Kids Say the Darndest Things

Lately the kids have said a couple of funny things, but Rebekah had a few funny comments a while back that I had wanted to post last summer. When we went to visit Carrie and Daniel for Katelyn's baby dedication they got a kiddie pool for the kids to use since we had brought our bathing suits. Rebekah was particularly fascinated with the difference between how guys and ladies dress to go swimming. She went up to Daniel and asked, "Do you show your nipples in the pool?" (or something to that effect). Then they went out to play and Daniel climbed in the pool with the kids. Rebekah asked Daniel why he had hair all over his body. He told her that boys have hair on them. Rebekah replied, "Joshua doesn't have hair all over his body." Oh, my! What am I going to do with her?

Joshua is now starting to say funny things. Last week after we got home from Chick-fil-A Joshua wanted to drive in his Cozy Coop in the basement. I brought up his leftover lemonade. He went absolutely hysterical, and I had a hard time calming him down. He finally came upstairs, and I got him to settle down some, but I also knew he was very tired. I figured out he was wanting to take his lemonade downstairs while he drove around because he cried, "I want to drink and drive!"

Sunday after Cubbies Rebekah came home RAVING about their snack, saying it was "phenomenal"! What a big word for her! I finally discovered that they had trail mix with M&Ms, pretzels, etc. All she told me was that it had a lot of stuff in it and some sugar. Who knew that trail mix was phenomenal to a five-year-old?

Rebekah is also all the time making up words for things. I'll ask her to tell me what it means, and it's so obvious she has made it up herself. It's so cute! She's also telling me that "______" is Spanish for ________. It is clear she has made up a Spanish word. She'll do the same thing for sign language. She'll create a move with her hands and say it's the sign for a particular word. So funny!