Gender wars

Miss Addie, Jackson's teacher, reported that he is able to identify many colors. They did a color matching game and he knew all the colors except two. When she was introducing white and pink to him, he was resistant.

Jackson: "No. Doze are geerrl co-wers."

Pants? Jacket? No?

Jackson wanted to go outside and play with 'the big boys'. He was wearing nothing but a short sleeved t-shirt. He went upstairs and came back with a sweater vest.

Kat: "What's that for?"

Jackson: "To weaw. 'Cause it's chiwwy out."

Get to the point, woman!

Jackson: "When I gethome fwom skool, ken I wach "TootnPuddow?"

Kat: "Toot and Puddle? I don't know. We'll see."

Jackson: "Yeserno, mom."

Kat: "I can't say yes or no, Jackson. We'll have to see how it goes."

Jackson: "Yeeeeeeeeees.... erno, mama."

Kat: "Jackson, sometimes I can't answer yes or no. Sometimes, it's maybe. Or I don't know."



and another thing...

Jackson: "I wan a bear vitamin."

Kat: "You can't have a bear vitamin right now."

Jackson: "But I wan won."

Kat: "You don't take the bear vitamin unless you need it."

Jackson: "But I neeeeeeeeeeed it."

Kat: [growing frustrated] "The bear vitamin is fiber. It makes you poop."

Jackson pauses. He thinks for a minute.

Jackson: "Dats okay. I wike poopin."

Could stand to have a few more like this one.

Maddie: "I just unpacked three boxes in my room. I put some toys that I don't want in the boxes. My room is completely clean and my bed is made. I'm going to go downstairs and sit on the couch and knit."

And we do?!?!

John: "Why is there a dead bird in a plastic box in the driveway?"

Bella: "It flew into the neighbor's window, but their dad didn't want them keeping a dead bird."

It's a flying circus, all right.

A few months ago, John decided that he had to introduce the kids to Monty Python. I disagreed, but he showed them some clips from The Holy Grail anyway. The kids thought that it was all hilarious. Liam especially loved it.

A few weeks ago, Jackson and I were driving in the car. He was talking to himself, and then began talking to me.

Jackson: "What is yersname?"

Kat: "What?"

Jackson: "What... is yersname?"

Kat: "Um... Kat Hickey?"

Jackson: "No. Say 'mama'."

Kat: "Okay. 'Mama.'"

Jackson: "What is yersqwest?"

I got it then.



So, I had him do it on video for you. Enjoy.

For those who've never seen the original:

Food deprivation

The kids were discussing what other people ate for lunch at school. Bella mentioned a twinkie.

Maddie: "What's a twinkie?"

Liam: "You know, like in 'Wall-E', the only food left?"

Maddie: "Oh, yeah! Do people actually *eat* those?!"

Can the Dude read?!

A few weeks ago, Jackson and I were packing up books. He was putting the books he wanted in his room in his box. Jackson turned to me and handed me a board book.

Jackson: "I don' wan dis one. Iz in Spanish."

I looked at it and... it was! I laughed and chalked it up to typical Jackson randomness.

Then, a today, my cell was ringing. He brought it to me and said: "Mom, yers fone wringing. Iz Gramma Dot."

I looked at the phone ID and it said "Dot Rapp". Well, I'll be damned.

GLEE!

I've been watching a new show called 'Glee' on FOX. It's about a high school glee club/show choir. It's got some adult undertones and complex characters, so it's much more interesting than it sounds. It's so quirky and fun that I find myself being a little geeky-addicted to it. They do some really fun renditions of normal tunes. Although they can't watch the whole show, I've let the kids watch some of the tunes on hulu.

Yesterday, I let the kids watch the GLEE rendition of Kanye's 'Golddigger'. As soon as the song started, I asked Liam what song it sounded like. He said, 'Golddigger'. Duh. "No. What older song is this a remake of?" I said. He thought for a minute... sang along for a minute or two.

Liam: "I Got a Woman."

Kat [beaming with pride]: "by...?"

Liam [thinking aloud]: "Charles... Charles? Ray Charles!"

My work here is done.

What am I, sliced bread?

Jackson: "Wait. I not go to skool today?"

Kat: "No, honey. You don't go to school today."

Jackson: "An da kids go to skool today?"

Kat: "Yes, the kids go to school today."

Jackson: "I sad. When I no go to skool, I sad."

It starts.

Jackson has begun to have more of an opinion on the clothing he wears. All summer long, he wanted to wear his "Keens". They weren't technically a Keen shoe, but a similar shoe/sport sandal hybrid that he was able to put on and take off easily himself. If you asked him about his shoes, he'd reply, "No! Doze are my Keeeeeeens!" He would also tell unsuspecting strangers: "Deez are my keens. Gwama Dot bott dem for me."

My mom brought him a super-cute new jacket when she came up for Maddie's birthday. He *loves* it! It is all a chocolate brown color with soft sleeves and hood. I got down a different jacket for him to wear to school on Tuesday (because it matched his outfit) and he looked frustrated. "No, maaaaahm. I wanna wear de udder jacket. De one dat Gwamma Dot got me at Owd Naby."