SpiderLandis and his patented webslinger slide;
there's no escaping him when the fingers and tongue are in sync.
So I'm sitting here working (Brent) and Bernie Mac was on in the background. He had some touching moment with his daughter and I found myself in tears. Over Bernie Mac! ...and I'm stupid enough to tell the whole world. You know something is a little askew in your world when you waterwork over Bernie Mac (and then admit it).
Abby Doing Craps
Not what you think... she's really doing CRAFTS but she cannot pronounce it correctly.
Now I know the folks who got offended when I said "buttcrack" in a previous post will probably really get sideways about me typing "craps" on our blog, but it is screamin' funny when you hear her say it. "Mommy, can I color and do craps?"
Abby doing cra.... okay, CRAFTS.
We are, after all, the house "...where laughter lives." I know my limits, so I won't tell you about how our oldest daughter pronounced FORK when she was two, doing so loudly for the first time in a restaurant.
We almost got kicked out because she kept asking for her "FORK" and we couldn't keep from busting a laugh. We're horrible parents, I know.
Abby loves coloring and painting, a daily activity for her.
The boy is just STINKING cute, ain't he?
SpiderLandis is hero by night (when he's in his spidey-jamas)
and cagey cracker thief by day. This time he was busted
with the loot in a vain attempt to conceal his identity.
As I was laughing over the funny words our kids say, I thought it would be fun to have a contest about:
THE FUNNIEST "CAN'T SAY IT RIGHT" FROM YOUR KIDS
Leave a comment, and tell us the funniest word, phrase or even idea that your kid messes up and can't say correctly. I've got a prize for the weiner, I mean the WINNER. I hope everyone participates, it should be quite a hoot. (use asterisks if it involves some innocent but d*rty w*rds, please).
In fact, if we can get a good list, I'll publish them in the Feb. 1 issue of Serious.Life Magazine
(http://www.seriouslifemagazine.com/ - FREE subscriptions)
215 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 215 Newer› Newest»Awww, doing "craps." How sweet! We love "craps" in our house, too!!
Your photos are GREAT here, Brent!! I just love capturing pure beauty in photographs of my family and using them on my blog. I can see you do, too!!
Funny kid quote from our family?
Hmmm....
Our oldest son, calling to me from the backseat of our car:
"Mama? My pants are getting cold."
Me:
"Oh, your pants are cold?"
Apparently, I misheard him. So he corrects me:
"NO, my PENIS is getting cold."
"Oh! Your penis is getting cold?"
Apparently, I misheard him again. He corrects me:
"NO!! My penis is getting OLD!"
"Your penis is getting old?"
"Yes."
"Uhm. Okay."
I found your blog from MckMama's and wanted to let you know that Abby is in my thoughts and prayers.
We have 4 boys, and our 3 year old is Aaron. He loves to wear his slippers, but can't quite say it right. So he runs through the house yelling, "I've got my 'fwippers' on!"
I am glad to hear that Abby is feeling better today. My little girl was also born in Guatemala. She is two years old now. When we read about Abby through another blog we both came to the computer, looked at her precious face and prayed right away for her. We will keep her in our prayers and you guys too! Elizabeth from Kentucky
This post cracked me up!
So glad to see Abby smiling and happy!
One of my favorite recents with Lucy: It seems recently that things we say to her are coming back to bite us in the bum......
There was a book on thhe floor of the car that she kept asking for. We told her "no" as it was "daddy's book" to which she replied, "WE SHARE dad, REMEMBER!!".
OH MY!!! When my oldest son Joshua wa a toddler, he could not pronounce "TR" sounds at all. They came out as an "F" sound. One day when we were in a checkout line in a grocery stor, he saw magazine with a photo of a BIG TRUCK on the cover. In his delight at seeing such a wonderful picture, he shouted out what he was seeing on the magazine cover! We got more than a few sitressed looks from patrons of the store as well as employess, but nothing was going to quench my delighted little son's happiness at that moment!
Linda
mom to 14, soon to be 16 wonderful chldren, 7 bio and soon 9 thorught the wonder and challenge of international adoption
www.smithsoup.blogspot. com
My little sister never pointed with her index finger, like most of us do...she used her middle finger from toddlerhood alllll the way through elementary school. We tried to tell her that it wasn't right but she didn't understand. Our older cousins would ask her to point to the sky sometimes...that usually created a barrel of laughs. Shameful, I know. :)
My little girl was going potty "like a big girl" (she's two)She was only going tinkle but says,
Diarrhea in there? Diarrhea in there? in her cute little voice.
I will probably think of a lot more later.
Holly in OKC
My son used to like to play with the "maggots" on the refrigerator (magnets). I am sure people thought we lived in filth!
My son's favorite snack for a while was c*ckp*rn. Now he enjoys popcorn. (I replaced the "o's" with astericks so your site doesn't come up under offensive searches!!)
Our newly adopted daughter from China enjoys eating porn on the cob!! Praying for Abby.
Well I am not sure if this qualifies cause he kind of had the story right but NOT the right time to share this info. When our son was 4 he was in Sunday school (the ministers wife being the teacher no less) and they were talking about how God made each of us special in his own image just like him. She kept going on about how "he" made each of the children special, that is when our son yells......."NO MY MOM SAID I WAS MADE AT THE OZARKS!!" Lesson learned never under estimate a four year olds ability to retell a story he heard while listening to an adult conversation. The ministers wife didn't know what to do but a few weeks after it happened she decided to share the story with us, it was at that moment I wanted to crawl into a hole!! So believe me craps are nothing, the fork story..........well I feel your pain!! Still praying for that sweet princess.
Holly
First off, I just have to say that reading your family's blog is such an inspiration and we continue to pray for Abby as we do your entire family.
My oldest daughter said something very shocking at a restaurant table.....with our church group. Everyone was talking and all of a sudden, Roni says, "It's not nice to say the "S" word." I never knew so many shades of red existed until that moment and I assure you my face went through all of them. A dear friend of ours decided to take it and run with it by asking Roni what she meant. Roni simply replied, "It's not nice to tell people to shut up." Thank God we have these moments and hopefully we all will continue to be blessed to know how precious they are.
LOL i love the things that comes out of our kids mouths!!! CUTE!!
Lanis is soooo cute with his websling action!LOL
When my 10 year old was a tot he would sing the song Frosty the snow man like this (he thought these were the words!)
"Frosty DA NOMAN was a joy happy soul with is Corn cob pipe and his butt in his nose!" and we just laughed out loud!!! Till this day thats how we sing it to tease him!!!!
LUv,Leslie
I hope this posts I'm very new to the blog world (actually have no idea what I'm doing) but have been praying for your daughter and had a funny to share about misprounced or misinterpretted words from our little ones.
We are farm people in Nebraska. Our son thrived on watching John Deere videos when he was allowed to watch television. There is a piece of equipment called a "buck" (which to most people would be considered a 4-wheeler) and another called a "gator" which is a bigger 4-wheeler with a bed to haul things in. Anyway (Im sure you can guess where this story is headed) B's that sometimes weren't pronounced quite clearly, running words together, and temper tantrums of then 2 1/2 year olds quite often brought about sentences that actually were "I want a buck and gator" but came out "I want a _uckin' gator" loudly usually at Grandma's house but sometimes in the store, or the Fellowship Hall at church. You know all those low key places! It was so hard not to laugh because of course that just made him do it more!
Blessings to your family and we'll keep praying for your angel. We have a daughter from Korea with so many unknown health issues that we can relate some.
Sioux
siouxbaum@yahoo.com
How funny! I love that Abby loves doing craps!
Let's see...what are some of Tommy's funnies?
For "yuck", he says "f*&#" (and he screams it loudly every time we're in the grocery store, for some reason).
Instead of "cup", he says "puc".
For "hat", he says "a-hot", which he also says for "hot" and "a bite".
"Nose" is "na-na", according to him.
Any time he has "poo", he walks around grabbing the front of his pants yelling, "PUP! PUP!"
Kids really do say the darndest things!
My now 3 year old niece has several that she said that were funny when she was younger:
1. she called my nephew, whose name is Tony, Connie because she couldn't make the T sound-and it stuck, so now everyone in our family calls the poor boy-who is 16-Connie instead of Tony most of the time.
2. She called her bottom her "bobbin" for the longest time-as in "I fell down on my bobbin". Too cute!
3. She used to miss pronounce long i sounds as more of a short a sound, so ice cream becamse "*ss cream" when she said it.
My daughter is from Guatemala too. At about 14 mon... My daughter is from Guatemala too. At about 14 months old (she's 16 months now)when she started opening and closing cabinets I kept telling her "shut it" and she'd mimic me but it came out as "sh*t".
Our sweet 2 year old little girl says the cutest thing when her daddy is out of town. Every night before bed when he is away.....she will say "I wuvs daddy" and "I miss him too hard" (instead of I miss him so much). Melts my heart and daddy's too!!
Still continuing to pray for Abby and for God to heal her and make her better. Every night she is always included in our prayers before bed. Keep the faith. God is good and works miracles!!
Hugs and Many Blessings to a very brave little girl. Abby.....you are such a strong little girl. You and your family are an inspiration to us all. Keep fighting sweetie!!
Praying for a miracle,
Tammy (Kayleigh's Mommy)
My 18 month old learned how to say "socks" about 3... My 18 month old learned how to say "socks" about 3 months ago....He is very good about telling me when he sees "c*cks" in the laundry or on his feet ;) (Lindsay)
LOL this is too fun!!
My oldest daughter is 17 now, but at the time she was only 3. We were on a plane heading toward Orlando, FL - yep going to Disney World. I discovered a tick on the side of her neck, but she was sound asleep. My husband kept saying, "just wait until we land and then get it." But unfortunately for US I couldn't wait. I plucked at it until I woke her up - not good!
Anyway, she started crying etc., so we let her out of her seat belt - bad idea - and she stood up in the seat and started jumping up and down screaming something that sounded a bit like "Funky Azz" - to this day, we have no idea what she was trying to say - but the louder she got, the more it sounded like Fu*k*n A*s. She was totally out of control and of course the looks we got from other passengers was not good. This was a Delta flight filled with lots of kids.
Now that she is older, she knows the whole story. But we still wonder what she was trying to tell us. And of course she has no idea!!
When my 2 year old cant remember what he is ...well...trying to remember...he says "Mommy, I dont FREMEMBER". I am guessing that means he FORGOT and he doesnt REMEMBER, combined.
Our daughter was deaf for 1 1/2 years...long story, don't ask, so naturally she had a speech problem of sorts. Being a proud Mama, I thought everything she said was cute. One of my favorites was:
your-wump-pum....ie...your welcome. I still love it.
The trouble came when she was in Pre-K. I received a call from the teacher. She explained that the topic of the days was "pets". Each child described what pet they had or wanted to have. If you had one, you shared their name and type. We have 4 cats, fish and 2 dogs.
