Years ago, when my 13-year-old was only 3, I was trying to get him to pick up his toys, and he was ignoring me. Or maybe he was just getting distracted. Or it could have been a little bit of both. I didn’t really know. Finally, exasperated, I said in the sternest voice I could muster, “Come here, young man!”
I overheard this exchange between my then 6-year-old and 4-year-old. Being practical-minded males, they were discussing the purpose of what is perhaps the single most illogical part of a typical female outfit.
Samuel (age 6): Do you know that she has a very long dress that comes down to the ground?
Kiyoshi (age 4): Yeah.
Samuel: That’s why she has to wear that kind of shoes.
Kiyoshi: Yeah, with the tall-standing things.
So there you have it, ladies. The purpose of high-heels is simply to keep our dress hems out of the mud. If you dislike wearing high-heels as much as I do, just get your long dresses shortened a bit, and you can wear flats all the time!
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Unlike the United States, Ukraine does not have many dark-skinned people, or Asians, for that matter. It's a fairly homogenous white society, which means that anyone of non-European descent stands out and might be exposed to ridicule, or worse. However, although I'm half Japanese, I've been fortunate.
I have not experienced any racism here. Until recently.
Samuel, age 5, about our apartment mate’s departure to attend classes at the medical university:
“Mommy, she’s going to the universe!”
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You know you live in a Slavic country when your 5-year-old points to a picture of a group of world-famous cartoon characters from the Hundred-Acre Wood and says,
“Look, Mommy! Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger and Piglet and Igor!”
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This morning after I put my youngest down for a nap, I curled up on the couch with my Bible. This ritual is one of my favorite parts of the day. Samuel and Kiyoshi were playing quietly, because by now they know that when Mommy is reading the Bible, they are not to disturb her. Or so I thought. Before I was halfway through, Kiyoshi began to bounce around my little retreat, making all sorts of little boy noises. I put aside my reading for a bit to have the following exchange:
Me: Kiyoshi, what is Mommy doing right now?
Kiyoshi: Reading the Bible.
Me: And what do you need to do when I'm reading the Bible?
Kiyoshi: Flush the toilet?
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I just want to know―how would you have responded to that one?
I have to confess that I laughed. It just burst out before I could stop it!
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Other wacky things my kids have said.
I started this series of funny quotes from my kids many months ago, but then I stopped posting my children’s bizarre comments after #2, even though I had several others in the queue. And really, many of them are worth sharing. So here, for your reading enjoyment, is the continuation of
Wacky Things My Kids Have Said.
Kiyoshi, age 2: “Look! The poops is hugging each other in the toilet!”
(Ahem, this quote had nothing to do with the hugging in the above picture. He was really talking about his poop in the toilet.
I didn’t look to see if they were actually hugging or not.)
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Samuel, age 4, commenting on his uncle's gift of a guitar pick to brother Kiyoshi, age 2:
"He gave him a pick for his nose."
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Kiyoshi, age 2: I don’t want the wind to blow me away.
Samuel, age 4: No, it can’t, ’cause you’re not paper!
Other wacky things my kids have said:
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