Overheard

I've always found the whole kids saying darnedest things shtick kind of cloying. This aversion, however, will not stop me from subjecting you to it, so consider yourself warned:

Samson is now at an age where he is repeating a lot of what he hears. Which is, well, interesting. Particularly since he clearly picks up on things we don't even realize we say.

Like "apparently." Apparently I use this word a lot. Also in heavy rotation are "You sure can" and "of course." He's also big on "probably."

Consider this Friday morning exchange about a possible hot pocket [slang at our house for poo in the diaper. I should point out that credit for that phrase is due to Jacob's mom. I'd love to claim credit for being that clever, but she reads this blog and would surely --- and rightly --- call me on it.]

Me: "Hey, did you poop?"

Samson: "Probably."

So nearly every day we get an odd phrase or word handed back to us, rarely in its original wrapper.

Lord only knows what he took away from Vicki's annoyance with the whole Thomas train recall, but the other day at breakfast he kept addressing us as "Consumers: Chinese boys and girls."

He also requested a snack at lunchtime by saying to Vicki: "Let's get some grapes goin' "