Kids say the darndest things

Rowan: Puts his arm around me and says, "Mommy, you're my best fwend"

Ellie: Insists, even though I've corrected her many times, that she likes to drink "soil" milk (soy milk) and eat "almints" (almonds). No amount of arguing will convince her of the correct pronounciation (but I'm pretty sure she's just saying it wrong on purpose now).

Rowan: At a music playgroup, a friend (and neighbor) leads the group. She asked Ellie her favorite food (macaroni)and we included that in the song. Rowan was next, so our friend asked him his favorite food. He answered, and my friend and I looked at each other thinking, "Did he just say ...?" So she asked again and he said again, "Barf." Yum Rowan.

Ellie: Our friend's daughter was at our place doing her homework and asked me what the word "cautious" meant. I said, "Hmm, well.." and I couldn't figure out right away how to explain it. So Ellie said, "Cautious means very careful." Thank you Ellie, for showing that you are smarter than your mom already.

Rowan: At a neighborhood potluck, Rowan flung his arm across the table to be silly and knocked a cup of milk on me. I faced him toward me and sternly said, "Rowan, look at me. You just spilled your milk on me. That was not nice. What do you say to me?" Rowan smiled and said, "You're welcome!" Not exactly what I was hinting at...

Both: Their new trick now to avoid getting in trouble is to say something like, "But that's what it says in my story! It says 'Ellie does not pick up her toys.'" Those of you who watch PBS kids Super Why know where that comes from.


Ooh, a bonus video! This is what happens when parents run out of ideas to entertain the kids. We were doing this for a while before remembering to film it to embarrass ourselves.