chocolate-chip chooky Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Maybe they thought she couldn't spell? I had for a while a picture book that I think was originally published in Australia, with "chooks" and a "moggy". The Amazon reviews contained one Very Annoyed Person complaining that books for small children shouldn't be teaching them "made-up nonsense words". Moggy, as in cat? Or Maggy, as in Magpie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Moggy as in cat. It was a really cute book - the words that weren't "moggy" or "chook" were mostly sound effects, and I loved the artwork. If only I remembered the title.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I was just digging through my records of things the boys have said and wanted to share a few funny ones. (A is DS#1, L is DS#2, and O is DS#3.) A (then 4.5): Mama! This is SO dangerous! Me: I think it's okay. The back is screwed on. A: But if O (then 1) found a screw driver, and inserted it, and rotated it the right way, then he could get the back off and EAT the button cell batteries!!! Me: .........Yeah, I suppose that could happen. --------------------------- Me: Tell me the multiples of 3, backwards. Start with 30. L (then 6): 30, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3, 0, *pause* NEGATIVE 3, negative 6, negative 9 -- Me: Okay, that's good. How about 46+87? L: 123? No, no. 133. Me: What number comes before 26? L: WHAT!? *throws self into heap on floor* I doooooon't knooooooooow! It's too haaaaaard! --------------------------- O (then 4.25): Look mama, a nunyo! Me: That says yo-yo. O: No, it says yo minus yo. Mama. If we have a yo and minus yo, then we have none. It says nunyo. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 A nunyo! :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Moggy as in cat. It was a really cute book - the words that weren't "moggy" or "chook" were mostly sound effects, and I loved the artwork. If only I remembered the title.... Chicky Chicky Chook Chook by Cathy McLennan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Talking about my great aunt with ds 5ys: Me- Her house smelled like urine that's what I remember Ds- Urine? You mean European!?!? Europeans smell? Me- laughing Ds- I didn't know Europeans smell. Why didn't you tell me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 My five-year-old: "It's high time I started acting like other children, and calling my bedroom the nursery!" :lol: Yeah. That was when I stopped the classic British children's books and got some books written in the last twenty years, instead. I had a moment like that when dd was five - we had recently moved and she wanted a bosom buddy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 12 year old to 22 year old Physics major "so what is that in radians?" Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof1 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 My 4 yr old and I were out on a walk. She saw a man walking. She shouted "HI Human" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 My 5yo, apropos of nothing: "I am SO GLAD that I am a chordate." 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) Sacha, struggling to carry a [small] pumpkin back from the pumpkin patch yesterday: "Now I understand how Atlas felt, carrying the sky on his shoulders!" ETA pics: https://www.facebook.com/monique.b.labarre/posts/10155150128473261?pnref=story Edited October 22, 2017 by SeaConquest 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 This one requires a visual to fully appreciate: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155191274538261&set=a.382765123260.165028.585033260&type=3&theater 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 This one requires a visual to fully appreciate: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155191274538261&set=a.382765123260.165028.585033260&type=3&theater That is so adorable! My wee one is into codes as well. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 5yo DS hits 4yo DS and declares, "That's a transfer of momentum!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 DS (7yo), singing to himself, "Sumus agricolae, bum-be-de-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum." :lol: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Condessa Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Two recent ones from my youngest: Oldest dd made 3.5-year-old ds a little stuffed bear for Christmas, and he decided all on his own to call it "Ursa Minor". We also heard him playing Hot Cross Buns on the piano the other day. He has seen his older siblings practice it before, but no one has directly taught him to play it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 My kids like to play the "I'm thinking of a number" game, where the guesser is told to try again higher or lower. I had to institute a "whole numbers only" rule after the argument about whether 3 1/7 is higher or lower than pi. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 DW is reading a 6 page book Broccoli wrote, and is having trouble figuring out what part of it says: "How many hours?". Broccoli: "Oh, I accidentally wrote that in Roman numerals". 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I had given my daughter (11) a Kierkegaard philosophical quote to reflect on and respond to. Part of the conversation went a bit like this: Me: A lot of people believe they're wise. A: Wise? People assume they're wise? They could be tewwing the twuth. :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 DD#2 (age 6): "How do you draw a hurricane?"Me: "I don't think drawing a hurricane will help you divide 78 by 14."DD#2: "Well...if I draw 78 hurricanes--"Me: "No." 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Not exactly a “said whatâ€,but this seems like the best category DD13 is taking a multisensory education workshop with me this weekend, and today, at one point, DD was asked “so, A, are you a teacher?†She replied “I’m a college student interested in educationâ€. The questioner commented “OK, I was wondering-you look about 12!†I think she enjoyed it. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 DD, age 7, has some serious imposter syndrome. Going through the results of her Woodcock Johnson with her: “The tester must have made a mistake. I’m not very good at math. Oh! I know what must have happened! She told me I could stop at a certain question because it was for older kids and I wouldn’t have learned it yet, but it was a really fun equation, so I did it anyway. Something like 4x+7=23. I love those! She must have given me bonus points or something.