
Wanna know the funny things my kids have been saying?
Atticus: Wanna know why I don’t want to be a grown up?
Me: Why?
Atticus: Cause I’ll have to do hard stuff and that makes me get sweaty.
Cyan: Do you wanna know what I learned in school?
Me: Yes.
Cyan: When you fart, instead of saying excuse me, you say my bad. That’s the fancy way of saying excuse me. Say my bad.
Me: Who told you that?
Cyan: The teacher’s neighbor. She’s very fancy.
Cyan: Daddy, will you play the song I like? *starts singing*
Atticus: Will you play Uptown Funk You Up? It makes me happy. I get a happy feeling in my tummy like rainbows. *rubs tummy*
Atticus: I don’t want to do chores. Chores are boring.
Cyan: Grandpa, did you use to be white like Grandma when you were little, before you had a job?
Grandpa: *Laughs* No, I was never white.
Cyan: You were always black?
Grandpa: I’m not black.
Cyan: Have you seen yourself? Look at your arm, you’re black.
Cyan: Teacher said futbol is how you say soccer in New Mexico.
Grandma: I think that’s how you say it in Mexico and other parts of the world.
Cyan: You’re not from Albuquerque.
Grandma: I’ve lived here for two years.
Cyan: But you didn’t go to school here so you don’t know.
Papa: Cyan, your breakfast is ready.
Cyan: (No response).
Papa: Cyan, time to eat. Are you coming?
Cyan: I’m coming. (She presents herself in the breakfast area.) I was busy playing with my dolls. I don’t think you know how hard it is to be a kid.
Papa: (LOL on the inside)
Cyan: (No response).
Papa: Cyan, time to eat. Are you coming?
Cyan: I’m coming. (She presents herself in the breakfast area.) I was busy playing with my dolls. I don’t think you know how hard it is to be a kid.
Papa: (LOL on the inside)
Atticus: I don’t want to do homework.
Grandma: Why not?
Atticus: Because it’s long and boring.
Grandma: When you get bigger and go to school you will have homework.
Atticus: I don’t want to grow up and do homework. I want to be free.
Cyan: You have to grow up if you want to go to Disneyland.
Atticus: Oh, ok.
Atticus: UGH! You make me so mad!
It’s been a while since I commented…these always crack me up. I love how smart Atticus is in realizing he doesn’t want to grow up…good for him!