Gritting his teeth and scowling, my 4-year-old son made it very clear that he was unhappy about something. - "Mom, I DO NOT like the magic wand you gave me." - "Why not?" - "It doesn't work."
Aug 17, 2010

Product developement required

Mia
- "Mum, why did you buy solar lights for the terrace? Surely it'd be better to get ones that come on when it's dark?"


Thanks Maya.



Apr 08, 2010

Refundable?

Mia

Gritting his teeth and scowling, my 4-year-old son made it very clear that he was unhappy about something. - "Mom, I DO NOT like the magic wand you gave me."
- "Why not?" - "It doesn't work."


Apr 08, 2010

Lesson no. 1

Mia

As I'm brushing my 4-yr old daughter's tangly hair, perhaps a bit too forcefully, she turns to me, hands on hips and says, - "Daddy, don't be so rough. I'm a girl. We're different than boys. Don't you know that?"


Apr 08, 2010

Set up

Mia

I teach third grade. Last week we were on our way in from recess and "Little Johnny" announced, - "There are over 200 definitions for the word "sex." I told him that we are not going to talk about that at school. He looked at me like I was from Mars. For fear that he was calling my bluff, I just changed the subject. The... next day, he brought in his book and showed me where he read that there are over 200 definitions for the word "set". I didn't tell him, but I could have crawled under a chair!

Liz


Apr 08, 2010

You too?

Mia

Last night my just-turned-3 year-old snipped her hair. After I calmed down she asked me, "I cut your hair?"

Ana


Apr 08, 2010

Grandgenious

Mia

My 8 year old grandson was bragging to me about his report card and that he was a straight "A" student! As I was telling him how proud I was, he was telling me that he was studying folk lore and legends and proverbs. He continued to say that he was studying Paul Bunyan and wanted to know what I knew about him. I tol...d him that I knew he was a lumberjack and that he was a BIG man and that he had a blue ox named Babe. He was so amazed and he said to me,

- "Geesh, Grammy, you are so smart and you don't even go to school!!"

Kelly


Apr 08, 2010

Early learner

Mia

My 7 year old daughter, after I said "maybe" when she asked me if she could play on the computer later: "I think 'maybe' means 'no' in grown-up language."


Apr 08, 2010

Hidden treat

Mia

My 3 yr old boy was looking at my 7 yr old´s Nintendo DS and says "I know this Nintendo DS has a chip, but how do I get to eat it???"

Lucia


Apr 08, 2010

So NOT Cool!

Mia

What do you say when your eldest son tell you this: "Penises are cool, I have a penis - so I'm cool. You don't have a penis mama...so you are not cool."

Denise



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