Kids Are Funny

[sunny]

LOL these are all so cute! Kids are so amusing in how they interpret things and they have such vivid imaginations. The real little ones are so funny when they are first learning to talk. This one is probably not real original, but it was to me, when my son was about 3 or so, and was starting to get more sophisticated in his vocabulary. We turn on the TV and it's bright, and we turn on the light and its bright, of course. My son looks out the window one evening, and notices the full moon. "Oh, look!", he says, " the moon is turned on!" It surely was!

Way back in 1970 when I was teaching the 3-4 year olds, we had a lesson about all children being God's children, even children from other countries. I had a world globe, and pictures of children from other countries/ nationalities. I told them that children from Japan are God's children, from Africa, etc. Then I asked them where else do children come from. I wanted them to tell me the country's that I had pictures of: Mexico, Norway, Ireland, etc. Every single one of those children gave me a look that said I was dumber than a goober pea and in unison they all said: Children come from their Mommies tummies!

Remember these are LDS children, and how right they were!

[lisajo]

when i was alittle girl (4) growing up in American Fork Ut. my grandparents from Lehi picked me up to take me to a party at my cousins in Salt Lake, on the way there my grand father told me how lucky i was to be an American and growning up there, he went on to tell me how lucky i was to live in a free country, then he told me about other countrys and how they don't have the freedom to do the things I get to, a deep fear came over me and i began to cry, my Grandpartents asked me why i was crying and i told them i felt so bad i lived in american fork which was free but my grandparents werent free because they lived in Lehi, .......OH THE LAUGHTER, i said what why do you think that is funny? then they exsplained to me that American Fork was part of America and so was Lehi and ETC. i will never forget this! LOL

[Outshined]

When my son was about 3 and we had just moved into our new ward, he stood up in the pew in the middle of Sacrament, stuck out his little hand and said loudly; "Daddy, pull my finger!"
I could hear snickering all around the joint...


I got blamed for that one.

[ldsgurl_2002]

those are so hilarious!!! a few years ago my neighbors were playing their music really loud and so my mom called the police on them to tell them to turn it down...and they took FOREVER and my mom asks outloud where are they? and my little brother who was probably about 5 says oh they're prolly eating doughnuts and drinking coffee!!!! it was so hilarious

and another time my mom asked who cut the cheese and she directly asks him and he says it wasn't me! im not allowed to use knives...wow i laughed so hard!!

[Maureen]

I have two stories:

1. My family (husband, daughter & son) and I were visiting other family members in Springville, UT and we decided to go climb the “Y” in Provo. On the way up there was a bolder in the middle of the path and my daughter was the first to jump and sit on it. My 6-year-old son was determined that on the way down he would be the first to sit on the bolder. But on the way down my daughter got to it first which made him mad and a temper tantrum was about to ensue and in his frustration he wanted to yell, “I never get to sit on the bolder!” but it came out “I never get to sh*t….!” After this Freudian slip, we all started laughing, even my son (and no tantrum ensued) and the only one not laughing was my husband (who of course swears like a sailor) and it took him awhile to accept that it was an innocently funny slip-up.

2. Another incident happened quite recently with cats and teenage children. (Warning: the mention of feminine protection is part of the story). My male cat, Ptolemy for some reason, loves to play with my daughter's tampon applicators and he would do everything in his power when he spotted one, usually in the garbage, to dig it out and bat it around the floor. One day my daughter noticed he was doing just that, and she said to me in a funny, whiny way, “Mom, he keeps playing with my tampons!” And even though I knew the cat did this I thought she was complaining about her brother, so I said, “[Son’s name], don’t do that, that’s weird!” Which of course my daughter laughs and corrects me, “Not [Son’s name], Ptolemy.” (My poor son, he gets blamed for everything.)

M.

[Palerider]

here is another funny story about my son.......right after I was called as a councilor in the Bishopric my son was only 4 yrs old.....he began crawling under some of the pews and suddenly stood up and looked at my wife and 3 daughters and proclaimed.....I farted.....LOL.......several members were smiling and looking at me.....my wife turned beat red from embarrassment....LOL.....hard to believe they grow up to be Missionaries....LOL

[TXRed]

Children are funny and not just when they are little.

