Things Kids Say
BalletGirl has this thing about telling me things that have happened to her. Here is the latest:
“Mom, did you know I picked you?”
I kind of look up and say oh okay. But she gets that I don’t either believe her or know what she’s saying.
“No really mom. I picked you.”
I’m a bit confused and say okay. Why’d ya pick me.
“Well I was somewhere else and I was looking at all the teenagers and saw you. I knew you’d be my mom.”
I realize she’s talking about picking me to be her mom, before she was born. Honey, you were born later though. Hey, I was curious what she’d say.
She shrugs her shoulders like, duh and responds, “Yeah, I had to pick you twice. I waited in the room and then a few years later they asked if I wanted you still and I knew I did and then I went into your tummy.”
All I could say was, “Wow, I’m glad you picked me.” I mean what do you say to something like that, right?
What has your kid said to you lately? eliza.ferree@b5media.com
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134 opinions for Things Kids Say
Chris P
Oct 6, 2008 at 4:26 pm
this is just the sweetest thing! I would have cried!
loralie
Oct 6, 2008 at 4:29 pm
My 4 yr old granddaughter was talking with her almost 6 yr old brother about behavior that is not appropriate. I was faulted for going out with wet hair-in her world that is inappropriate.
I guess if that’s the worst I do I’m okay. :-)
Tonya Froemel
Oct 6, 2008 at 5:38 pm
My daughter once said something along the similar line of picking me to be her mommy. She was barely three. She said she picked me out of all the other mommies. I got shivers.
rewcath
Oct 6, 2008 at 5:41 pm
My nephew comes out with some funny ones lately, he told me girls were gross (he’s 5) so I asked if I was gross, he said “your not a girl, your a lady”
reeva
Oct 6, 2008 at 5:51 pm
nothing too crazy to give me shivers but my son said the other day “listen, i dont make the rules but we have to live by them” lol I think he got that from school
I’m having so much fun blog hopping for Blogtoberfest! :)
karissa
Oct 6, 2008 at 5:53 pm
So sweet! children are so thoughtful and so delicate.
Cami
Oct 6, 2008 at 5:54 pm
My daughter’s not old enough to talk yet, so I don’t have any stories but I love stories like this and truly believe the kids are telling the truth. I think they picked us.
Sandy
Oct 6, 2008 at 6:21 pm
well I feel lucky when they say stuff like that- makes you feel like you did something right even when eveything else is going wrong.
One of my younger ones heard me say awhile ago to one of my grown ones- I put you into this world..and I can take you out and he ran over and said nomamma he cannot fit back up there and he doesn’t want to go—-oh no- he took it another way but it was cute
AmandaK
Oct 6, 2008 at 6:26 pm
My baby girl knows i’ve been having a hard time with finances. So, she came up to me one night (she was supposed to be in bed) and said “I wuv you mommy” then she gave me a card that had play Monopoly money in it and it said “Here’s money for you.” I cried so hard. Ever since then, I look at that card if I ever feel down and smile and I know things will be okay.
Cindi
Oct 6, 2008 at 7:01 pm
My sons told me that I am a good mom. Please enter me in your surprise drawing. Thanks, Cindi
Betsy
Oct 6, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Very cute!
Huguette E.
Oct 6, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Awww so cute ♥
Alison
Oct 6, 2008 at 7:56 pm
That is SO sweet!!
When I was pregnant with my surrogate son (so my friend’s son, but I carried him for them). My then 3 y/o daughter pointed to my belly one night and said, “Look, you come out and you have to go home.. you can’t stay here!”
She was SERIOUS about us not keeping him, lol!
Nicole (ikkinlala)
Oct 6, 2008 at 8:18 pm
What a cute story!
Shilo Beedy
Oct 6, 2008 at 8:37 pm
That’s a cute story! My son says random things sometimes and I often wonder where he learns this stuff. One day he said there was a scary monster in his closet.
Jenn S.
Oct 6, 2008 at 8:41 pm
My preschooler talks about playing Aliens and Astronauts outside during playtime. I asked him who were the Astronauts and who were the Aliens. He replied “The boys are the Astronauts, of course. The girls are the Aliens but they don’t know it.”
