Things Kids Say, Expressions They Use, Then Vs. Now and The Ghost in Our House

The kids were here this past weekend. I tell you, Marissa’s (my 3rd grader) personality is just blossoming. She comes up with some funny stuff. Friday night at the dinner table she was telling me she likes a boy named Dylan. Well, I asked her was he in her class when Molly and I visited and if so, which one was he. She said, “Oh, he was the one in the Spunge Bob pants”. You know, in all the times I’ve been talking with my girlfriends and one of us said, hey, look at that guy in the Harley hat, Tommy H shirt, tight Levis, cowboy hat etc…Never once did I think I would have someone describe a guy as “The one in the Sponge Bob PJ’s! (It was PJ day for her class) Also on Fri. night, Laura, the 13 yr old, went skating with her friend Chelsie. When we picked them up from later that night they were naming off people who was there. Laura told Marissa that Dylan was there and Marissa said, “Dylan better not have been there”. I could not hold it in, I laughed my head off. The look on her face and the tone in her voice was like…Oh no he didn’t! SO funny. Laura and Chelsie had us pick them up earlier than usual. So I asked, “Were y’all bored? Were there no cute guys there?” They said, not really, just a couple but they were younger. They began to tell me about “hot” guys they saw and that led to conversation of the “hot buys” at the community pool last summer. Makes me think that I’m going to have to think twice about dropping them off at the pool this summer! Sean, my 5th grader, is going to be a heartthrob. He has big dimples and uses them to his best ability. He grins so that the dimples show up well, bats his eyes and gives me look and ‘thinks’ he’ll get his way. I remember giving my Daddy a look…worked like a charm! I had several looks, depending on what I wanted. Catherine is the senior...college bound come fall! She is 17, will be 18 in Aug, and has the mind and mouth of a 17 year old. Really, she is a good kid. She is SO looking forward to getting out of Warrensburg and spreading her wings. S-C-A-R-Y!

A couple funnies from Marissa......For starters, Larry is not color blind but he is 'color challenged'. Friday night we were at Wal-Mart and I was looking for lavender fabric. As I'm walking through the fabric looking for just the right shade Marissa yells from the other end of the isle, "Dad don't know what lavender is". He was just messing with her but actually, the joke was on him. The lady standing at the cutting table got a good chuckle out of it.....so did I. Saturday we were burning a very large burn pile and when I got home from picking Marissa up I noticed there was still a fire and nobody standing there tending to it. So I said, "The guys are not out there watching the fire. Dad is in trouble"! Marissa walked in the house about 30 seconds before me and said, "Your in trouble mister". Needless to say, he was tending to the fire quickly.

Do any of you have a ghost living in your house? We do, his name is “Not Me”! I tell you, if I could get my hands on Not Me, he would be grounded. Not Me leaves dishes on the counter and in the sink, wrappers where ever he opens something, half empty soda cans on the table or kitchen island, leaves water bottles in all the kids bed rooms, puts wet towels in the floor, puts the kids PJ’s on the floor, takes socks leaving us with a lot of singles, uses the last of the toilet paper and forgets to replace it, leaves tooth paste clumps in the sink, forgets to wipe up mild dribbles from the table when he is eating cereal….man is he a pain in the bootie! His latest and greatest was this past weekend. Marissa has a new pair of pink capries’. She did not have them on long Sat. before they had mud on them. I told her to change before she went to play at the neighbor’s house. She later asked if I would wash them for her to wear to a skating party that night. I told her yes and asked that she bring them to me. Well, she could not find them. She had just taken them off a couple hours earlier and had not been home since she changed out of them. Not Me is somewhere wearing Marissa’s capries. They are NOWHERE to be found. Larry, myself, Laura and Marissa have searched for those things and they are gone! Where?

On the words and expressions, boy have things changed. Let’s have some then and now word comparison, shall we:

Then guys were ‘Fine’….Now guys are ‘Hot’.
Then when you had a boyfriend you were ‘Going together’….Now you are ‘going out’.
So, if you are ‘going out’ and your in 3rd grade, 5th grade, 7th grade, etc…..were are you ‘going’? I mean you can’t date!
Then we went cruising and gathered in a parking lot to talk….Now they ‘hang out’.
Then we called our friends on their home phone and got frustrated when we got a busy signal….Now they call the cell and most always get an answer no matter if the person they are calling is at home, at the mall or in the bathroom!
Then when something happen like you dropped something we would say ‘dang’, ‘darn’, ‘shoot’…Now they say “Snap”!
Then we passed notes in class hoping not to get caught…. Now they ‘text’ even if they are in the same room or in the same car!
Then we were excited to have a cordless phone so we could roam from room to room….Now they freak out if they don’t have a cool ring tone on their cell phone.
Then we would dress casual but nice when going out with friends or on a date…Now they wear t-shirts and flip flops everywhere they go with their hair in a pony tail.

I could go on and on with this stuff. Anybody got any then vs. now stories? Or any kids stories you want to share? I have so many, it’s hard to think of them all.

A topic coming soon…. “My Georgia Accent”!

Lots of love to all,
Kim