The teacher said..and this is the truth..."Mrs. C...., I am very concerned about Abbey (I have one too!) and your other daughters. Me..."um, okay, why?" Enter uncomfortable silence...Teacher..."Well, I will just say it...How in the world could you name your dog THAT?" Me..."We don't have a dog named That. Teacher..."NO, (now she is really mad)....How could you name your dog PENIS? That is just horrible..blah, blah, blah". Me..."Um...Miss B, the name of our dogs are Venus and Zeus. Teacher..."Oh no, um, I need to go now." Needless to say, she was recommended for speech therapy the next day. True story. God bless you and your family!
When our daughter was about 6 or 7, she was always saying some funny stuff...at one point her father asked her, "Elizabeth, where did you come from?" to which she replied, "out of your wife's body"
When my youngest sister's 2 girls (Allie - 3 and Katie - 1) were younger, I babysat them. Katie didn't say any words - she just made throat noises that sounded like "gnk, gnk, gnk". I would ask Allie what Katie said and she would tell me and it was usually what Katie wanted. One day Katie was "gnk, gnk, gnking" and my husband asked Allie, "What's Katie saying?". To which Allie said "I don't know!".
I just have to say that your family is AMAZING...I'm sure not perfect :)! May GOD continue to give you the stength to praise HIM in this storm!!! Abby you are beautiful and are a gift to ALL of us who are able to pray for you!!
Our funny is our 2 yr old Sofia (born in Guatemala too :) has been walking around saying "Ubbs" Well of course my 15 yr old daughter just HAD to know what "Ubbs" are...Sofia very proudly lifted up her shirt and showed us her "Ubbs" (br**st) then when on to point to EVERYONE's ubbs! I was up to this point thankful that only our family knew what the ubbs where :) OH WELL....
I just found your blog and Abby's story. I just wanted you to know that I am praying for your sweet girl and for your family.
I am trying to come up with some funny stuff my kids can't say. My oldest 2 boys(4 and 6 years old) call "goggles" "gobbles", they are adamant that they are right.
My kids call their dad "Abba". Well, when my oldest was about 3, he had a new teacher in his Sunday School class. She was trying to get a feel for each child and who they were, she asked Michael what his daddy's name was. Michael looked at her, very confused, and said "I don't have a daddy". The assistant in his class knew us well and laughed as she told us the story when we picked him up. Needless to say, we made sure all the kids knew, from that point on, that their Abba is their daddy;)
Great update and post. thanks for the giggles. (saw your update on facebook)
I have two stories... my two year old daughter is contantly telling the dog to sit so that she can pet him. Unfortunately, she says "Sh*t instead. LOL
This one is just a funny... my 7 year old son came in the room saying, "Mom! Gabi said the 'c' word."
I said," What's the 'c' word?"
"Sh*t."
Glad he cleared that one up ;)
Oh, I have so many of these!!
When my oldest (now almost nine) was about 2, we were driving down the road. From the back seat I hear, "Ohhh noooooooo!"
Not being able to turn around and look, and trying not to panic, I asked what was wrong.
She said, "I got peetos on the cuttas" (Cheetos on the fingers)
I told her to lick the cheese off of her fingers. She said, "I can't!" And I asked why....
Her response: "It hurts!"
I have no idea why it hurt to lick the Cheetos from her fingers. But I had to exit the interstate and pull over, get out of the car and wipe her hands off with a baby wipe. I will never forget that, and we always talk about peetos on the cuttas when we're eating Cheetos now!
Laughter through tears is a great emotion!
We have always used the correct words for body parts, all body parts. So one day driving down the street, my 4 year old daughter asks me, "Mommy, why do girls have chinas and boys have peanuts?" I could not stop laughing.
About a month ago, I was trying to get her tights pulled up. I put my hand sideways between her legs and pushed it up to try and get them where they should be. She said to me, "Mommy, don't break my china!" I again could not stop laughing.
Man! I think you opened a can of worms with the bad word example! I've never seen so many bad words accidentally said by children... Kinda old after awhile even though the first one or two were cute...
Well, my 12 yr. old daughter was looking for ingredients at the store to make Empanadas for an International Cooking project at school. My 4 yr. old son ran excitedly to the party section and pointing at some pinatas, exclaimed, LOOK!! IMPINATAS!!
Also, he sings the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, "Rudolph the Rained Nose Red Deer... I just don't want to correct him, its so cute...
I will continue to pray for your sweet little girl. Thank you for letting us all be a part of this journey with you.
My daughter, who was 3 at the time, accidentally walked in the bathroom when my husband was stepping out of the shower. She came running in to find me and says, "mommy, you have a private right?" I responded, "yes" then she asks, "I have a private, right?" again, I respond "yes." Then she says with a look of sincere curiosity, "well why come daddy has a ponytail?"
hahahaha, those kids just crack me up.
Angie
Just wanted you to know that I am praying for you and Abby.
My son is 3 and adopted a year ago from China. He has a cleft lip/palate and his palate was only repaired a year ago after being adopted. He has a severe epressive language delay. After being home 1 1/2 years, his speech is starting to become clearer....
Last night at Awana/Church, he plopped himself in the leader's lap and lead all 50 cubbies (3-5 year olds) in prayer. Dwear Jwesu.......My eyes teared up as I heard my son pray outloud in a group for the first time.... and I understood him.. ...Dwear Jwesu......
Praying,
Dianne
Praying for Abby!!
My oldest son used to call milk: "gilk"
My stepdaughter used to call a flag: "fag"
My youngest son called ice: "ca ca"
My mom said I had a few, but she can't think of them right now. She did tell me, though, that there was a commercial on television when she was little that had a jingle something like "go make some crafts" or "go take a craft" and thinking they had said "cr*p" would go around singing "go make some cr*p!"
Up until about 6 months ago, my daughter would say "corn" wrong. It was always "porn". So we'd be sitting there eating dinner and the 3 year old would say "More porn please".
We have been reading a very fitting book for the recent cold and snowy MN weather: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Julia loves to hear the book and then read the book aloud to herself. Most of the time her words and storyline are pretty much spot on. We may have diverged a bit from what the author was intending here:
Original phrase:
"Crunch, crunch, crunch, his feet sank into the snow.
He walked with his feet pointing out, like this.
He walked with his feet pointing in, like that."
Julia's rephrase:
"Crotch, crotch, crotch.
He walked with his feet in the crotch.
Crotch, crotch crotch."
I was SOOO crackin' up at Nancy Gene Baxter's entry...the MAGGOT comment. Hilarious!!! Abby is too cute with her craps. Probably not a sentence she will hear again in her life, ha ha.
You would think that with 5 kids of my own I could think of one, but I have been up so long, I can barely type.
Saying a prayer for Miss Abby tonight, Veronica in CA
My daughter (who turns 3 next month) doesn't seem to have any cute little things she mispronounces yet. However, I did want to tell you about a word that I used to mispronounce.
I had a big problem pronouncing the letter "s" quite often using the letter "f" as a substitution.
Remember the good 'ol days when you'd go to a bank drive thru and they'd offer your kid a sucker? Well, I was always so thrilled at the idea of getting a sucker that I'd stick my head out the window (this is before kids were in carseats until they were 8) and yell "I want a *ucker!"
Mom said everyone would laugh, but she would be so embarrassed...today she tells the story laughing and I'm a little embarrassed!
So funny. Just yesterday, as I was driving our 4 year old to preschool, she noticed the moon and said, "Mommy, can I sit on the moon?". I said, "no, not unless you're an astronaut one day and you sit on the moon". She then kept repeating what I had said except she would say, "so if I'm an ass I can sit on the moon?". I had to explain it to her teacher in case she said the "a double s" word at school. :)
We're praying for you guys...
Kristy N.
(www.babyhomepages.net/kristykeith)
My son told me once I was "stretching" him out....he meant "stressing" him out.
Oh, this made me laugh this morning!
when my daughter was a toddler, her daddy used to sing Amazing Grace to her as a lullaby. Imagine our surprise (and mild dismay but extreme gratefulness that we weren't in church) when she began to sing, "amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a b***h like me"
Praying for you all today...
Ok, I so needed this post this morning!
Ah, where laughter lives! Love the photos - my fav is Landis concealing his identity! What a hoot that boy is! Love it!
Several of our children are from Guatemala - 5 to be exact. Well, a few words have stayed with them - one is "bo bo" you know for going #2. Well, our 2 yr old Noah loves to say this all of the time. We know he gets it - but says it for everything. When someones behind gets close he sniffs them and says BO BO very loud! Our family can't help but fall down laughing.
I homeschool the children in our kitchen and Noah usually sits in his high chair with things to do. My back is to him most of the time. Well one day while writing on the board, I got close enough for him to put his head right on my behind - well immediately he screams Mommy BO BO!
The children and I could barely contain ourselves. He of course was laughing so hard too. He really just wants to hug you and in no way is trying to say you stink - but who knows that! He has done this to a few of us in public too - LOUDLY!
We had the "*uck" too. We had the ..*hit" instead of sit for a while too.
Our sweetest one is Dear Heavenly Fadder.
Thanks for the giggle this morning!
Continuing to pray for your family and precious Abby!
Love,
Jill
Proud Mom of 8 - who meets her newest son tomorrow!!!!!!!!
I love how when you started this blog you had no idea that Abby would have leukemia and yet you titled it 'where laughter lives'. At the time I thought it was so appropriate for your family because you guys are always laughing, always having so much fun together as a family. I am so thankful that even through all of these trials laughter is still the best medicine. I just adore you guys! And thank you for always giving me a smile as well. Funny things... hum, I still think one of my favorite was when Aleigha was little. She adored her blue 'over-alls' but couldn't remember the name of themfor anything. So she would ask me on a daily basis- "Mommy, can I wear my elbows today". Me- "Um yes honey, I sure hope you do!" :0) Praying for you guys- and keep doing those 'craps' with Abby!!! :0) Amy
Why are the "TR" sounds so difficult for kids? My nephew used to say "Fire F*ck! Fire F*ck!"
My own three-year-old daughter once declared that I "sleep naked". (Full story here - http://gracelikerainfallsdown.blogspot.com/2008/10/not-me-monday-yes-monday.html)
My mind is completely blank on these right now! But, I just wanted to say that the pictures of abby were precious today! I love seeing her smiling face. We are praying. In fact my 5 year old is very intent in his prayers, and I plan to write about it today on my blog. Be Blessed Today.
I had a student who loved going to "arts and craps" as well. It never failed to make me laugh.
Our daughter, Ruthie, who is Guatemalan born has been singing from a young age so we have had lots of mis-spoken lyrics.
One that some could likely find offensive is from Jesus Loves Me-- "they are weak but he is wrong [instead of strong]." What makes it funny is that we are so appalled but she insists that her way is correct!
She also insists that "No one built the Ark" instead of Noah.
Thanks so much for sharing your joy- speaks volume- love that laughter still lives
Praying.
