Kids Say the Darndest Things

It's been awhile since I have shared some of the things our kiddos say. But I keep track. I need to have something to embarrass them with later. Here are a few gems:

Both Will and Helen's first word, at age 11 months: "Hi!"

Helen

age 22 months - "Hap-py You You!" [said to the intonation of Happy Birthday to You]

age 2.5, when asked how old she is: "Twins!"

age 2.5, when told not to eat her boogers because it's yucky: "It's not yucky. I eat ALL my boogers!"

age almost 3, repeatedly when referring to herself and something she did: "Silly Goose!"

age almost 3: Me: "Helen, you're funny." Helen: I'm not funny." Me: "You're not?" Helen: No. I'm crraaazzzyyy!!!"

Will

age 22 months - "Nonny" [his word for "Helen"]

age 2.5, as his play vacuum runs out of power: "The batteries are running away!"

age 2.5, with a stuffy nose: "My nose needs new batteries."

Joseph

age 4.5: "Dad, does Maine have a football team?" Cort explains that Maine has a college football team, the Maine Black Bears, whereupon Joe says: "If you changed 'Bears' to "Berry,' you'd have a phone!"

age 5: "Can you tell me what happened to Yugoslavia?"

age 6, as we discussed the upcoming Go Texan Day for the Houston Livestock Show: "So. When is it going to be Go Wisconsin Day?"

age 6, to his brother: "Charlie, if you don't give me that ball I'm not going to be your friend anymore." [Charlie responds, "You're not my friend, you're my brother."] "Fine. Then I'm not going to be your brother anymore."

Charlie

age 6, as we are buying lift tickets (adult and child) to go skiing: "Mom, it's a good thing you have kids, so it's cheaper!"

age 6, when I was having trouble finding their Easter baskets for an Easter egg hunt: "If we can't find them, we can just use those plastic pumpkins from Halloween."

age 6, when discussing that he can get his driver's license at age 16: "But I'm not going to drive for real until I'm 20. Or maybe 21. Yeah, definitely 21. Because then I can have some beer!"