Kids say the funniest things. Oliver, aged two, and I were driving behind a dirty dump truck the other day, and suddenly he piped up from the back seat, “Look Mama, that dump truck has a dirty bum!” Ha! Usually, I frantically search for a pen and scrap of paper to jot down his witty sayings, and almost always come up empty handed, leaving his musing unrecorded. Ironically, on this particular drive we were on our way to see Sue of Raspberry Kids, and while she and I were talking about the many cool things she has in her warehouse, she introduced me to a nifty journal for recording your child’s ‘unforgettable quotes’ called My Quotable Kid.
My Quotable Kid, published by Chronicle Books, is a 5×7 book containing 144 pages in order to record the funny things your kids say. The very first page contains a photo pocket so that you can personalize the book with your child’s photo and name. The rest of the journal is laid out, as pictured below, with eight different repeating page designs containing a similar format for recording those funny sayings (which include Who, When, Age, Where, and Quote). There’s even one of those ribbon-type things to keep your page marked.
As you can see there is lots of space for writing on down those hilarious musings, and mine is filling up pretty quickly because this journal is so handy! My Quotable Kid can be purchased from your local bookstore or online retailer Raspberry Kids (don’t forget to use the spiltmilk15 code to receive 15% off!). It retails for around $19.95 CAD and makes a FABULOUS baby shower gift!
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The Spilt Milk Moms are thrilled to be able to give away FIVE copies of My Quotable Kid thanks to Chronicle Books and Raincoast Books!
To enter, simply leave us a comment below telling us about a witty quote, musing, or something poignant a child you know has said. ENTER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE, as we will be choosing our five favourite quotes in order to select our five winners! All entrants must be residents of Canada or the US.
This giveaway ends at midnight PST on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Good luck!
2.5 year-old son looks out the window at the sudden snowfall after days of sunny, warmer weather, and cries out ‘no no no No NO!’. Ha – I guess even he’s had enough. ;-p
I had just gotten my driver’s license and was driving with my mom and my little sister, who was about 2 1/2. I was going a little fast, and a police car decided to pull me over. My little sister thought it was so cool. “Oh look…the police man is mad at somebody. His lights are going blue and red, blue and red. He is really mad at somebody” She kept saying it over and over again, even though I was trying to shush her. It definitely made a memorable first speeding ticket!!
My sister in law has four children all under the age of seven. Once in a while when she gets a moment to herself, she write the family an email and tells us about silly things they have said. So, I am going to share some of them on her behalf. She really could use this book as her kids say some great things that should be recorded………
These are all from my two year old niece….
A little after Daddy put the popcorn bag into the microwave, she runs over to him and announces, “Daddy, the popcorn’s shouting now!”
While giving her a bath, she pointed up to the showerhead and requested, “I want the rain now.”
Asked why she has two eyes instead of one, she replies, “Cuz then I’d be a pirate!”
When the plug is pulled in her bath and the water starts going down the drain, she always says, “It’s running out of batteries!”
One time she was watching her mom rub her eye and her mom said to her, “There’s something in my eye and it’s bugging me.” After a short pause, she said, “A bug?”
Said by one of my nephews…….
During a short hike in Banff, he was starting to get thirsty and said (in a whiny tone), “Mom, my tongue feels wrinkly!”
He told his mom he needed to poo so she took him to the bathroom and sat him down. He then proceeded to “cut the cheese.” After a moment she asked him, “Don’t you need to poo-poo?”
He started to get up and said matter-of-factly, “No, sometimes my poo tricks me like that.”
Oh, my two year old comes up with so many gems. One of our favorites is when he announces his intentions to the tune of “Let’s Go FLy A Kite” from Mary Poppins, e.g., he sings, “Let’s go change a diaper!”
How fun..I will be checking back to read others. This book would be awesome. I too, reach for the scratch pad and have so many loose quotes in their baby boxes.
One very recent quote from my 3 year old daughter, Charlotte.
We were looking through pictures on my computer and there were some of me when I was pregnant with her. I tried explaining that she was in my belly and she was a tiny little baby. That I was growing her, etc etc.
She looks at me after I have been talking a while and says. “yeah, but where’s the door?” I didn’t answer.
It was early in the morning and we were at my parents with alot of family spending the night. I whispered to my 4 year old to be very quiet. And she asked “Mama, why do we have to whisker?” Love it!
This journal would be wonderful to have. Thanks for the chance to win it.
GraceScotKeith at hotmail dot com
ohhh my little one is just learning to talk and baby is really confused with all this english/ spanish going on in his life, so his teacher at day care was giving him some instruction and he just said” top it, top it! espanich peas.
we stayed a friend’s after a party at their home. next morning during breakfast the wife slept in and, their eldest asked: daddy is mom OK?
her dad replied she was. then daughter asked: is mom tired because you were jumping up and down on her last night?
dad then chocked.