When my friend's daughter (Grace)was 2, my friend had their little boy(George). One day a couple of months after George was born they were getting ready to go out. George was crying and Mum was trying to get last few bits sorted, so she put George in his car seat and put him in the car. Dad came downstairs and asked Grace where George was, to which she replied 'He's driving up Mummy's wall'!!!! Hehe!
From the mouths of babes!!! I love the little sayings that children come up with. My older daughter was not a very good milk drinker when she was little. We realized when she was about 2 that she would drink milk for us if we put a couple drops of coffee in it for her. So, long story short, she began asking for a "puck of cocky" instead of a cup of coffee every morning.
Instead of saying "love you", my younger daughter said " la lu" for a couple years.
My precious neighbor had a hard time with the "th" blend, so when he would ask his mother for something, instead of hearing the answer "no" he would always ask her if she would "stink about it" instead of "think about it".
One more (i could go on all day)......my daughter loved french fries from a particular fast food restaurant here in our area. The name of the restaurant is Bojangles. Makenna is 7 years old, and still calls it Jingle Bells!
May God continue to bless you all and hold sweet Abby in the palm of his hand!! Thanks for a fun, happy beginning to my day!
Amy from South Carolina
Praying for sweet Abby and your family, I have added her to my Bible study prayer chain and posted her on my blog. I love the craps story, Lord knows my child is 9 and he is always saying funny things. Hope you have a nice weekend.
Oh, that's just too funny. And what good timing, since just yesterday I posted a funny thing that Kristen said. I'll just copy my post here.
I finally ordered a 2009 planner and it was delivered to the house yesterday. When Kristen got home she picked it up not knowing what it was and here's how our conversation went:
Kristen - "Oh, a journal"
Me - "No, it's not a journal"
Kristen - "Is it a diarrhea?"
Me - "HUH??"
Kristen - "You know, the thing you write your secrets in"
Me - "OOOOHHHH...no sweetie, it's not a diary"
At the end of our Girls' Brigade evening, we sing a song that goes
'Go away safely,
go away safely,
go away safely,
the Lord be ever with you, Amen'
At the end of one evening a little girl asked why we are telling Sophie to go away?!!!
Also we sing a song called 'Our God is a great, big God'. Another little girl asked why we are calling God a dog!! She thought we were singing 'Our God is a great, big dog'!!!
We were on our way to my parents' house for Christmas last year and my daughter Annalise said, "Mommy, I can't wait to see the kajama fish with the polka-knots."
Translation? My parent have a salt water fish tank with a Polka-Dot Pajama Fish.
We all say kajama fish now!
I love your Craps story!
My daughter who is 3 with repaired cleft palate has a hard time pronouncing words starting with the letter T. They come out with a hard C sound.
But by far my favorite thing she says is when she will ask to watch the movie, Lady and the Tramp. She even misses the M in Tramp. You guessed it, it comes out Lady and the Crap! I laugh every time. :)
I love this post...kids can be so funny:)
Our 9 year old son was 2 when he asked, "mom, are you going to use shampoop on my haiwr?"
Our 4 year old daughter likes to draw and write in her "diarrhea" (aka diary).
My daugher is 3, also from Guatemala. Hannah's Hope :)
For you're welcome she says good welcome.
For drink she says dip-dee
When she was 2 she could say fork and truck properly, but she could not say frog correctly and it came out every single time exactly how you are thinking it did. This went on for more than 6 months!!
Here is a funny (and awful) story...
We were all at a furbiture store, my little one and I were across the room looking at chairs, my husband was on the other side of the room standing near all the clocks. There is a huge clock on the wall and my daughter is beside herself with glee...she yells at the top of her lungs so Daddy (and EVERYONE else) can hear her ....LOOK AT DADDY'S BIG C*CK!!!! After a stunned silence from the people in the store, we heard plenty of snickers and giggles. Oh my, we were mortified and got on the elevatore immediately to dissapear as fast as we could.
Sara
dwightshruteatverizondotnet
Thanks for sharing. I find myself tearing up at things that I used to not too. Having a child changes everything.
I am so glad that Abby is feeling well enough to do her "craps." That is the must important thing.
Landis is SO cute!
Savannah is just learning to speak, and she is mixing up her mes and yous. She asks me to carry you, change you, tickle you, so I am trying to explain to her that it is carry me, tickle me, etc. So last night when I put her to bed and I said I love you she said back to me "I love me." We couldn't stop laughing. You want your child to love herself, so I guess it is all ok.
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
When my youngest was 5 yrs old,we were at my mother's house and in the bonus room was a deer hanging on the wall that my brother had killed.Noah was just looking at the deer and stated "Uncle Bryan must be an awful good shooter he's so good he shot the legs off of that deer",we laughed so hard.He couldn't figure out where the legs were...
Praying for your angel...
We have 2 lovely little ones, whom we adopted through foster care. Our 2 1/2 year old was quite confused for the longest time. When he was younger, whenever we would have french fries for dinner, we would tell him constantly, "now, becareful, they're hot." So, he thought french fries were called "hots." And, he's at that stage where he's trying to dress himself- and he keeps getting stuck in his sweatshirts. He came walking through the house this AM, half in and half out of his sweatshirt, his face totally lost inside the fabric, saying, "Momma, momma... I suck, I suck..." It was a hoot. He so did not understand why my husband and I were laughing.
This just started and makes me laugh though it should not. Our two-and-a-half year old Adin (a Guatmalan cutie) got some Thomas stuff for Christmas and he LOVES to play "choo choo" and talks about his "Bridge" that the train goes through. He will tell anyone and everyone about his "bridge" and it sounds like "b*&ch" since he has not perfected his r's and d's. And his little sister (another Guatemalan princesa, 14 months) mimicks his older brother so earlier this week were in the dining room eating dinner and Adin starting talking about his trains he wanted to play with. Pretty soon I had two kids saying "b*%ch Mommy b*&ch" at me. We do a lot of explaining when we go out. . . .
Neat idea! I love reading these.
My daughter who is not quite 2 goes to a private babysitter.
Her babysitter (Mar Mar) gave all of the kids pet names to call them. She calls one little girl Pickle Britches. And another Lily Pie. Well Madi has learned them by their pet names instead of their real names.
She calles the Pie and Britches. Except she can't prounounce the r in Britches. So the other day I am getting ready to walk out of the door at the babsitters with Madi to go home. She looks at Pickle Britches and says "Bye Bye B*tches". I thought her babsitter and I would loose it.
Andrea
My middle son has trouble pronouncing his "k" and it usually comes out like "t". We have a new kitten that he is very proud of. To my dismay and my husband's laughter he has been loudly declaring to everyone including his teacher at pre-school how much he loves his new white "titty". He was especially when mommy decided to let him keep the new "titty"!
Hi. I have been praying for Abby and all of your family.
My daughter, Katie, is 3-1/2 years old. She can't seem to pronouse "music" correctly. She says, "mugus". However, when she's talking to someone who doesn't understand her, they always think she's saying, "mucus". For example, she told her Grandma the other night that she had been to "mucus class", which left Grandma wondering what in the world I'm enrolling her in!!
When my son was about four he loved to suck on the lemons that came in my iced tea. One day I ordered a soda, when it came to the table my son looked at it, looked at me (in utter sadness) and told me in his loudest voice "I want women". The waitress left in tears of laughter and brought him back some "women" and let me know that he is going to be handful when he's a teenager.
Hello! Just wanted you to know that your family especially Abby is in our prayers.
My 3 year old son can not say his "k's" instead he says "t" instead. Of course his older brother (11 y.o.) loves to have him say kitty, and "I love kitties". We have all laughed at him, so of course he thinks it is funny too!!
Kelley in Indiana
Cute post! I love that Abby feels well enough to do "craps"! And SpiderLandis is just adorable. My son is getting into Spiderman now too.
John is 3 and he calls scissors, snissors. I think it is adorable. Lollypops are LadyPops, chicken nuggets are chicken nut-nuts (I think McDonald's stole this with their new campaign).
When I was little I pronouced fork like your daughter did and once when my uncle was watching me I kept asking for my "f*ck 'n poon" (AKA fork and spoon). He was slightly horrified and afraid he was going to get blamed since he had previously taught my sister to say sh*t. And she repeated it in a room full of nuns!!
Will be keeping Abby and your whole family in our prayers
I just posted one of these on my blog - they all had a virus and Mimi came over to drop my oldest off from school. I told my year old that she could not jump and kiss on Mimi on account of the sickness. When Mimi arrived she froze and said quietly,
"Mimi - I cannot kiss you now because I have the bad kind of pooping but it's ok - it's nothing sewious....:
:)
I have a 3 year old daughter who calls our President-elect "OGABAMA"! LOL Oh yes, and she'll sing it too....Ogabama Ogabama Ogabama...
But the most memorable for me was from our oldest son who was 3 at the time. Our 2nd son had JUST been born, and I was nursing him in the living room, talking on the phone with my Mom, when Austin comes SCREAMING down the hallway that "SOME MAN WAS IN HIS ROOM!" The earth stopped it's rotation for a full 30 SEC while I freaked out on the phone to my Mom, laid the newborn down and creeped down the hallway with a baseball bat...only to find SOLOMON our ball python who had gone missing in the house months, before curled up on the floor in his room.
I will take creepy snake over a STRANGE MAN in there any day. And my family STILL brings this story up 10 years later at all the family functions. LOL
We pray for Abby every day! My little guy who is just two prays at bed time. He often says: "Hep Abbys bad tuff go way." (Help Abby's bad stuff go away) He also likes to let us know when his new baby sister spits up...his word for that..Plaaaa. I can't tell you how many times a day I hear : "Mommy, Marrannn plaaaaa!" (her name is Marianne)
I found your blog through Mck Mama's and I am praying for Abby. I am amazed by her strength and I love her smile! She is a great example for us all.
My youngest daughter,Audrey, loves the cartoon Dora the Explorer. Just in case you have never had the privilege of watching it, there is a sneaky fox named Swiper. When Audrey was 2 she had a hard time pronouncing Fox and when referring to Swiper she would say Swiper the F**k. Let's just say my husband and I were mortified and we worked with her to remedy the situation. :)
Praying for your sweet Abby.
My oldest daughter, who is now almost 20, used to call the local seafood restaurant Moby Dick, "mommy dick". She also used to say di*kless for ridiculous and we used to have a department store called Bacons and she always wanted to go to Hams.
My little guy from Guatemala uses his "noculars" to see things closer and the one that always cracks us up is what he calls one of his sisters. Her name is Felecia but to Aiden she is "feces".
Have a good day my friend and hope Abby has many more days with that precious smile on her face.
My 2 year old daughter shares in a few of the previously mentioned enunciation mishaps, though her latest comical paraphrase was in her request for me to read her "Jump on Dad" book :)
Of course meaning "Hop on Pop".
