{"id":243,"date":"2007-04-11T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-12T04:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/11\/they-say-the-darndest-things\/"},"modified":"2007-04-11T20:24:01","modified_gmt":"2007-04-12T04:24:01","slug":"they-say-the-darndest-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"They say the darndest things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things heard around here this week….<\/p>\n

E: Mama, when I am a spider…(pause)
\nM: Um, yes?
\nE: When I am a spider, I will wrap bugs up with my web and then I will suck their blood!
\nM: Um, okay…<\/em><\/p>\n

(Maybe we need to lay off the Charlotte’s Web, which is our current DVD of choice?)<\/p>\n

—————–<\/p>\n

A: Oh no! (As she is picking her sprawled little body up off the floor.)
\nM: You ok, Addie?
\nA: I ok, Mama. I TUFF!<\/em><\/p>\n

(And if A. saying that, with her shoulders thrown back looking all proud, doesn’t bring tears to my eyes, I don’t know what will. She is “tough,” but I just want her to need a little cuddling….sometimes!)<\/p>\n

——————–<\/p>\n

E: Daddy, boys have penises!
\nD: Yep.
\nE: And girls have zucchinis!
\nD: Not exactly…<\/em><\/p>\n

(I, unfortunately, heard this one secondhand through J.\u00a0 But I would have paid big bucks to hear him explaining to E. what exactly girls do have<\/em>, though! Or to see how he kept a straight face after that one…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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