Idioms of motherhood (sounds like a good book title, huh?)

Below is a collection in progress of the commical wisdom of children. In this case, the name in parentheses will be the child responsible for the idiom or -ism.

Idiom - 1. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on or under the weather. 2. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up. 3. An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.

If your 4-year-old child says "We should take out the trash." See what they threw away before you take the trash out. (Cassie)

Kids have 4 armpits. The ones under their arms and behind their knees. (Cassie)

Kids like toast sandwiches. Parents would think to put the buttered sides toward each other to keep the butter warm. Through a child's eyes, it's a toast sandwich. (Cassie)

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The newest addition to my list is priceless. While looking at a book, I asked Cassie what something was, she said "a mango". I had to laugh because it was so innocent. A mango, you know the tall, pink bird that eats shrimp...

One from probably the winter of '07-'08 is "Mom, I can see your brain!" Cassie exclaimed as she was brushing my hair. It was hilarious and priceless. I was reminded of it again today, 9/11/08 as I brushed my hair and she looked at my part to see my natural hair color and she said in a matter-of-factly, sing songy voice, "I see you brain."

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Another to add to the list: 9/12/08, I was explaining to Cassie that animals that eat only leaves are called herbivores. Then I said do you know what they call animals that eat only meat are called? She said, "Por favors?" ROFL!! How cute is that? I explained that it was actually a carnivore, and then those that eat both are omnivores. I can't get over her response. How funny?!

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"I'm in my shape." That is the response I got from Cassie when I said to her, "You better shape up." 9/19/08

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And Cassie talking about me teaching now, "You were just a mom...I wanna be a teacher just like you." 9/19/08
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For probably the past year or so, Cassie likes to call me Mommy-yommy-o...long for Mommy.
-11/20/08

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12/03/08
Ok, this one cracks me up...Cassie started this the Christmas of '07...maybe even '06, but I totally forgot about it until we heard a specific song. We have one of those little singing mice things from walmart...that are so darn cute when you get them, but once they're in your cart, you think..."Why did I let them get this??" As it drives you crazy before you get to the check out. So our mouse sings "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" and when it comes to "oh bring me some figgy pudding, oh bring me some figgy pudding..." Well, Cassie sings relentlessly, even after nearly thousands of times of correcting her..."oh bring me some cookie chedder, oh bring me some cookie chedder..." ROFL...sounds gross and doesn't make sense, but that's what she sings. I totally forgot about it until I heard that mouse again yesterday.

As parenting continues, this list will grow. Who knows...maybe even become a book. Keep your child's 'isms and idioms written down...comment them here even, and if I make a book, I'll add them too.
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From Jan-May 09
I remembered that Cassie used to say (about 2 years ago) Paul Onion...rather than Paul Bunion.

Sarah has a unique way of speaking. She sounds Brittish at times. It's hilarious. She says, "Come hey-uh." That's how she says "come here". There are other words she says that sound like she's grown up in another land. I'll add them as I remember them.

Sarah also says some words in such a cute way. Here is a sample sentence to include many of the affected words...not an actual sentence she said, but so you can see how she says each word. "Daddy rode the hoisey to woik and I'm wearing shoyts and I hoyt my knee." There's another work with the same oy sound...I can't remember it right now.

Every night before bed, we sing a couple songs and then say our prayers. One of Sarah's favorite songs is John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt. I think I got a video of her singing this, but she says, "John Jacob Jingle Heimer Fit" it's just so funny. She's so enthusiastic about the song. Another favorite of Sarah's is Deep and Wide. The 2 verses we know are "Deep and wide, deep and wide there's a fountain flowing deep and wide" then it repeats and the second verse is "For you, for me, for you, for me, there's a fountain flowing deep and wide" and repeat. When Sarah sings the second verse it sounds like this, "For niew, for me, for niew for me," etc. She says "you" like a very formal/proper "new" item.

At the store the other day, Cassie reminded me of phrase that I think is funny. See...being around kids you know that what they mean, isn't always what they say...and sometimes no matter how many times you correct them, they still persist. Cassie said, "Mom, can we get some sweet bread?" Now by this she doesn't mean King's Hawaiian Sweet Bread, she means Sourdough bread. lol. Not sure how it ever came to that, but maybe she was trying to describe that the flavor was different than regular bread.

Ok, so onto a Sarah word, that you would think is a normal thing to say, but not what she means, like Cassie's "sweet bread". Sarah said to me the other day, "Momma, can we have donuts?" I said we don't have donuts, but we might go to the store and we can look for some. She became frustrated and said, "I wanna donut." I explained again that we didn't have any, but we can get some. It suddenly dawned on me that the past couple days the three of us (myself, Cassie and Sarah) had shared bagels. Light bulb! Bagels look like donuts! She wants a bagel! Jackpot. I said, "Do you want a bagel?" "Nyeah!" She says, "I wanna bagel with cheese." Cream cheese that is...but that part was easy.