Are anyone else's kids like this, or am I just darned lucky? 

Here is a typical conversation with my daughter, who is 9.  We were driving in the car and she found a catalog for homeschooling materials and saw a book in it about landslides.

HER:  "What's a landslide?"

ME: blah blah blah blah (detailed explanation about landslides) ...."that pretty much destroys everything in its path"

HER: "Really?  It destroys EVERYTHING???"

ME:  "Well, yes, it does, if it's large enough."

HER:  "Like houses, trees, cars??"

ME:  "Yes, everything."

HER: "So if I was wearing this shoe, and I was in a landslide, it would destroy my shoe?"

ME: *my left eye is starting to twitch* "YES, it would."

HER:  "What about cats?  Would it destroy cats?"

ME:  *twitch*  "YES!  It would!"

HER:  "So what if I was standing ON the house, WITH a cat, WEARING my shoe.  Would it destroy us all?"

At this point, the conversation went downhill.

My son, on the other hand, drives my husband nuts.  He doesn't bother me at all, because we are just alike. 

HUBBY:  "It's bedtime.  It's 9:00."

SON:  "It's actually 8:58."

HUBBY *eye twitching*  "Go to bed!"

Now, the funniest part of all of this is that neither kid is doing this to deliberately upset us.  It's just the way they ARE.     If they didn't do this, I would see if they had a fever. 

Anyone else have endearing kid traits they want to share? 

Mine is only 2, but this morning I was driving with the radio on and a commercial came on and said, "No hassles." She asked if that was like Hansel of Gretal fame. I tried to describe what No Hassle meant, but she kept going back to Hansel. Finally, I said, "Right. Just like Hansel and Gretal." Arg!

OMG! This is funny.. I do the same thing and never really thought of it until you pointed out!

It drives me bananas if my hubby don't say the EXACT time.
How about receipts? I always take care of the checkbook and everytime he use the card
I asked "How much did you spend?"

 Hubby: "$23...something, just put $24"

 Me: "NO, tell me the EXACT amount"

 Hubby: "it doesn't matter"

Me: "Yes it does  , now go get me the receipt   "

Hubby: "Geez! "

 

I am the same way something about EXACT details.

My husband hates it when I correct him with the EXACT amount.  My seven year old daughter is just like me and does the same thing and it irritates him.  When he writes a check in the check book he rounds the amount to the nearest dollar and I have to have the checkbook balanced to the penny. (Another thing that irritates him).  I must not be too hard to live with because we just celebrated our 12 Anniversary on Oct. 14.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!  Not another person like Hubby!   

Okay.  Now I feel more grey hairs sprouting..... 

My daughter is 4 and this in one of our typical conversations (we had this one during the summer when the old plastic pool went belly up):

DD: "We need a new pool mommy"
Me: "yeah I know"
DD: "Why don't you run to the store and get us a new pool, and I'll watch your baby for you?"
Me :" Um NO I can't leave you and your brothers alone!"
DD: "Why not? I'll lock the door and won't talk to bad people."
Me: "No. What if the baby chokes on his -up?" (reaching here, she has an argument for everything)
DD: "Well we got burp rags. I can help him."
Me: "Just no, okay? If I left you guys alone here the police would come and get me"
DD (getting scared) "WHY?"
Me: "just forget it"

 

My daughter is 16 months old, and I've been working really hard to get her to say "Please" and "Thank you."  Most days, it doesn't work at all, but occasionally, she'll say please and delight my soul.

The other day, she was playing with an ornament on the Christmas tree.  I told her, "No" 3 times.  She kept doing it, of course.  I said, "What did Mommy just say?"

She replied, charmingly, "Please?"