Brent, thank you for this blog. My family continues to pray for yours.
God Bless Brother.
Saw the link to your blog on InstantlyMama's. Thank you for sharing your journey.
I have 3 kids and they often say funny things. My daughter, who's 5, used to say "upside backwards" instead of upside down. She also called her uncle, whose name is Andrew, "Deedoo".
My boys called "Deedoo", "Guncle" and one of them had the "f*rk" pronunciation issue. Too funny. Fun post.
When my brother was 2 he could not say "tr" sounds and put "f" sounds in their place.
One day while I was at kindergarten, my mother had him in a kitchen gaget type store that had a whole wall of cookie cutters. All the sudden he started yelling for a truck over and over. He was really excited. My mother was embarassed but the older ladies working there thought is was a hoot. My mother finally found the truck cookie cutter he was yelling about so excitedly and bought it. She still has it and since my brother has since passed away she looks forward to teaching my kids how to say truck.
My 10 week old daughter isn't old enough to talk yet, but we have lots of good ones from our best friends' 4 boys and our 2 nephews... Let's see..
* Kind of like Abby's "craps", the boys like to pull "franks". You know, like on April Fool's day, you play "franks" on people... They are 8 and 6 and still don't know that the word is actually "pranks"
* Once my brother in law found a turtle and brought it home for his 3 year old to see... I reached into the box and he quickly warned me: "Be careful or the turdie will bite you fingie off"
* One of the boys called coasters that you put your drink on "wusties"
* I know a kid who used to sing the alphabet "abcdefghijkLEMONADEMAKESYOUPEEqrstuvwxyz!"
Those are the few that stand out to me... I'm sure there are a ton more!!
God bless your dear family and little Abby!
My daughter started talking at a very early age. It was always amusing listening to her try to have "real" conversations at the ripe old age of 1 1/2. My mom started telling her she was cute and sweet etc... and this is what developed: Ally say I'm cute. I coot. Ally say I'm sweet. I wheat. Ally say I'm smart. I FART. Oh how I miss that!! She took down the house with that on everytime! :)
I found your blog from MckMama and have joined Abby's Prayer page on Facebook. We're praying for your sweet girl down here in Missippi. (Yes, I spelled it wrong on purpose. That's how we say it down here.)
My oldest son who is now 11, had some good ones when he was younger. His birthday is in October, so being close to halloween, he wanted pumpkins at his 2nd birthday. Only, his "pumpkin" sounded more like your daughter's "fork" might have. A couple months later as we were putting up our Christmas tree, an Aflac commercial came on. BTW, I don't much care for that stupid duck. Anyway, after the commercial, he ran around (for weeks) saying "A** Crack"! He did this one in public many times.
I know this is not MckMama's Not Me, Monday, but just so you know, I absolutley DID NOT laugh at any of these things when my son said them. Nor did I ever tell anyone (other than you) about him saying these things! :)
Stacey in Missippi
My five year old still cannot say Hippopotamus. It comes out more like hippopananus. Her speech therapist thought it was so funny the first time she heard her say it, she made her say it 3 more times before she corrected her. Reilly has just started saying motorcycle correctly. Before it was always motor*bi*cycle! Kids are too funny!
Praying for Abby, as well as the rest of your family. God Bless...
When my sister Susanna was little, she had speech problems and couldn't pronounce her "S's" or "n's" very well in words, which made saying her name a bit tricky. So for the longest time when someone asked her for her name, she would say, "I can't *ay it *ut I can *ell it!!" and would immediately rattle off the letters, leaving the person to try and catch up and put the letters together. Many times they were so surprised she could spell her name but not say it and they had to ask again so they could be prepared to catch the letters.
We're praying for Abby and you all, may he grant you peace in the storm.
We are praying for your little Abby. We are very interested in anything to do with Guatemala, we are heading there to be missionaries, praying it to be soon!!
Here is a funny moment in our home
My mom just recently had surgery to remove part of her pancreas (due to cancer) my daughter was very concerned about her juice intake wondering why she was drinking so much of it..."won't it just all come spilling out of her big cut?"
how can you keep a straight face when yo answer that one??
Praying for you all!!
I love it - great idea! Our newly turned 2 year Guatemalan cutie has a few words that are a crack up.
First off - we call her booster, she calls it - bull s**t. When we ask her if she's ready to go music class - she calls mucus class.
Our little Kaiya who just turned 2 year old Guatemalan beauty hears her nickname being called "booster" and we she will say "momma I bull s**t. When it's time to go to music class on Friday - she calls out mucus class.
When my son was 3 and his Grandpa and him were looking at birds in the backyard, he couldnt see a bird that was at the top of one of the tall tree so he went running into the house and yelled to his Grandma that he needed to use Grandpa's "big knockers"--after a stunned, suprised moment she realized that he wanted the binoculars--Grandpa was looking in the window laughing to the point of tears.
He would also mis-pronounce lava from a volcano as Wabba from the bowcano. It is great listening to little kids try to say what they mean--truely the stuff that makes baby books entertaining!!
Praying for that beautiful little girl and the rest of the Riggs family too.
Jman is 4 now but this list is since he has been home for the last 2 years. He is adopted from China, and has the most insane little hillbilly, country accent you ever heard, talk about adding syllables to everything.
Ok here we go:
"Puh-kuter" computer
"blank-kel-lit" is covers in Spanish????
"cotition" magician - this one was hard for me to get at Halloween, it is what he wanted to be. Finally he told me "you know I want to pull a rabbit out of my hat"
"boots" the female chest
"Jacob and SeeSaw" his first Bible story to recite
"The Honegry Patakiller" his first book to memorize - I LOVE ERIC CARLE and he knows that is my favorite author.
"Sleep tight and don't let the bugs eat you"
When trying understand the drink fruit punch he said "you mean like this.." and punched himself in the head
My all time FAVORITE - "fall-lel-lows" marshmallows
he told me one day that he was glad I got the "stickers" off my legs because they poke holes in his legs"
Not an exhaustive list but plenty. But here is one more - we play the rhyming game. He is pretty good at it. Well one day I STUPIDLY asked him what rhymes with truck - well he added the f and took off the r and well you know exactly what he said. I wish it were him trying to say something else but that is the sound he put together to rhyme. My husband and I bit our lips and helped him move on quickly. Thank goodness we were in the truck and he couldn't see my face to know to make a big deal about it.
I had to laugh about the "FORK" for my younger brother did the same thing and in fact at a restraunt as well. My parents learned quickly that when we were seated at a restraunt to hand him a "FORK" as soon as we sat down.
I think about Abby often and know that God is watching over her and has BIG plans for her as she has already touched so many hearts-many of which were broken and have been healed through her story.
God Bless you and your family!
I am glad abby is feeling well enough to do crafts!
My 3yr old, can't say Percy (the thomas train), I'll let you guess at what he says!
When our oldest son was small he used to try to play with bugs, even spiders. I knew he was much too young to know the difference, So whenever I would see him playing with ANY bug I would say, "No, No, that will bite you!" For a long time afterward that is what he actually thought they were called. Whenever he would see a bug, he would get all excited and say, "Mommy look a bytchu, a bytchu!"
He also called things by the sound they made,
a car or riding lawnmower, anything with a motor was a "murm murm" and a dog was a Bur Hur.
I, too, found your blog from MckMama and am keeping you in my prayers. I have 3 children, 4, 2, and 8 months, therefore, there is not a dull moment in my house. My 4 year old was in Children's Church (of all places). It was a very cold winter day, so there were only three boys in the class. The boys decided to put the chairs together to form a train (no harm done). However, they were pretending to drink beer on their train and all of a sudden one of the boys proclaims "Let's get the h$ll out of here!" We found out after church that his parents had let him watch Talladega Nights. I was just thanking the lord that my child didn't say that.
Being the oldest, the four year old is quite bossy. This morning, he told me if I would turn Ninja Turtles on for him, he would let me watch something when it went off. How nice of him to let his mother watch something! :)
I could write a book....
Praying for you!
I am praying for your precious girl as well.
My 4 yr. old who we adopted from China reverses many words. She uses her "brushteeth" at night and her "passhall" to get out of bed for a drink of water or extra hug. But my favorite is she brushes her teeth with "poothtaste".
Our girls' favorite restaurant is "the Chicken Ballet" (Chick-Fil-A). They love to ride the "Mama-Rail" (monorail) when we visit "Disney Word" (Disney World).
And every night they are praying for "our friend Abby Riggs".
Dearest Riggs Family,
We brought our daughter home from HH Guat in October. We are praying for Abby and your family. May God continue to pour out His merciful blessings upon your family. We have 3 sons here, our daughter Isabelle from Guat, and another daughter waiting for us in heaven. God is forever faithful and His will is perfect. We pray that you will feel His strong arms carrying you and caring for Abby in miraculous ways. Even in these dark times His love endures forever. With love, The Loux Family
As for funny sayings....
Our youngest son Landon, while on his way to our church baptism, was telling his big brothers that we were going to go see some people get "bathtized" like John the "Bathtist" did in the Bible.
He also called skeletons "skulletons" for a very long time.
Our girls favorite restaurant is "the Chicken Ballet" (Chick-Fil-A). They love to ride the "Mama-Rail" (monorail) when we visit "Disney Word" (Disney World).
And every night they pray for "our friend Abby Riggs".
My daughter says "mucus" instead of "music". She also told Santa she wanted a "pecker" for Christmas and what she meant was a "pegger" (Pound-A-Peg toy).
Praying for Abby!
Since I have five kids, I have so many of these experiences I thought I would share a couple more.
My son seems to always forget to give me the notice slips when he's running low on lunch money. He had left them in his desk at school for several days. One Monday afternoon, he finally ran out completely. So the concerned lunch lady asked him about it. "Do you have any money today?" My son replied, "No, my Mom didn't give me any!" The lunch lady asked, "Why? Does she not have any money to give you?" My son innocently answered, "Well my dad HAS been off work for awhile." (My husband works M-F and just happens to take the weekends off. so technically in his mind, Daddy hadn't worked in awhile) The lunch lady felt so sorry for him that she allowed him to eat for free that day.
When my second oldest was in Pre-school, we were running late one morning. I couldn't find the brush anywhere. Finally I realized that it was in the bathroom, in which my husband was taking a shower. I quickly opened the door, stepped in, grabbed the brush and quickly exited. Then I finished getting the kids ready for school. We ended up being a little late. When her teacher asked her why she was late, my daughter replied with, "My Mom had to shower with my Daddy." Everyone had a good laugh! Then All the teachers had to let me in on her little announcement. I was mortified while trying to explain that one!
When Kaitlyn was little she was OBSESSED with frogs.. OBSESSED! Only problem with her obsession was that she couldn't say the word. So for some reason she said it, "Fock!" So here was this 2 year old walking around every day yelling," FOCK!FOCK!FOCK!" at the top of her lungs. You can imagine the stares and disapproving looks in the grocery store. I would have to explain to the nursery workers at church that she MAY say a word- that it was FROG! You can bet I was relieved when she learned to pronounce THAT word. LOL! Angel
I am praying for Abby. My precious (now 4 year old) was also born in Guatemala.
