This Week's Kid-isms

These are a few questions, comments, and instances from the 7 and 5 year olds I nanny for during the week.

• "Are most dogs girls or boys?"
• P. went on a tangent about women's rights for the majority of the day after reading about injustices in Ancient Greece. "That's SO not fair. Girls do everything for boys. We MADE them for crying out loud. We MADE them. Withoutgirls boys wouldn't exist." I did not get into details about how it works the other way around, too. I just agreed :)
• "How do they get babies out of the mommies tummies? Do they just cut them open?"
• "Renember to bring in the aminals." Notice the spellings.
• "Allie, do you love your boyfriend?"
• H. accidently locked herself in the closet. She was upset about her sister not letting her use her colors. Pretty soon I heard banging and, "Let me out, Allie!" Turns out, in an old house there are no doorknobs on the inside of closets. Poor girl.
• They attempted to teach the dog how to stop, drop, and roll in case of a fire, and not be afraid of a fireman if he tried to carry the dog out.Every game they play involves some animal or some person being terribly injured. Example: Barbie took a trip to Antarctica and was eaten by a Snow Monster.
• The pictures below were from a few weeks ago. We made lists of what they wanted to be when they grew up, and I copied what they said verbatim.

That's all I got for today. I have been a delinquent blogger because my days have been filled with children, which is OK with me. This weekend I'm traveling to Minneapolis to visit my homegirl Tonia and shop for a bridesmaid's (ahem.. Maid of Honor) dress. The boy is galavanting in Wisconsin at Country Fest with friends for his brother's 30th birthday. Have a lovely weekend, bellos!