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| Little alien at the front door |
This post focuses on Evan, the little alien four-year-old from wherever he feels like being on a particular day. He's at the age where everything needs to be contrary to others. So, I hear these kinds of things coming out of his mouth:
Him, sitting with a biscuit in his hand: "Mommy can I please have a biscuit?"
His Mom: "No, you've still got one in your hand!"
Him: "No I don't!" (Not even trying to conceal it)
His dad to him on the front porch: "Evan, watch out for the braai (barbecue) behind you. It's really hot!"
Half turning to face his dad he replies: "It's not behind me, it's next to me!"
The other morning, he was running around the house shouting: "I'm a Dono, I'm a Dono." His mother asked if he didn't mean a Dodo? "No," he replied, "A Dono - it's like a Dodo, but faster." (And less extinct, clearly)
Heard yesterday:
Evan: "Daddy?!?"
An older brother: "He's in the toy room, Evan."
(After checking) Evan: "No he isn't. The chair is all alone in there."
And finally, two funny little ones ... Yesterday morning, all the boys were making names and characters for themselves, and Evan (the youngest of the five brothers), at the end of his creativity and very upset asked, "But what can I be?!?"
"Why not be Numbnuts the baby Husky?" suggested his dad. Fortunately they don't have many visitors to their home, because every time anyone arrived our little alien would bound up to them and say, "I'm Numbnuts, I'm Numbnuts!" It took his dad a while to convince him that it wasn't the most affirming name in the world, and that he should seek another. I thought it sounded like the perfect name for a little Husky that keeps running into inanimate objects!
South Africa has a breakfast cereal brand called Weet-Bix. This morning Evan asked to have "Wheat pups" for breakfast. That just sounds wrong - like hot dogs...
And that's that for the day. If I don't run into you again soon, have a hilarious weekend, and to help, why not run across to Laugh with us Blog where Esther shares an incomprehensible thing her daughter said, that actually makes a lot of sense!
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| Evan on his pushbike |
Thoroughly enjoyed these little excerpts! This all sounds very familiar. "The chair is all alone in there"-- hilarious! Great minds... Did you miss St. Patrick's Day? I meant to remind you but got too busy in the festivities. You must be feeling better?
ReplyDeleteOh what a fun little kidlet. I hope his parents keep a written account of all his funnies. Thanks for these laughs.
ReplyDelete@Hilary Hey Hilary... I think I'm the one keeping that written account for them. Very very sneaky of them, I'd say!
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