What is the most adorable or funny thing you've ever heard a child say?
By mentalward
@mentalward (14690)
United States
December 12, 2008 8:33am CST
I was reminiscing last night about when my kids were young and remembered some of the things they said that either tore at my heart because it was so sweet or made me laugh so hard I cried.
I'd love to hear of some other 'sayings' from children, either your own or someone else's child. They can be so brutally honest and totally adorable, can't they?
Has your, or someone else's, child ever said anything that had your sides splitting or made you want to just pick 'em up and hug them?
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@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
12 Dec 08
We asked my six year old to help his older brothers clean the house and he said, "I don't clean, I'm not a brother, I'm a sweetheart."
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
12 Dec 08
Awwwwwww!!! That's so sweet! I'd have wanted to hug him AND tell him that even sweethearts have to clean! Hahahaha!
That was a good one, kelly! He sounds like my youngest son used to when he was that age.
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@annjilena (5618)
• United States
12 Dec 08
well about a month ago my grand son layed down to take a nap with his mother they was a sleep but he awaken before she did he went and open the front door to get outside she had twelve steps to go down instead he fell off the side she was still asleep.he was hanging off the side of the top step saying mame,mame.mame.he was calling for help she heard something and get up and the door was open she was looking for the baby he was hanging on with four finger on the side of the top step talking about glad to see his mame he started laughing when he saw her.now he never say mame,mame but he did this day i think he was scared he was going to fall.
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
12 Dec 08
Awwwww! I bet he was soooo scared! How old is he? I can almost hear him calling for his 'mame'! Poor baby! I'm glad he was 'rescued'!!!
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@raenie (705)
• Philippines
12 Dec 08
Hi! I teach 2 & 3 year olds, & reading this post made me remember one time I bumped my nose, and said "Ow!" so one of our girls came to me & said, "Kiss your nose?" & kissed it then another girl, taking cue from her also kissed my nose--yup, kissing boo-boos bye bye sure makes it all feel better Another time, we were supposed to do some artwork so we told teh kids to get there smocks--one of our boys, with total excitement--said "yea!" & ran towards his snack box--soo funny & cute at the same time--so many other anecdotes with those kids, thanks for making me remember a couple of them...
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
12 Dec 08
And thank YOU for sharing them!
Aren't children wonderful? I mean, for the most part. I've met some whom I believed would have benefitted greatly if their parents took them behind the woodshed with a hickory stick but, unfortunately, they were the way they were BECAUSE of their parents. So sad.
My mother taught kindergarten for 13 years. She had some adorable stories to tell us at the time.
She taught in an inner-city school for a few years where all of her students were Black. One time, she told us that one of her students, who absolutely adored her, suddenly got very excited, jumping up and down with a huge smile on his face. He showed her the palm of his hand, which was much lighter, and said, "I'm turning White, just like you!" He was so excited because he thought he was becoming like his teacher! That was a bittersweet thing to hear, though.
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@baileycows (3665)
• United States
12 Dec 08
My daughter says funny things all the time she is now 8 years old and they just keep coming. LOL! Yesterday we were sitting at the doctors office and she was getting bored and playing sitting on the table waiting for the doctor and she just burst out. I dream to become a Hobo! I started laughing I knew she was making a joke. So I was like why wait why don't you start now. She said you cant really do that till your 30. I said well what are you going to do till then that is a long time she said oooo live with your parents, get a bunch of small jobs and quit them. Then you can become a hobo. I said I am sure people don't dream of becoming hobos Bailey. She said well maybe they didnt have any dreams. LOL! Crazy kids. She wasnt even laughing.
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
12 Dec 08
Hahahahahaha! Well, you learn something new every day, huh? I had no idea that you had to be 30 years old before you could become a hobo! Hahahaha!
She obviously put a lot of serious thought into this to have it so fine-tuned! Now, THAT'S what I call planning! Of course, I probably ruined my own sons' dreams of becoming a hobo by booting them out the door before they reached 30.
That was adorable, baileycows!!!! Thanks so much for sharing it.
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@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
12 Dec 08
One of our grandson's turned 15 yesterday. He is prone of bad migraine headaches. When he was very young, I had to go get him at school and brought him home with me. We had friends for dinner that night. We were sitting there eating and someone told something funny and we began to laugh. Ryan spoke up and said, 'YOU are making me a headache'. Well, that made us laugh harder, to which he said, "I told you that you are MAKING me a headache!' It was all we could do to stop laughing. He was so sincere and didn't know the difference in saying making or giving.
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
12 Dec 08
Well, technically, I guess he could have been right, huh? I mean, when we have something, it was first 'made', right? Yeah, normally that applies to a tangible thing we can hold in our hands but, well, it worked for me!
