February 10th, 2009
Graham’s tantrums
If I say a terrible thing like, “No, you can’t have any candy right now…” he climbs on the couch next to me and flops around and sighs dramatically and kicks and hits me but very gently, so that it takes me a minute to even realize what he’s doing. If I ignore his obvious outrage, he points at me and yells “EXIT!!!”
What?
He wants me to exit. Because of what I said.
And lately whenever Nicolaus makes him mad I hear Graham scream, “YOU’RE FIRED, Nicolaus! You are BELIEVED OF DUTY.”
He means relieved. And for whatever reason, that makes Nicolaus cry.
February 10th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Ahhh, just make sure you keep his hair in check, lest he become the next Donald Trump!
February 10th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I’m going to have to use believed of duty. That’s a good one. Wonder why Nicolaus cries over it? The exit is pretty freakin’ funny, too. :-)
February 10th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
I love kid-use of words and expressions. My current favorites from our three year old:
Arf = art
Brown hog = ground hog
I never correct these “mistakes.” I encourage them :)
February 10th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I love kid language as well. I’m sad that my ten year old has pretty much grown out of it. She always loved doing “arts and craps” at the kitchen table. She called cockroaches “coke-crotches.” She ate “kep-utch” with her french fries. She is slightly annoyed that her father and I insist on still using those terms. I have tried to explain that my sole purpose of existence is to embarrass and annoy her.
February 10th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
What a great funny to read before bed.
February 10th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
I’ve always wondered where kids pick up their language. It must be very intimating to be told to EXIT by a 3 year old LOL
February 11th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Happy Birthday to a very special little boy! :-)
February 11th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Cutest. Kids. EVER!!!!
February 11th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
akin to “Believed Of Duty”:
My nieces (6 & 4) are rarely allowed to eat candy, so when they arrived home with their Halloween bonanza they immediately started to dig in with wild abandon. My sister-in-law, Gina, put the brakes on the sugar buffet by saying, “Whoa – you girls have to use moderation with this!”
The next day Gina was near the girls’ bedroom and heard them arguing about something, and as she got within earshot she heard the older one scold the younger one by saying, “you have to use Mama-Ration” with that!”
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Holy shit you’re a hoot!
My 3 yr old daughter totally says “you’re fired” too, but then she says “POOF!”. Thats me being set on, you guessed it, fire.