On the way home from school:
L: I know where babies come from. ______ told me at school.
me: Oh yeah? Where?*
L: From the hostibal! [sic]
*For the record, I have discussed this with him and explained where babies come from. Well, sort of.
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At breakfast, L talking to S:
L: Remember when Santa came? Wasn’t that awesome? I just love that guy.
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Conversation I have with S daily:
S: Happy, Mommy?
me: Yeah, S, I’m happy.
S: Me too am happy.
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Stalling at bedtime:
L: Mommy, can you please give Daddy a message?
me: Sure, what do you want me to tell him?
L: Ask him if this weekend we can go on a, something that begins with ba-ba-B. Do you know what it is?
me: A bike ride? Might be too cold.
L: Not a bike ride! A bacation!
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In the car, over and over and over again:
S: Oooh-oooh-haa-haa. Me owaka. Me bye keys.
me: What? Are you a monkey?
S: Yeah! Me bye keys!
me: You need my keys? You want to buy keys?
S: (clearly frustrated) Oooh-oooh-haa-haa! Me owaka! ME BYE KEYS!
Trust me, this conversation goes on for a long, long time until finally,
me: I’m really sorry, S, I don’t know what you’re saying.
She cries like I’ve slammed her fingers in a door. We pick up L from school.
me: Say to L what you keep saying to me.
S: Oooh-oooh-haa-haa. Me owaka. Me bye keys.
L: (clearly thinking I’m an idiot) She said, ooh-ooh-aaah-aaah because she’s pretending to be a monkey. She wants to get out of the car and climb trees.
Obviously.
I love this! I frequently ask my four year old. To translate for my two year old.
That is so funny. Glad the older can translate for you. There are times my 2 year talks and I just agree to make her happy because I dont know what in the world she is saying and she gets mad repeating herself.
Hilarious! The monkey one cracks me up, as well as the “bacation” story! They are too cute!
Hahaha! Love the last one. My 4 year old often has to translate what our 1 year old is saying for us!
“Happy, Mommy?” – My (almost 3yr old) son does this to me all the time, only it’s usually in the middle of me (with significant frustration) asking him to do something! Then recently, out of the blue… “You are mine best friend mommy. I make you so happy!” Was one of those sweet little boy, I want to eat you up moments!
Yes, S does it a lot when I’m annoyed about one thing or another. What to put a little tiny knife in my heart, kid! It’s a good thing we have those I want to eat you up moments, or we’d surely give these small people away.
Thank you for sharing! I though S was saying she wanted to bite keys, so it’s a good thing you have L to translate for you!
Oh, I understand this all too well – especially the last one. It’s a bad day when my 5yo is as baffled as I am with what the 2yo is saying. We rely on her heavily for translation…
this is proof kids have their own little language
This is SO adorable. I love coming back here for more
lmfao seriously, why hadn’t anyone told me about your blog before, my room is a mess thanks to my baby this post just made my day. So funny.
Super hilarious!
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I love that he can translate for her and look at you like you are some kind of idiot for not knowing. And I love that you told her to tell him because you didn’t understand so now SHE gets to be on the “our mother is DUMB” secret. That’s a slippery slope
I am not a speech pathologist but sometimes I think I should be because I am fascinated by all of this!