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[pantryslut]

April: "Ate yegs!"

Me: "You ate what?"

April: "Ate yegs!"

Me: "You ate eggs?"

April, "No, ate yegs!"

Me, puzzled: "You ate...legs?"

April: "No, ate yegs!"

[pause]

Me: "Oh! Eight legs! You're a spider!"

April, nodding: "Ate yegs!"

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[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Reminds me of a fun conversation my best friend had with her three-year-old friend once. We called the three-year-old friend Beautiful-Rad-Girl:

B-R-G, in the mall: Want to see the alligator!
My friend: The alligator?
B-R-G: Continues to insist on seeing the alligator. Friend takes her to the Nature Conservancy. Takes her to the stuffed-animal aisle. No dice. Wants the alligator, the alligator!!!

They pass the escalator and Beautiful-Rad-Girl perks up -- there it is -- the alligator!!

F: You want to go on the escalator?

BRG: Yes! Alligator!

F: Escalator, BRG. Can you say Escalator?

BRG: Alligator!

F: ESC-alator. Say "esc", Beautiful-Rad-Girl.

BRG: I can't SAY "esc"! (says it perfectly). Spends next 15 minutes riding the escalators up and down, happy as the proverbial clam.

[anarqueso.livejournal.com]

Now I'm picturing her eating spider legs, which would probably be just as charming as everything else she does.

[bearsir.livejournal.com]

Two days ago he started randomly asking for "cock? cock? cock?" We still have no idea what this means ("Did you see a truck?" "No." &c) but it's about tied with his one-year-old "Mommy? Mommy? Mommy?" phase for Language Acquisition Moments I Would Like To Skip.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

Oh dear.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Excuse me while I chortle quietly. (If it helps, April regularly drops the L from "clock.")

[susannochka.livejournal.com]

There was a story on some parenting blog a few years back about a two year old who became obsessed with popcorn, but had trouble pronouncing it. Therefore in many public places, he would shout: "MOMMY MOMMY I WANT SOME COCKPORN!"
Good stuff.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

My 3 year old loves to wear his plastic crocs shoes, and if he doesn't have them he will say "want cock!!"

[bearsir.livejournal.com]

Yes, well. ::grin:: Let's just say that when people know a kid has two gay dads, some kinds of childhood behaviors are...scrutinised, more than others.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Heehee. It's like talking to Charlie. I feel so bad sometimes...she tries so hard and I simply can't make it out.

[voyeurprincess.livejournal.com]

D'awww!

I have noticed a spider theme with your children... is that because you have an unusual number of spiders around your place, or is it that you're more the type to admire arachnoid visitors than shriek and smash?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Both. We have an inordinate number of spiders living around the outside of the house, including several who live in the panes of glass by the back door, right where the kids sit to eat. There was also a big orb spider living in one of our living room windows for a while. (And one once tried to spin a web across the garbage alley!) So they have had lots of chances to examine spiders up close and personal, through the glass.

I am also the soft-hearted household spider relocator. This is a negotiated role so that they don't get smashed by other, less tolerant members of the household.

[black-pearl-10.livejournal.com]

I shriek and smash.

[dr-moni.livejournal.com]

LOL! OMg..I have those moments of trying to figure out toddler conversation and thoughts all the time. Too funny.

[shadefell.livejournal.com]

Niko (2 yo) started running around on his hands and feet, and then told me he was a bug. Then he told me he was a spider baby. If our kids ever met up, there's a good chance they'd be friends.

Some of my husband's cousins lived in a condo in Chicago that had a really friendly door man. Every time they came or went, he'd greet their toddler with "hey, big guy!" and then ask how he was doing, where they were going, how the day was, etc. Toddlers pick up phrases, and he picked up "ey bih guh!" which sounds like a toddler saying "yebiga" which is "fuck" (or "fuck you," I forget which) in Serbian, their native language.

Toddlers: They Are Great And Terrible All At Once.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

LOL, that's awesome. Your kids say all the cutest stuff!