quotable quotes, or words that have come out of the mouths of my babes and caused me to giggle

I've been taking a few notes lately to document the out-of-the-ordinary things that have been stated by my lovely children. My hope is to stumble upon these again in a few years and laugh all over again at the things they can come up with.

• Telling JAM about a new illustrated version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer that I received in the mail from a very generous contact at a publishing house: "Oh, Twain? Yeah, I've heard good things about that guy."

• Sitting in the bathroom, Red called me back to inform me, "Mommy. I just can't seem to stop farting. I just fart and fart and fart and fart." (dramatic pause) "It's like fart after fart after fart after fart."

• Red and Pudge were pestering Hubby, "Watch a show! Watch a show!" when Hubby looked to me and asked, "What kind of universe do they think they're living in?" to which Red replied, "We're living in craziness town!"

• Drawing a picture of the Playmobil pirate guy that she bought with some gift money from her grandparents, Red double checked with me about the details of her picture, "A private part, like a penis or a butt, is not allowed, right?"

• Walking down the sidewalk, Pudge noticed a squirrel in the grass. "Oh, hey Squirrel! Where ya going?"
  

• Packing his backpack for school, JAM proclaimed loudly, "Aaarrggg! I hate school! The stupidest idea ever invented- school!"

• Pudge showed me a jagged fingernail, so I reached for the nail clippers in our kitchen junk drawer. He despairingly called out, "NO!! I want to keep my nails on me!" Red was nearby, and at first I thought she was attempting to comfort him when she began to talk, but I quickly realized that she was really just trying to make him get a grip. Her response? "Don't worry, when you cut your nails, then more nails grow. It's not the end of the world!"

• Reading Up and Down on the Merry-Go-Round, Red announced, "I wish I could cut a hole in this book and climb in and then I could ride the unicorn!"
  

So other than an apparent obsession with body parts and functions on one certain child's part, these kids are pretty funny, if I do say so myself. (And to whomever invented the idea of school- you are SO not popular with my oldest child!)

And if you want to see some clowning around for yourself, check out lovely hubby's post about Circus Class. Yup, you heard me. He and JAM went to Circus Class!


Keeping a notepad and pen nearby at all times,