Me: Go to the potty.
K (who usually responds, "You ALWAYS tell me to go the potty"): Every poffy nompetty.
Me: Every poffy nompetty??
K: HAHAHA! I confused you! I LOVE confusing you!
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On the grocery checkout line, facing a baby sitting in a shopping cart.
Me (to the baby): Hi!
Mom: He's not as old as he looks.
Me: Peekaboo!
Mom: He's just big for his age! He's only 11 months old!
Me: You're eleven months old? You're going to have a birthday soon!
Mom: I don't want people to think he's dumb.
(I ask you, what could a baby possibly do that would make you think, "Now that is a dumb baby.")
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K's mouth fell open when I walked in the door with my new pixie cut.
Me: What do you think?
K: I... a little don't like it.
Me: Do you think I look like a boy?
K (scowling): You don't look like a boy. You look like a woman.
Me: I am a woman.
K: No, you're a mom.
Pics or it didn't happen! Can you put a big X on your face so we can see the cut or link to a similar style? I'm so curious about haircuts.
ReplyDeleteHa! I love all these things.
ReplyDeleteAnd naturally, I have the opposite problem of the grocery store lady. I'm always reminding people that B is older than he looks, especially when the neighborhood kids pick him up and carry him around like a toy. He always looks very stern but tolerant. Kind of how Napoleon or Teddy Roosevelt might look while they were considering whether to belt you one.
The last one is my favorite :)
ReplyDeleteI love the last one! When I was a kid, my mom joined Weight Watchers, and my little sister exclaimed, "But you're not fat! You're mom-shaped!"
ReplyDeletelove, love, love all three conversations. i can't believe our little K and L are kindergarteners!
ReplyDeletehaircut pic!!
ReplyDeleteYes, haircut pic! K is awesome.
ReplyDeleteIn response to the 2nd one, my husband developped very quickly as a child (he's 6ft5 now) and his mom was asked on multiple occasions why he wasn't speaking properly because they assumed he was double his actual age.
ReplyDeleteHow about you just post a pic of a celebrity or random person with a similar cut?
ReplyDeleteYep, haircut pic!!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so weird. This is the most comments I've gotten on a post in weeks, if not months, and half of you are asking to see my haircut. Tell you what, I'll update my Facebook profile picture.
ReplyDeleteJBP: I know! Weren't they just babies? (And thanks for dropping by!)
Hanah: What a perfect kid thing to say. I, too, have become increasingly mom-shaped. Once in a while K asks if there's a baby in my tummy.
Dinei: Love that image of the stern Teddy Roosevelt. I picture the older kids picking him up, tucking him under their arm, and carrying him around while he remains perfectly stiff and frowns.
just saw your response, CM, but just so you know, i ALWAYS read - you are on my google reader! :) i just don't comment much because that requires the extra clicking and i am just so darn lazy...
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