‘The Things They Say!’/‘A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to Insanity’/Kids

'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Insanity' is all about Kids and Mothering and life with a big Family. The joys of being a parent and those things that drive us crazy.

Kids say the funniest things. They come out with amusing comments that can crack you up. I've heard my fair share of funny things over the years and when I was able and had the presence of mind to, I wrote some down in my dairy. Here are just a few samples and just like the joke about two priests and a mule, you’ll get a kick out of it! Boom, Boom.

Daughter #1 Age 8

told me she made moulds at school out of ‘Pastor of Paradise’.

(a new type of clergy maybe…..)

Daughter # 1 Age 7
Having a conversation about why my nephew was adopted.

Me, ‘Uncle S had something wrong and so they couldn’t have a baby’

Daughter, ‘What’s Uncle S got to with it?’

Me, ‘Well, the man has to plant the seed in the Mum so the baby will grow’.

Daughter, ‘Oh yeah that’s right, they use their technicals’.

(not to get too technical…..)

Daughter # 2 Age 6

Driving home after seeing The King and I starring Hayley Mills my daughter says from the back seat....
‘Hayley Mills was so good. I wish we had her autograph’. 

We all agreed and then she continued with
‘What’s an autograph?’

(no comment…..)

Daughter #3, Age 4
Standing at the back door watching the rain come down singing

‘It’s waining, it’s pawing, all men are borwing’.

(Out of the mouths of babes……)

Daughter # 1 Age 5

Me, ‘No more drink now or you’ll wet the bed’.

Daughter ‘Pleeeaaassseee’.

Me, ‘I said no’.

Daughter, ‘When you die, I’m going to have as much drink as I want’.

(What a wonderful life goal…..)

Daughter #1 Age 7

‘Trains are dangerous. They can blow your hat off!’
(good point....)

Daughter #3 Age 7

Talking with her sister aged 5 when they should have been going to sleep, I told them to be quite. The response in an indignant tone, 

“Excuse my French Mum, but we’re talking about boys’.

(the new bad language…..)

Daughter #4 Age 6

When told that I was watering the grass so it would grow, she responded, 
‘But if it grows, then Dad will have to saw it!’

(better than using nail clippers…..)

And the next generation:

Granddaughter # 1 Age 3

‘Can I leave the table?’

Mum, ‘What’s the magic word?’

Granddaughter, after some thought, ‘Abra cadabra!’

(Correct…..)

What funny things have you heard kids say? I’d love to hear some of them.

Cheers

Mare