Funny things that children say

At the age of four most of my sons toys required batteries so he just figured everything needed them when broken. So obviously when his balloon popped one day, guess what the answer was for repairing it, yep, get batteries for it. But the funniest time was when my son accidentally kneed his dad in the groin, my husband was bent over in agony and my son said,'' Dad, you need some new batteries for your peepee.''

After asking about how to pray and give thanks at the dinner table, our, then 5 yo, son put his hands together and said,'' Dear God, please make this food into a pizza''.

Kids, you gotta love them .

That one's brilliant!

In good child-centred pedagogical style, why don't you let him find out and answer his question for himself (sorry if it's a girl!)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQSlSGGPccI

Then you'll probably get more questions but that's ok as it's how it should be. Even Einstein said, "Never to stop questionning".

I do Kaz, I'm just not quite ready for him to head to the computer for every Q he wants answered (but I can, of course, heh heh). Call me a Luddite... I had to look in encyclopedias. I'm supposed to have all the answers, right? Like a good German know-it-all?

He never stops questioning, believe me. It goes all day long. I have been keeping him out of Kita on a fairly regular basis now, to give his teachers a break.

btw, I too love the pizza prayer above - hilarious!

edit: how much sex should a 4 year really be learning aboout, though?

Just me and my fad for "experiential learning". Well, it doesn't have to be referred to as sex at this stage though when he gets to school he'll learn all the private parts by the age of 6. Then he'll really start questionning!

When one of our daughters was about 4, we were flying from KL airport. The airport was being rebuilt so we were using the Haj airport. Loos were therefore the squatting kind and were not kept very clean. When we walked in and the smell hit her, she said in horror, "Mummy, this toilet is pisgusting!" An apt malapropism I thought.

We had an old fart in our old neighbourhood who just was not very sure of his sexual orientation and thought that coloring his hair in orange would help in his quest plus wearing odd clothes.

Everyone was cool with him since he was peaceful and polite.

Anyhow one day I am getting my daughter out of the car just as he/she passes by and looks at us with a smile and nods.

At this moment my kid exclaims with joy "look daddy, a clown".

It was tough not to blurt out laughing but I managed.

This morning I was having my coffee not quite awake with a book in my lap, the phone rang and one of my daughters answered. My wife, at the other end of the line, asked if I was still asleep. My daughter looked over and said, "Can't tell, he might not be breathing."

I know... I remember hearing about it when I was 6. I was convinced for a long while that the activity must happen while the woman is asleep.

Ok Kaz, I want to pick your brain with today's issue. My son is currently arguing with me that "knife" starts with the letter N. He says there is no way in hell that it could start with a K. Man, I hate the English language sometimes! Can I change the subject, or must I start in with phonics lessons? He is 4. I don't want to ignore his reading interests, but geez...

my little bro told me just before Christmas that he was going to get me a really good Christmas present this year coz I've "really been there" for him and he "really appreciates it"!! - he's 10 years old! Where does he get this stuff?!

My 5,7 and 8 yo were playing Junior Scrabble with me... 8yo asks... "Mummy, is this a word?"

P.O.R.N

eeeeeek

This is an editted facebook thread about a pic my mate said was taken in Majorca 2005.

Mother:
this photo is Lanzarote April 2007

Neville at 21:59, on 13 January.
Do you know, I think you might be right...damn my dodgy memory. That does explain why everyone but me an Ness look slightly thinner in this photo than usual, though. LOL

Me at 00:34, on 14 January.
Worrying when the son is losing it first.

Neville at 22:34, on 14 January.
Losing? Lost is more like it.

Becky (the 11 year old daugther) at 21:35, on 15 January.
lost what

@g24, what did u tell ur kids?

Ask Dad.

Well i asked him if he heard it before and he sort of shrugged. I took a few deep breaths and said, it was ok, and asked him what it meant...

(scottish kid 1 year schooling in Uk..now 3 years in German system)...he then says well is it not how you spell.. (you have to imagine the scottish accent here) pouring!! we would probably say it like 'pourn' and somewhere along the german /english alphabet he came up with porn!

I think I got away with it for at least for a few more months!

Will paste this other wee story from another thread in a sec... it's all been happening in our house in the last week!