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With today’s sentence, the possibilities seemed endless…
Once when I was bored out of my mind…
I decided to write down things my family members and I said that may seem strange to an outsider.
Talk about endless possibilities! I realized that if someone was writing down our daily dialogue, you know, like a court reporter or something, it would be highly peculiar and possibly indecipherable. Let’s start with the least intelligible among us first.
Sophie- 17 months old
- Ut-nuh! Β (oatmeal- shouted with great enthusiasm)
- Guh-gul! (bagel- also shouted in a demanding tone)
- Nyuk (milk)
- Hi-nee! (Hiney. Usually said while swiping wildly at her diapered crotch with a bunch of toilet paper.)
- See previous post for other choice things Sophie has said this week.Β
Izzy- 6 years old
- Sophie just threw a potato into the TV!
- You’re on my last nerve. (Said to Sophie)
- You can’t hit sissy, but you can hit me on the head with this ball, because it’s made of rubber.
- I only know one grown-up word: turtleneck. And I have no idea what it means.
- Knock, knock. (Who’s there?) Why was the girl so famous? Because she was so baaa-eautiful! Get it? Baa- eutiful? (Don’t look at me- I got nothin’.)
Mommy- 34 years old (I know you wanted to know)Mommy- 34 yearecause I know
- Please don’t put your mouth on that trash can
- Please don’t put your head in the toilet.
- We’re all done wiping Mommy’s hiney now. (See Item 4 on Sophie’s list. She also enjoys balling up toilet paper and dabbing at my hindquarters when I am using public toilets. Ah, motherhood.)
- Crayons do not go in our ears.
Daddy- 43 years old. (Hey, it’s only fair.)
- Did you give it the smell test?
- Where are you going with that tupperware? (To Izzy, who was sneaking away mysteriously)
- Daddy has grown-up ears. I hear everything.
As I was jotting down our perplexing utterances, I noticed a few key phrases that were repeated, by me, over and over. If I had been keeping a tally, I’m pretty sure these are the things I say with the most regularity:
Mommy’s Most Used Phrases
- Mommy’s coming! (And not in the ironic Miranda from Sex in the City way. Look it up.)
- I’ll be right there! (see Item #1)
- Please wait! (through gritted teeth)
- What’s wrong? (shouted with frustration from another room in the house)
- Why is Sophie screaming? (usually directed at Izzy.)
- It’s all right (in a soothing, yet frazzled tone.)
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Your list at the end if you insert Emma or Lily’s name would so be the same of things I am constantly saying my house, too. Seriously I remember my mom once saying to my brother and I that she was changing her name and not telling us to what. Now I get it, lol!!
Whew- so glad it’s not just me sounding like a broken record! π
My absolute fav. is my favorite son-in=law with an umbrella – OMG!
I know- I LOVE that picture!
Hah! I love your ‘Mommy’ ones. My favourite utterance lately (and a sentence I never expected to use in my LIFE) was directed at my nephew
“I just don’t think there’s enough space to fight evil in the kitchen, dear”
I have since been told in no uncertain terms that as there’s enough space to fight evil in the bath, there’s definitely enough space to fight it in the kitchen.
Oh, that is classic! I love hearing those random sentences out of context- so entertaining! The material kids provide is so much better than anything I could invent…
Is the wiping the butt thing daughter specific? My daughter is 11mo and I just want to get prepared. This kind of story is perfect to tell when they are in junior high and will be totally grossed out about ever doing anything like that π
Let me just say- there is no better way to wake up early in the morning than to hear your child hollering, “Mommy? There’s poop stuck in my bottom!” Seriously. The whole wiping/bottom/pooping thing threw me for a major loop. I don’t remember my oldest ever wanting to “wipe Mommy,” so maybe it’s just my strange youngest child. I wish you all the best of luck my friend… and yes, this is all being recorded for future revenge. π
I like your button. Cute! I spend way too much time making those stupid things.
I laughed out loud at the turtleneck. So funny. I should pull out a pen and paper and write some of these random things down – the things I never imagined I’d hear or say. Ha! Love the pic of your hubs.
Oh, I’m glad. I wondered if the turtleneck thing was not really funny. You know me. #neuroticmuch?
