Those of you who have children know, these little creatures say some very entertaining things. I got some great advice from someone I work with. She speaks from experience, as her children are now in their late teens and early twenties, when she tells me, "Chuck, you need to write these things down."I decided that I not only need to write these things down, but I need to share them with other parents as well. Most of these quotes will have no context, because, to be quite honest, we usually don't get any context from the kids. We just happen to hear a part of what they are saying, and they will almost never repeat the phrases or explain them to us.
Here are the gems for this week:
Over dinner a few nights ago Nate asked "Dad, do horseflies have beaks or a regular horse nose?"
Other than that last quote, paleontology seemed to be the theme this week.
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As I gave him his bath, Nate informed me, "Pteranodons are theropods." This seems to be wrong, as a theropod would be a dinosaur that walked on two legs. Pteraodon is also absent from the list of theropod dinosaurs found here. Incorrect facts aside, I was impressed with his proper usage of two very large words.
We were cleaning rocks out of the shed (long story) when Nate warned me "Look Daddy, fossils. Don't get too close because they are very old."
And my personal favorite of the week, Nate asked me what happened to all of the dinosaurs. I told him that they went to live with heavenly father. He corrected me, proclaiming that "When the dinosaur dies he goes to Dinosaur Heavenly Father (capitalized to pay homage to an what appears to be a deity that my child invented)."
Those were our funny quotes this week. With kids around, you never know what to expect. Please let me know in the comments section any of the funny things the kids in your life have said. I'd love to hear your stories!
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