Kidisms...

Kids truly do say the darndest things.  I'm going to share with you my favorite pronunciations, hilarious comments, and precious observations from those sweet children of mine, because I can, and because a lot of these are just pure comedic gold.  If you're ever in a foul mood, mosy on over here and read a couple of these kidisms and I bet you'll be giggling in no time.

General hilarity:

Skyla to Uncle Jeff:  "I'm the majesty!" (She said this while turning her nose up at him and walking away.  She was 3.  I'm in trouble.)

Levi to me: "I have poop in my butt!"  (I appreciate your honesty, son.)

Skyla to me: "Mommy!  You scared me right out of the tar!"  (She meant to say you scared the tar out of me, but we like her version better.  We all still say it to this day.)

My dad was teasing Skyla with something and Skyla - trying very hard to be polite - put her little hand on his knee and looked into his eyes and said very seriously, "Grandpa, will you please stop being a boof?"  (We all died laughing)

Skyla to Grandma:  "Grandma, I feel so dramatic!"

Levi randomly throughout the year: "Ok, this is getting adicalous!"  (Oh my heart!)

Skyla to me:  "Mommy! Daddy won't let us enjoy Christmas!" (Will was getting the Christmas ornaments organized so we could decorate the tree and the kids were having a hard time being patient.)

Skyla to Grandpa (and anyone else who would listen): And me, and Daddy, and Levi, and Mommy are going back to Washington, but Grandpa will stay here with his grumpis wife." (I guess Mom and Dad were bickering about something beforehand and Skyla sympathized with Dad, lol.)

Levi to everyone, all the time: "No!  I don't wanna do it anymore!" (This is a famous one in my family, my siblings quote it all the time whenever they're having a bad day.)

Skyla, playing with her new kitchen set from Grandpa Tim and Grandma Diane: "And for dinner, I will have fresh chicken... and a nice flag."  (I guess she hadn't gone grocery shopping yet ;) She's the greatest.)

Skyla, randomly one day: "I'm gonna call Levi "Chuck" now." (Ok...)

Levi to Daddy while pointing to his rear: "Daddy, my butt lives here!" (Yes, my children sometimes say "butt" to my parent's horror.)

Skyla to me: "Mommy, you are the most beautiful mommy a mommy could ever have." (I think she meant a girl could have, but it warmed my heart nonetheless)

Whenever I corrected Levi's grammar or pronunciation he would say: "Oh, sorry about that." (He was only about 3 or so, it was precious)

I was lying on the floor and flipping the kids over with my legs and I stopped, saying that I was all out of juice (energy) so Skyla ran to the kitchen, got her juice cup off the counter and brought it to me, saying: "Here Mama, I found some juice for you!"

We were at the zoo, outside a goat pen in the petting zoo and Levi was reading his zoo map when a goat approached him and took a bite out of the map.  Levi's face was devastated!  He could not believe what had just happened!  He looked up at me, confused and irate and said, "Mommy!  That naughty goat ate my map!" (I couldn't help laughing at the poor little guy, he was just incensed at the nerve of that "naughty" goat.  I hope I never forget that.)

Skyla, talking about some chocolate confection I made: "Mama, I really want to try one of those chocolate things because they're like music running through your lips when you taste them." (She was 5.  I take no credit for her colorful descriptions.)

Levi had been wearing one of Skyla's bright pink purses around all day and was taking it with him for naptime, I asked him, "Why are you wearing Skyla's purse to bed, buddy?" and he replied, very seriously, "This is a hunting purse.  I need it to hunt pumas."  (I'm not sure why my kids refer to Mountain Lions as pumas, but I find it hilarious... almost as hilarious as a 4 year old with a bright pink hunting purse.)

Skyla, randomly one day: "I call my uncles "Unclestiltskin" and "Uncle Peanut"."  (You do?)

Skyla was having a hard time being patient one day, waiting for lunch and she'd asked me about 30 times if we were making rice (and waving the box in my face) and finally, in exasperation I said if she asked for rice again she would have to go to her room.  She was quiet for a minute and then came up to me and said, "Ok, after I eat my apple are you going to make me that thing I got out of the pantry?" (Very creative, Skyla.)

Skyla after getting herself a glass of water and taking a big sip: "This water is tasty! Water is better than koolaid."  (I'm not gonna lie, I was a proud mommy)

We were planning a visit to Idaho and I was explaining to the kids that they needed to have an adult with them whenever they played outside because there was a mountain lion in the area and it would think they were a tasty snack.  Levi put his hand on his hip and said, "I will shoot the mountain lions with my little gun."  (He was referring to his little pop gun.  I told him that I appreciated his bravery, but he still had to have an adult with him when he went outside, lol.)

Skyla to me: "Mommy, when we visit heaven, will God play fun games with us?" (I don't know, baby girl, I guess we'll find out.)

Levi to me, very enthusiastically: "The flower boofted with green leaves!" (I'm still not sure what he was talking about, but I find his description hilarious!)

Skyla was helping Aunt Poppy wash her car and got very soapy: "I'm so soapy I look like a car!" then she giggled and said, "Vroom, vroom!" 

Me, trying to get Levi dressed and being met with much resistance: "What, you just want to be naked like a savage?" I asked, and he looked confused and insulted and said, "No, I don't want to be a naked cabbage."  (Guffaw!)

Skyla, while watching Ice Age: Continental Drift: "Hey, look!  She made a stink rainbow!" (It was during the part where the grandma sloth falls into the ocean and pollutes the water with her dirty fur)

Levi, randomly: "Ohhh!  Dubbadear!" (He was quoting Piglet from Winnie the Pooh.)

Skyla, praying: "...And Jesus, please hide your word in our hearts and don't let Satan find it and take it out of our hearts..." (I don't think I've ever heard a 5 year old sound so wise.)


Creative pronunciations:

Moke (Milk)

Sai-you (I'm sorry)

Jagwater (Jaguar)

Grola bars (Granola bars)

Oafameal (oatmeal)

Wilburt (Charlotte's Web)

Dickey Mouse (Mickey Mouse)

Ladies and Junglemen!  (Gentlemen)

Thank you really much. (very much)

Homework shoes. (slippers... Skyla calls them that because I wear them while I'm doing chores.)

Tinker bells (Jingle bells)


I try to write them down as they say them, but there have been a few that slipped away.  I hope you all will document your own kidisms, too, they will love reading them years from now and you will enjoy continuous laughter from the memories.  Childhood is so fleeting, we have to grab what we can before it's gone. 

Rachelle