Amy and Declan yesterday afternoon, watching Ice Age 2; again:
Random Mammal: But aren't the mammoths going extinct?
Manny the Mammoth: We're not going extinct! We're the biggest things on Earth!
Mammal: So then what about the dinosaurs?
Manny: They got cocky.
[Declan turns to Amy]
"What abouta dinosaurs, Mommy?"
"They got cocky, Dex."
[Declan, confused]
Dinosaurs got coffee, Mom?"
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That same night Dex refused to have anything to do with supper, and instead insisted on drawing on his magna-doodle in the middle of the kitchen floor. So we let him. We asked him at intervals if he could please sit down and eat his rice. It was always followed by a quiet "Nope," or a small shake of the head before he returned to his fleeting art.
Near the end of our meal Dex stood up and walked behind my chair where he started to bang his forehead gently but rhythmically against the back of my wooden seat. Slightly exasperated, Amy asked him - again - to sit down and eat a little bit of his supper.
"No Mommy. Finish bonking first."
Oh my. Sounds like the beginning of a phase? Let's hope not for the sake of the tall(er) Frasers.
The first part of this post had me singing in my head "All I want is a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper pot..." ;-)Ask Mark to explain if you're not following.
Posted by: Linda | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 04:18 AM
"I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot."
why do I know that?
Posted by: TerriTorial | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 05:38 AM
Ha! I never get tired of these "Kids Say the Darndest Things" posts. Which is why my wife and I scribble down similar funnies on a refrigerator notepad for me to use later.
Linda and Terri - "If I can't have a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea." Yay! Trout Fishing in America lives!
Posted by: Mark | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 07:42 AM
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots...they are no use to me.
It always amazes me just how "busy" a child can be. Bonking one's head is serious work apparently. I've watched Norah sit amidst a blanket full of toys with such a diligent look on her face as she selects an object to wave around and discard before carefully choosing another. "Cannot be bothered right now, Dad...very busy."
Posted by: Moksha Gren | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 08:37 AM
You know, I'm going to try that at work next time somebody tries to interrupt me.
"No boss -- finish bonking first."
Posted by: Cheeseburger Brown | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 01:14 PM
LOL CBB. :-)
Oh hey, Simon, how does your back feel today???
Posted by: Linda | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 02:42 PM
LOL CBB. :-)
Oh hey, Simon, how does your back feel today???
Posted by: Linda | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 02:42 PM
I didn't do that, I swear.
Posted by: Linda | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 02:43 PM
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS TALK OF COFFEE POTS??? I'M SO CONFUSED!!!
Linda, I was in a strategic planning session all day in a small ballroom at a local hotel, seated in one of those standard ballroom chairs for, like, eight hours. My back is no better today than yesterday. Chiropractor, perhaps? You so totally DID do that.
Posted by: Simon | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 08:10 PM
Simon, you'll know soon enough about the coffee pots. And then you may never forget it, even when you want to.
Posted by: Mark | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 at 11:40 PM
Poor Simon. Whooshed on his own site. And all because of that slow polar bear wagon post.
Posted by: Moksha Gren | Wednesday, 24 January 2007 at 06:06 AM