This is kicking off a week of ‘Son Stories’. Starting with some of the silly things he’s said:
“No pictures! We go now! Stop taking pictures! We keep going! Bye!” (Grandparents & Mommy fell behind during first zoo trip.
“Daddy? Can I see the Yellow Dad?” (Requesting an episode of ‘The Simpsons’.)
“I own the garage, Grandpa. Not you. Me. That my garage, so we go inside.” (Claiming ownership.)
“No singing!” “Be quiet please!” “Stop talking!” (Various methods of asking for silence even when we’re not talking.)
“Don’t worry about me, Daddy. You worry about you. I worry about me . . . Daddy! I need help!” (At least he’s trying to use the potty without supervision.)
“I’m going to help the squirrels get acorns. They keep dropping acorns. They need help.” (Waiting for the bus by our oak tree.)
“Hi, Daddy! I’m not asleep!” (Happens 2-3 times a week when he tricks my wife into thinking he’s asleep. He waits for her to go downstairs and then comes right into our room where I tend to be working.)
“Is the Big Man back? I don’t like the Big Man. The Big Man is scary. Did the Big Man go home with his family? The Big Man works there? Can we not see the Big Man?” (He realized that Halloween decorations were up at the nursery around the corner and they usually have some activities. This includes an animatronic Zombie Butler, which he calls the Big Man.)
“I love you, Daddy. Now can I have more cookies?” (This never works, but he keeps trying.)
“Leave me alone, Daddy! I’m trying to get my work done.” (Said while I’m trying to write and he’s playing with trains.)
“I’m too little to watch Godzilla, daddy! You have to watch it without me when you’re older.” (Pretty self explanatory. He does love looking at the DVD case though.)
“You silly goosey.” (Just love this one.)
Legends of Windemere 
Adorable :-).
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Thanks. 🙂
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Love this! Watch what you say because they will repeat! LOL!
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Yup. A few people have learned that the hard way. A miscommunication led to him learning a really bad word too.
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Ah that really made me chuckle. Your son sounds like a real character. 🙂
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He certainly is. Best to roll with the tiny punches. 🙂
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I’m sure as he gets older he’ll provide you with great scope for your characters in your books – that is if he hasn’t already! 🙂
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Maybe. I actually try not to base any main characters off people I know. I tend to be mean to them, which causes trouble with the ‘inspiration’.
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Yeah, I can understand that. I guess I’m the same really and I don’t suppose as he gets older your son would appreciate being spotted by someone as a character in your book!
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Probably not. He already shares a name with a character in the series even though the character came first.
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I can imagine he might have something to say about that when he’s bigger! 😉
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We’ll see. Him and the character have nothing in common and the names are spelled differently.
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Don’t cha just love when they put you in your place and they’re right?
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He gets it right once in a while. Usually he demands quiet when nobody is talking and then runs away cackling.
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Awww. So adorable!
One of these days, maybe you’ll write a picture book for your son. 😀
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Maybe. I can’t draw though.
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Adorable. It’s good you’re documenting these moments. They slip by way too fast. 🙂
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Definitely. I can only imagine the ones I’ve forgotten in the chaos of tickle fights, tantrums, and consoling him when he’s scared.
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Really cute. Must keep you laughing.
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Usually. Other times we have to try and figure out what he’s talking about.
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Ownership is a big deal at his age. These are all adorable.
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He owns all he sees. 🙂
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We have the opposite problem with sleeping. My daughter hates naps. Tell her that she was sleeping, and she’ll vehemently deny it. (Even as a baby, she rarely ever took day naps.) Today, she actually fell asleep in the car. It was silent, so I asked if she was a sleep. I heard a really groggy, “I’m… not… sleeping.” Next thing I know, she’s hunched over, out cold. (Just resting her eyes though.) 🙂
Great idea to collect these phrases in a blog. I’m always trying to remember the funny things my daughter says.
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My son rarely took napes until he was 9 months old and then we could fight him to a 2 hour quiet period. He’s too old for those things now. At least he can usually entertain himself. 🙂
These blogs are going to be funny when he gets old enough to read them.
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adorable! I love these personal posts, Charles, it makes the reader feel more intimate with you. Oscar says some similar things but the one I remember most, that always makes me laugh, is what Jonathan said when he was little (which seems impossible now, as he’s 15 and as tall as me). Storming in at three or four years old, having a tantrum, he screamed: ‘I really want to say a DADDY WORD!’ *giggles*
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That’s classic. Hope he gets reminded about that one from time to time. 🙂
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I like his various methods of asking for silence even when it’s quiet 😛 I guess that’s just reminding you not to sing or talk later on either.
Very cute lil boy…
Ellespeth
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Yeah. Though I think most of the times he wants attention and asks for quiet because he thinks it will lead to tickles.
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I get the impression he’s a bit of a mini-you. Haha! Very cute. 🙂
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Yes and no. He’s a character, but he’s definitely an individual. Rather straightforward when it comes to logic.
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Amazing how these little people seem to acquire their own personalities, isn’t it? hehe
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