Lindley
Oct 6, 2008 at 9:08 pm
My 3-year-old son just told my husband and I tonight that he “deserved” his mom and his dad to take such good care of him because he ate some corn at dinner. Hmmm . . . Thanks!
Noreen
Oct 6, 2008 at 9:19 pm
that is very sweet, my daughter told her sister once that she was glad God had picked her to be her sister.
Donna
Oct 6, 2008 at 9:19 pm
I love surprises. Thanks for the contest.
Tara R.
Oct 6, 2008 at 9:21 pm
kids are so funny sometimes!
Janelle
Oct 6, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Awh, she’s a keeper! My daughter said something hilarious just awhile back. Grandpa had called us one night to ask if we would help dig up potatoes in the morning. Before bedtime we asked our daughter if she would like to help Grandpa dig potatoes. She looked at us with a funny face and said, “No, its too late. It’s dark outside.” Gotta watch the wording with her!
Kathryn Bakken
Oct 6, 2008 at 9:56 pm
When my daughter was in kindergarten I was listening to her talk to our little dog. She was telling him how smart he was and how cute he was, etc. This went on for 20 minutes. I went in her room and asked her what she was doing and she said she wanted Scooter to feel good about himself. Apparently the teacher had been talking about self esteem that day. So cute!
sara l.
Oct 6, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Wow…What a heart-melter! Being that my 2 year old’s vocabulary is not that extensive, I just have a funny tidbit to share. Last Sunday at church, right in the middle of the sermon,my little man starts blurting out “Boobie” and pointing at my boobs! Gotta love those “crawl under the pew” moments!LOL!
sblilly14(@)yahoo(.)com
C. Clemens
Oct 6, 2008 at 10:59 pm
count me in thanks
Terra Heck
Oct 7, 2008 at 12:55 am
Awww….that was such a heartwarming story. Sounds like you have a wonderful child.
Carol
Oct 7, 2008 at 1:50 am
I loved your story! Kindly enter me into your contest. Many thanks!!
Cheryl W
Oct 7, 2008 at 2:27 am
Aww, great story! Thanks!
Adrienne Gordon
Oct 7, 2008 at 5:22 am
If you’re good you go to heaven, if you’re bad you go to las vegas
Susan C
Oct 7, 2008 at 6:13 am
When my son was three he told me he saw God before he was born. I asked what He looked like and he told me He wore a blue suit. I found this amazing since we had never taken him to church or discussed God much.
Tabitha
Oct 7, 2008 at 6:18 am
Back in July after returning home from having child #3 and of course I still had a pooch, my son (3yrs) looks at the baby then at my belly and says “2 Kams”. Asking if there would be another Kameron still in there.
Tracey Byram
Oct 7, 2008 at 6:20 am
Out of the mouth of babes comes some of the simplest truths.
Christina
Oct 7, 2008 at 6:31 am
I was telling my niece that I felt badly (from a recently-emerged chronic illness) and thought that it affected how I looked - and she told me that to her I would always look radiant and about the same age (which was the age her mother had been when she died when she was 8)! I realized this meant that not only did she accept me unconditionally, ill or not, but that she felt as close to me as she would have thought she’d been with her mother!
david basile
Oct 7, 2008 at 6:43 am
good story makes you smile thanks
Katie-Anne
Oct 7, 2008 at 6:51 am
Isn’t it strange how kids get the weirdest of ideas and they are passionate about defending them. When it’s like this though, you must have felt good! :)
Cathy
Oct 7, 2008 at 7:23 am
My 6-y-o told me she’s never leaving home and I briefly thought it was sweet. Then she said that when she gets married, her father and I have to leave so she can have our room.
Heather S
Oct 7, 2008 at 7:38 am
What a great story. I am always amazed by some the great ideas kids in our family come up with. They are so creative.
Amy Tucker
Oct 7, 2008 at 7:45 am
Great story ;-) Hugs!
Ashley
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:02 am
kids say the cutest things
Rebecca Snodgrass
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:17 am
kids are great, and honest.
Kirby McCauley
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:23 am
Blogtoberfest? How exciting! Great post & keep the surprises coming :)
Jenny
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:30 am
I have a 3yr old — the stuff that comes out of kids mouths!!