A funny on Peyton...at his 4th birthday party he got "Woody" from Toy Story and after he opened it he said, "Mommy I want to go show the girls my Woody" ...doll that is...OH MY!
Melissa in KY
peytonsmamasita.blogspot.com
Oh man, where do I start???
Our 2 year old loves to brush his teeth. However, when he asks to do this, it sounds like "butt cheese" instead "brush teeth."
And truly, not making this up...our now 7 year old used to call a dump truck a "dumb f_ _ _." SO embarassing!!!!
For some reason my daughter refuses to learn the right ways to say "ketchup" and "banana"...
they come out like this instead...
" Mommy, I need some 'chup for my fries..." &
"did you put strawberry the bana in my smoothie?"
I am new to your blog but have recently joined in on the prayer efforts for Abby! Thank you for sharing so openly!
Our family always orders water with lemon when we are out at restaraunts. Our youngest son had a little trouble with the L sound and would always ask the waiter for "Water with Women"! His older 2 brothers would only make this worse by encouraging it and asking him over and over again what he would like to drink! Many times as the waiter would bring the kids drinks without lemon and only supply the adults drinks with lemon, Jayden would ask the waiter where his "women" was!
Here are a couple..
Our youngest daughter used to say "sh*t" instead of "shirt" and we got great pleasure asking her over and over again... "Ellie, what is this?" while pointing to our shirts.
But a cute story came about after our daughter Bereket came home from Ethiopia. We were using a lot of Amharic words in our home to ease in the transition, and Ellie had picked them all up as well. Bereket was very interested in all my interactions with Ellie, her new little sister. One day I was changing Ellie's diaper and Bereket came in the room to investigate. She asked me "Ellie kaka?" (basically, did she POOP?) and before I could even utter a response, Ellie replied for me: "No, just shint!" (just PEE)... LOL!
Thank you for keeping us updated regarding Abby! I am new to your blog but pray regularly for her and your entire family!
We have 3 boys and when we go out to eat at restaurants we always order water with lemon to save some money. Our youngest son had trouble pronouncing the L sound when he was small and every time the waiter would ask him what he wanted to drink he would reply, "I'll have water with WOMEN please!"
Inevitably the waiter would bring back the drinks with lemon in the adult's water and the kid's drinks would NOT have a lemon. Jayden would always ask, "WHERE IS MY WOMEN?"
One more...
When Bereket had been home about 3 months, she began singing a song while playing in the house... it went like this "J'ama loves you in la saw la ma low". She insisted she learned it in Bible school. At the Christmas program a few weeks later I finally discovered what she was singing: "Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord"
That "craps" comment is so darn cute! I don't have any kid stories...only b/c we don't have children, yet. Afterall we only got married 7 months ago...but hopefully soon there'll be a little one to tell stories about. Until then, I have a story about my younger sister. She's only 5 years younger than me, and is 24 now, so this is a story from WAY back. :)
So, my sister had trouble pronouncing her "K's", "C's", and "G's". Her K's and C's sounded like "T's" and her G's sounded like "D's". Well, she was about 4 and was riding her bike one sunny afternoon. She got off her bike and attempted to put the kickstand down. Well, the bike fell over. My sister marched over to my mom, hands on her hips and said (in front of grandparents and other relatives)..."see mom! I told you I needed a new titstand"!! (rather than "kickstand")! We still crack up about it 20 years later!
Please know I am praying for Abby! Take care!!
Found you thanks to Mckmama and I'm praying you're granted the strength you need for your family.
My son's new favorite food is potatoes.
So it's often we here "Can I eat toto?"
Now this is really only funny if I then share that we live in Kansas...so please insert appropriate Wizard of Oz joke here :)
First off, my three youngest daughters have taken Abby on as a prayer project. They ask daily for Abby's progress, and she is a regular nightly prayer item. I'm glad to hear that she is feeling a bit on the upside.
Our Ruthie is originally from China and was adopted just before she turned 3. She LOVES rice in any form, cooked any way. One Sunday at about age 4-1/2, she told me how much she liked singing the "rice" at church, and she hoped we would be singing it that day. It took several weeks before she heard it again, and when she did, she very loudly sang, "RICE (arise), RICE, RICE, take your place, be enthroned on our praise."
We are a girl family. When our girls were younger and it was time for lunch, a frequent request would be "girl cheese sandwich." Not "boy cheese sandwich," or "grilled cheese sandwich"--but GIRL CHEESE SANDWICH!
I am loving this post for all the love, sadness, and humor. Your family is so blessed to have each other and to be able to laugh and cry. Those 2 "feelings" we were given are some of the greatest aren't they. Continuing to lift you all in prayer.
Love this post!
Some of our favorite Sophie-isms over the years:
~"hoka dots" (polka dots)
~"That's CANDUSTING, Mama!" (disgusting)
~"Kwydondo" (Taekwondo)
We love that she still calls the city near us "Smort Fiff". (Fort Smith)
After a potty-training "incident" she informed me: "Dogs poop in the ground, Mama. People not 'sposed to do that."
There are countless others (Sophs registers pretty high on the crack-up-o-meter scale on a daily basis), but those are the ones that pop immediately to mind. She, too, had trouble with "fork". (Yikes. That one is NOT GOOD yelled loudly at a restaurant.)
Have a good day!
This is a great post, kids are the funniest! My oldest who is 4 today! whenever he wanted to be held or carried he would put his arms up and say to me, "momma, hold you, hold you momma" I would laugh and say "you want to hold me?" he would get so mad!
Another fun story, my youngest is 3 and he is a very loud child with a deap voice. one time we were in public shopping with a friend and he used the bathroom. He came up to my friend in the story and loudly yelled, "I just went poop, sherry" everyone laughed in the store!
I just wanted to say that we are always praying for abby.
I found your blog thru MckMama, so glad I did. I have been praying for little Abby and I added your button to my blog for others as well. What an angel!
As for funnies, I would not know where to begin, kids are the best at that, aren't they?
My oldest, now 11, used to call pigs, "kibs" not exactly sure why. It was just too cute.
The 10 year old used to say "chech up" for ketchup.
Now the 3 year old comes up with great stuff daily but between telling me "I do not have time for this" and wanting to watch "Hordon anda Hoot" Horton Hears a Who, he keeps us in stitches. Just the other night we were looking at pictures from a family vacation to Disney World (for an upcoming vaction) from before he was born, he was offended that we did not take him. He kept asking where he was and why he was not there, we tried explaining that he was not born yet, so he asked if he was in Mommy's tummy, to which we answered no, he was not. He was near tears at this point. How dare we have any sort of a life before he arrived! Anyway, we proceded to look at pictures and I found one of me with my husband and he wanted to know who that was, we laughed and said it was daddy, I commented that Mommy and Daddy were "hot" back then, to which he replied to the next picture (the 4 of us with Winnie the Pooh) "Look Mommy, we're all hot with Pooh!" After a few minutes, the tears subsided enough for me to continue to look!
Our Julia, also from Guatemala, is a great eater and rarely rejects food. One day she ran into the house screaming, "I hate tomatoes!" My response focused on the word hate and I said, "Do you mean you're not a fan of tomatoes?" "No" she said, "They take all my toys!" Puzzled I ask, "How can a tomato take your toys?" Her answer, "When it rips open our house and the toys will fly out!" Oh, now I get it!! TORNADOS are scary.
Praying for your whole family, especially Abby. You are truly blessed to have these funny little souls in your life!
I have 4 boys.
Son #2 at age 3--While I was rocking and singing to him: "Mommy stop singing; you're giving me a fever."
Son #3 at age 3--Leaving for daycare on a particularly foggy morning: "Man, it sure is soggy outside!"
Son #1 at age 2 on his first flight--a connecting one. As we boarded the second plane, he says quite loudly, "This plane isn't going to stay in the sky." He was reassuring himself, much to the discomfort of the other passengers, that we would be there soon.
We can't wait til our 4 month old son can talk!
Still praying for your family and beautiful Abby.
I love this post and all the comments...so much cuteness!
When my oldest daughter was around 4 years old she thought our Pastor was great. She talked about him all the time, but couldn't pronounce his name right (Pastor Crabtree) she called him Pastor Crappy. To my dismay we were standing in the entry way at Church and she yells loudly, "There is Pastor Crappy!" everyone around laughed and he came over and said (Apprently it was obvious I was emberassed) It is ok that she calls me that as long as she doesn't turn it around and call me "Crappy Pastor." Everyone got a big kick out of it.
My Olivia is constintly cracking us up with her words. One day we were talking about the planet earth and Ayla (my youngest) said "Oarss" and Olivia felt it necassary to correct her. She said "No Aya, NOT OARS it is ERFF, say ERFF Aya." Ayla repeated "Oarss" and Livi got so frustrated (or as she says it FRUDERATED.) with her sister.
My yougest daughter said f*rt instead of squirt. "What does a water gun do?""F*RT F*RT"
My 2 adopted Ugandan grandchildren sing not, "skip, skip skip to my loo", but "skip, skip, skip kangaroo".
Hello--during the Halloween season Ava noticed all the witches for the first time. She asked what they were and I told her to which she responded "Momma, I don't like _itches" (b for the w). She is two and for weeks she would be in public seeing decorations and she would yell "look mommy, a _itch" and "bye _itch". It cracked us up everytime! Caused quite a few head turns in the local stores
When my son passes gas instead of saying "pardon me" he says "part of me" and then proceeds to fan his bottom because "it makes it smell less"!
My son right now, he 2 1/2yrs, says "Oh Look a B*tch" He means to say Bridge!!! He got it from Dora & Diego! We laugh so hard when he does it, he he. Your blog was funny :)
Our son (now six) has a hard time saying except; so, he'll say, "Mommy, I put all of my toys away for sex Darth Vader-I'm still playing with him."
God bless you and your family-you are in my daily prayers.
Hello,
My name is Melissa but my niece couldn't say it too well so she called me "Maheta" then her little brother came along and he couldn't say 'Maheta' so he said "Faheta". So now I am known as a nummy food, 'fajetia'.
Melissa
moms2mom@homtail.com
When my little sister was a toddler she would say milkshake and it would sound like "horse sh*t !!!!!!!!!
It was very hilarious! To hear her say "can you take me to McDonalds for some "horse sh*t?"
:)
The pictures of Landis are great. I love seeing all of Abby's great head wear!
Love and still praying
From Alaska
Michelle
my daughter asked me for a "boy cheese" sandwich. When I asked her why, she said, "well, ***** asked for "girled cheese"!!!! My daughter was 2 at the time
When parker was three we were out running errands and he shouted from the back seat "Hey Karen, I have a penis in my underpants."
