Their Own Words

This is a post that will be edited frequently as I (or we) remember words. The real word first and their word second.

smoothie...smovie (Quentin)
Sponge Bob...Bob Bob (C, Q and Z)
Mickey Mouse...Ick Ba La (Brandon...had to put that one in:-)
Elizabeth (Bit)...Butbo (C, Q and Z)
DVD...DDD (C, Q and Z)
Quentin...Two Two (Connor)
Quentin...Ten Ten (Zeke)
amnesia dust (from the movie Tooth Fairy)...Ann Neegie dust (Quentin)
remember...nemember (Quentin)
chocolate milk...chot chot milt(Zeke)
Takaoka (restaurant in Fort Wayne)...Tapioca (Quentin)
butterfly...buggerfly (Quentin)
"Sweet Home Alabama"..."Sweet Home Howdabanda" (Zeke)

Big Butt

We were at a basketball game and Quentin had to go to the bathroom. He was probably about 2 1/2. When he went to the bathroom to poop at that time, of course his little butt went down into the toilet a little, like kids' butts always do.


He went to the bathroom, then I sat down to go. We always went in the handicapped stall when I took them to the bathroom so that when I had to go, they could go over to the side. Well, as usual, Quentin went over to the side and I sat down.

He said, very seriously, "You are never going to be able to poop wth that big butt." (since of course, my butt didn't go down into the toilet.)

Real Life

There is a minor league baseball in the city near where we live. Last year they had a "Star Wars Night" and the team wore special jerseys. They were really cool...they were mostly black with stars all over them. They gave the jerseys away to several lucky fans. They would call out ticket numbers to find the winners

Connor, who was five at the time, got excited every time they started calling numbers and was SURE he would win. When they didn't call his ticket number, being five, of course he would get mad.

We tried to explain to him that everyone in the stadium was hoping they would win a jersey and some people would win, but MOST people would not win one.

They started calling numbers again, and again, he did not win. So again we tried to explain that it would be nice to win, but most people there would not win.

One of us said to him "That's just real life"

Connor's response..."I HATE real life"

He didn't win, but he got over it and we had a good time.

A Big Cookie

When Connor was not yet 2 years old, they were all at a basketball game. Connor was going through a stage where he ran away from everyone a lot! True to form, he ran away from Brandon and Jessica at the ball game and they were in the bleachers. They were afraid he would get hurt falling on the bleachers so Brandon went after him.

Brandon took him by the hand and Connor pulled away and Brandon heard something pop. As the evening wore on, Connor's arm got sore an it got worse and worse as the night went on. On the way home, they stopped at DuPont Hospital to get him checked. As it turned out, his elbow popped out and he had nursemaid elbow.

The nurse was very nice to him and asked him if he needed a cookie.

Connor pitifully said "A big one"

Suicide Cereal

I took Quentin and Zeke to daycare after Brandon and Connor had already left for school. When Connor got up, he could not decide what kind of cereal he wanted so I asked him if he wanted "suicide cereal". He asked what that was and I told him it was mixing all the cereals together. He said that's what he wanted so I made it for him.

When Quentin got up later, we went through the same thing. He also wanted "suicide cereal". He was eating it and told me it was really good. Then he said "Connor would like this." I thought that was sweet that he thought of Connor.

Muscle Shirt

I sat at lunch with Connor, then Quentin yesterday. When I went over and sat with Quentin, I asked him if Brooke was at our table. He said "she's over at the other table."

I said "Is she the one in the brown top?" He said "no the other one"

I said "The one in the tank top?" She had on a real cute, girly tank top. It looked a lot like a sundress but it was just a blouse.

He said "Right there...the one in the muscle shirt"

Introduction

You know how people always say "you should write that down" when kids say something funny. Well, we have a LOT of funny stuff that I, at least, have not written down so I just got the idea that I could create this blog and we could all write stuff down as we thought about "the thinks" they have thought up over the years. And "the thinks" they will think up in the years to come...so add whatever you want.