Kids Say the Darndest Things

On this page, you'll find some of the conversations and remarks I hear while I care for children in our home  daycare. Please enjoy!!

Dexter -  age 3: "My shoes make me run fast" (Me) I can't run, I have bad knees. (Dexter) "Why do you have bad knees?" (Me) God just made me that way. (Dexter)  "Well....he didn't mean to."  ****do I hear an awwwww? My heart melted.

Dexter - age 2: "Dinosaurs have to open their mouths very wide and they have lots of teeth" (Me) What do they eat with those teeth? (Dexter) CEREAL!!


Brodie - age 3: "My mom said the roads are ridiculous!!"
Michael - age 5 :"I'm gettin' on my horse and I'm gonna ride to Texas! (Me)'You don't even know where Texas is' (Michael)"But my horse knows!"


Miley - age 4:  (Miley's mom) "Spell mom", (Miley) "M-O-M"
                       (Miley's mom) "Spell dad"   (Miley) "T-N-T" 


Coy - age 4  "Steph! I growed when I slept!" (after waking from nap)


Brynn- age 2: She walked around free play time holding a giraffe and sang " Dinosaur, dinosaur,
                      Din-O-Saur!!"


Adam - age 3:  "Steph! do you know where bigfoot lives? He lives in the woods and he says 'whoo-whoo!'"


 Brynn - age 2: While washing hands I say "bye, bye bubbles!" She says "Bye, bye wash your hands!"


Gavin - age 5: "That's 21 dollars!! Your mom don't have enough money for THAT!" (while looking at a toy magazine)


Lou - age 2: When arriving "I'm home!"


Miley - age 4:  I told her babies like it when you 'bibble,babble'(running fingers up and down over lips making that sound), She says,"But my sister lost her "bibble, babble!"


While discussing the ocean......
   Miley- age 4:  I got bit by a shark and it was THIS big!!
   Gavin - age 5:  My dad killed a shark and; threw away the bones!!


Coy- age 4:  "Stephanie, what's cowboy beans make you have?
               (me) It makes your hair grow.
               (Coy) "It makes a mohawk!!!" holding up his hair at lunch with baked beans on his fingers : )
Adam - age 3:   "Bad guys do drugs and they can't come to your house for donuts and coffee!!"


After reading "Morris's Disappearing Bag" I asked them what would you put in a disappering bag?


        Coy: Prolly my lunch
       Miley- Your sister
       Gavin- All my toys and I'd play with them in there
       Adam- A big digger


Brynn age 2: saying prayer at meal time (we usually say "Thank you for our food, Amen"
                     She says, "Food, food, food, food. AMEN!"
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Avery age 3: While wearing his "Chick Magnet" shirt says, "Ya like my chick maggot shirt?"


Gavin age 5: Pretending to cast a magic spell..."Al-a-ka-bama!"  

Brodie and the other little boys here seem to want to pronounce cowboy like:  Cow Bo-eee
  (Is this because we're South of the Missouri River??? Just wonderin')


Miley age 4: After her daddy's yearly turkey hunting proclaimed that,"The turkey turns into French fries, I think"


Adam age 3:  While fixing lunch, Adam tells me... "Stephie, is lunch ready? My hands are hungry"


After Coy age 4  repeatedly tells me that "Lou is following me!!" I get to tell him "So stop running from her." :)


Brodie age 3: "What're we havin' for lunch Stephie?"
                     "Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches" (me)
                   "Hammer Cheese! I LOVE Hammer Cheese! Hey everybody! We're havin' Hammer Cheese!"


Coy age 4:  "When you brush your teeth, it makes them square!"


Adam: age 4:  "I can hear Bigfoot all the way from North Carolina in my bedroom!" (we live in Missouri lol )

As we gathered for breakfast, my eldest daughter walks thru and I mention that Rachel doesn't feel too good. She has a cold.
Ben: age 3 says "Who has hot?"

My husband tells Ben his britches are on fire. His response: "My britches are On!"