A Good little Fella

Bella stayed home sick today and we were running a few errands. Jackson and Bella were playing with a few figures in the back seat. I overhear something that doesn't sound quite right.

Jackson: [in a deep voice] "If you talk ta me, I kiwl you."

Kat: "Jackson!"

Jackson: [in a slightly higher, slightly softer voice] "If you talk ta me, I kiwl you."

I paused to hide my laughter. He noticed anyway.

Jackson: [in a much higher, much squeakier voice] "If you talk ta me, I kiiiiiiiiiiiiwl you."

Just figurin' out the rules, ma'am

Jackson bit Bella. After I recovered from the ear-piercing scream, I put Jackson in his room, mostly for his own safety. After a minute or two, he came out.

Jackson: "I weady to say I sowwy, mom."

Kat: "Jackson, you have to stop hurting people. If you bite Bella again, I'm going to put you to bed for the night."

Jackson: "An' I not come out?"

Kat: "Not for the whole night. It is *not* okay to hurt people."

He thought for a minute and I was rather proud of myself for really getting through to him.

Jackson: "Whad if I kick 'er?"

The time-space continuum is a tricky thing.

Thanks to the magic of Daylight Savings Time and parents that forgot to help her change the time on her alarm clock, Maddie came down at 5:30 am today. They usually get up at 6:30 for school.

Maddie: "It's 6:30! Why aren't you guys up?"

Kat: "No, it's 5:30. The time changed."

Maddie: "AGAIN?!?"

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?!"