Category: kids say the funniest

Another Sports Talent

You’ve already seen evidence of Thing 1’s sports knowledge. He reads the sports page, knows all the standings, players, and scores. Now it’s gone to a new level.

Thing 2 looks up to his big brother and copies whatever he does. So it isn’t too surprising that he has been studying under the tutelage of the sports master, otherwise known as Thing 1. Whatever sports information Thing 1 spews, Thing 2 absorbs it.

Sometimes the information source is faulty. For example, I heard Thing 1 tell him the Cowboys are 7-3 but they are really 8-3. A small discrepancy.

Sometimes Thing 2, in his imaginative 4 year old way, creates his own information. On Monday, he was going around saying the Redskins were playing the Bills on Monday Night Football. In fact, Monday’s game was between the Saints and the Patriots. He has also said that Jason Campbell, the quarterback for the Redskins, can run as fast as a cheetah.

Before Monday night’s game, I had Thing 1 (aka The Greek) and Thing 2 (aka The Swami) make their predictions for the outcome.

Thing 1’s pick: Saints 39-26
Thing 2’s pick: Saints 30-12
Actual score: Saints 38-17!

Not only did they both pick the correct winner (something SuburbanDaddy and SuburbanUncle, two self-professed sports experts could not do), but the scores they predicted showed a keen knowledge of New Orlean’s high powered offense.

I need to test if this was a fluke, or if there is some innate talent at work. So expect to see score predictions here each week from The Greek and The Swami. Be sure to check back in a few days for this week’s featured game: Giants vs Cowboys

Sports Junkie

I wouldn’t call myself a fanatic, but I like sports. My interest has actually lessened in the last 6 years mainly because I don’t have the opportunity to watch many games on TV. During the day our television is taken over by Toy Story, The Backyardigans, and Tom and Jerry. And I can’t stay awake to watch the games at night.

All that is changing. Thing 1 has reached an age where he is getting into sports, particularly football. “Getting into” is a bad description. He is a fanatic. I suppose I may be fueling it a little myself. Maybe out of selfish motives so I can start watching sports during the day again. But I didn’t quite expect this. See for yourself in this video.

What Kids Think About Playdates

Thing 2 is lucky to have a big brother who is, at least to him, THE authority on everything. Any questions about any topic and Thing 1 will have an answer. At least half the time his information is correct.

In this case he was so right, proving kids pick up way more than we think.

Thing 2: What’s a playdate?

Thing 1: It’s when you play with a friend at their house or at your house. And the mommies drink wine.

Funniest Moments

I’ve heard that kids laugh hundreds of times each day, compared to adults who only laugh 20 times on average per day. I’m not surprised. Kids will find humor in the strangest places.

And they remember funny stuff like it happened yesterday. Thing 1 and Thing 2 have a funny moment “hall of fame” of sorts. Incidents that happened, which they may or may not have found funny at the time, but have since taken on a much bigger laugh as they recall them over and over and over.

One of the them will say, Remember when such and such happened? And they’ll break out in laughter and relive the moment, often talking in code words which only they understand.

With that, here are the top moments in the Thing 1 and Thing 2’s Funny Moments Hall of Fame.

Daddy got in the back seat of the car. Happened at least 3 years ago. We were walking to the car when a huge downpour started, so I jumped into the back seat with them to get out of the rain. That was before the minivan so I guess it was funny to see me climb to the front seat of my Civic.

Daddy dropped the egg. I was cooking breakfast and placed an egg on the counter. It rolled off when I wasn’t looking and splattered on the ground. Thing 2 found it hysterical at the time, and loves to relive the event.

Note the theme of the first two: laughing at Daddy. Apparently I am a source of amusement at my expense.

Boppy. A babysitter brought her brother one time, probably 3 years ago, and I think his name was Bobby. They called him Boppy. I guess you had to be there. All it takes now is saying “Remember Boppy?” and they will be on the floor laughing.

Sit on me. This one is just for Thing 2. He likes me to sit on top of him to see if he can escape. It never fails to crack him up. He can be mad as hell, in the middle of a tantrum, and if I sit on him he will cheer up. At first, he’ll try to stay mad and tell me to get off. Then, when I try to walk away, he’ll ask me to sit on him. Other times, he’ll walk up randomly and tell me to sit on him.

Daddy forgets. I forget to bring things to school, forget to take food out of the oven, forget names. When it happens, which is often, laughter ensues.

Prepare to be amazed! A quote from the movie Meet the Robinsons. After every bath, before getting dressed, he throws the towel off his shoulders, arms out, buck naked, and exclaims Prepare to be amazed! like the Bowler Hat Guy did in the movie. Here’s the soundbite from the movie. Blank It won’t be very funny, but I’ll try to get some video of him doing it after his next bath and you’ll see for yourself.

Cold Feet

I learned a new meaning of the expression “Cold Feet”.? Last night, Thing 2 came into our bedroom around 4:30am.? Unfortunately, this is not all that uncommon.

He often wakes in the middle of the night, wanting a light turned on, or a different blanket, or some toy to sleep with.? He goes back to sleep easily enough.? I, on the other hand, can’t always get back to sleep so quickly.

But I digress.? Last night, when I walked him back to his room, and asked what he wanted, he said “My feet are cold.? I want my slippers”.? He has a pair of Barney slippers which he hasn’t worn and I haven’t seen in months.

Happy Birthday Thing 2

Thing 2 turns four years old tomorrow.? His birthday also happens to be on Fathers Day this year.? We had the party last week, so no real big plans tomorrow.

Except he keeps asking who is coming to his birthday tomorrow.? I’m not sure what he is expecting since we had a full blown dual party last weekend for him and Thing 3 whose birthday was two weeks ago.

Thing 2 seems to have a hard time distinguishing between his birthday party and his actual birthday.? He has been saying all week, since the party, that he is now four years old.? And he gets upset if you try to explain that his actual birthday hasn’t happened yet.

The other concern he keeps talking about is that his younger brother, Thing 3, was very “serious” on his birthday.? He can’t understand why he would cry and not want to eat birthday cupcakes.? We can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.

Can’t Make This Stuff Up

Hang around preschoolers enough, and you will hear some very entertaining commentary.? Take an example heard this weekend while SuburbanGrandpa was visiting.? We were all sitting at the table eating dinner.? The fact that 3 adults and 3 kids were all sitting and eating at the same time is a shockingly rare occasion in our house, but not the subject of this post, so I digress.

The conversation was pretty standard.? Topics included Thing 2’s upcoming 4th birthday party.? Who was the fastest runner.? Who was everyone’s favorite animal.? Then completely out of the blue:

Thing 2: Grandpa has no hair on his head.

A true statement, as SuburbanGrandpa is somewhat follically challenged.? We all know kids are brutally honest.? He continued with the honesty.

Thing 2: But he does have hair on his ears.? Like Gargamel.? (See previous post about his interest in the Smurfs).