There has not been a whole lot of activity lately in our family (thank goodness, we could use a break) so I thought I'd post some of my favorite out of the mouths of babes moments....I keep them saved on my computer.
11/27/06 yesterday my sister and her husband put their christmas antenna toppers on their cars and Kaylie said, mommy what are those?? and I told her antenna toppers, and then I said, but mommy doesn't have an antenna on her car so she can't use one....and she turned to me and said, "maybe Santa will bring you one"...
01/30/07 there are these little flowery weeds that grow in our yards, they are kind of cute, white petals w/ yellow center, but they are weeds...well Kaylie used to pick them and they'd sit on my counter in a cup until I throw them away a couple days later.....well she doesn't usually walk in the lawn because there are ants etc so she has been asking me to pick them for her and I tell her 'no, they are weeds'...this has been going on for days....well yesterday I asked her if she wanted to pick a flower for her gymnastics teacher...she said "no mommy, they are weeds!!"....I bust out laughing............guess she really does listen when I talk.
One more, ......I was reading There's always room for one more, one day and she had a post about asking the kids what kind of mommy she is.........so I was scared to death, but thought this would be a good excercise to perform w/ Kaylie to know what she really thought and if I was being to rough on her at times. So I sat at the dinner table, scared to death, yes really, had no idea what would come out of her mouth...and we had already had a little disagreement before dinner......so finally I popped the question........and she said...."you're a fun mommy, mommy".......oh my....I was so happy. If you have the nerve, ask your kids, if anything you'll know how they really feel. Hopefully this doesn't change, but I figured at age 5 1/2 she would be honest if anything. Phew.....dodged that bullet straight to the heart.
I have more stories, but will save them for another day. Tell me about your out of the mouths of babes stories.
2 comments:
Oh dear! Using me as an example! I'm glad you got such a great answer. While the answer from Jenna a month of two ago was a fun mommy, a couple of nights ago I was kinda mean. I have the origami to prove it. (Check my latest blog post!LOL)
Denise, I saw that....she is so funny, I was just happy to not get the mean mommy response that night, I really was scared to ask, but I had to know...I'm not always the calmest of people and sometimes my poor girls get the brunt...so I am trying to be better, and it helped to not hear that I was mean. And by the way, how dare you ask your kids to do chores....haha, my poor almost 6 yr old has to pick up after her 2 yr old sister..I am sure my "mean mommy" origami is right around the corner.
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