When You Don't Know Whether To Laugh At Or Shake Your Children

[AhBee01]

My DH tells the story of when his younger brother was little he did something bad and was gonna get it from their father, when he runs under and through his Dads legs, turns with his fists in the strong man position and yells, Spidy (spider man) escapes again! They laughed so hard they couldn't be mad! Still gets them laughing to this day and he is 37!

I have twin boys and then another son. My twins are 14 years older, the my youngest. The twins were trying my patients at time with cussing, as did all the kids around them at that age. We all would try not to cuss in front of the baby. ( not saying DH and I do this a lot, but ain't gonna lie we had slipped some times) The twins would slip often.
We were coming home from vacation, and were in the car and got stuck in traffic. My DH isn't the most patient man where driving in concerned, and whispered under his breath ,Aww Sh_ t.
A few seconds later my youngest just 2, yells out aww F_ _ k. We were stunned and worried and laughing at the same time, because not only by the word he said, but he used it in context!
Needless to say, we worked harder on the twins cussing issues!

 

[smileyfacecat]

 

[Henrietta23]

Just last Sunday after church at coffee hour I had to holler at DS (7) "Quit chasing Will and give that laser gun back to who ever it belongs to!" Seems his Godmother had given him a Christmas gift when I wasn't looking and part of it was this plastic noise making light flashing toy laser gun. Sigh...
My niece and nephew have come up with a few doozies in their day. Nephew was in the grocery cart while his mom was shopping one day. He'd finally had and yelled at the top of his lungs, "I need some assistance already!" SIL reported that every employee in hearing range came running along with a few customers. The kid just wanted to go home. Same nephew called me Aunty Crustacean one day. He was in a "I'm going to be a marine biologist when I grow up" phase and got my name mixed up with crustacean. Lovely!
My niece once took a red crayon and wrote on her kindergarten homework with perfect spelling, "This assigment is stupid. I am not."

 

[fogbubble]

This morning my 7 year-old put those strap-on roller skates (the kind that you put over shoes) on her bare feet. Then she went outside into 14-degree weather with a dusting of snow, wearing only pajamas and the skates. She was gone a few minutes so I looked way out toward the duck box and there she was, roller skates abandoned in the snow at the top of the hill, totally BAREFOOT, huddled up and crying because her feet were too cold to make the return trip. So which is funnier: Actually choosing to be barefoot in the snow, or trying to collect eggs in roller skates?

Don't worry, she's fine.

Shannon
Harlequin Creek

 

[AK-Bird-brain]

One time when my oldest was 3 I noticed it was a bit to quiet in the house. He had gotten into his little brothers diaper bag and found the baby powder. The ENTIRE kitchen was powered! He was sitting on the floor white from head to toe finger painting on his stomach. I just looked at him and said in my stern voice mister you just sit still while I get the camera.

 

[Henrietta23]

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Not much else you can do in that situation huh?

 

[AhBee01]

my niece painted herself with my sons desitin!I have pics, but not sure where they are!

 

[MagsC]

My two oldest kids once threw all of my Mary Kay makeup into the bathroom sink, locked the door and proceeded to fill the sink up to make, in their words, " a colorful waterfall", meanwhile, the "waterfall" was flowing out underneath the door and their little sister was happily playing in it. Ack. When I finally got the door open I was so angry I didnt trust myself so silently shut off the fawcet, gave the little hellions towels and had them help clean it up. I didnt speak. I think that and the looks they received got the point across more than anything else.