“Ah, man. Come on! When is it going to be time for AC/DC?”
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“That one is nice, mama, but I’m looking for something epic.”
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“Mama, have you seen daddy? I need to ask him a question. It’s the same question I asked you, but you said ‘no.'”
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“What the?! Mama, my band-aids look like a backwards number 7! HOLY COW I LOOK AWESOME!!!”
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“I don’t know why I keep doing the wrong things I know I’m not supposed to do. I think there is something wrong with my brain that is making me do them. So, that’s why it’s not my fault and I should still get to play Legos.”
That last one has puzzled us all…
There was a week right before Christmas where he kept trying to tell me there was something in his brain that was broken. Uh-huh.
I am determined at least once this year to look at myself in the mirror and think “HOLY COW. I LOOK AWESOME!!!” There it is – my first actual resolution. :) If it takes bandaids on the face to accomplish that, so be it.
LOL at the persistence – you’re a lawyer so you can understand why I call this “forum-shopping.” I don’t get it much at home now that the girls are older, but it happens at work all the time!
Haha! YES. It was total forum shopping. :)
I love this kid.
Nathaniel’s finally at an age where I can write down/record all the hilarious stuff he says. Here’s the most recent one. :)
http://www.inwardfacinggirl.com/blog/nathaniel-said-on-art-fashion-and-manipulation.html
Happy New Year! xoxo
How sweet! I love that you have so many. I’ve been bad about jotting them down lately. I need to work on that!
I love those boys and the things they say. Profound, really. I mean look how we tend to grow up and lose our belief in the ‘epic’ bits of life!
Ha! Since my husband and I are both lawyers we lecture the children on the evils of forum shopping all the time. And we should all strive for “epic.”
My children are currently discussing how long ago the Vikings and the pirates were alive…the consensus is that the Vikings were *really* long ago, like the 1960s, but the pirates were in 1974.
Lisa – my husband and I are also both lawyers. My children sometimes think it’s a special kind of h*ll to have two lawyer parents, as even the simplest of questions can turn into long and involved discourses on what things mean and what is ambiguous and what is not. :)
I love these – I love these sooo much.
Jules, re the bible and catechism study–did you purchase it? I looked at your link of the pamphlet. . .am interested in doing it….maybe. Thank you!
I’m using the bible I received on my confirmation (so, it’s 25+ years old) and a CCC that I bought at a bookstore. I’m only using the pamphlet from that site. Can you buy something there? I didn’t notice that!
Just as an FYI you can access the bible and the Catechism through the vatican website: www dot vatican dot va. For me it’s not ideal because it’s reading online and I do so much of that already that I prefer paper, but in case it works for you, I thought I would share. :-)
Yes, Rebe is right. I don’t take advantage of that feature for the same reason. I, too, prefer paper.
Oh my goodness! Hilarious! I should write down the things my kids say…because I will never remember them otherwise.
Funny, that line on misbehaving is almost identical to a thought that the character Max had last night in the book “The Wild Things” by Dave Eggars. I’m certain Nico’s behavior could not compare to Max’s behavior though!
Haha! Yes, I would say not! :)
Love it!!!! Did he actually tell you that he was going to ask his daddy the same question to try to get a different answer??? LOL
He sure did. He’s only 5, so he has much to learn about being sneaky. ;)
He, he! This series of posts are seriously some of my favorites :) You got some pretty hilarious kids on your hands :)
Aww, love these posts. Romans 7:17-25 sprang to my mind when I read “On Misbehaving” If you read it from The Message (check it out online from biblegateway.com) it’s a good paraphrase/translation. I usually read NIV so it’s a nice shake-things-up for me. I’m just saying I feel for him, completely understand. As an aside I totally want to encourage you in your Bible reading. It’s always my goal to read through it once a year (not hard at all 3-4 chapters a day) but I’ve done it exactly . . . once. Hopefully this year I’ll double that.