Ah, the joys of parenting! I find that it only gets easier as they get older. I am participating for my first time. I wrote that my kids have daily chores, but I forgot to say that my 5 year old does not. She does have to pick up her toys and put her books away, if that counts. I’m now following with Bloglovin. I finally joined Bloglovin yesterday! Yay! I hope you can link up on my Make My Saturday Sweet.
Tina – American mom raising 4 kids in South Africa
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I say,”Just a minute” with patience, “Yes?” with slight irritation, and “WHAT!?” with pure frustation and that happens when I’ve been called between walls and I’ve said, “Just a minute” and “Yes?” to no one hearing me. As for the knock-knock jokes I don’t get any of Christopher’s either. When I tell him a classic one like orange, he cracks me up for thinking its so funny.
Oh good, I am glad it’s not just me repeating my same old mom-tras (get it- mantras?) over and over! π
Haha! These are so funny! I love how you put pictures and ages of your family – so cool! You had my laughing out loud with the reference to Miranda. One of the funniest scenes in the series.
Oh, thank God *somebody* got that! π I know- I loved that scene. And thanks for commenting on the pictures- I went back and did that at the last minute and wondered if I was wasting my time! Thanks for linking up again!
Did not have to look I’m the Miranda quote – totally got that one π Very enlightening glimpse into your household, Stephanie!
Yeah….I figured it might be obvious! π Thanks, Dana!
Those were great…and now you’ve got me thinking I want to track the things that are said in my house on a regular basis…the problem is, with 2 teenagers, it’s often R-rated language. Sigh…(I didn’t link-up this week, but I love reading along…)
You are on my last nerve! I love it π
I know…wonder where she heard that one? π
Oh, I forgot about the word, “hiney”! Such a great word. I have to teach my son that instead of “bum,” which is what we always said. (My mom is Canadian/English so I have no idea if that’s why we only said that.) Your list made me realize that we’re missing some of the funniest comments that you hear in your house because my son is an only child. Sibling interaction can be so cute! (And I’m sure always annoying sometimes….)
I really kind of love the word hiney. We say bottom a lot, but hiney is way cuter…
Hahahaha! These are GREAT!!
I love Sophie getting her Taylor Swift on, Izzy’s knock-knock joke, your trash can request, and your husband’s ears (and parasol, it’s fabulous)
These are fun!
Thanks so much for commenting on my favorite parts! π
Ha. A LOT of those are on my list too. I love the, “It’s time to stop wiping Mommy…” That is priceless!
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Too cute – I especially liked the turtleneck comment. π
Oh, and in case you really didn’t get that knock-knock joke, I’m pretty sure it was a baah-ewe-tiful female sheep at the door. π
There must be some kind of sheep connection, right?
Love it! The phrases around our house are a little more incoherent, and usually are more like “Ack!” or “Pig!”, but my husband recently said to our toddler, “Boys pee. Girls pee. That’s all you need to know. The rest is just plumbing differences.”
Thought that was a keeper.
That is totally a keeper! Priceless…
at the risk of proving that I am falling behind in the language of the blogosphere, I will simply say, “lol”
not even sure which parts took me from smile to laugh enough to get our dog concerned with a possible funny intruder.
excellent post
I remember those days. I think my most used phrase was, “What the Hell are you doing now???” It was probably followed by, “I don’t believe you did that!!!” And, being much younger then, the next was, “Damn, I need a joint!” lol My, how times change! Good post!
Late to the party, AGAIN, but bwahah. DUDE I cannot wait for Tucker to start saying some of this hilarious stuff. He has adopted “sure” though which is cute. Now, I’ll say “hey buddy time to go upstairs to bed.” He’ll say “bath?” and I’m like “oh, you wanna take a bath?” He thinks about it for a minute like it was my idea and says “sure.”
Love the “Weβre all done wiping Mommyβs hiney now.” That, along with the fact that daddy has daddy ears and hears everything were my favorites.
And PS did Sophie really throw a potato at the TV??
PPS Your hubs and I are like a year apart in age. Cool right?
That was a good post! I really enjoyed it! Our 8 year old (female) is now into the “NO” stage, which includes “I don’t want it” and I don’t want to”. Rather monotonous, very few variations. I hope she gets over it soon! Your phrases show variety! What a change for me! Have a good day!
This was my first time linking up and it was a tough one for me! I love your take on it, and I love: I only know one grown up word and it’s turtleneck, that one got an audible! Thanks for the link-up!