She knows her colors?

Elisa: "Daddy, these shoes are brown."
Dad: "That's right. What color are your socks?"
Elisa: "Pink!"
Dad: "Yes. And what color is your shirt?"
Elisa: "Purple!"
Dad: "Very good. And what color is your pants?"
Elisa: "Spiderman!"
Dad: Laughs too hard to speak coherently.
(And yes, a picture of Spiderman is on her pants.)

Silly Luke

My son was twirling around, making explosion sounds. "Benjamin, you're silly!"

"No, I'm Luke Skywalker." and he then returned to his twirling and spitting.

-Dom

Little known fact

Just a minute ago, Benjamin came running up to me and said, "Superheroes do go potty!" Then he ran into the bathroom. Yup, everybody goes potty, even superheroes.

-MR

An Abominable Breakfast

In a cute, sing-song baby voice, "Do you want to play with the Abomination? There you go."

That's right, my infant is playing with an abomination - you know, from the Hulk.

But wait, there's more. You think we'd give a gross, dangerous thing like that access to our house? (The Abomination, not the baby - though babies can be slimy at times).

Actually, Marvel has been making happy, cutesy versions of their characters for younger audiences - which makes it possible for your children to drool on some of the scariest, most dangerous creatures ever to grace one's imagination. There's just something wrong about the Abomination with a cute smiley face though - it's - dare I say it? An Abomination!

-Dom

I never expected to hear...

There are several things that I never expected to hear as a parent. These sayings come from what we have said as a parent and what I have heard our kids say.


Today:

Oh, Wolverine, you are so funny.

(my son decided that he is not responding to us unless we call him Wolverine - I heard this from my wife in the kitchen)



Fun Fact:

I used to find cat food in my shoes - and still find "presents" there whenever we have a 1 1/2-3 year old. I found a pair of princess socks in my shoes yesterday.


-Dom