Caecilia: “Der are flowers on my dress. I pick dem and put dem dere.”
(later)
Mama: “Caecilia, what’s on your dress?”
Caecilia: “Flowers. Dey have to hold on tightly.”
Category: …heard in the playroom…
Funny things our children say.
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Beach Tree
Margaret: “I just saw a beach tree with lights around it.” Note that she did not say “beechtree”, she actually saw a palm tree.
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To the Moon!
Karol: “The moon is not made of cheese, it’s made of rocks. ”
Margaret: “The moon *is* made of cheese and we will go there today. First we need to pack things to cut the cheese then to put the cheese on crackers. ”
Karol: “Jumping jiminy, we will need to learn table manners too. ”
Margaret: “Let’s go get our space helmets.”
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Of Pets
Karol: “Mama, I’d like a dog.”
Margaret: “A little puppy that we can watch grow. ”
Karol: “But first, (with finger pointing up) roast cat.”
Margaret: “Ick. ”
Karol: “Then we can get a dog and keep him alive for the rest of his life. ”
Margaret: “Then we will go to the jungle to find fruit.” -
Who’s the Boss?
Karol: “And if you do that again, you will be in trouble.”
Margaret: “You are not the boss of me, you are not the boss of anyone.”
Karol: “I am the boss of boomerangs”. -
Essence of the Spiritual Life
Karol: “Stop talking about Curious George. That will make us not think about Jesus.”
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On Cuteness
Karol:Â “Before I was born you did not have any kids to feed? ”
Me: ” Nope. ”
Karol:” You didn’t have any kids to play with?”
Me: “Nope.”
Karol: “No kids to be cute?”