Lori Williams
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:34 am
Sweet story!
Elena
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:58 am
Cute story! Thanks for the contest!
Sonya Sparks
Oct 7, 2008 at 9:34 am
Great story. Thanks for the chance to win.
Jocelyn
Oct 7, 2008 at 9:45 am
How sweet! Thanks for the contest!
Sara Borrink
Oct 7, 2008 at 10:23 am
My two year old says the sweetest things also.
valerie mabrey
Oct 7, 2008 at 10:29 am
love the contest
beth shepherd
Oct 7, 2008 at 10:46 am
Thank you! I love surprises. Thank you
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Tarah
Oct 7, 2008 at 11:11 am
haha - that’s cute!
Kathy Scott
Oct 7, 2008 at 12:24 pm
My 8 year old comes home from school every day and gives me a big hug and says I love you Mom. It is the high lite of my day.
Kamber
Oct 7, 2008 at 12:38 pm
That is such a touching story. How sweet. I can’t wait until my baby is older to see what he will say.
veronica sandberg
Oct 7, 2008 at 12:45 pm
want to win this
M.A.
Oct 7, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Music to my ears: when my grown child asks, “How’d you ever do it mom?”
Kate
Oct 7, 2008 at 12:55 pm
My son is so used to responding to us saying “I love you” that now he says “I love you too Mom” or “I love you too Dad” spontaniousely instead of in response.. I got home the other day and walk in the door and hear “Mommy’s home, I love you too Mom” from the basement. It just makes my heart happy and my soul sing to hear those words from him, he was a delayed talker (didn’t start until he was 3) so this is the reward for being so patient and waiting so long. He is truly my sunshine!
Linda
Oct 7, 2008 at 2:38 pm
One word to sum it up”cute”.
susan varney
Oct 7, 2008 at 2:42 pm
wonderful offer
Mike Weisberg
Oct 7, 2008 at 3:24 pm
i want to win
Vicky Boackle
Oct 7, 2008 at 5:42 pm
i love surprises.
Mia J.
Oct 7, 2008 at 5:47 pm
My daughter comes into our room in the morning with a Good Morning, The sun is out time to get up. It is the best part of my day to have her come in and givve hugs and kisses and often she makes up a wake up song. It is just so dear.
Rosanne Morrison
Oct 7, 2008 at 6:15 pm
I’d love a surprise
Jill Miller
Oct 7, 2008 at 7:28 pm
My “kids” are my dogs……and they “tell” me every day that they think I am the most wonderful person in the entire world (especially when it’s snack time!!)
Gianna
Oct 7, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Please enter me :)
Carol Lawrence
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Hope i win the surprise gift.
Casey H
Oct 7, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I’d love to get in on the blogtoberfest giveaways!! Thanks so much!!
Anna
Oct 7, 2008 at 9:36 pm
That’s very sweet!
Theresa Shafer
Oct 7, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Mia sat. Wiggling with ants in her pants, until I would stop and play. sometimes it is a word, But for me it is the look of love in her eyes that touches me more then anything.
Jill Myrick
Oct 7, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Thank you so much for always offering such wonderful contest.
I would LOVE to win
Michelle Jadaa
Oct 8, 2008 at 5:34 am
oh aren’t little kids adorable,my sons 16 now so sometimes all i get is a grunt LOL.Luckily i do home daycare so i get my daily dose of hugs and cuteness.
israel y
Oct 8, 2008 at 7:04 am
oooh surprises! great idea! thanks!
charline s
Oct 8, 2008 at 10:05 am
Kids say the sweetest things, My grandson tells me he loves me to the monn and back
Lisa Fosses
Oct 8, 2008 at 11:33 am
I love surprises too - good one’s that is
pickel
Oct 8, 2008 at 11:57 am
AJ calls me a princess. He pronounces it princecesses
Janet F
Oct 8, 2008 at 12:42 pm
My toddler grandson says the cutest things, I always laugh.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
esvin
Oct 8, 2008 at 12:51 pm
What a sweet story. Thanks for sharing.
