Monkey hear, monkey say...

Like most parents, we learned early that it pays to be very careful what you say in front of toddlers. When our daughter was about 18 months old we were driving along when another driver cut in front of us. "Stupid idiot!" my husband muttered. Immediately from the backseat we heard a tiny voice pipe up with "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!"

"Sweetie," I said, "that's not a very nice word. Daddy shouldn't have said it."

"Yeah," she answered without missing a beat, "Daddy was stupid!"

What, you thought her name was Mommy?

Lindsay, Southern US

While at daycare, my three year old ran into the room and informed the babysitter that, "My Daddy's name is Jarad and my Mommy's name is Honey". She ran out of the room to go play, but she left the babysitter in stiches!!

Why Risk It?

Becca, Tn

When we were driving down the road one day, out of the blue my five year old daughter said " Daddy, do I have to kiss that boy when I get married someday?" Daddy proceeded to tell her that she did not have to worry about because it was a long way off - at least for 30 more years. She sat there for a few minutes and then said " Daddy, I think when I get married, we will just shake on it."

A Cool Customer

Penny, Southern US

I have a variety of ages in regard to my children. There was one memorable moment though when my oldest son, Donald, was almost two, probably about 22 months old. We were in Louisiana awaiting the return of Donald’s Daddy from Saudi Arabia, Operation Desert Storm. There was a soda machine in the area where we were waiting, and Donald just kept watching people go up to this box and retrieve cold drinks. He went to the front of the machine and looked to see where the cans were coming out, and then he went to the back of the machine to see where they were coming from. Then he went back to the front of the machine, reached his little arm up the front of the machine and pulled out his own can! I had no idea what to even say!

Just checking...

Lindsay, Southern US

We love springtime in my family. Spring means warmer weather, longer days and pretty flowers. Spring also means...Girl Scout Cookies! We had finished eating dinner and were getting some cookies out for dessert. My daughter started passing out cookies. She gave her sister two. She gave herself two. She gave me two. When she got to my husband she stopped dead in her tracks and asked, "Mommy, can boys eat Girl Scout Cookies?" Classic!

I'll take the free one.

At my daughter's elementary school, she orders her lunch and we pay the tab every few weeks. She had recently been taking advantage of the no cash requirement and ordering extra snacks at every opportunity. We explained to her that, while we wanted her to order the food she needed for lunch, the extra purchases needed to stop. On my birthday the lunch room had chocolate milk buy-one-get-one-free. She happily took her two cartons back to her table, but a few minutes later she returned to the counter with one in hand. "Today's my mom's birthday," she explained with a sigh, "and I'm supposed to be saving money. I'm just going to take the free one."

Let's have some fun...

Hi, my name is Tracy. I'm a thirty-something wife and mom of one with one on the way. My reasons for starting this blog are two-fold. First of all, in this economy I hope to be able to generate some extra income with Google Ad-Sense, and possibly even advertisers outside of Google. Second, I felt that this particular website would be a fun idea, a place that parents can come to not only read about all the cute, funny, profound things that other people's kids are saying, but to share the little gems their own come up with. If you have a story to share, please click on the "Share a story" link on the sidebar and make me laugh! If you'd like your first name and state/province/country posted with your story, please include those. Stories will be edited for grammar and spelling. Please keep all stories profanity-free.