Trying Out Some Pickup Lines
Joseph: Poopy! Toots!
Siri: Let’s keep it clean here, ok?
Joseph: Bwhaaahaa! Bummytooty!
Siri: That’s not nice.
Joseph: pooptyhdeth gfdyijvxduo hjdeijnjioo bbkoyrdghjk kgfuojvnml smelly
Me: Joseph, she can’t register all tha—
Siri: Ok, here’s what I found on the web for “pooptyhdeth gfdyijvxduo hjdeijnjioo bbkoyrdghjk kgfuojvnml smelly”
Joseph: Poopy fart!
Siri: Your language!
Joseph: I want to invite you to dinner.
Siri: I see 13 restaurants a little ways from you. Would you like to hear the whole list?
Joseph: I want to hear the whole list.
Siri: Opening iTunes Radio…
Kids’ Lingo
I minded it up. (Maddie)
(Thought or imagined)
Night sun. (Maddie)
(Sun rising in dark clouds)
Juice ice cream. (Joseph)
(Popsicle)
Pringongs. (Joseph)
(The greasy mist steaming off a hot pan put under water)
Behaving > Being haved (all)
Fivving Room (Annika)
Sawl (saw) and fawlcet (faucet) (Joseph)
Big Kids (what we call M and J, A days it too: Big kids, come eat!)
When I get small (idea that you stop getting bigger and then get smaller at some point, and the the adults will be the kids and kids will be adults)
I’m Not That Kinda Guy
Joseph is still in bed, not ready to get up and dressed. He says sleepily, “I’m not that kinda trash guy.” (What?) “I was taking out the recycling and a yucky soda bottle fell out and I picked it up and put it back in. Cause I’m not that kind of guy. I’m not the kind of guy who would leave trash. I pick it up if it’s on the ground. I’m that kind of guy.”













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