having seen commercials for a new kind of soda pop. Will tried to get his dad to buy it. "Dad, it only has an ounce of calories."

I know there are a few more pieces of paper floating around my house that I have used to write down some of the cute things they say, so please forgive me as I add to this list in the future. I realized that this was one central location that I could compile these to together and make it easier to find in the future.

Story ID:	2109
Written by:	Kristy Duggan (bio, link, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Musings, Essays and Such
Location:	Andover KS USA
Year:	2006
Person:	my children