The following (paraphrased) conversation actually took place believe it or not.
Son: “Dad, do aliens pick their nose?”
Dad: “Uh, wha- what?”
Son: “Do aliens pick their nose?”
Dad: (Thinks a minute, but just smiles, shakes his head and chuckles to himself.) “Ummm, no son. They don’t.”
Son: “How come?”
This is an example of an actual conversation I recently had with my 4 year old son. My wife and I are trying to teach him that any “finger in the nose” is a bad habit, is uncleanly and is something you just don’t do. We say, “when you nose itches, just rub it or go blow your nose.”
Now, you may wonder what Aliens have to do with this blog post. Well, my son has recently been infatuated with the demo of the Monsters vs. Aliens video game for the XBOX 360. Aside from his consistent inquiries as to when we are going to go buy the game, he wants to know why Aliens are “funny looking”, have weird colors, have lots of eyes and why that “Blob thing” can eat and eat and eat.
How or why he made the above correlation is beyond me. As the old saying goes, “Out of the mouths of babes…” That said, feel free to post some crazy things you’ve heard your children or other children say. I’d love to read about them!
My daughter was 3 when our second daughter was born. At the hospital, before we were discharged, my husband said to everyone, “When we get home I’ll break out the Champagne and we’ll all have a toast.” My older daughter’s reply was, “OK, but I want butter and jelly on mine.”