My oldest two were teens and had gone on a "group" date. On the way home, they decided to stop at Subway for a late night snack. While there, they ran into a lady and her daughter from our Ward. So; my son pulls out a picture of my bestfriend and her family (3 or 4 kids at the time). This friend is 15 years my junior and has been mistaken for my daughter before, plus my own children consider her their sister. Anyway, my son proceeds to ask this Ward member if she would like to see a picture of his oldest sister and her family. The woman looks a little puzzled, because she knows that the sister that is on the group date with my son is the oldest child in the family. But, the woman told him that she'd like to see the picture anyway. When he pulls the picture out, the Ward member says, "You're pulling my leg. . . . . . that's not your sister." Son, of course, insists that she is his sister; so the Ward member goes to my daughter and asks, "Is that really your sister?" My daughter says simply, "Yes". At this, the Ward member says, "Oh, I did not know your mom had been married before." My daughter looked her straight in the eye and replied, "She wasn't." The lady's response. . . . . . . . . . "Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." (of course, she had one of those all knowing looks that let you know she thought she had just found out the BIG family secret)

Child #6 was asked one Sunday morning where I was. She told the lady who asked that I was at home, but then, she went on to tell her that if I would pay attention to her, I could make it to Church on Sunday morning. Puzzled, the lady asked her what she meant. Sweet, dear, innocent little daughter (YW age at the time) told the lady that if I would stay out of the bars on Saturday night, I could get up and be at Church on Sunday morning. AND, she said it all with a totally straight face and no hint of a smile. Years later, if I am not at Church on Sunday morning, that particular lady and her friend always make a point of telling me that they know where I was Saturday night.

BTW, did you notice my name? TXRed. . . . . . . . .that would be because I am from Texas, and all seven of my children are too. I'm sure you've heard of Texas Tall Tales . . . . . . . . well, it's not something they are taught, it's something they are born with. I, of course, am the exception to the rule. . . . .I tell them it skipped this particular generation.

My two year old grandaughter is really great with the imagination, too. She embarrassed the stuffing out of her mother by telling her other grandma, "MY Momma doesn't love you!" My daughter has been extremely careful NOT to say anything about her ex-in-laws; so we don't know where that came from.

My youngest daughter, while in her early years of YW, told the YW leaders that she had tried to commit suicide previously by cutting her neck and her wrists. One of the leaders brought this up to the daughter a couple of years older, because they were really concerned about what was going on to make this child be so desperate that she would attempt suicide. The older daughter just looked at the leader and said, "Did you see any scars on her neck or her wrists? . . . . . . . . . . . (of course, the leader had not). . . Well, there is a reason for that." (this particular story definitely was not funny to me at the time it happened. . . .we were fairly new in the ward. . . . .but, it is funny to me now. However, the funniest part is that someone would actually believe something like that without any signs of proof what so ever)

My mother use to tell me that my children would some day embarrass me, and that I would regret having taught them the proper names for their various body parts. When my oldest two were about 3 and 4, I went to the grocery store with my mother and my nephew who was 3 1/2. I took all three of the kids in a cart and went to look at the magazine rack while Mother went shopping. When we got to the magazine stand, there was a person standing there with their back to us. The person had really long hair and was wearing a non descript shirt and jeans. My oldest daughter looked at me and asked, "Is that a boy or a girl?" At the time, many men wore their hair long; so I told my daughter that I did not know. In a very matter of fact tone, she said, "Weelllll, do they have a penis?" Very quietly as I was pushing the cart quickly away from that area, I told her that I did not know. I can tell you that I could not get out of that store fast enough. My mother's comment when I relayed the incident to her, "I told you so."

:P Sometimes, our kids take us through all kinds of emotions with the things they say and do. My oldest will be 33 this year, my youngest 21. Seven kids and that many years . . . . . . .you know I've got plenty of stories that are funny, sad, embarrassing, infuriating, etc., etc., etc. But, I can still tell you that no matter what. . . . . . . . . . it is all worth it!!!

Peace,
TXRed

[Palerider]

Sometimes adults are funny also.....while serving on the High Council I was often gone. My wife and family attended church without me. One sunday I attended with my family and this Sister approached my wife and asked her how come "I never come to church".....my wife laughed and explained to her why I am never there.....LOL!!!!!!!!!

[Lindy]

I so enjoy the stories of the children.... God's little gift of love for us to enjoy (most of the time)
My ex sister-in-law has twin daughters.... when they were little they spent time with their grandma while their mom had to do some things. THe grandma was constantly saying "shall we?" when she asked the twins to do something. "Let's pick up the toys, shall we?-Let's have lunch now, shall we?- Let's get ready for a nap shall we?"
One day the grandma came over to visit.......and fell asleep in the recliner chair, she started snoring up a storm, I guess her snoring was so loud it bothered the twins..... so they both stood next to her and shook her awake, and as she groggily opened her eyes to look at those little 4 year old faces.... they said almost in unison...."Let's not snore anymore, shall we?"

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My 4 year old granddaughter is being taught how to stand up for herself, to help avert situations in preschool, she was so proud of the almighty power given to her by her mother.... she walks right over to her 4 year old cousin, gets up in her face, with her hands on her hips, and says....." if you push me, I will tell you that I don't like that and not to do it again" The cousin looks at her and says "I'm not going to push you!" which got a response of "but.... why?" ...than little miss power almighty comes running over to us complaining..... "Mommy, she won't push me so I can tell her to stop!" My daughter and I both looked at each other and laughed.