Commentary by six-year-old Lily on the Puff the Magic Dragon verse about Jackie Paper growing up and the dragon being sad:
He needs an octopus or a shark to play with. They would be better anyway, because they speak his language. He’s a dragon!
Mike: I’m leaving for work.
Anna (three years old): No! Work is closed today.
Lily teaching Anna how to do a somersault:
Put your hands and your head down, then roll. Good! That’s a somersault! Some people will tell you that you should do them in summer, but that’s just a joke.
Emma (nine years old): California is going to fall into the ocean.
Johnny (seven years old): Is that bad?
Emma: I don’t know.
Emma: Someday I want a doll that I can name Optimization. I don’t know what it means, but it sounds like a great name for a doll.
She settled on giving her doll Diamond Optimization as a middle name.
Emma, to Johnny and Lily – who are arguing over whether or not a game they played at school in computer lab is fun:
Guys, it’s opinion! That means that one of you can think one thing, and the other person can think another thing!
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
So funny!
Love it! Optimization would be a good name for some sort of Halloween monster :)
I love what your kids say! And the name Optimization!!!
I love how innocent kids are. They will say what ever pops into there cute little heads.
I love the things kids say!
The kids have tried the “work is closed” one on Jeff, it didn’t work.
It didn’t work here, either, but I thought it was a clever thing to try.
These are so cute! Thanks for the smile :) To work being closed–and only doing those somersaults in the summer! ;)
Fabulous quotes!!! Love the logic about octopuses and sharks being better able to communicate with the dragon, and Lily explaining the “summer” joke.
Very funny! And, it’s just an opinion – but I think California falling into the ocean might be a bad thing :)
I’m inclined to agree with you there.
LOVE it! The one about work is my favorite! ;)