Friday, July 25, 2008

He's appreciative

Said by J at the dinner table last night:

(deep breath, monotone, determined voice)
Thank you for the cucumber daddy but I do not want it thank you for the lettuce Mommy but I do not want it I appreciate you gave it to me but I think I will just wait and have my own dinner. (deep breath)

4 comments:

feather nester said...

Holy crap! Okay, (a) that's hysterical, and (b) do you REALIZE how complex that language is?!? Of course you do, you're a reading specialist. He really said all that?!? Verbatim?

You'd better watch out. You are in such deep trouble with kid that smart. I've told you before and I'll tell you again: I'm pretty sure he has both his parents IQ scores...COMBINED!

Anonymous said...

Agreed! what a smart cookie you have on your hands! that's what you get for being a teacher lori! :) This is too cute! :)

Ouiser said...

every single time i read the posts about what j says, my life sort of flashes before my eyes. completely hysterical.

congrats on having an einstein for a toddler!!

die Frau said...

"appreciate"? Some of my students don't even use that word. It's like my friend's son G. who, at age 2, told us he didn't like the tomato in mom's salad because it tasted "a little [s]picy" (he had trouble with sp- words, which made it even cuter).

He really gets the idea of forced politeness--the boy will go far. :-) I'm impressed!