Emma: The boys on the playground are really loud. They play loud and scary games, and don’t see where they’re going.
Johnny: Sometime when I am in kindergarten I will crash girls a lot.
On an evening walk:
Johnny: Do telephone poles go to bed?
Mama: No, telephone poles never go to bed.
Johnny: I would like to be a telephone pole.
Eating tuna curry over rice:
Emma: Mama, this food looks like icky stuff, but it tastes good.
Two-year-old Lily, feeling that I’m not giving her request to go to kindergarten due consideration:
Lily: Mom! I’m talking to you about starting kindergarten!
Mama: You have to be five to go to kindergarten.
Lily: But I AM five!
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Oh, my! I’m laughing and loving the fact that you’ve recorded your kids’ thoughts. I’ve got 5 that wish they wre telephone poles, too. Why am I the only one who actually WANTS to go to bed at night? :) Thanks for stopping by the Overflow yesterday!
Johnny’s telephone quote is such a great example of the seemingly random but logical way kids’ minds work. I love it!
Cute! It’s great that you are writing these talks down to remember later.
Such cute sayings! I need to blog more about what mine say.
Sandy
Loved these! It’s so cute that she wants to start Kindergarten. And my kids usually think my food looks good, but tastes icky. :)
Also, you probably did this awhile ago, but your site is looking so great.
Oh, that’s absolutely adorable! Kids are so clever. I wish I could really see what it’s like in my son’s mind. He surprises me all the time too. Thank you for sharing! This post made me smile!
These are all fantastic! Lily certainly sounds like she’s five. :) I hope Johnny’s new career as a telephone pole doesn’t interfere too much with his girl crashing aspirations. Too funny!
It’s so funny how kids never want to go to bed but adults can’t get there fast enough. Love the quotes!
Oh MaryAnne, the quotes are my favorite things to read on anyone’s family blog, but Johnny wins, hands down, for best overall best lines, ever! “Sometimes… I will crash girls a lot”! Hahahahaha! So honest, so matter-of-fact, and so funny. Thank you for making me smile today!
So sweet! I need to write down those special things that my kids say more often!
I guess it would be fun to be a telephone poll. I wish I didn’t have to go to bed either! How cute!
Lily is too funny :)
LOL! Tuna curry does sound nasty, but at least it was good!
I am so excited for JC to start saying awesome things like these.
I would like to be a telephone pole as well then.
Johnny would have good company in my cherubs who would also delight in being an object that didn’t have to go to bed! So gorgeous how the brain of a young child thinks and draws conclusions.
Tonight Savvy said that she just wants girl children when she is a mummy because boys are too naughty. I said that you don’t get to choose. I told her that God chooses. She then said “Dear God, when I am a mummy, could you please choose girl babies for me”.
Laughing at “I AM five!” I love how these sweet kids have a different perception of reality than we do!