Caroline KinlundMy 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun?
Me: Yes… why?
Him: if we glue every object to another object then it’s half as many things to clean up
Very late-night winter-break edition #ConversationsWithMyKids 🤦🏻♀️
(S. is tickling A. intensely)
A. “Mommm!! S. said he’s going to tickle me to death!”
S. “No I didn’t!! I said I’d tickle him until he died, which would be probably be 80 years away.”
S. “…or about 4 days if he doesn’t get to eat or drink.”
#ConversationsWithMyKids from bedtime tonight:
Me: ow, don’t kick me in the boob. That hurts.
My 6-year-old: those are real?
Me: yes they’re real!
6yo: but are you actually a real mom? Have you even done one face mask?
#ConversationsWithMyKids just now:
My 10-year-old, who needs to go to bed: I’m hungry
Me: we go through this every night, dinner is over
Her: you’re eating now [and I was, kid scraps as usual]
Me: I don’t have to brush my teeth now since I stay up later, because I’m not growing anymore
Her: well I am, and growing girls need to eat
Me: … damn I was out-logic’d.
My 10-year-old, who needs to go to bed: I’m hungry
Me: we go through this every night, dinner is over
Her: you’re eating now [and I was, kid scraps as usual]
Me: I don’t have to brush my teeth now since I stay up later, because I’m not growing anymore
Her: well I am, and growing girls need to eat
Me: … damn I was out-logic’d.
A late-night addition to/edition of #ConversationsWithMyKids. My 8-year-old has historically had a hard time verbalizing what’s upsetting him, but he’s made a lot of progress in the last year. We suspect he has anxiety along with his diagnosed #Autism, and would be frequently upset when going to sleep without saying why.
He just came to us and said “I’m having trouble falling asleep because I’m thinking about a lot of things.”
“What are some of those things?” we asked, glad he’s sharing.
“Homework. Surgery. Spagettification.”
You know what, those are fairly reasonable anxieties.
One of the great things about kids is how excited they are to demonstrate new knowledge. My 5-year-old just shared these two facts with great pride:
“Any number you can think of, there always a number that’s bigger, because numbers go on forever!”
and
“89 is the third-largest number!”
😄
(Added #ConversationsWithMyKids for my own tracking)
My 5-year-old (A): Let’s do a gem sticker book together!
Me: Yeah that sounds like a great idea!
[I zone out and continue reading my Chaosfem timeline]
A: UGH!! *stomps his foot* That computer is poisoning your brain!!
#ConversationsWithMyKids
My 7-year-old to me just now, enthusiastically: “I made up a new word! You’re a dad, but you’re also a mom. You’re a dom!”
Uh, um 😅
#ConversationsWithMyKids
My 5-year-old, running errands with me: “…is there a store called Dangerous Way?”
My 5-year-old, running errands with me: “…is there a store called Dangerous Way?”
From my 5-year-old again, #ConversationsWithMyKids
A: I wish we could have a hamster.
Me: Our cats would try and eat it.
A: We should get a hamster and a rabbit. That way they’ll all get along because the cat won’t know which one to eat first.