I’ve had some funnies I’ve been saving up from the kids and I now have enough to share these gems with you!
Levi was thrilled this week to to read his first Dr. Seuss book all by himself. So the other night when I went in to check on the boys after they’d been put to bed, I found him reading this book, in the dark, with these night glasses.
On Wednesday Liberty, who is very aware of the boy/girl differences at our house because she’s the only girl besides mom, went over to the bookshelf and pulled out the church hymn book. She sat down on the floor, opened it up and said, “Mom, is this a ‘she’ book?” I had no idea what she was asking so I said, “What?” And she asked again, “Is this a ‘she’ book?” In exasperation I said, “No, it’s a HYMN book!” And the second I said it out loud, I realized what she meant and busted up laughing. A HIM book!!!
A few weeks ago, the kids came home from a birthday party with live goldfish in a jar. I was a bit bugged that I now had to try and keep these fish alive. The next day, when Cade found his fish belly up in the jar he said perplexedly, “I don’t know why my fish died. It didn’t eat anything!” He meant of course, it hadn’t eaten anything bad, but it was still pretty funny.
I can’t remember if I shared this one or not, so forgive me if I have. Levi has been losing his first teeth lately and the other day I overheard him telling his brothers about the $14.00 pack of Pokémon cards he was planning on buying. I asked him how he planned to pay for something so expensive. Looking at me like I was a little slow he said, “Mom, I have teeth!”
This last week Alli and I took the kids to Denny’s where kids eat free on Tuesdays. After helping all the kids figure out what they were going to order, I finally took a look at the menu to decide what I wanted. The waitress came up right then and asked if we were ready to order so I told her we needed a little more time. As she walked away Liberty, who was hungry and impatient for her food, called after her, “But I don’t need any more time!”
And one last one I just heard last night from our neighbor. Liberty was wandering the cul-de-sac talking to all our neighbors as she always does. She was dressed in her princess dress this particular day. When our neighbor Tom asked her if she was going to be Miss Idaho someday she said, “No. I do not want to be a state.”
I realize these might not be as funny second hand, but we sure love remembering them after the fact.