I can completely understand why you were all laughing so hard, though. I would have been right there with you! That poor boy! Just trying to make you understand that the noise was giving him a headache, but such a cute way of saying it!
Aren't kids the greatest? They really can make you stop and think, can't they?
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@agrant10 (1476)
• United States
12 Dec 08
I had taken my little cousing shopping. She was about five at the time. It started to rain. She looked at me and said Oh, my skin is too pretty to get wet.
I thought to myself wow. I felt like throwing her in the rain. LOL
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
12 Dec 08
She was FIVE??? Hahahahaha! Wow, is SHE ever going to be something by the time she's a teenager!!!
If it happens again, you should tell her that water is good for our skin... it keeps it pretty! Well, maybe not... she may just start running outside every time it rains!
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
19 Sep 09
Hi mentalward. My landlord has a guy that comes out and does odd jobs around their house/yard. One weekend he brought his little girl. I'm guessing that she's about 5 or 6 years old. I had just gotten home with my pet bird when she comes up to the truck and starts talking to my youngest son and I. She got really excited when she saw the bird. She told me that if she does well with a pet fish that her mom will buy her a bird. So I asked her what kind? She said the cheap kind! OMG, she said it so matter of fact like that I had to stifle a giggle to tell her that sometimes those are the best kind! LOL
Happy mylotting!
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
20 Sep 09
Believe me mentalward, I wanted nothing more than to burst out laughing! LOL
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
19 Sep 09
I had to burst out laughing at your story, sacmom! I doubt I could have stiffled a giggle; I'd probably have burst right out with a big belly laugh. That's what I did when I read this!
Thanks so much for sharing your story. It is precious!
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@singout (980)
• United States
12 Dec 08
Years ago, when my youngest daughter was about 8 years old, we had the occasion of taking a family trip to Colorado Springs and drive up to the top of Pike's Peak. On the way up there, I noticed that she (in the back seat behind me)was gripping the back of my seat so tight, her little knuckles where white. She was obviously quite nervous about being there. About several miles of steep climbing we came upon a check-point where all cars were checked for over-heated brakes to make sure they were functioning properly. I noticed my daughter looking longingly at the officer as he went about his routine of examining my wheels. Soon he gave the signal to go ahead and that everything seemed to be fine. As we drove away, I noticed that her little eyes remained on the officer and it looked like an attempt was being made to communicate with him by mental telepathy. After driving on until the check-point was out of sight, she finally verbalized what she was trying so hard to communicate to the officer. "Daddy," she said in a calm, but matter-of-fact voice, "They really shouldn't let little kids like me up here."
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
14 Dec 08
Here's another funny my 8 yo GD said - I just love talking with my little ones - they have hte most interesting things to say!
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1481117.aspx
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
4 Sep 09
Hi Marti,
I think this is the first I call you by this name, which you prefer, in any of my posts. And I guess it's okay to post that as I have seen some made it in some of your posts. I find mylot boring tonight so I go over to some of your posts, and I will end here before going to sleep, nearly 2am here.
I found out how you went through with hubby, you health problems, the disability claim, the rescued bird, etc. I guess most had been solved, at least at by this time, specially the disability which is now approved. Thank God!
Now, I hope you are okay now, colds I guess is gone, spagetti sauce is canned, and I hope your desktop is also doing good.
Okay, let me tell you some stories about Zayzay. You already seen him in photos, and even watched him dances in the tune of "nobody but you". And i hope you really enjoyed it.
This little angel of ours is so hyper-active, one sign of patients with sleep apnea. You can see him all over the house, untiringly dancing, playing with with elder brother Patrick and other kids. You can see them running here and there, in the house, and at the backyard. That makes him so sweaty later and when he gets tired, ooopps, Zayzay never gets tired. But he get hungry and thristy for a while.
So when it's eating time, he will not let us to spoon feed him, and he will say "ako ra, ako ra" which means, i'll do it myself. he will have his own chair and will eat by himself.
There are times, specially in the past or when he was younger, we were eating while he continue playing, running through the house, he will stop at the table and will ask for food. So he says, "ah, ahh". And if you'll ignore him, he will shout his "aaahhhh, aahhhhh". lol
If he wants his milk (at 2 he still drink his milk from bottle), he will look for his bottle, elsewhere, where sometimes he doesn't know where he left. And if he finds it, he will then give it to his Mom or Ate Joan and he will ask them to mix his milk. It goes like, "ma, taw ko, toy" which is "ma, mixed me my milk".
Take care always, dear.
