You know, you don't always realize what you say to your kids until you hear it coming back at you from their mouths.
Last night I was eating a reheated frozen falafel ball (yes, it's as good as it sounds). It was a little...crumbly. Bits of it got cought in the back of my throat, and I started to cough, gag, and turn blue. My 3 year old walked by calmly, and without even stopping to look, chastised me with, "Awww, why don't you cover your mouf!"
This past Shabbos, my wife was walking her to Shul, when she (the wife) slipped on some ice and landed flat on her face. She got up pretty quickly, and said, "I'm ok," but apparently not quickly enough for the PT, who frowned and said, "Stop making such a fuss, will YOU? You're giving me a HEADACHE!"
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Very funny.
Whenever we don't give our 3 year old something she wants, she's started saying "OK. I'm going to count to 10 and then you get a punishment."
My kids are smarter and have stronger personalities than me. I'm sunk.
Have a good Shabbat.
I can still take some dubious comfort in the knowledge that whatever my kids pull, I was much worse. Makes it hard for them to pull a fast one on me.
But it doesn't stop them from trying.
And my daughter (4 YO) says..."I just can't handle it."
She is also big on saying "damn" but at least I know that isn't mine :)
Keep on bloggin' about the "kinderlach" -- very entertaining...not to imply that your other subject matters aren't.
Don't just blog about their antics or their great words of wisdom -- record them on paper. I've been pretty negligent up until this year -- my oldest will be 10 , G-d willing, this summer, and my youngest just turned 5 today, and there's a 7 1/2 year old caught in the middle. But I finally collected all the snippets of paper where I'd written the great words of these children and the dates they said them, and believe me, there are snippets of paper EVERYWHERE (even in my drawers at work), and I recorded them at random in a journal, attributing the words to the speaker. It is good fun to review them for my entertainment and for the children, when I tell them what they said at a particular episode in life. Believe me, I HAVE to write them down...this memory of mine is aging sometimes as fast, if not faster, than this 43 year old body!
My kids are so much smarter than my husband and I are, it's depressing. They frequently have discussions about Tanach that leave hubby and me out in the cold. (Note: Hubby teaches high school Tanach) We don't even pretend to keep up with them in Math. Halacha and Science we are still ahead of them, and in a few years they'll pass us up there too.
I'd better get a room with a good view in that nursing home.
My kids are so much smarter than my husband and I are, it's depressing. They frequently have discussions about Tanach that leave hubby and me out in the cold. (Note: Hubby teaches high school Tanach) We don't even pretend to keep up with them in Math. Halacha and Science we are still ahead of them, and in a few years they'll pass us up there too.
I'd better get a room with a good view in that nursing home.
Pearl: You are so right. I'm afraid I really missed the boat on this. Our middle son used to (still does actually) come up with the funniest sayings. We used to call them "Rafi-isms". I really wish we'd written them all down.
Example:
When he was 4, his sister was born. At the naming ceremony, where I named her Elana, I was carrying him around. I asked him if he liked the new name. He said yes. Then he thought a little bit.
"But how do you spell Iguana?"
Tuesday:
I agree, your kids are much smarter than you.
BTW, have you and pearl met yet?
There is nothing better than children.
Jack, there is nothing better than children...and the parents who cherish them. I know you're part of that club!
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