My kids are quick with wit.
I am the proud owner of a 'magic' shirt. It was just a shirt until I asked my daughter, Sarah 14 years old, if she had seen it.
me: "Man I can't find my shirt. It's the only one I have that doesn't make me look fat."
Daughter: "What is it a magic shirt?"
My son gets me all the time too.
We were on our way to Huntington and were playing eye spy as we were driving down the road.
Each of us had a couple turns and had picked the usual, yellow lines, white lines, road signs, and other things
Then it was my son Daniels, 8 years old, turn again.
son: "I spy with my little eye.....Something bald and fat."
Daughter: "DAD!"
Son: "SISTER GOT IT!" (he calls her sister instead of by her name, Sarah")
They get me all the time. Life is great.
My two oldest are getting ready to move out. Hard to believe. John is 20 and Brad will be 18 next month. Where does time go, I'll be 40 at the end of the year.
What memorable things have your kids said?
I had a magic couch.
Everytime my kids (who lived in town) would visit, they would quit their jobs and let old Dad carry the bills for a while.
When I re-married, my wife and I sold it. And, THAT's worked out real well.
my 3 year old has 'discovered' himself over the last few months. he ask me the other day in the most serious tone:
papa, does spongebob have a butthole?
I used to read the "Family Circus" cartoon in the paper. They had a series of comics for a while about how there was a ghost in their house named "not me". Every time one of the kids was asked who was responsible for doing something wrong, they would name the ghost.
My kids have "George"
He is my oldest son, though just imaginary son.
He has been blamed for many things and we usually forget him at the store or at the house.
"Oh no!" one of my kids would say "We forgot George!"
They are older now and still talk about George doing this or that and forgetting him here or there.
last week-
Me- what do you think of my beard?
Youngest File- it's grey and all patchy...
Me- I blame that on your greatgreat grandfather...
YF- If your relatives give you a crappy looking clothes you don't HAVE to wear them...
Daughter must have been about four years old at the time. Shortly before a family Sunday dinner at my parent's house with one guest present, a nearly 80 year-old neighbor of theirs. The neighbor lady, my dad, my daughter and myself were in the living room while the other ladies were finishing up dinner in the kitchen. Suddenly, my daughter walks over in front of the neighbor lady and points to a spot a little above her waist and asks, "Why are your boobies way down there? Mine are up here."
Whilst visiting friends in MI last fall, it was time for their kids to go to bed. They're 9,7 & 4. The youngest is a charecter.
Mom got the oldest to turn in with no problem, as Mike was attempting to settle Daniel down as he was doing laps around the kitchen & living room in typical kid like fashion.
Mike raises his voice "Daniel get to bed, now"
Daniel kind of slows down and walks to the kitchen table, sits down, puts his elbows on the table, takes a sip of his juice and proclaims "naw, I think I'll just hang with you guys for a while".
Both of us about busted a gut it was so funny. After a minute or so he got up and quietly went to bed.
There is a ton of stuff my Dad wrote down.
Most is from our baby brother Snakey [Jon is his name] -Navy vet.
Just a couple I remember:
Oh My!! Basphetti and meat bulbs!!
When our shoe strings would get wore out, Mom would get us some new ones.
"Wow!!! new shoe screams!!"
My other brother Wild Bill would take a "booper". Yes, #2.
Fortunatley, I am the oldest so maybe Dad didn't start writing these down until after the others came along and realized how funny it was.
Several months ago, my 4 yo daughter was playing in the den when all of a sudden my wife and I heard a shriek... "aaaa, mommy, mommy, come here quick!!! MOMMY!!!" We both leaped off the couch and ran into the den, where my daughter stood there as if frozen in time. She very slowly turned her head towards us with a disappointed face and replied "Mommy, I'm sorry, I just had quesadilla." We hadn't eaten lunch yet.