Neil
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
28 Sep 09
this kid sometimes almost put us, specially my wife, to high blood, you know what i mean? things that he wants to do and we can't stop him from doing that. there are nights that he's still so active and we all want to sleep but we can't do it as he still wants to play. it seems he never gets tired at all.
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
19 Sep 09
Aww, that is so sweet and so funny at the same time! I could picture Zayzay running all over the place and then shouting to mix him his milk.
He sounds an awful lot like what my youngest son was like at that age. He was diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Yes, he was plenty hyperactive, too! I thought I would lose my mind many times while he was growing up and maybe I did. Maybe my username here is a subconscious message that I really should be in a mental ward.
I wrote a short story about my young son when he was 5 years old entitled, Living With a Young Tornado. He was just that, like a tornado that ripped through the house every single day.
I know that I would want to give Zayzay a great big hug and not let him go if I ever do make it over that way. Try to hang on to your sanity. They do grow up and sometimes they even leave home! LOL
@earthiren (16)
• Canada
13 Dec 08
Just last night as my 5 yr old daughter snuggled with me, she gave me a kiss and said: "I love you, Queen of my Heart" then gave me a big hug. She is such a romantic and will just yell from the other room, "Mom, I love you 42 million". Everyday with her brings around a new saying that fills my heart with love and joy.
@codemonkey (90)
•
13 Dec 08
My friend was here last night and we were talking about our friends kids. My mum then told my friend about something that I did when I was 18 months old.
At that age, someone visits (or at least they did back then) to assess the child's development. The lady came in and I was holding a newspaper scribbling shapes onto a puzzle. She greeted me and I replied in the perfect Queen's English "Oh hello, I'm just doing the crossword!".
@recipiesdirect (3)
• India
13 Dec 08
Yes It is true when my son was in ukg he used to read the news paer heading on seeing Indian Express he said why One "E" added yu can read it as INDIANXPRESS know. So many things happened. Time is required to recollect and write
@shonali (1286)
• India
13 Dec 08
just the other day when i visited a friend.... there was a reader's digest lying around..... love the magazine so i started reading it as he was busy with some work....
and there in that magazing i read a short joke about a 3 year old and his mom....
the mother didnt know what she should wear for the evining so she thought of consulting her 3 year old son.... she asked him.... "what should i change into for the evening?"
the 3 year old ....after a long thought.... said " a butterfly?"
this is where we see the innocence of the child...
though its really funny...... its actually his innocence yet his high thinking capacity thats speaking..... and then we stop to wonder ..... why have we lost the lest to life?
why are we taking life so seriously?
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
13 Dec 08
I don't have any kids; however my sister has three (3 years to 8 years old), and I have enjoyed watching them grow up. And how they make me laugh with their quirky rationale - sometimes I wonder how it is that we adults can't reason the simple way they do.
My second nephew (5 years old) told his mum that he is going to marry 3 girls (his kindergarten mates). My sis told him that it can't be done; he can only have one wife. And the questions of why and why not. Finally my sis told him 'You can't - the policeman will catch you and lock you up.' And the little boy asked her 'What if the policeman also has more than one wife?'
@hibiscus_mel (719)
• United States
13 Dec 08
When I stare blankly in the air and my son would asked me why I am sad. It sounds funny and cute. My kids are aged 6 and 7 and they do a lot of crazy stuff. Questions seem to be endless. my daughter one time told me she don't want to grow up. My gosh, a lot of explaining to do but as a teacher I do have to explain to them the best way I can and in the simplest way. Kids do make my heart melt too haha, maybe that's why i became an educator. My kids are so fun of making drawings and they make something for me because they want me to be happy.
@jralivio511 (480)
• Philippines
13 Dec 08
I don't have child for now but I love to have in the future. I'd love to babysit my nephews and nieces during my free time. One time. I was baby sitting shushay, my niece. Her mom arrived and said "shushay, clooosss upiiiinnn.." ans shushay start moving her fingers like close and open. hahahah. It's close open.
@webwowster (3)
• Australia
13 Dec 08
There are so many, and I have them written down somewhere. I would advise everyone should do that because our memories fad very quickly! Right now I have to share one that happened just this evening.
My daughters dad is very adventurous and handy with his hands, he is also a bit of a nonconformist! This evening he decides he is going to take us out on a 'christmas tree hunt'. I hadn't been on any of the previous years hunts because we are seperated but still good friends.
So after he dragged me and our 7 year old daughter accross 2 padocks of private property, and half metre tall grass he finally decides on a suitable tree and go's to knock it down.
My 7 year old daughter stands with her hands on her hips, shaking her head and says "I don't know what the big deal with dad is, why we can't get a fake tree, he makes us do this every single year"
Poor dad thought all the effort would pay off!