Category: kid quotes

Random kid quotes

Me: “What’s in your mouth?” Evan: “Gum.” Me: “Where did you get gum?” Evan: “I scraped it off the street.” – – – – – – – Amy: “Are nuns real or pretend?” – – – – – – – Me: “Call me when the banquet is finished.” Noah: “Okay. Bye.” an hour later Evan: […]

Always my baby

“You keep calling me baby, but babies are only one. I’m five. Five year olds are awesome! Five year olds are not babies. It’s okay though. I still love you even though I’m not a baby.”

Shopping with Evan

Me: “We are here to buy your friend a birthday gift. We are not shopping for Evan today.” Evan: “Okay.” Me: “How about this? Would your friend like this?” Evan: “That one is better.” Me: “Then we will get it for your friend.” Evan: “Nooooo. That’s for me.” Me: “What are we going to get […]

Evanism

Me: “It’s starting to sprinkle. Please get the croquet set out of the street, the yard and the neighbor’s yard.” Evan: “Amy got it out.” Me: “Amy! Go clean up the croquet set before the rain gets here.” Amy: “Do I get paid to do it?” Me: “No.” Amy: “Ooooookay.” Five minutes later – Amy: […]

Repeat daily

“What did you do at school today Evan?” “I went to *art.” “What else did you do?” “Worksheets.” “Anything else.” “Ate lunch.” “What did you eat?” “Something brown, but I didn’t finish it.” “What else can you tell me about your day?” “That’s too many questions. I’m done talking.” “Okay. Thanks.” *Or “music” or “the […]

Ick. Ick. Ick.

Evan: “I buried the mouse that the cat killed.” Me: “Thank you for being so helpful. You didn’t bury it with your hands did you?” Evan: “No. It had some red stuff, so I ran over it with my bike to get all the red out. Then, I buried it. I used a shovel.”

More than play

Me: “Evan? What are you doing?” Evan: “I’m just playing.” Me: “Playing what?” Evan: “I have to stack these toys using chopsticks instead of fingers.” Me: “Keep playing.”

Noah says:

Me: “Kill the wabbit. Kill the wabbit.” Noah: “Why are you singing about dead rabbits?” Me: “I’m just singing Elmer Fudd’s song.” Noah: “Who’s Elmer Fudd?”

head-desk moments

The first clue was the smell. The second clue was the tiny footprints of dog poo leading to a seated child. Since the room was filled with small children from the neighborhood, I made a mass request. “Someone has dog poo on their shoes. Please take yucky shoes out front and hose them clean.” All […]