Tonight Brooke came up to me at dinner time, ravenously hungry: Brooke: Mommy, is dinner ready yet? Me: It’s almost ready honey. Brooke: It is? (not believing me) But where’s the smoke? Thanks a lot kiddo
Category Archives: Kids Say The Darndest Things
Not My Proudest Mommy Moment
The other day I was driving the kids home from camp, and Brooke says in a REALLY loud voice: “Mommy, Sierra is a BISH” So I immediately get angry: “Brooke! We don’t call people names in our family!” Brooke then responds: “But mommy! Sierra IS a BISH” I then get REALLY angry: “BROOKE! Are you…
Out of The Mouths of Babes
While doing my make-up this morning, Sierra (6 yrs) turns to me & says: “Mommy, why are you coloring your face? I thought we were only allowed to color paper”.
Growing Healthy Kids Multivitamin Review
I recently was contacted to review a new kid’s vitamin: Growing Healthy Kids Multivitamin by Life Time Fitness. From the manufacturer’s website: The Growing Healthy Kids Multivitamin was formulated by Dr. Jim LaValle to be an incredibly nutrient-dense multivitamin unlike anything else in the kids multivitamin market. Unlike sugar-filled, nutrient-poor gummy vitamins and other chewables,…
Kids Say The Darndest Things #4
Tonight I was nagging my 3 yo to pick up her shoes (she has an insane obsession with shoes!). Our conversation went something like this: Me: “Brooke, pick up your shoes and put them in your bin.” Brooke: “No!” Me: “Well I’m not putting them away for you, I’m not your personal slave”. 5 yo…
Kids Say The Darndest Things #3
Apparently, when I get angry with my kids, I mutter obscenities under my breath. The extent to which my children notice this wasn’t apparent to me until the other day when Brooke interrupted one of my rants to correct me: “Mommy, I’m not Jesus Christ – I’m Brookie!”. I’m just waiting for the day Sierra…
Kids Say The Darndest Things #2
This past weekend, we were up at a cottage with two other couples and their children. We had just finished a meal, hubby was washing the dishes (he’s great, isn’t he?) the kids had run off to play and all of the parents were relaxing in the kitchen. Our 3 yo, Brooke, went to the…
Kids Say The Darndest Things #1
Today Cosmo Boy and I had lunch with our friends Kimmie, Steve and their daughter, Kaitlyn. At the end of lunch it was time to go home. Kimmie says to her little girl: Give Marie & Cosmo Boy a hug and a kiss goodbye. To which kaitlyn replied (with her hand down the back of…
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