stuff my kids said [3/23]

This edition is dedicated to one of my favorite five-year-olds.

Wednesday was his last day, and no one told me, so I didn't get to say goodbye!  :(

Anatomy:

Guess what I love to make you strong?  MUSCLES.  I love muscles.

Pronunciation:

My bike goes berry sast! ("Very fast!")

No I amn't!  (A contraction of "am not" -- I think she's onto something, personally.)

...Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, twenty... 3D! 

Coloring:

Holy cow you're good.   It takes practice, hon. Yeah, you start like a baby, just scribbling.  And then you get gooder and gooder and gooder and gooder and then you get good like Miss Anna!

My triangle looks like a little Santa hat. 

That yellow's a little dirty.  Well.  That's just the way God made it, I guess. 

Epiphanies:

Hey!  Excuse me!  I spelled my whole name!

You're not a teacher, you're a girl kid!

Definitions:

'Serious' means she doesn't really know me, or something.

Do you know what 'extinct' means?  It means all your skin rolls off and it's just bones.  You can't touch extinct animals - they're scratchy claws.

Reality:

Anyway, I like popcorn.  EVERYONE likes popcorn.  Besides, who doesn't like popcorn?

Who is it? A dad with really big nose hairs (said by another kid).  Is it my mom?

I have a bunch of rocks for my mom and they're shiny.   

I get tired of running and running and running... ME: You can sit down and rest for a bit!  Ok, thanks! 

I'll tell you how tall T-Rexes are with my hand.  THIS tall. 

I'm so hungry that I want to eat the trees. 

My birthday is far away, in California. 

That's smaller than a baby?  YUCK!  Babies are disgusting! 

Geography, a conversation:

I live in the mountains! I live in Africa!  Well... I mean, Greyfox Drive.  It means a grey fox.  They are so cute. 

 Putting shoes on the right feet:

If I was a big girl, and I had them on, I'd have them on wrong!

Compliments:

Are those your sunglasses, Miss Anna?  I like the design.  The frames look like they're from a volcano.