Maggie is a pretty funny kid. I know most parents are rather enamored of
their own children and that I am certainly one of them; but she really is a
hoot. Her timing is particularly
key. I’m not always good about writing
these things down, so I will use this blogger-majig as an excuse to set down
some of the hilarity.
Last week we started a Parent-Tot Tumble class. As we walked into the gym where the class was
being held, Maggie and I saw all of the kids already rolling and running around
on the mats. Maggie proclaimed loudly at
this energetic sight: “Wow! Now you’ll
really be able to lose some weight, Mom!”
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While looking at a cookbook together, we happened on a
picture of some cookies. Maggie
exclaimed, “Oh, cookies. I can’t have
those. They’ll ruin my figure.”
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I told Maggie that an upcoming wedding this summer was
supposed to be grown-ups only, so we would most likely decline the
invitation. She wildly cried out, “I’m
little now, but I’ll be grown up then.”
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As Maggie was dressing herself in a pair of brown stretchy
pants, she paused mid-way up her legs and looked quizzically at her
slacks. “You know,” she said, “when they’re
like this it looks like a moose head.”
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A while back Maggie was running nude around the apartment
(that is a story for another blog post, for sure.) She kept hollering, “I’m proud of myself.” She’s never had a problem with self-esteem,
come to think of it.
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We were Christmas shopping at a store near my Mother in
Bloomington-Normal when I put on a silly pair of fake glasses with fake nose
and mustache. I asked Maggie if she
thought they were funny. She soberly
reproached me, saying “Take those off, Mommy.
It disturbs me.”
I found your blog. Hope you don't mind. ;0) I love the funny things that kids say. It makes my day!
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