He has had a red rash on his face, I was looking at it, and said outloud. I wounder what those are. Parker responded "maybe they are pickles" I had no clue what pickles had to do with the bumps. Then he said "you know like you have on your face"..he meant PIMPLES...
So thankful to have found you through MckMama, and can now pray for your sweet girl. She's absolutely precious, and should be able to do "craps" anytime she wants!
Oh, kids do say the cutest things! Our favorite is by our oldest, now 14. He affectionately called (AND set the pace for the younger siblings and cousins) his sweet great-grandmother "Udder". Yes, as in baglike mammary organ of a cow! You see, she lived with my in-laws, making her the "other" grandma in the house. She never did appreciate this title, and surely found no humor in the jar of udder cream we gave her for her birthday each year. Fortunately, for her, by the time of her passing, all six of her great-grandchildren referred to her as "Grandma Rita" ... but I still cannot resist the udder cream!
I pray your weekend is smooth sailing ... and you have many moments of joy and laughter!
Your newest prayer warrior,
Michelle
Micheller@cinci.rr.com
My son aged 3 at the time didn't say "her" he said "*hore" and every time we would ask him where his Mamaw was he would say she was at "*hore" house. Oh, we just laughed and laughed.
-Praying for Abby!
Gabriella got sick and threw up for the first time since she was a baby(so, it was the first time she was aware of it). She had eaten spaghetti for dinner that night. So, after she got sick she told us "I spilled my noodles". A couple of days later, I got the same lovely virus. She said to my husband "Did mommy spill her noodles?". We cracked up.
Hugs and prayers for Abby's strength.
Gabriella got sick and threw up for the first time since she was a baby. She had eaten spaghetti for dinner. So, after she got sick, she said "I spilled my noodles". A couple of days later, I got the same lovely virus. She asked my husband "Did mommy spill her noodles?"
Praying for Abby's strength.
My Tater Bug didn't talk until he was 2 and a half. One of the first words he said was the name of a little girl in the daycare. Her name was Kassie, but they called her Kass. Well you can imagine him saying "_ss come here!" Her momma was none too happy! :)
We are having to make sure our 3yo daughter (also born in Guatemala and looks a lot like Abby!) includes the 'r' when she tries to say 'shirt'. It comes dangerously close to...well, you know!
Prayers for Abby....every day!
Mighty Kangaroo
Started reading your blog only three days prior (the day before Abby's procedure on Wed). You are of course in my thoughts and prayers. I can't stop being amazed at your response to your trials. Thank you for your witness, thank you for reminding me that God is watching all, thank you for drawing me closer to God even when it hurts.
Regarding cute things said by kids:
When I was younger I fell in love with the song "When God Ran" by Red Shaded or Phillips, Craig, and Dean and played it all the time.
The chorus goes like this:
Almighty God, the great I Am,
Immovable rock, omnipotent, powerful, awesome Lord,
Victorious warrior, commanding King of kings, mighty Conqueror
My brother who was 3 or 4 at the time was able to pretty much say all the words except changed the last line to
Victorious warrior, commanding King of kings, MIGHTY KANGAROO
who knew? :)
I love seeing pictures of Abby with a smile on her face! I'm glad that she was doing crafts and not craps:)
My daughter, Gia, LOVES Thomas the train...especially P*ssy(Percy) and P*cker(Hector). She goes around saying, "I love P*ssy" all day long...very embarrassing but funny.
Our youngest daughter was excited about going to kindergarten this year. Her 1st grade sister told her she had to learn the pledge of allegiance. So I walk into the playroom and hear, "I pledge allegiance, to the flag of the mumble mumble of America. And if it hollers let it go....."
Oh, I'm Sooooo glad you guys are laughing. This is often how I handle stressful situations too. I find things to make me laugh. At my son's funeral (the worst day of my life), the minister and I were keeping a running list of "Stupid Things People Have Said To Me While We're At The Funeral." Gotta love it.
OK...here is mine and I can't believe I'm actually writing this. As I'm embarassed to even use the word. Ha!
We used to have a cat named "Snickers" But my daughter when she was very little mispronounced it as "Ni**er" That's right. The racial term. My daughter, the racist.
I will never forget the looks on our friends' faces when they first came over our house and our little girl was chasing the kitty around yelling,
HERE NI**ER! HERE NI**ER
They looked at us with huge eyes and said, "WHAT is your cat's name??????"
Ha ha!!!
Praying, as always, for Abby today.
Sandy
love the "craps" story. When our oldest son was about two, he loved Nutri-Grain Bars, but he had his own way of saying it and would often proclaim LOUDLY in the grocery store:
"Mama, I want NEW GAY BARS." Did I ever get some strange looks!
Then my second son did not like Crunchy Peanut Butter, so he would always ask, "Is this the peanuts kind?" but he did not say the "t" in the word peanuts... (I'll let you figure that one out for yourselves!)
Anyway, we are praying for you all...
Mom of four, including a 3 year old princess adopted from China
My son quotes cartoons, movies, etc. all the time & sometimes things don't come out quite right. Last Christmas he discovered Looney Toons, and took a liking to Sylvester the Cat. Imagine our horror as he shouted out, "F*ckerin' F*ckita$$!" upon arrival at preschool one morning.
my nephew had a hard time pronaouncing his Y's, and I remember trying to help him out a bit, by repeating to him, "ya, ya, yellow" He would try his best to quote me saying, "ya, ya, rellow". every single time. so adorable!!
My son, adopted from China when he was 3, used words he knew and plugged them into other situations when he heard us say a similar word. A couple of examples:
When he first learned to count in English he would say "1,2,3,fork,7".
And the first time he heard my husband say the word butt when he was helping him take a bath, he heard it as a different word that he knew, and to this day my son calls his bottom a "button". Last story: We had been home only about 8 weeks from China and he was learning English well and learning to watch TV so his mommy could take a shower each day. After his bath one day, I was combing his wet hair in front of the mirror and I decided to comb it up in a mohawk just for fun. He smiled real big and said "Look Mama, I am Jimmy Neutron!" I guess he was picking up more from the TV in that short time than I ever imagined :)
Thanks for a fun post and know that I am praying for Abby and your family!
Julie Hand
Praying for Abby fervently today...
Here's a quote from my 9 year old, Jacob, and 4 year old, Ben. Jacob: "Hey Josh, do you want to get married? Because here's a way not to get married...Eat a lot of beans." Ben: "Yeah--Toot the girls away!" Hope this brightens someone's day! lol
My 5-year old sang this for 200+ people @ church, recently:
"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
that saved a WENCH like me..."
Praying for Abby,
Lana in Bloomington, IN
Oh Brett - you're so right, what a good laugh it has been to read all these! Laughter heals!
While at Walmart, I was keeping my 3 year old nephew occupied while his Mom finished checking out. As he was standing on the ground looking up at us, I saw his eyes jot back and forth between his mom and I (comparing) and then he raised his little finger, pointed right at me and very loudly said, "Momma, Aunt Donna's boobies are WAY bigger than your boobies. Aunt Donna, I want to SEE your boobies! Needless to say everyone within earshot was laughing hysterically!
While changing one of my twin boys in a public restroom, up high on those changing tables with the nice bright florescent bulbs, I went to remove a piece of fuzz that had gotten caught in his privates. Imagine my mortification as he clearly authoritativley repeated back to me what I have told him on numerous occassions (and you know how bathroom walls amplify noise), "No, Mommy! No play with my penis!"
SO sorry Abby is back in the hospital, praying for you all.
Praying for Abby. God is great... expect Him to do great things in your life!
My daughter (4) told me she wanted a "grill" cheese sandwich and my son (3) said, no, mom, I want a "boy" cheese sandwich.
On the way to have some fun this morning, my daughter saw something out the window that reminded her of "damns"... so she exclaimed, with an alarmingly gangsta accent, "daaaayyyyaamms"... my husband and I had to laugh!
Brent,
Well, on our second Sunday at church after moving from New York to Wyoming, all of the kids got up and were asked to say something they were proud of themselves for (in front of the whole congregation). My darling three and a half year old got up and said he was proud of himself because he had "stopped using the F word and the S word". Now, the F word hew as referring to was "fart" and the s word was "shut up" (and I know he had never heard the other versions at that age!) but do you think anyone believed that? Especially since we were the new moveins from NY???
Keeping you all in my prayers.
My daughter, who is 6, had trouble saying Tallahassee when she was smaller(understandably so). Instead of saying we're from Tallahassee, she says we're from "Hallatassee". :)
Oh my goodness...these comments have me rolling!
We actually had a good laugh from our toddler today!
I had just taken him for a hearing test. His doctor is located on the third floor of the building, so we take the elevator up. He LOVES the elevator...the buttons...the ride...the magic of it all. Anyway, when we got home, we called my husband to tell him how the appointment went. My son got on the phone, and said with much excitement,
"Daddy, I rode the alligator today!"
Alligator/Elevator, I guess it's all the same to a three year old!
instead of McDonalds...my children say, HotDonalds--EVERYtime!!
My son Hunter, when he was 4 years old, asked me if I knew what his favorite TV show was one morning as we were walking out the door to go to daycare. I said no, and he proceded to tell me it was "The Power F*ckers". After I picked my chin up off the floor I asked him to repeat that. Over and over he told me the same thing!! I asked him (trying to be nonchalant) where he had seen this "show" and who were the main characters, etc. Eventually I figured out he was trying to say "The Power Puff Girls". Whew!!
When my son first started playing hockey he asked what a cup is. My husband explained to him that is a piece of plastic shaped like a cup that you wear over your p*nis to keep it safe during the game. My son, who was 4 at the time, pondered for a moment and then said..."that is great because I can wear it for the game and then when I am thirsty I can take it off and drink out of it!" I thought my husband and I were going to laugh ourselves silly over this!
God Bless Abby! She is in my thoughts and prayers every day.
Susan
I love kids' funny mis pronounces so much, I have a whole category for it on blog. Cute stuff!
Hello there - I found your blog from McKMama's site and will be praying for your family.
It's so funny that I read your post today, because last night as we were driving to see our new niece, we were explaining to our son (2-1/2) that we were driving to "Cedar Rapids" to see his new baby cousin. It was around dinner time, so he wasn't having any of it and he explained to us that he didn't want to "go see the rabbits".
Our kids love the song Awsome God and w often belt it out in the car. When our oldest was about 3 he was singing it one day and instead of the correct words he sang, "our God is and awsome God deranged!" We still laugh about that one. Our littlest one (born in China) calls marshmellows 'smarshmellos'. I have too many to list!
Praying for Abby and your family!
We could never tell the difference between "Cheeze-Its" and "Jesus" when my daughter Megan was a toddler. So, sometimes she wanted a box of Jesus and other times she was singing "Cheeze-its love me, this I know".
I just have to say that these made me laugh until I cried! My favorite is Karen's post...she gets my vote!
