Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

Recently I was getting ready for work, and I heard Sarah yelling out in an excited voice,


"Mommy!  Mommy!  GPS is here!  GPS is here!"


I of course was thinking, what are you talking about?


Then I realized.  That a certain brown delivery truck was out in front of our house.

"Sarah, do you mean UPS?"

"Yes Mommy!"

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

Earlier this afternoon, the girls and I were out and about doing errands and such.  The girls new favorite activity is to look at cars and shout out things like "Honda!" or "Chevrolet" or "Ford"!

So while we're walking through the parking lot, Sarah randomly says,

"Mommy, can we get a pony on our car?"

(Of course, I'm thinking, say what?)

Sarah points out the grill of the car she was dreaming about

A Ford Mustang

Oh The Cute Things Kids Will Say

While Sarah and I were running errands this morning, Sarah happily yelled out,


"MOMMY!  Look!  A moo cow dog!"


I turned around to find this walking by...

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

So yesterday as most of you know was Super Tuesday. My Mom and I decided it would be a great idea to walk over to the polls which was held at the local Junior High School to vote seeing that it was such a beautiful day. While we were on our little adventure, we mentioned to the Madore-ables that we were voting, and why it was important to vote. We discussed why it was important to have a president. We talked about how we vote to get a president into office. We discussed George Washington being the first president and our current president. It was a pretty interesting conversation, as most are with the Madore-ables.

So as we were walking, Sarah randomly starts talking about kayaks.

"Mommy, we're going over to the school to see the kayaks!"

I thought this statement was quite odd seeing it was the middle of Winter, and there is still a lot of snow left on the ground and kayaks was the furthest thing from my mind anyway. So I asked Sarah to explain what she meant. All she could do is repeat what she said before.

My Mom and I were so baffled. I felt bad because I understood what Sarah was saying, but wasn't understanding a connection at all. Then it was Samantha who was able to explain everything. Not me. Not my Mom.

Samantha is in love with games like "I Spy" and rhyming word games in the car. It was Sam who said matter of factly, "Mommy! Voting and boating rhyme!"

And then it hit me...

We were going VOTING. Sarah kept hearing us say BOATING. Henceforth the kayak comment.

Oh The Cute Things Kids Will Say

Sarah has been singing "Dominic the Donkey" since Christmas time. She totally fell in love with the song, and does a great job at singing it on her own too.



She asks me quite a bit these days when we're out doing errands in the car, if I can put the "Dominic the Donkey" song. Unfortunately, I have to remind her that we've put all the Christmas music away.




So it wasn't a surprise to me when over the weekend Sarah asked me repeatedly, "Mommy? Can we watch the Dominic the Donkey movie?" I figured she wanted to watch the video on YouTube or something, but everytime she asked, it was time for lunch, or it was time for dinner and we just forgot about it. Finally, Sarah asked me one last time with a very nice "pleeeeeeeeeeeease? It's just downstairs!". I of course was very confused, and asked her to go get me what she was looking for. Here's what Sarah showed me:

Anytime Sarah sees a donkey, she's calls it a "Dominic the Donkey"

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

Recently, Jeremy was in the bathroom with door closed. Samantha was on the otherside of the door talking to Jeremy when the following coversation popped up.

"Daddy? Does everyone need to go potty?"

"Yes Sam"

"Do animals go to the bathroom?"

"Yes Sam"

"Do fish go to the bathroom?"

"Yes Sam"

(Wait for it...)

"Wait a minute! Does Santa use the potty?"

Sarah's Dictionary Addendum

Recently, we introduced the Madore-ables to Richard Scary's "Busytown" with Huckle Cat on streaming Netflix on our iPad. Each show has a sort of mystery in the story line, and Samantha really gets into it.

Sarah has really started liking it too. In fact, she loves it so much that she calls the show "Uncle Cat".

It's A What-Burger?

You Have A WHAT In the House?

Sarah has been showing a wild imagination lately. She announced to me recently that there is a chinchilla in the house.



I had to laugh for 2 reasons: (1) The fact that she even knew the word chinchilla and (2) She said it so seriously, that if it didn't come from a 2 1/2 year old I may have just believed her. (Well, only for a second maybe).

So here is Sarah's new pet:

(It's a Popple toy from when I was a kid)

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

So recently I took the Madore-ables to the playground, and while the girls were swinging on the swings, a moped drove by. Here's the conversation that played out following the passing of the moped.

Sarah: Mommy? What was that?

Me: That was a moped Sarah.

