4 year olds are bad and lie. Even the cute ones.

[Cool-Beans]

I told Devious Junior, my favorite 4yo, he could pour water from the bottle into the glass, but on the floor over there, not by the computer. This is a luxury NONE of my kids would have been granted. They didn't get to pour anything anywhere because I didn't want spills.

But I'm nicer now than I once was. I'm sitting and feeling all pleased that I allowed a little kid to do something fun. So what if he gets water on the carpet? It'll dry. I'm so much more relaxed than when mine were little. And proud of it.

A short time later, I hear:

Beanie?

Yes?

I talked to the police officer yesterday and I asked him if I could have cold water and pour it by your computer and he said Yes. That's what he said. Yes, you can pour cold water by the computer.

He did?

Yes. That's what he said. So I can pour cold water by your computer. That's what my friend the police officer said.





I told him that when the police officer tells me that he can pour cold water by my computer that I will allow it. Until then, he's on the floor, over there.

Give them an inch, they take a mile! I'm going back to, "No. You drink at the table or sitting on the kitchen floor." And I'm doing the pouring.

 

[amyhughes]

Ah the fission of a working mind and a boundless imagination testing the fence for weakness.

Have one of those here too. Chocolate is good for him according to the news, so that means we should have it for each meal or he will die.

 

[Cool-Beans]

Ah the fission of a working mind and a boundless imagination testing the fence for weakness.

Have one of those here too. Chocolate is good for him according to the news, so that means we should have it for each meal or he will die.

Oh! See, I missed that. But I must have been watching a different channel. I'll run out and buy lots of chocolate for little children now. So they won't die and all.

Just how dumb do they think we are?! Doofuses.

I honestly don't remember most of the stuff my kids said then. You should write it down. Wish I had.

 

[amyhughes]

I have a family web site which we put the quotes on for our family members to see.

It's astonishing sometimes what comes out.

Our eldest released the Star Wars cast list today:
He is Luke Skywalker
I am Princess Leia
Daddy is Han Solo love: )
His little brother is R2-D2
His best friend is C-3PO
His Grandpa is Obi Wan Kenobi
And our family dogs comprise Chewbacca

 

[M&N]

You just need to take it to a higher level. 'I don't believe that the friendly policeman heard that it is now a law that no pouring of any kind of liquid is to be done near any computer. Please tell him that the next time you speak to him.'

 

[minkydog]

Just how dumb do they think we are?! Doofuses.

you should hear the stuff my middle school students tell me (i'm a school nurse.) They really *do* think I just fell off a turnip truck.

 

[bumbershoot]

Our eldest released the Star Wars cast list today:
He is Luke Skywalker
I am Princess Leia
Daddy is Han Solo love: )
His little brother is R2-D2
His best friend is C-3PO
His Grandpa is Obi Wan Kenobi
And our family dogs comprise Chewbacca

The first three are the same in this house (though he remains convinced that Luke and Leia marry, even though he knows they can't AND hubby has all sorts of SW books and tells DS about Han and Leias kids etc).

But he's an only so far, and yesterday he told us that if he gets a brother, the brother will be (after he listed the three of us again) Darth Vader!!!!

 

[CraftyMouse]

For the record, the cat did not chew off DD's eyelashes when she was 6, although that was the story I was told.

(I actually believed her for a brief moment though. It was just such a weird thing to make up and the cat did love to play with blinking eyelashes! )

 

[horseshowmom]

When I was still teaching in the classroom, you wouldn't believe how many parents I heard say, "My child wouldn't lie." You can't help but feel sorry for parents who really believe that, can you?

 

[Alex2kMommy]

I read once that we should not think of it as "lying" but rather the 4yo telling you what they "wish desperately to be true." Lying hits a hot button with me, so changing the way I think about it actually did help me deal with it better.

 

[CraftyMouse]

I read once that we should not think of it as "lying" but rather the 4yo telling you what they "wish desperately to be true." Lying hits a hot button with me, so changing the way I think about it actually did help me deal with it better.

Hmmmm...I wonder what that says about DD16's favorite babysitting client. He is 3yo and told her "I have lots of girlfriends. They're made of women!"