The Funny Things They Say

I wish I had been keeping track of all the funny things Andrea and Kevin have been saying over the past 6 months or so. Their interpretations of what they hear, and the new concepts they are learning, are greatly amusing. However, being busy Mommy, I can't remember most of it, or I don't have the time to write it all down. However, here's a few that have come up lately, or have stuck with us as family jokes.

Anatomically Correct

About 6 months ago, when Kevin was starting to talk, Andrea and Kevin were in the bathtub together. Andrea, who is not shy, was pointing at and asking about their different male and female parts. I explained, "Kevin has a penis, and you have a vagina." Kevin suddenly pointed at himself, and proudly declared, "PEANUT!" Andrea laughed like crazy, pointed at herself, and exclaimed, "LASAGNA!" Ever since, "peanut" and "lasagna" have stuck as nicknames for the parts. The kids laugh every time they say it, because they KNOW they are being silly, but their words are more fun!

Explaining the Easter Mystery

Now that Andrea is attending JK at a Catholic school, she comes home with all sorts of interesting interpretations of Catholic theology. On Good Friday, she came and said to me: "Mommy, today something sad happened. Today Jesus died. But it's okay--because in three days, the Easter Bunny will come and rosed him from the dead!"

She also had an explanation for the Last Supper and the sacrament of Communion: "We eat Jesus's bread and drink his wine. Then it's his body, and we eat his body to remember him."

More on God's Mysterious Ways

Andrea wanted to know where people come from--like, "Who makes us?" She'd already been given a very basic physical description when she'd previously inquired about where Ryan came from, so this time, I decided to go with the more spiritual route. I replied, "God makes people." She replied, "Then how does he put us in your belly?" Before I could think of a suitable response, she answered her own question: "I think that when we're asleep, he opens our mouths really wide and puts the baby down our mouth and into our belly."

On Marriage

After watching Sleeping Beauty on DVD, Andrea wanted to know why people get married. She asked, "Why did you marry Daddy?" I replied, "Because I love him, he's a good person, and I want to be with him forever." Andrea asked, "How will I know who I should marry?" I explained, "It should be someone you love very much, and someone who you want to spend the rest of your life with." Andrea promptly responded: "I want to marry Daddy!" When I explained that she couldn't marry Daddy because he was MY husband, she said: "Then I'll marry Papa!"

Words That Sound Like Other Words . . .

Similar to the "peanut" story at the start of the post, Kevin and Andrea have lots of words that they repeat incorrectly or misunderstand, often with hilarious results. The most recent one was yesterday, when Kevin was playing with the new toy shish kebab set the Easter Bunny brought. When I asked Kevin what he was doing, he tried to say, "I'm playing with a shish kebab." However, it kept coming out as, "shi* kebab." The best part about it was how seriously he was saying it. Therefore, you know me--I had to get it on video!