Oh, those kids of mine

Dogpile on Micah!

My goofy kids constantly have me vacillating between laughing out loud and scratching my head "Huh!?"

Adana:

Looking at some construction workers digging on the side of the road: “They’re looking for rolie-polies!”

Looking at a hole in the knee of my jeans: “Uh-oh mommy! It’s broken. You need batteries!”
Me: “No, Adana. You can’t fix pants with batteries.”
Adana: “Ohhh . . . You need sticky tape!”

Randomly one day, looking down at her naked belly, she exclaimed, “MOM! LOOK! I have a hole in my tummy!” I guess we somehow missed the whole this-is-your-belly-button talk. She can, however, count to 10 in Spanish, identify most shapes & colors, and she knows what a coati is (and how to pronounce it properly). Unfortunately, Dora & Diego must not have covered belly buttons yet.

Things I DIDN’T expect my 2-year old to say:
“I want a chocolate latte!” (I think she was trying to say “chocolate” with a Spanish accent – choc-o-lat-ae.)

(While driving down the freeway) “Look, mommy! There’s a spider in yours car. Right there, by yours head.”

Micah:

I was pumping gas one day when a man walked up and asked if I could put some gas in his gas can. He said he ran out up the road and he didn’t have any money. I was rather skeptical of his story, but I gave him a gallon anyways. When I got back in the car, Micah asked what the man had wanted. I explained that he needed gas and he didn’t have any money. “Oh,” said Micah (without the slightest hint of sarcasm). “He must have spent it all on that leather jacket he was wearing.”

Jared:

"People could go blind looking at sheer geniusness like me."