Karen wrote:
when my daughter was a toddler, her daddy used to sing Amazing Grace to her as a lullaby. Imagine our surprise (and mild dismay but extreme gratefulness that we weren't in church) when she began to sing, "amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a b***h like me"
This is a story from my time babysitting my godson (does that count? I'm only 20... not really at the stage of life to have my own children yet!!)
He had orientation for Kindergarten at his Catholic school and as the Priest got up to pray, Ryan stood on his chair and asked (loudly!) "When's God gettin' here? This is BORING!"
His mother just wanted the ground to swallow her up!
And his godmother? Well, maybe she needs to work on her godson (however when I have tried in the past it didn't work out so well either- 2 years ago when he was 3, I was trying to talk to him to teach him about God, he looks at me seriously and says "God (Dog) bites you on the leg!". What could I say to that?!
My 3-year-old son can't yet pronounce K's and thus substitutes a T in kitty. Unfortunately, with three live cats and about eight stuffed cats, there's a lot of mention of *itties around our house, which my husband thinks is hysterical. I'm trying to teach him "putty tat" now.
Then, my son recently had a toileting accident in Jack-in-the-Box’s restroom when his “stream” didn’t go down into the toilet (while sitting) but rather outward, soaking his clothes. So in the days that followed, I started reminding him to aim downward while toileting. One night I put him in a one-piece fleece sleeper, the first time since he'd proved he could stay dry at night. I showed him how to put on and take off the sleeves and how to work the zipper. I then asked, “So, when you go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, what are you going to do?” He promptly responded, “Hold your penis down.” Big sigh!!!
My 3-year-old son can't pronounce K's yet, substituting a T sound, and since we have three live cats and about eight stuffed cats here, we have a lot of mention of *itties around our house. My husband thinks that is hysterical.
About a year ago, my son was calling it "Chuck E. Jesus" rather than "Chuck E. Cheese's".
My son recently had a toileting accident in Jack-in-the-Box’s restroom when his “stream” didn’t go down, while seated, but rather outward, soaking his clothes. In the days that followed, I would remind him to aim downward. Then one night, for the first time since he's proven he can stay dry at night, I put him in a one-piece fleece sleeper. I showed him how to pull on and take off the sleeves and work the zipper. I then asked, “So, when you go to the bathroom, what are you going to do?” He promptly responded, “Hold your penis down.” Ahh, kids!
Thanks for the laughs. I really needed them. OK, funny things my kids say...Luke has had trouble with his "tr" blends, so he used to say, "I want to go in Daddy's fruck." It gets quite humorous at times. He also confuses f and s, so you can imagine all the word combos there. Have a great day. I'll pray for your sweey Abby.
Blessings,
Christy
When my oldest child was potty training, ok poopy training we had her tell us when she was done by saying she needed a bottom check. Worked good - didn't think anything of it. At the time we lived in a small town. We were eating in a fast food resteraunt and she had to go poopy. Being the grand old age of 3 I let her go by herself, we were very close to the bathroom and there were only a few people there at the time. A little later the bathroom door opens up, my husband and I looked at each other at the same time and thought "oh no". I couldn't get up fast enough before she bellows "I need a bottom check" for the entire place to hear. You just have to love your children.
I just wanted you to know that I am praying for Abby and your family.
My sister and I fostered and eventually adopted four sisters. When our now 5 year old was three, we had only had her a few months and I was planning my sister’s birthday. I asked her what she wanted to get my sister for her birthday and she replied "a birthday party and a little b**ch" and I said "a what?" and she repeated it again. At the time I never could figure out what the b.... was so we ended up picking out something else for her birthday.
It wasn't until a few weeks later that I caught Amanda outside playing in the wading pool saying "I'm going to get those little b**ches" that I not so quickly realized what she was saying. She couldn't say the f or sh sounds so the word fish didn't quite come out right.
Autumn
Sophie has had some DOOZIES over the years. To add to the chuckles, I thought I'd attach this for your hee-haw pleasure:
http://kritterkrit.blogspot.com/2007/08/lesson-in-manners-from-our-little-lady.html
~Kristy
Hi there! I heard about your blog from the Wheeler's blog. Chris came to my school last year and the year before that. I'm praying my hardest for Abby. I'm only a teenager, so I don't really know of any words that I said as a child that were funny because my mother can't remember. I know, sad. Well, I do know that my first word was clock. How weird is that? My grandparents have this huge clock in thier house that I used to LOVE to listen to (its chime, no its ticking). So, I would say clock when I wanted to hear it. -Kelsey
Hmmmmmm well let's see with a house of 5 kiddos we have several. Let me think of the high points.
Three yrs ago we took a trip to Florida. The day before we came home a hurricane was heading in and our friends said we should head out to get ahead of the traffic. The next week at Sunday school the teacher ask my then 5 yr old what he did that week.
Logan: We took a b'acation to Florida.
Teacher: Wow did you have fun?
Logan: Yes, it was great till the hooker came! Then Mom made us go home!
she could hardly contain herself when I picked him up. She knew us and we both had a good laugh.
When my other son was about 2 he got one of those fairly annoying animals that sing when you puch a button. A dog wearing a raincoat that sang "Singing in the Rain"
This is Taylor's rendition. I'm singing in the "brain" I'm singing in the "brain" What a "glorpious" "breeding" I'm singing in the "brain".
I am so show promoter for llamas and at one show we were short staffed so I let the little boys hand out the ribbons. Instead of "Congratulations"! Logan told them "Congratunations" while he shook their hand.
both boys had always said "I don't matter" when they really mean It doesn't matter.
Hopefully these little funnies will lift your day a bit. We have been praying throughout the day for little Abby. Let God's grace, peace, and healing cover you all.
I've been reading your blog for some time now and praying daily.
My almost six year old daughter, also from Guatemala, has quite a few funnies that are escaping me right now. All except one: she has always pronounced "bear" as "beer." Yep, she sleeps with a "beer" each night! One day at music class when she was 3, the teacher asked the children what they would pack to take on a trip. Gloria's response..."my beer." I got some looks from other parents and quickly tried to explain that she meant bear! She wouldn't know what a beer was if it came up and introduced itself.
She got confused one time when I wanted to drop some stuff off at Goodwill. After we did that and headed home she started crying. "You said we were going to see Uncle Will!" No, I said we were going to Goodwill. "Right! My good Uncle Will!"
My youngest brother is 15 years younger than I am. I used to do some of the grocery shopping for my mom, and would sometimes take my brother with me. One day when we went past the toy isle, he started asking for a truck. When I said no he started screaming for a truck. The funny part, or should I say extremely embarassing part, was that he couldn't pronounce the tr part of truck and replaced it with an f. So, we quickly passed the toys with him screaming over and over "I want a f*ck", and me repeating "You can't have a TRUCK". When we got to the front of the store, the cashier told me how well behaved my children were(my sister and brother). If only she new!
I took my little brother to the grocery store and when we passed by the toy isle, he asked for a truck. The funny part was that he couldn't say the tr sound and replace it with the f sound. When I said no, he started screaming "I want a f*ck", over and over. So, I kept repeating, "You can't have a truck". By the time we got to the front of the store he had calmed down and the cashier complemented me on what well behaved kids I had. So, not only did I have my little brother screaming profanity in the store, but now I am
a 16 year old mother of two. Crazy
I love you guys. I love you and I want to meet you and wrap you up in lots of hugs. I am praying for you guys to make it through this!!
Well, I wanted to add to the list, and I'm not a very funny person and have no children of my own (nor am I married, or engaged, or even dating much to my dismay), but my dad and I still laugh a lot about this one...
For years, and I'm talking into high school years, I thought January 19th was Martin Luther Junior King Day... we still it that when we're around each other, and I am so embarresed that I never figured out that the man's name is Martin Luther King, Jr. :)
You are such a precious family! Love you very much!
I am a follower of your blog, but have never commented before. First, please know that Abby and your family are in our prayers, and, I have sent your prayer request to my whole email list! We will fervently pray for dear sweet Abby!
On to a story....being the biological mother to two great boys, ages 17 and 14, you can imagine the fun I am having with my 4 year old adopted daughter!! To top it off, she is about as girly girl as you can get! So, I walk into her bedroom the other day and she startles (just about jumps out of her pants...hmmmmmm....what is she up to???). "Honey, there you are, what are you doing?" I look at her and she is COVERED in body lotion, not just a little, she is ALL WHITE!! "Mommy, I am on the beach and I need SUN SCREAM!" How cute!!
My kids have both said some of the expected "crazy" things from time to time, and right now the only one that comes to mind is from yesterday, as my son and I walked through the hallway where the wedding picture of my husband and I hangs. I believe my darling 4-year old's exact words were, "Mommy, what HAPPENED to you?"
Apparently I look just as tired as I feel :-)
My adopted little sister used to say "pop-it er ME" (stop it you hear me),with her pointer finger up against the side of her cheek when she didn't want to do something.
Courtney -White Lake, Michigan
I am so glad the Lord has given you the prespective to see the life, fun and child still in Abby.
I will share with you my son's funny...
We had just come home from a visit from my sister's house. She has 4 teen age boys. Their favorite snack at that moment was taquitos. So, as any little one, my son wanted to eat taquitos too. We were home about a week when my son insisted on eating ticky-toes for dinner. He is three, that should tell you alot. After about an hour of patiently trying to figure it out...I asked if he wanted taquitos. He said, "Yes Mommy ticky-toes." I was laughing so hard I was crying. He then proceeded to tell me to calm down. Out of the mouths of babes!
My four year old cannot for the life of him say chewing gum. He is always so proud of himself when he talks about my "shooing gum". His favorite bible story is Adam and Eve and the sneaky snake. Recently when I give him apples, he always wants to feed me a bit and tells me to eat a piece so that "I can be like God"! Need help soon for an appropriate response to a four year old before his theology gets totally warped!
My 3 year old always wants to use my "stick lip" (lip stick)
Neither of my boys (ages 5 and 3) can remember the word for "breasts". Constantly confused they ask, "What are those again?? Hips? Ribs? Buns? Nickels?"
My daughter is quite the hypochondriac. One day when she was about 6 she said, "My head hurts --- I think I have a mybrain."
I had a beautiful picture of my daughter when she was little and I was babysitting a little 4 year old boy. I called my mom on the phone and told her that I had the most wonderful picture of my daughter and I was going to blow it up. The 4 year old boy starts bawling hysterically and I said "what is wrong Ryan" He said back to me, "Please don't blow her up, I will take her home with me!"
I am new to your blog but I passed along Abby's story to our small group from church so we are praying for her! I have two daughters, Gracie and Abbie (love the name!) and both of them had the hardest time with the word "Magazine". My oldest now gets it right, but my youngest still says "Mazagine." Cracks me up!
Found your blog through MckMama and am praying for Abby and your family.
My youngest sister used to call her bathing suit her babing suit. She's 17 now and we still tease her about being a babe in her babing suit.