Desiree
Oct 8, 2008 at 3:40 pm
I enjoyed reading all the stories…thanks for the chance to enter this giveaway ;)
Jennifer Reda
Oct 8, 2008 at 4:15 pm
woo blogtoberfest!
Eloise Carlson
Oct 8, 2008 at 5:14 pm
My 6 year old daughter has said so any crazy things to me lately that it’s hard for me to even begin. I have enjoyed reading all of your stories, thanks so much for the opportunity to win!
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Betty Nations
Oct 8, 2008 at 5:32 pm
That is so sweet. Treasure those moments…one day she will be a teenager!
Heather
Oct 8, 2008 at 7:15 pm
She made a good choice!
PlatoonSergeant
Oct 8, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Cute kides, they must be mine
Eliza
Oct 8, 2008 at 7:44 pm
ummm, yep they sure are. :)
Hesper Fry
Oct 8, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Very sweet. Thanks for sharing.
Brandy Stokes
Oct 8, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Kids do say the cutest things!! My van broke down one day, and my 5 year old said, ” Thats it mom, Im going to get a job after the sun goes down and comes back up so I can by you a new car.” They are sweet at that age.
danielle
Oct 8, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Good story, but of course, you know that. Such are the treasures a mother keeps in her heart.
rebecca
Oct 8, 2008 at 11:33 pm
The thoughts and stories of children are special. So are surprises.
Lenora Garrett
Oct 9, 2008 at 12:24 am
Enter Me
Molly Capel
Oct 9, 2008 at 1:05 am
That is just the sweetest thing! My kids are constantly saying things that crack me up. lol
Elizabeth M.
Oct 9, 2008 at 3:35 am
I just love when kids say things like that!
Colleen H
Oct 9, 2008 at 5:09 am
There is nothing more disarming and heartfelt than a child’s love. Great story!
happishopr
Oct 9, 2008 at 10:52 am
that melts my heart…no littles here…the latest thing one of mine said was to ask for $$ in an email. SIGH
Kathy Conley
Oct 9, 2008 at 12:11 pm
My middle school tween looked at me and said, “Mommy you are pretty”, I was shocked because she usually never says anything like that.
Gina Stratos
Oct 9, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Count me in
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Jodi
Oct 9, 2008 at 1:31 pm
My teenage son just called me earlier at work, and when he went to hang up he said “love ya mom”. Now he always says it if I say it first, but it was a nice surprise to get an unsolicited love ya from my son.
Talitha Lee
Oct 9, 2008 at 1:44 pm
My kids were talking about nightmares one day and my son decided to inform his aunt that mommy has them all the time. My daughter in the corner then piped up with ” and their names are Aidanne and Patrick” everyone fell down cracking up about it!
Evelyn
Oct 9, 2008 at 2:11 pm
nice enter me
Carolyn Nedrow
Oct 9, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Please enter me for the surprise gift. Thanks!
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Alissa
Oct 9, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I’m famous for saying (at age 6), “Look, mommy, there’s a higga-hagga!” (Supposedly “a helicopter).
Ah well. I shall be teased until the day I die!
Kari Follett
Oct 9, 2008 at 4:34 pm
That story is SO SWEET! I loved it
Monique Rizzo
Oct 9, 2008 at 5:00 pm
That story is priceless! Thank you.
susan p
Oct 9, 2008 at 5:21 pm
please enter me thank you
Jodene Gildea
Oct 9, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Please count me in!
Carla Spence
Oct 9, 2008 at 6:41 pm
How sweet! You’re so lucky to have her!
Jennifer Hedden
Oct 9, 2008 at 8:23 pm
great story
Felicia L
Oct 9, 2008 at 9:15 pm
what a touching and heartwarming story, thanks
Carla Pullum
Oct 9, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Never say anything in front of a child that you don’t want later revealed!
Andrea Evans
Oct 9, 2008 at 11:42 pm
I love to read some of the things kids say. Thanks for the giveaway!
Ann
Oct 10, 2008 at 12:21 am
My daughter and I have almost identical birth marks on our legs. When she was little she told me that she picked me to be her Mommy because we matched. She went on to say that she would never get lost because she would just have to look for the match and she would know it was me.
