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Driving down the road yesterday my DS2 stated "Mommy why are you not talking to me" OK I said, turning down the radio, what do you want to talk about? After a few seconds he replies "Why do hippo's like water?" so I give him a brief answer, which I think was correct, and said What do you want to talk about next? His next reply was "Why do penguins like the snow?"
I think I'm in trouble with this one.
What are some funny or shocking things your kids are saying?

"Don't get your knickers in a knot."
I think DD5 picked that one up from her preschool teacher.

P.S. Your son might like the imponderables book series by David Feldman: Do Penguins Have Knees, How Does an Aspirin Find a Headache, When Do Fish Sleep...

http://www.amazon.com/Penguins-Have-Knees-David-Feldman/dp/006092327X

DS5: "58 minus 25 is 33."
me: You're right!
DS5: I learned it spending money while playing this [tower defense online] game. See mom? I am learning things playing these games!"

(i've been trying to reduce the amount of time he plays computer games lately. note it's pretend money he's spending...)

DD6 asked me the other day, "Where did the first dog come from? If you need a mom dog and a dad dog to make a baby dog, where did the first one come from?"

Anyone know a good resource for explaining evolution to a six year old??

Anything by David Attenborough. Seriously, DS5 loved the DVDs of Life on Earth from first viewing, aged 4, and it's good on evolution. Or for a more direct exposition of natural selection, his Darwin and the Tree of Life is also great. DS also enjoys Richard Dawkins' The Genius of Charles Darwin, and it's provoked a lot of interesting and useful discussion in our house, but be aware that this is more about the reactions to Darwin than about the biology, and Dawkins is not to everyone's taste!

It is love bug season down here in the sunshine state which means we have millions of mating bugs flying around stuck together.
My DD2.9 and my DD6 were playing out side in the swarm and my DD2 asked me "What was inside lovebugs?" he then prodeeded to squish many of them until his curiosity was satisfied. GROSS
MyDD6 asked me why they were stuck together, I told her that they were mating and asked her if she knew what mating meant. She replied that mating is like getting married.
I told her she was exactly right.....so sue me

DD3 is finished using the restroom. I'm in there doing my part, and she is trying to play with my toes, which I can't stand.

Me: Stop playing with me toes
DD: It's funny
Me: It's not funny.
DD: Yes it is
Me: No it's not (as I'm now chuckling).
DD: See, it is funny. You're laughing. I told you Mommy.

She's definitely the comedian of my two.

Thank you, JJ's Mom, that's exactly the vein of my post.

DD 28 mos. has started teasing me. Yes, teasing me.

At dinner last night:

DH: "DD, would you like a pickle?"
DD: "No. Um, yes, I think I will have a pickle."
DH: "Wife? Would you like a pickle"
Me: "No thanks."
DD: "Oh Mama, come on. Have a pickle. Don't be afraid."
Me: (laughing) "I'm not afraid, I just don't want one."
DD: "Come on now, Mama, you know you'll like it."
Me: (laughing harder) "No thanks."
DD: "You gotta live a little. You know it will be fun."
Me: (laughing so hard I can't speak)
DD: "Sometimes you just have to do something crazy, like have a pickle."

DD had a deadpan delivery the whole time, even though she knew she was making us laugh harder and harder. She was really working her audience.

Dd3 cracked me up with this the other day - DH was driving the other day, and he just really put on the gas as he pulled away from a light, Dd threw up her arms and shouted 'We're ESCAPING!' We all just died laughing, partly at her and partly at Dh's driving

I asked DS6 today what his favorite thing in the world is and he said .... "the computer". No surprise there! He told me he likes the computer for many reasons including games. "I like games because you don't have to think. Too much thinking can make your head hurt". I explained that even when you are just playing a game you are still thinking about strategy etc. His response was "True, but that's only the mini part of my brain. The other part, the maxi part is resting until I need it." He went on to explain that the mini part is what he thinks of as his "play" brain and the maxi part is his "learning" brain. He also informed me that if something ever gets soo hard that he needs to, he has the ability to merge his whole brain into one for maximum processing. At this point the 3/4 learning, 1/4 play brains are working fine!