Another funny story about inappropriateness - Our family was big fans of the show The Wonder Years. A favorite family phrase was 'Shut up, butthead', just like on the show.
As we're walking into church one Sunday morning, the pastor is standing at the door greeting everyone as they enter. He leans down to two-year-old Emily and says, 'Good morning, sweetheart!'
To which Emily replies, 'Shut up, butthead!'
We almost died laughing. And that was the day the word 'butthead' was banned from the family vocabulary.
My 2.5 yr old boy says 'pizza' for 'penis'....it's the wildest thing!! You got love a lisp!! My 4.5 yr old just uses big words like consequence, she said 'snuggling is a privlege and since Teagan scratched me, he loses his snuggle time right?'...uh no!!
Every time we drive up to our house my 3 yo son, Jacob, says, "ta-tob's house". He, like Abby, was born in Guatemala and every time he sees a picture of her on my computer, he insists it's him, "dat's ta-tob" he says.
We are potty training, so we are constantly sniffing and asking questions about the origin of certain "odors". One day, I asked him if he needed potty. He went up to his daddy and pulled his pants back to "check". He said, "it's not daddy either".
Praying for strength and grace for Abby, her family, and all that care for her.
The McDuffie's
Our daughter just came home from Ethiopia this fall. She's 3.5 years old and learning English quickly, but some words sound similar so get confused. She goes into the hospital for blood tests quarterly, and today spent a lot of time complaining about going to get "Poked at the Potato" I finally determiend taht she'd seen the "doctor" sticker on the calendar for today and was concerned about getting her blood drawn at the "HOSPITAL" not the POTATO.
Another one I just remembered. My ten year old daughter was adopted from florida when she was seven years old. ONe day I was cooking and she heard me ask my husband about the tomatoes. She ran screaming from the room! We tried to figure out what was wrong, and eventually determined that she was afraid of "Tomato storms" (Tornados), which we don't have in Western Washington.
When my oldest son was 2 we were standing on the landing of our apartment watching the lightning, and listening to the thunder. After a few minutes he said, "Mommy the cows are mooing". It took me a few and then I realized that the cows were the clouds and the thunder was the mooing. Guess he heard cows when I said clouds. So cute.
I could have a list a mile long with 4 children!
A few of my favorites:
When my son was 2, he could not pronounce hotel, so whenever we went anyway, we stayed in a "hotentell" - we still call it that to this day.
I can't remember how old my son was maybe 8 or 9 and he came home from school and asked me if we knew any veterniarians - I said yes. The next day he asked if we knew any vegeterians. I said I didn't think so - then I asked him why he was needing to know these things. He said "Well, in school on Friday we are having an assembly for them and I can't figure out why!". He meant veterans!!
The last one is comical between my daughter and her dad and I don't know which one was funnier!
She came home from school one day and said "Guess what?!" A boy in my class got his independence taken out!! My husband didn't miss a beat when he said, "What did he do...get married?" She looked at him quite strangely and we both started laughting - She meant appendix taken out and I am still trying to figure out his comment ;-)
Kristina, ohio
(coming from MckMama)
We had some friends who gave us some fresh zucchini out of their garden one year. A couple of days after they brought it over my son asked "Mama, when we were going to eat the 'bikini's' that Mr. Rusty brought over?"
Too funny!
Praying for Abby....
My daughter was learning her Bible verse for Sunday - Exodus 15:2. She proudly quoted it for me "He is my God ... and I will exhaust Him!"
Wow! I knew exactly how God feels!
(The correct verse - He is my God and I will exalt Him)!
Praying for Abby. Such a sweetheart in pics.
Since we just past the Christmas season when my son was learning the song "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" I thought I would share that my 5 year old son told me he would like to go to what I interpreted as Bethlehem. He quickly corrected me and said "no Mom it is in Bed like him." I want to go in Bed like him...baby Jesus in the manger..you know Mom?"
Praying for Abby!
We frequently hear "I suck, I suck". I'm big on positive reinforcement, and would never let my son say such a thing about himself............
What he really means is "I'm stuck".
When my daughter Megan was just learning to talk Sponge Bob Square Pants was all the rage. Unfortunately she couldn't pronounce Sponge Bob Square Pants correctly. Imagine walking along in the store (a little old lady with her shopping cart standing right there) and your adorable little girl with BIG brown eyes scream, "Bobs a Bi#c*!" I was stumbling all over myself saying, "That's right Honey, Sponge Bob Square Pants." This was just one of many embarrassing "Bob" incidents...Bobs a Bi@c* will forever be a moment of laughter for my husband and I! :-)
Praying for Abby!
My all time favorite story is about my son Phillip. He is adopted from Ukraine and was very excited when his older brother took him to Bass Pro Shop to buy a fish stick so they could go fishing. Some of my other favorite mix ups have been going to Chuck E Cheezits and watching Charlie the Brown.
Hello! First of all, I have been praying for Abby since I came accross your blog back in the begining of December. I simply adore her and your entire family.
Ok, so when my now 3 year old son was about 2 1/2, we were driving down the freeway when all of a sudden he shouts at the top of his lungs, " FRUCKN' FRACKER!" Startled out of my skin I looked back at him and said, " what did you say?". And he repeated it. But this time he pointed out the window to show me. We had passed a store and parking lot full of TRUCKS AND TRACTORS! He was so obsessed with them and would have given anything for me to just turn teh car around and go to that lot full of his favorite things. I will never forget those precious yet somewhat frightening words.
Godd Bless your family!
Jamie from Oregon
Our youngest grandson, just barely two, is your typical male, not to sterotype, but for real, when you say, "I love you" to him his reply is "TO-OOO" It's adorable. Why waste words, right?
I had to chuckle when I read this because I have heard several over the recent months!!
Arianna came home from a football game excited to know the How funky is your chicken cheer well too bad it sounded like I F-&%^ the chicken! I was si embarrassed when we went to the store and she was singing this at the top of her lungs!!!!
My son use to say I have another deer for I have an idea!!!
We have recently begun following your blog and praying for your sweet Abby. My daughter also was born in Guatemala (she is 3 1/2)
Last night my daughter was looking for her "pocketpus." I was quite confused and asked my boys (6 1/2 and almost 5) if she was talking about and octopus. They were just as confused as I was. A little while later my daughter returned to the room and said that she had found her "pocketpus." Which turned out to be her pink pocket book/purse.
One that is a little more on the sensored side is that when my oldest was first learning how to read, and doing his best to phonetically pronounce words...he excitedly came upstairs to tell daddy that he was watching a great show called "This Old House Hor" (This of course I have spelled in the phonetic way in which he had sounded it out because I cannot even bring myslef to write it with asteriscs :) but I am sure that you see why this obviously sounded like quite an inappropriate show for anyone much less a child to be watching on a Saturday morning - or anytime for that matter). Thankfully I had been watching the show with him and very quickly intervened "Actually honey it was This Old House which is now called This Old House Hour the last word is "hour" and the "h" is silent."
There have been so many "kids say the darndest things" moments in our house and I truly wish o had written them all down. I am sure that we could all write a book of the funny things our kids say.
Craps!! Too funny. I have a 4 y/o son who came home from India recently and he is just learning the English language. When he says stinks (I don't know why he does this but he says "sssss stinks" and one day he came out with the word "fart" and I just cracked up. And, at my house, we use the word buttcrack--its alright--that's what it is.
My daughter can't say chips--she says ships instead and boy does that get a look when we are at the grocery store--especially in the right context!! And she has a cheer with the word funky in it and it sounds REALLY bad sometimes...I love their sweet, total innocence..
Thanks for sharing.
When my oldest daughter was little she was say "pater tots" all the time. We would say "Tater tots?" She would shake her head and say "NO! pater tots!" This went on for at least 6 months and we never figured out what she was trying to say!
When my son was maybe 2, he had just finished his bath. He wanted to lay on the floor wrapped in a towel. We went downstairs and a few minutes later he came out with the jammies on we had laid out. He was standing on the cat walk looking down at us and said "Oh D*mn it, I don't have underwear on!" We just burst out laughing!
Almost forgot this one from my middle child...She quite often, even now, mixes up words. She was referring to her adams apple and called it "my johnny appleseed". She was trying to say CPR and she said CBS. She always calls sour cream, cream cheese. There are many more but I can't think of them at the moment. We often use her other words...probably didn't help her get over it :-)
My husband took my son (5) to McDonald's after pre-school one afternoon. It is one with a playground outside. He doesn't always get to play due to weather or maybe we are on our way somewhere else, etc. This afternoon he did get to play. When he came home, he was so excited to tell me about it. He came running upstairs to tell me. He said "But Mommy, I could go down the twisty slide, because there is a giant "Hor's" nest up there!" My husband began screaming up the steps "Hornets, hornets!"
When he was 3, he announced to the entire waiting room at the doc's office "My Mommy needs to see the doctor,because it hurts when she goes pee!"
Praying for Abby everyday!
When my now 5 year old was 3, he couldn't say "stomach" correctly.
I have a video of him trying to say it...someday gonna' send it to Funniest Home Videos...
"Say stomach"
"d*mnit"
"What did you say? Say stomach"
"D*aaaaamniiiit!"
Bad parents. But WAAAY funny!
When my son who is now 18 was around 3 or 4 he loved Winnie the Pooh. He was constantly singing the song everywhere we went. The problem was he has his own version "Winnie the Poop". Man we got some great looks from people. Praying for Abbey here in Nowata, OK
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Your post was so funny! It reminded me of when our son, Daniel, who was also adopted from Guatemala, used to do an ocean life puzzle a lot when he was 2-3ish. The corner piece was a crab, and the crab legs were on a separate puzzle piece. He was constantly looking for the "big piece of crap" and the "little piece of crap." It got to the point where we couldn't do the puzzle without fits of laughter. Of course, he never knew what was so funny...
My kindergartener came home after school one day and asked me if "Madam and Eve" were the first people on Earth, because that's what her teacher told the class. I'll never correct her!!! : ) it's too cute!
when my son was 2 he replaced his T's with F's. Lets just say that I avoided the firetruck aisle. Mommy! LOOK! FIRE*UCKS!! I was horrified more than once! lol
I have been following your sweet girls story and please know that there are prayers sent Heavenward here in Ohio.
Praying for Abby in Ada, OK
My son used to say "Bop" for pickle
and "oaf" for shoe? Not sure where they came from.
Last year my 4 year old China doll wanted to know what Santa left in her "frosting" (stocking)
Ok... last minute entry. :)
Now you need to know that anytime Solomon has more than one of something he says he has "two" even if he really has 4 or 10 or whatever.
Solomon got some new "Toy Story" underwear. He was VERY excited about them. He put on a pair that had little pictures of Woody the Cowboy all over them and he came running into the living room, looking at his "underwear area" and proclaiming over and over, "I have TWO Woody's! I have TWO Woody's!!"
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