<p>There was an older post that had the cutest things your high school senior said or did as a child. Some of the memories were just adorable, so I thought I would start a new post as my oldest “baby” graduates high school this week.
My S was about 3 when he caught me getting out of the bath. With a look of shock, he pointed to my pubic area and said “mom, you got fur!”<br>
Another time he came to me and asked why there was “no pee.” I was confused and asked if he had to go potty. He got frustrated at my lack of understanding. After several minutes of going around, he finally explained "you know mom, ABCDEFGHIJKLM no P (saying the word no).<br>
Every time I think of that last one it calls to my mind Ellemenope here!
Anyone else have cutisms like that?</p>
<p>Not sure if I’ve shared this one or not. When my D was about 2 1/2 I told he we would need to go to the grocery store for items for dinner. </p>
<p>Me: What should we have?
D: I know…my favorite…corn on the cob!
Me: That sounds good, what else?
D: OH! My other favorite…peas on the cob!</p>
<p>You know when I read these kid ‘cutisms’ (great word) they always make me smile and get a bit misty-eyed as I can see and hear my now 24 yo vividly. Sometimes I miss that little kid.</p>
<p>My family has been saying “jesus christ goddamn poodle dog” ever since we read that thread. :)</p>
<p>Not my graduate, but DS15 in forward facing toddler seat belted in center space - about 2 yrs - does that gripping stearing wheel pantomime that kids do and says “Look mom, I’m driving you nuts!”</p>
<p>As a first grader, he wrote in his school journal: “My favorite baseball team is the Oakland Athletics. I don’t know why they call them that because they’re not very good.”</p>
<p>BTW, he gave up on them within a year when they traded Mark McGwire.</p>
<p>(We couldn’t really figure out why they were his favorite team since we live on the East coast. The best we came up with is they have a big ‘A’ on their uniforms & his name begins with the letter A so he figured they were his team).</p>
<p>My handwriting is not as fast as my headwriting. (This is the one with severe dysgraphia - can’t even read her own notes, and learned to memorize everything that was ever said in a lecture, and can repeat it back two weeks later verbatim.)</p>
<p>D not graduating HS, just graduated college. Best thing she used to say when young, “I love you mommy, but it’s hard raising you.”</p>
<p>So true.</p>
<p>I don’t have a current hs senior , but what mother doesn’t have a few zingers to share ?</p>
<p>When my older girls were about 4 and 2, the younger one was a picky eater. She wasn’t eating her dinner very well, and big sister looked at her very seriously and said :</p>
<p>" If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding…how can you have your pudding if you don’t eat your meat ? "</p>
<p>What can I say , the radio was on more than the TV ;)</p>
<p>The saddest (yet sweetest) thing my younger son ever said to me (out of the blue) was, “mommy, if one of us had to die, I hope it would be me because if you died, who would take care of us?” </p>
<p>What must go on in a little one’s head?</p>
<p>When my son was a toddler, he used to say, “I want to do it all my byself.” Now he is 18 and working as a swim instructor. After he finished training and was on his own in his classes, he said, “I have to be all my byself now.” I almost cried!</p>
<p>When my S12 was around preschool age and at a summer bible school he told his teacher, while pointing at the church, “that is where my parents went when they really, really had to get married.” Still not sure where he came up with that. His older brother (our first child) was born 20 months after we were married. I don’t think we really HAD to get married!</p>
<p>Go Pink Floyd! (My own D - now 24 - thinks her generation discovered them!)</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>When S was 4 or 5, he saw a cardinal, and said “Look - a red jay!” He’s 18 now. We still call them red jays. He rolls his eyes every time.</p>
<p>I used to do the thing with my hands: “Here’s the church, here’s the steeple, open the doors and see all the people.” One day, I clasped my hands with the fingers on the outside instead of inside, and said, “Here’s the church, here’s the steeple, open the doors… Where are the people???” My son didn’t hesitate. He immediately said, “On the roof!!!”</p>
<p>To all you guys… these are hilarious. I especially liked the “red jay” thing, because with our kid, he “named” several things that we thought were so cute, we never corrected him. My favorite was “pluglet.” Makes sense - that what you plug electrical things into.</p>
<p>.My then 18 month old was handed a slice of bread at a deli ." What do you say ?" I prompted . " Where’s the butter ?",he asked . .My then 4 year old was in the locker room with his dad . There was a heavy man ,very hairy with no visible genitals. " Why is there a lady in the men’s in the men’s locker room ? " ,he asked .</p>
<p>^^^Your story reminds me that when my son was a toddler whenever he wanted something & we prompted him with “What do you say?”, he eventually learned to reply “Please, thank you, good boy.” He covered all his bases and praised himself too.</p>
<p>My D was explaining the facts of life to our 3 year old neighbor (She was 5. ) “After college ,you can have a baby . After college, the egg meets the sperm…” My neighbor was really impressed how we must have drilled that in !</p>
<p>I just got my daily laugh reading thru these posts :D</p>
<p>Once, when of my young D’s asked for something without saying “please,”
I asked, “What’s the ‘P’-Word?”
She stared blankly. I repeated, “C’mon, you know, the ‘P’-Word. . .the word that starts with the ‘puh’ sound. . .the word you’re supposed to say when you ask for something politely. . .the ‘P’-word. . .” She kept hesitating and other family members were starting to listen in, waiting for her to get it.
Finally, tipping her head with a confused look on her face, she asked, “PEANUT BUTTER??”</p>
<p>(Then everyone started laughing and saying words that start with P–pomegranate? pizza? puddle? persnickety? etc.)</p>