Kid-isms

*Natalie came up with her own song, "I'm a Sinner" and has been singing it for the past few weeks.  The video doesn't quite do it justice, but here is a sample of her song...

She also started headbanging and added the words, "Rock & Roll Sinner!  Rock & Roll Sinner!" to her song, but we are trying to discourage that.  Eek!  Jon wonders what I teach her when he's away at work, but I promise, it wasn't from me.  

*Kate got such a kick out of her first time in the outdoor swing.  She giggled each time she would swing past Scott.  There he is.  There he is again.  There he is again...

*Scott and Natalie often have a contest to see who can buckle their seatbelt the fastest.  When Scott wins, Natalie will say, "We're both winners!"  When Natalie wins, she loudly boasts to Scott, "You got beated by your sister!"

*The other day we were headed out the door, and Natalie had slipped on her boots.  I said, "Natalie, do you have any socks under those boots?"  She replied, "I can't find my socks.  I'm wearing feet instead."

*Natalie was whining like crazy this morning.  Everything was wrong.  At one point, she said, "My right ear is hot, and my left ear is cold!"  I guess we all have days like this.  

*We had a little ant problem in our mud room last week.  It's a bad sign when your kids are assigning names to the ants.  At one point, Natalie came to me and said, "Mommy!  An ant went under the rug and I said, 'OH GRACIOUS!'" 

 *Natalie was playing in the living room the other day, then jumped up and exclaimed, "OH!  I'm having a bad mood."  She then ran to her room, closed the door, and emerged about 30 seconds later and informed me that she was not in a bad mood anymore. If this is 2, what will her teen years be like?!

*After a field trip to the men's restroom with Jon and Scott, Natalie came out and announced, "When I get bigger, I'm going to use a urinal!"

*We have a high kitchen counter with bar stools, so Scott needs a booster on his stool to reach.  The other day, Scott's booster seat was getting close to the edge of the bar stool.  In all seriousness, Scott said, "I feel a little bit dangerous."  It seemed especially funny coming from him.

*Scott was talking about Jesus living inside of him now, and Natalie asked, "Is God in my tummy, too?"

*I overheard the kids "baby-sitting" Kate while she was playing in her crib.  Natalie was leaving Scott and giving him some instructions.  She said, "You stay with Kate.  Pet her like a little cat.  If she cries, get her and say I love you." 

*After pretending to read a book, Natalie declared, "I learned-ed to read!"

*Me:  Natalie, never do that again!
Natalie:  I'm sorry, Mommy.  I forgive you.

*Last week I said to Natalie, "Let's get your shoes and socks!"  She whined, "But I want to stay in my beautiful toes!"

*Scott and I were doing a worksheet on which he was supposed to identify a rhombus.  Scott said, "That looks like a diamond to me.  Is rhombus the Spanish word for diamond?"

Kids are funny!