Love the words out of the mouth of babies, honest and sweet.
Have a great day!
Erica C.
Oct 10, 2008 at 1:46 am
thanks!
julie eden
Oct 10, 2008 at 5:46 am
Mommy….your mustache is back!
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Peggy Gorman
Oct 10, 2008 at 6:03 am
Kids are sweet and I love watching Candid Camera when it shows the kids talking. Too cute
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Oct 10, 2008 at 7:53 am
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sarah
Oct 10, 2008 at 9:27 am
enter me!
Angela Koga
Oct 10, 2008 at 9:39 am
What a great little story.
Suanne Giddings
Oct 10, 2008 at 9:54 am
Awww… How sweet! Out of the mouths of babes come wonderful things!
Thank you so much for an opportunity to win!
Becky Grayson
Oct 10, 2008 at 10:23 am
Last weekend my grandson was spending the weekend with us and right before he fell asleep he asked if tomorrow was the day I had to go to work. I told him yes. He then said that he wanted to stay with me till Christmas! LOL
Loved your story. It makes you wonder if they really do pick us.
Jennifer Schroeder
Oct 10, 2008 at 10:49 am
I am loving Blogtoberfest! It’s so fun to enter for surprises!
Veronica Jarvis
Oct 10, 2008 at 10:56 am
That teared me up! My kids don’t say mushy stuff yet…..they just tell me they love me 50 times a day, lol! I love it!!
kristi blackstone
Oct 10, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Cute blog, enter me
Diana
Oct 10, 2008 at 1:12 pm
that’s really cute and sweet. it’s amazing what comes out of kids’ mouths.
Christy Hickman
Oct 10, 2008 at 2:15 pm
That is the sweetest thing ever. Thanks for the chance to win.
Julianne
Oct 10, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Ahhh how funny! I give my children the opposite story. When they are mad at me, I tell them…”Hey, you must have been misbehaving if God sent you to me…the world’s meanest mom!” That always ends the comments, because they cannot stand it when I call myself the world’s meanest mom and seem to take pride in it! LOL! Most of the time they think I am so sweet, but it is amazing when they are disciplined that they decide I am mean. ROFL! As if that is going to make me let them get away with their behavior. They seem to know so early on that we want them to treasure us.
kathy pease
Oct 10, 2008 at 2:45 pm
PLEASE COUNT ME IN ON THIS AWESOME GIVEAWAY :)
Diana Corlett
Oct 10, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Oh to see the world from the viewpoint of a child again :) They’re our window to that perfect world (heaven?) that simply HAS to be out there somewhere!
dlcwin[at]gmail[dot]com
Veronica Garrett
Oct 10, 2008 at 6:41 pm
My daughter asked me about daddy-how we met, etc.
Jennifer Harriman
Oct 10, 2008 at 7:08 pm
What a sweet thing she said :) My daughter hasn’t been so sweet lately. Her most recent comment was about calling the cops on me because I told her it was nap time and turned the tv off.. LOL kids!!
Renee Turner
Oct 10, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Aww, very heartwarming.
Samantha Pruitt
Oct 10, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Blogtoberfest is so much fun!
Sarah Z
Oct 10, 2008 at 8:08 pm
That the toothfairy stole her tooth because it was gone and there wasn’t any money under her pillow!
Donna Wilde
Oct 10, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I would love to win a surprise!
Betty C
Oct 10, 2008 at 8:42 pm
The most wonderful feeling was after months of my teen only grunting or even snarling at me over everything one day he suddenly gave me a hug and said ” I love you mom.”
Wonder what caused that.
Donna Kozar
Oct 10, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Cute story
Jennifer C
Oct 10, 2008 at 9:16 pm
What a sweet story. Kinda makes you wonder about all the things they are tuned into.
Tammy
Oct 10, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Hey Mom - you’re smart. gosh, who knew?
Ana
Oct 14, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Hi… I can’t help but wonder, Can they really do that? Can they remember? One day my 4 y/o son said to his dad: I remember when I was in mummy’s belly, it was warm… and I liked it there…
I’m not sure if they really can, but if not… they really do have a great imagination!!!
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