Another Installment of Funny Things My Kids Say

It's been awhile since I've written about the delightful and not-so-delightful things that come out of my childrens' mouths - and indeed it's NOT for lack of material! I thought I'd catch up a bit, so please allow me to "journal" for the sake of posterity. Here's a few snippets from our ever-entertaining boys.

Ma-lak: For three days in a row, the lunch lady at school reminded Ma-lak to "PLEASE tell your mom you're out of lunch ticket punches." He apparently kept forgetting, prompting a phone call from her to us. She couldn't stop laughing when she told me that on the third day of reminding him, he said to her, "You know, with all the stuff my mom and dad ask me to remember, I just don't have any memory left."

A week or so ago, Ma-lak was taking a VEERRRRY long time to finish his breakfast. They were running late for school, so I kept hurrying him along. He just sat there and barely touched his food - very strange for him if you know how this boy loves to eat!! I tried to wait patiently... Finally he looked up at me and sighed and said, "I feel like I'm wasting my time. I'm not going to eat this stuff." Um, WHOSE time were you wasting??!!

Ya'shar: Ya'shar has trouble remembering his slang expressions and tends to get them a little mixed up at times. And whenever he DOES use slang expressions, it reminds me that he probably picks up a lot of those expressions from us. (Daryle and I are constantly asking each other, "Do I say that a lot??") So the other day, Daryle and the kids picked me up after a meeting. As soon as I got in the car, Ya'shar was excited to tell me something. "Hey, Mommy! Guess WHAT?! You're never gonna believe what happened today! It's going to freak. you. UP." Could NOT stop laughing over that one.

Monday night I was getting ready to leave for work. It was about 10:00 pm, and Daddy had told Ya'shar he could stay up a little longer than usual. (He really loves that.) I gave them a kiss good-bye, and Ya'shar says, "Bye, Mommy. Are you going to Wal-mart now?" "No!" I said. "I'm going to work! Why would you think I'm going to Wal-mart NOW??" "Well, I thought you WORKED at Wal-mart, you go there all the time." Oh boy.....