a 4yo came up to me & said: "what color is the outer part of the circle?"
I was putting away dishes, & I had no freakin' idea what she was talking about. So I asked her.
She drew an "air" circle & said, "you know! The outside of the circle".
OMG, I was soooo stupid....according to the look on her face.
After a little bit of give & take, I finally realized the circle she was asking about.....was the cake I served yesterday for our Valentines Party in my daycare. !!
What she really wanted to know was what flavor was the cake & frosting! She was out for the day & missed the cake. Wait until she sees that it is a rectangle...or what's left of one!
Soooo, my question to you would be: how frequently does a child make you feel as if you were the most clueless person in the entire world? AND, in your world, does anybody else do this to you? For me, it would be my DH! We think so oppositionally that I have NO idea how we've survived a 30+ year marriage. Conversely, it scares my DH/sons/friends when my Sis/Mom/I finish each other's sentences, show up wearing similar colors, & brainstorm the same freaky ideas....without any prior communication.
I much prefer being in sync with those around me!
keep the answers coming!
Victoria: OMGosh! Thank you for bringing back some memories. My son used to say "hogs in a rug" instead of "pigs in a blanket". We still tease him about it! Our younger son used to call my Dad...."Tampaw". & of course, my Sis & I would say "Tampon".....you know, out of range of the kids. Boy, we could start a whole other question with these memories! Thanks!
My favorite is when my kids ask me what sounds certain animals make and I have no idea. I've been asked what sounds a llama make, a giraffe, a comodo dragon and a sloth. I admit, I've made sounds up cause I guess I never realized that I didn't know.
My brain runs with the wrong crowd. It is more normal that I don't get what others are saying than when I do.
My kids and I on the other hand, I always get what they are saying. People overhearing tend to have a puzzled look on their face mind you.
What was your question again?
Not often, but sometimes you just go, "huh?"
My DD kept asking me about a "betetif" or something (I can't even describe it accurately). It made NO sense to me. She said it the same way over and over so it meant something to her. I finally got her to describe that the "betetif" looks at things really closely with a magnifying glass. OH! A "detective!" She was so irritated with me, but I couldn't make out what the word was for the life of me.
Apparently I start speaking after my brain is thinking so you don't always get the entire thought I was thinking. Or I'll pick up a conversation DH's forgotten about an hour later. DH is used to this now, but it used to drive him crazy trying to figure it out.
That is hilarious!! Just the other day my 5 year old asked me if he could please have some hit water. It took a little bit, but I finally figured out he wanted some "tap" water! lol Now my family either drinks water from the fridge, or hit water!
My 5 year old that can't spell told me this: Momma, I want this...and then began to draw "letters" in the air. um....yeah.
So after a while I just said that mommy can't read his handwriting and to please just TELL me what he wants.
Just just said nevermind and walked off.
Did I mention he can't spell? Yeah so it's like circles in the air and a whisp at the end...
I felt like asking...is it bigger than a breadbox? One word? How many syllables...?
And my older children make fun of me continuously. Lost keys, forgetting words...I am the but of many laughs in my house...
Sending good thoughts your way. :)
LOL I can't think of anything specifically but my kids will ask me stuff and sometimes I have no idea what they are talking about. I will ask them to clarify.
Something funny I thought about was I was driving home with my daughter (she's almost 5) and we were talking about the Dentist. She says "Can we get that College toothpaste? Or am I not old enough" To which I replied "what are you talking about?" After a few more questions to try to clarify a lightbulb goes off in my head I say "Oh Colgate!"
We're more like Jo W, I think. Our nuclear family has sort of our own weird language. Sometimes it makes me pause to figure stuff out, but usually I get it pretty quickly. Our kids LOVE to describe things in unusual ways. They are dorky like that I guess.
My son, lately, has taken to calling french fries "potato sticks" just to be different. My daughter refuses to eat "cold slop" (cole slaw) and the son loves "rotten cabbage" (kimchi---introduced to this at his korean martial arts school black best testing).
Last night it was my step dad and I...but I was the one who made him feel "clueless"...
I can't remember what exactly brought up the subject but I said "the movie Mars needs Moms"...
He said "where is Marcy sending her mom?"...(Marcy is my SIL)...
My mom and I just looked at him and both rolled over laughing...
I say and do things all the time that my husband just gives me a look like "oh honey...that's just too far out there even for you!"...
Like when I had the brilliant idea to wash the curtains. And so i was reading the label on how to wash (after I washed them) and said "How am I supposed to lay these flat to dry? Do they think I just have a table 12 feet long?"...he looked up from the other room and calmly and with no smartass tone, and straight faced said "No honey, we are going to hang them back up wet!"...
ETA: My daughter and for some this won't be as funny...when she was three my husband and I both worked from home and we were leaving one day and she said "Dad you left your peter on"...STOP! "honey what?"..."Dad left his peter on"...(yes I looked!)...so I said "show me what you are talking about"...she walks over to the laptop and says as she points "dad left his peter on"...
She then a few weeks later rec'd one of those kid computers...and in Texas Roadhouse announces "Grandma I just LOVE my peter!"
Yea...explain that one to a restaurant!
My daughter is in a bilingual pre-k and has always been in a spanish speaking home while I work. The girl can really roll her Rs. She was trying to tell me about the kids in her class. The kids name is Leonardo but what with a Spanish accent it sounds likeYonatho to her. I kept repeating what I thought she was saying...is it Reynaldo? Is it Heraldo?
She said mommy, you aren't even trying. Say what I say.. Yo (yo) Na (na) THO! (tho) YONATHA!
boy i felt dumb having my 4 yr old talk down to me.
HAHA My daughter is very quick witted and enjoys putting Daddy in the sar"chasm". I can catch her jokes and wit, he doesn't have much of a sense of humor.
My one daughter is so very much like my sister. We joke that she was born into the wrong family.
When my daughter was 5 she made something for me at day care. When I asked her what it was, she it's a ReeveTiv. I had to ask her what a Reevetiv was and she rolled her eyes and said "You know, Mom, a REEVETIV!" Logan is now 22 and I still have my Reevetiv tacked to my bulliten board at work. I may not know "what" is it, but I know it's precious to me.