Sarah: A moped?

Samantha: No. That wasn't a moped Sarah. It was a motorcycle with a funny exhaust.

Samantha is definitely a Madore.

Maga Doo Doo?

When Sarah woke up this morning, and after she was changed I brought her downstairs. She was pointing to things and asking "What's that?" to some various things that were in the living room.



Next thing we knew, Sarah was really excited and shouted out "MAGA DOO DOO" and proceeded to reach over and pick up:

"Maga Doo Doo" (a.k.a Magna Doodle) Of course!

Sarah's Dictionary Addendum

Sarah says quite a bit during the day...from the moment she wakes up until the moment she falls asleep.

Here are some new and updated vocabulary words:

• Cat hat (a.k.a "The Cat in the Hat")

Small soap-its (a.k.a "small bites")

Care-fee Mommy. (a.k.a "Be careful Mommy")

Ok Mommy. I weel. (a.k.a "Ok, Mommy. I will")

CHUBBY CHEEKS!

Good morning Sammy. Hi Sammy!

Green light means GO!

And of course the favorite 2-year old vocabulary

MINE! (a.k.a "Mine")

NO! (a.k.a "No")

annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd everyone's favorite: GO AWAY!

Yikes.

Sarah's Dictionary Addendum

From the moment Sarah wakes up until the moment she falls asleep at night, she's constantly saying something.

"HAT" (a.k.a. PBS's "The Cat In the Hat")

Ty-nen-ol (a.k.a "Tylenol")

"Poopywet" (do I need to explain this one?)

"I do it I do it I do it" (a.k.a "I can do it Mommy/Daddy")

"Grace" (a.k.a saying "Grace" before each meal or saying prayers at night before going to sleep)

"Pow!" (a.k.a a snow plow....which have been working hard and diligently these last few weeks with the snow storms we've been receiving)

Sarah's A Dictionary

Sarah is becoming a little dictionary during the day.

Adding all sorts of new vocabulary to the pages.


Her favorite sayings during the day?

"O-Dokey!" (a.k.a "Okey dokey")

"Kay-q" (a.k.a "Thank you")

"No kay-q" (a.k.a "No thank you")

"P.G's" (a.k.a "PJ's" or "Pajamas")

"Frack-le Feet" (a.k.a "Freckle on my feet")

"Ahhhhhh-men!" (a.k.a "Amen")

and of course, every 2-year old's favorite word,

"No" (a.k.a "No")

Samantha...What Time Is It?

Samantha has known her numbers for awhile now. I thought it might be a good idea to start teaching her to tell time on a digital clock. Seeing we have several digital clocks in our kitchen, and in my car Sam knows if she asks what time is it, she can run to the kitchen to tell us. I've been trying very hard to let her answer her own questions, especially if I can use it for a learning tool. She asks great questions (sometimes, I'll admit they're overwhelming) but nonetheless Samantha has been doing a great job.


The other night, we were at dinner and Samantha looks at the clock and says very seriously,



"Mommy! Daddy! It's six hundred o'clock!"

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

This was a conversation that Sarah and I had this morning:



Me: "Sarah, what does a pirate say?"



Sarah: (without missing a beat) "Beep beep!"



(This causes Samantha to completely lose it and giggle)



Me: "A pirate doesn't say beep beep silly"



Sarah: (gave me a look that just said, "Oh Mommy") and puts on a BIG smile and without missing a beat says, "Arrrrrrrrrrr!" with a very "fierce" face on.



My Madore-ables arrrrrrrrrrrrrr certainly Madore-able!

Cookie Doo?

One of Sarah's favorite books is Eric Carle's "The Very Busy Spider".

It's a great story. It's about a spider who blew in via wind and landed on a fence post near a farm yard. The spider spends the entire story being invited by all the different farm animals to go play, but the hard working spider continues working on building her web to catch a pesty fly.

I was putting the Madore-ables laundry away and cleaning up around the room. While I was doing so, the girls were playing and reading books. Every few seconds, Sarah would randomly shout out "Nay nay" for horse, or "Bah bah" for sheep. The next thing I know Sarah is shouting out "Cookie doo! Cookie doo!" For a second, I was thinking, "What?" Was I hearing "Cookie doo?" or maybe I heard "Coo Coo Ca Chew?" So, I look down at Sarah to find out what she was pointing at, and she gave me the biggest smile and shouted one more time "Cookie doooo!"

"Cookie doo" a.k.a "Cock-a-doodle doo!"