†8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 (edited) In honor of Pi Day tomorrow. So, we're listening to this song in the car (&Run by Sir Sly) and these lyrics come on: Heavy as the setting sunOh, I'm counting all the numbers between zero and one Sacha: He's going to be here awhile.Me: What?Sacha: He's says that he's counting all the numbers between zero and one. In the song.Me: Oh, right.Sacha: That's an infinite number of increasingly smaller numbers that approach zero.Me: I don't think I understood limits until college. Edited March 14, 2018 by SeaConquest 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 In honor of Pi Day tomorrow. So, we're listening to this song in the car (&Run by Sir Sly) and these lyrics come on: Heavy as the setting sun Oh, I'm counting all the numbers between zero and one Sacha: He's going to be here awhile. Me: What? Sacha: He's says that he's counting all the numbers between zero and one. In the song. Me: Oh, right. Sacha: That's an infinite number of increasingly smaller numbers that approach zero. Me: I don't think I understood limits until college. Ha ha. That's hilarious. I remember trying to explain to my husband the difference between countably infinite and uncountably infinite a few years ago. It completely blew his brain that the "number" of numbers (including infinite decimals) between 0 and 1 is "infinitely larger" than the (infinite) "number" of counting numbers / integers. (Quotes just because it's layman speak and not the correct terminology.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 It completely blew his brain that the "number" of numbers (including infinite decimals) between 0 and 1 is "infinitely larger" than the (infinite) "number" of counting numbers / integers. I remember reading once that the guy who first worked out that infinite sets can be different sizes actually checked into a mental hospital for a while. I'm loath to research this and find out it's not true, or not connected to math anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I remember reading once that the guy who first worked out that infinite sets can be different sizes actually checked into a mental hospital for a while. I'm loath to research this and find out it's not true, or not connected to math anyway. Well, he was in and out of sanitoriums a number of times in his life, for various things ranging from depression to paranoia. Some have suggested it was due to his rather deep contemplations of mathematics (they really shook up the world, particularly religious folks who worried about the implications his mathematics on infinity would have on how people view God), but it's not at all clear that there was a causal relationship there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suenos Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 A lady in an office we were submitting some paperwork to mentioned she was going to Italy and that she was going to start by visiting Rome. My son said, "Don't you know?! You are too late! Rome was sacked and overrun by the barbarians in, like, 400 BC!" Decided it was time to add some 'current events' and maybe fast-forward a little in chronological history... :huh: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 DD13, to a 14 yr old friend she doesn’t see much (in the back set of the car). “So, what do normal teen girls talk about? You’re my only normal friend. Everyone else is a college student, homeschooled, or a statistical outlier, or some combination thereof, so what do normal girls my age want to talk about? “ They did find a topic, mostly on how hard it was to talk to people at school :). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 DD13, to a 14 yr old friend she doesn’t see much (in the back set of the car). “So, what do normal teen girls talk about? You’re my only normal friend. Everyone else is a college student, homeschooled, or a statistical outlier, or some combination thereof, so what do normal girls my age want to talk about? “ They did find a topic, mostly on how hard it was to talk to people at school :). Am I the only one that imagines dmmetler's daughter like Hermione Granger when she talks? :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Am I the only one that imagines dmmetler's daughter like Hermione Granger when she talks? :) dmmetler posted a video a while back, of her and her daughter at an alligator park. It may have been on the chat board. It was really nice to put faces (and voices) to these online personas that we feel we know so much about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 It's on the Gatorland Vlog back a few months ago-the one on Trainer for the Day. She has that pressured, intense delivery. She doesn't have Emma Watson's accent, though :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 When you're factoring quadratics in math, but your head is really back on your bio lab: "Variables are dominant, and constants are recessive! If you multiply variables you get a variable, and if you multiply a constant by a variable you get a variable. The only way a constant is expressed is when you multiply constants." ~ DS#1 (10) 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Me: Would you like a cuddle? DS: Okay, but no gargalesis! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Dd6 came down this morning sobbing that she’d just had a terrible, awful nightmare. After calming down a little she shared with me her nightmare... “I had to go to school all day and only got to see you at dinner!!” (Cue renewed sobbing...) “They wanted to make me into what everyone wants me to be [sob], but I just want to be your *own* kid, in my *own* way!!” 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 This is a “maybe folks here will get it” DD13 just moved to a travel cheer team, due to there really not being enough kids at her age/level for limited travel. So, we had this conversation this morning: DD-people keep congratulating me on moving up, but I know it’s more a mistake than anything else since I’m completely unqualified except for being too stubborn to quit. Me-You sound proud of yourself when you say that. DD-I kind of am. I’m not going to be the best at anything the team does, and everyone knows it. I can just do what I can do! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I'd forgotten how fun this thread is. Yesterday we were learning about plant adaptations and the question was posed: What could cause a plant to be carniverous? 12yr old: It was raised by wolves. 4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porridge Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 We took DS for a speech therapy eval (lisp). He was his usual chatty, curious self. He charmed the receptionist, who answered every question with a smile and totally went along with his energy. "What kind of phone do you have? (android) Do you use hangouts? (no) Please do not post any of my information on Facebook, Hangouts or Twitter. (I won't) What kind of labeler do you use? (I don't know) Is it a Dymo labeler? (I'm not sure). What kind of charging port is on your phone - is it USB C or ...? Why does the sign say I need to let you know if I have a cough, fever or rash? What if I fake cough? Like this - cough cough cough....." The speech therapist, however, was not amused. I think I had a glimpse of what it might be like for him in a class room setting. She was annoyed by his questions. She showed him a series of pictures which he needed to verbally name so that she could assess for articulation disorders. He basically had a question (valid) or smart-alec (he really wasn't trying to be annoying, he just found it funny) remark for every picture. At one point he asked her in exasperation, "Is this speech therapy or knowing therapy? You're just asking me if I know all these pictures!" Part of me felt bad because the therapist was clearly annoyed, part of me empathized with her because this is what it's like every day at home, part of me was just bursting with love for my sweet, curious boy! Plus, he really was hilarious.... I was trying not to laugh.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 I've been casually reading and working through the first few sections of AoPS Pre-A with ds9 this week, since he finished BA 4D book last week, but I wasn't prepared and hadn't ordered 5A for him yet. So last night, I told him (happily!) that his new BA should be here soon and then it's back to Beast and how fun! DS9: Aw... Me: What? You want to keep doing pre-algebra? DS9: Yeah. Me: How about we split it and do BA twice a week and PreA twice a week? DS9: I'd just rather to prealgebra every day. I just like it. Me: (laughing) Even when we end up doing it for an hour, like we did today, instead of the twenty minutes we set out to do, because the problems took so long? DS9: Honestly, Mom, the longer I do it, the more I like it. My husband couldn't contain an eyeroll and a mutter about this being someone else's child. lol. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Today, I had my own 'you said what!?!' moment. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156004592338261&id=585033260 Edited October 27, 2018 by SeaConquest 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Not an AL thing, but boy am I sure glad they're homeschooled and don't have as much opportunity for this nonsense.... DD7 to middle-aged violin teacher: Are you pregnant? Teacher: Nope. And it's not really appropriate to ask that. I have medical issues that affect my weight. DD7: Oh good. You're too old to be having more kids. Teacher told me about this after the lesson (while laughing), but all I could do was cringe... 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condessa Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Ds4 (with dramatic, whiny inflection): “When are we gonna be home? Fatigatas sum!” 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 DD14’s cheer coach told them to bring a binder, and handed out a set of inspirational quotes, etc. DD said “I read them and edited them. There were a lot of apostrophes used for plurals, multiple spelling errors, several comma/semicolon errors, some awful comma splices, and some misplaced modifiers.” I don’t know whether to be proud-or hope the coach never looks in that binder! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 13 hours ago, dmmetler said: DD14’s cheer coach told them to bring a binder, and handed out a set of inspirational quotes, etc. DD said “I read them and edited them. There were a lot of apostrophes used for plurals, multiple spelling errors, several comma/semicolon errors, some awful comma splices, and some misplaced modifiers.” I don’t know whether to be proud-or hope the coach never looks in that binder! She and my dd would get along well. Dd reads articles and wonders if people even edit before they publish something. She thought about sending a letter to the New Yorker after reading it in a doctor's office asking if they would like to retain her services as an editor. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 All these little kid stories reminded me of one from my youngest many years ago. He was at speech therapy at age 5.5 for a stutter. At the initial assessment the therapist asked him to sing a song (often people with stutters don't stutter when singing). I'm sure she was expecting 'Happy Birthday' or 'Old Mic Donald' or some such. My ds sang 'O Mio Babbino Caro' 🙂 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitara Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 D (then 3) found a rotting apple while grocery shopping: "Mommy, we don't want this one! It's decomposing!" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIN MOUSA Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 This morning DD8 put two smaller dryer balls on top of a larger one and said, "Hey Mom, look!" Me: "Nice! It's Mickey Mouse." DD8: *eye roll* "Mooooom. It's a CO2 molecule." Well, alright then. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, JIN MOUSA said: This morning DD8 put two smaller dryer balls on top of a larger one and said, "Hey Mom, look!" Me: "Nice! It's Mickey Mouse." DD8: *eye roll* "Mooooom. It's a CO2 molecule." Well, alright then. Bwahaha. That's hilarious. I always say that I never had a child until I had my second kid. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Me: "You're not doing anything!" Kid: "Not true. My cells are dividing." 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Dd7: I often think that I'm not real. The world is just a giant head and I'm just a thought. "Wake up!" I shout. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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