tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75957922024-03-16T18:00:03.862-06:00furryforestcritterWarning: Weirdness and personal details contained within. Mostly weirdness. You've been warned.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.comBlogger524125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-75886757401536383132024-03-16T17:59:00.001-06:002024-03-16T17:59:32.992-06:00Not what we were expecting them to say<div>Kids played "ice cream sandwich":</div>5yo: I was the ice cream, M was the sand, and E was the wich!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-6737008868148406072024-03-02T08:08:00.001-07:002024-03-02T08:08:55.951-07:00It will probably end up being one4yo, playing with the brand new bird feeder: This smells like squirrels, this squirrel feeder!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-28368206941772898312024-02-21T12:14:00.001-07:002024-02-21T12:14:39.541-07:00Sometimes it's hard to stop giggling5yo, playing with the marble run set: <big dramatic groan> I keep losing my marbles!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-66411162565019507212024-02-19T06:46:00.001-07:002024-02-19T06:46:13.443-07:00Playing Mousetrap4yo: Now we have mice to eat and cheese to eat.<div>Me: We're eating the mice?</div><div>4yo: Yeah, I'm cooking them.</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-27948026219096987992024-01-02T17:34:00.001-07:002024-01-02T17:34:36.786-07:00Ah, I see<div>Playing Mario.</div><div>J: Jump! JUMP!!</div><div>Me: Jumpjumpjumpjumpjump!</div>4yo, very matter-of-fact: I was going to jump, but I was dead.<div><br></div><div>______________</div><div><br></div><div>Me: What are you doing? </div><div>5yo: Acting like wavy seaweed!</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-54277222529628335972023-12-12T16:23:00.001-07:002023-12-12T16:23:23.949-07:00Run run run3yo: Can't catch me, I'm the gin-ingerbread man!<div>SO: The ninjabread man?</div><div>3yo: Yeah!</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-30636471093994933262023-11-24T09:22:00.001-07:002023-11-24T09:22:21.217-07:00They were so mad when I laughed5yo, with delight: Sad laughing is basically crying.<div><br></div><div>---‐-------</div><div><br></div><div>3yo: I shaked my <u>inside</u> of my head. </div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-58062117330245322822023-08-27T18:24:00.001-06:002023-08-27T18:24:42.041-06:00Again, not wrong5yo, playing in bathtub, to sibling: "Pretend this is pristine water, instead of ucky dirty human skin water."Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-87889863651826141872023-08-21T08:12:00.001-06:002023-08-21T08:12:46.265-06:00So awesome3yo: Snow hat, retract! (pulls hat off head)Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-38040864373625332642023-01-21T07:36:00.001-07:002023-01-21T07:36:23.233-07:00I hear ya4yo: I'm not thinking about it, I'm just weirdly impressed.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-31632517147091897072022-11-23T16:23:00.001-07:002022-11-23T16:23:13.747-07:00I have no wordsAlmost 3 year old: I don't like 'tatoes, they taste like mustaches. Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-60654148044219664012022-09-16T19:07:00.001-06:002022-09-16T19:07:37.365-06:00Um, sure? They would definitely fitMe: It's a good thing we got those pajama costumes so big, then we can fit in some... <div>Pre-schooler: Other kids?</div><div>Me: ...ski pants if it's cold.</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-37499375372627482602022-09-10T13:36:00.001-06:002022-09-10T13:36:41.814-06:00Offended on behalf of womenJust read (most) of an article about Lisa LaFlamme losing her job. Sounds like she clashed with her boss about pretty much everything, yet the article made it seem like the decision to end her contract was based solely on her hair colour. I'm offended on behalf of women. Stupid beauty standards for women don't need to colour everything. Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-19319096756014962602022-06-21T19:31:00.001-06:002022-06-21T19:31:40.196-06:00maybe I'm biasedI find it hilarious that with child number one I ran, multiple times each night, down three flights of stairs to try to keep them in their big kid bed. Child number two simply stands up on the bed as if the crib front is still there and cries until I go in. I must say, it's definitely funnier in a don't-have-to-climb-three-flights-of-stairs sort of way. Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-63216121604680132122022-01-16T16:25:00.001-07:002022-01-16T16:25:12.986-07:00I.. I don't.. know where to start with this3yo: I cut out 2 foots.. 2 feet for this, but this one is too screamy, so I cut out another one. Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-8299658839810955582022-01-16T14:03:00.001-07:002022-01-16T14:03:00.928-07:00I really never could have predicted thisTo the toddler: No, don't brush the onion. Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-4949939543870302502022-01-13T06:52:00.001-07:002022-01-13T06:52:05.674-07:00from the pre-schooler3yo: I need to do some pencilling, it doesn't look horsey enough. Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-69795321999934993572021-12-08T09:29:00.001-07:002021-12-08T09:32:14.578-07:00So very helpfulMe: Where are your pants? <div>Toddler, with a shrug: Gone. </div><div><br></div><div>3 year old: I can't go to daycare anymore. I'm booked in!</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-63280581540763097592021-09-28T19:06:00.001-06:002021-09-28T19:06:23.027-06:00RiiiiightHusband: Ugh, that song is in my head now. <div>3yo: Everything is in me. I'm going to pop soon. </div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-91709711021663158132021-08-23T18:25:00.001-06:002021-08-23T18:25:52.619-06:00Things I never thought I'd sayDo you want pants? Pants might help your diaper not get stuck on the closet door. Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271065849114658992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595792.post-22811609754141073282021-06-09T12:47:00.001-06:002021-06-09T12:47:15.894-06:00Why yes, it is. 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