When my son, Riley, was 3 he was drinking a frozen Pepsi and he turned and looked up at me with this pained look on his face and said “Mom, I have a stomachache in my eyelashes.” That was his way of describing the sensation of “brain freeze”.
One day while my youngest son, Asher, and I were doing some homeschooling work (he was 3 at the time) he out of the blue said “Mom, God made my head. He did a good job. People made my pajamas though.” It was so random that it had me completely cracking up.
Your comments had me snorting my cereal out of my nose this morning. I’m realizing just how hard it will be to choose our 5 winners! Keep up the good work and good luck!
You ladies are always finding the best things!!! I think the quote I have heard most recently that made me giggle had to do with the most unpleasant of experiences. A little friend of Ellena’s had the stomach flu and things were coming out from more than one area (you’re moms you can handle it – he was throwing up and had the runs). So the force of throwing up also made him have an accident in his pants – to which he told his mom that his bum threw up. I guess in a way it really did. Made me giggle hope you found some amusement in the world’s worst situation for a little person. Take care ladies.
Jenn
For the kid’s quote journal giveaway……
Early one morning my three year old noticed that even though I had covers on I was sleeping without a shirt or nightgown and announced very surprised ” Mommy… you slept in your boobs!!!
Since boobs and diarrhea have been previously mentioned, I will give a couple more funny quotes.
My daughter (3) was sick and had never had to deal with diarrhea since she has been potty trained. She didn’t want to use the potty. My husband told her to just sit on the toilet until she felt she had to go. He told her that diarrhea is “sneaky poo poo”. She told him…”yeah, diarrhea is sneaky poo poo. Sneaky like a fox.”
And now for the boobs..
I went into my room to put my bra on in the morning. My daughter turned the corner and saw me putting it on. She asked me “mommy, do you have an owie on your boobies?” She thought my bra was a bandaid. lol
i am laughing so hard i am crying, man kids are hialrious!!!!
Here are a few more stories from my sister in law……
My niece was asked to turn off the light in the kitchen and instead of getting a chair to stand on, she was able to turn them off. Her dad turned to her and said “Hey, you are getting taller”. She replied with “No daddy, I was tipping toes.”
One day my niece was drawing a picture. She drew two circle with a line down the middle of them. She showed it to her mom and said “Mommy this is a bum.”
we’re learning manners around here. please. thank you. no thank you…
we were eating dinner the other night and my daughter kept sneakily dipping her finger in her ketchup. my husband was sitting by her and trying to sneak a peek at her out of the corner of his eye and kept telling her to stop, that it was yucky. she reached over and swiftly pushed his cheek the other way and said “turn your face daddy!” and so he did. and she quickly replied. “thank you so much daddy!”
I love when my son announces what he wants to do using the song “Let’s Go FLy A Kite” from Mary Poppins, e.g, “Let’s go change a diaper.”
My story is actually about me. It’s my mom’s favorite to tell (and tell and tell and tell).
I went to a religious school for kindergarten and we were learning about prayer. My teacher said that you didn’t always have to pray at church and asked for examples of other places people could pray. After a few other suggestions were offered, I raised my hand and said my dad prays in the car. My teacher asked me to explain and I said that whenever we drove home over the Golden Gate Bridge my dad would say “Thank God we live in Marin! Thank God we don’t live in San Francisco!” My dad is so NOT a city person!
My own son is just starting to talk so I don’t have any great quotes from him yet, but I know they will be coming and I’d love to have this journal to record them!
My 4 year old adds the word “actually” as much as she can, such as “Actually Mom, I would like to wear my other shoes” Or “Actually, I don’t want to play with you anymore
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When my parents babysit and my mother gets on my three year olds nerves she tells my Mom, “You be quiet” or “Stay here” and then goes and plays in another room
jceko77@yahoo.com
whenever my three year old doesn’t get her way, she says please over and over, thinking she’s so cute
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Don’t worry, I’m not entering my own giveaway, but I had to share this story about Oliver (my two and a half year old).
The other day I asked him, “Oliver, how did you get to be so cute?” He answered, “I’m not cute, Mama!” So I said, “Okay then, how did you get to be so adorable?” “I’m not a horrible! I’m cute!”, he yelled. A laugh a day around here, a laugh a day. At least.
oh trea that is so funny….
My little girl once told her dad and I that God must have put the moon in the sky just for her? So sweet!
Brea who is 2 1/2 years old was getting ready to eat applesauce and she had a tablespoon she said “it’s too big. It’s big like mommy!”
Occasionally I paint Brea’s fingernails. Today she looked down and noticed that her polish was gone she said “Oh no! I not a princess anymore!”
This one just happened. I am a Scentsy Rep and I asked Brea if she was a Scentsy baby she said “I not a Scentsy Baby” looked down and said ” I not have any clothes on” She has a shirt that says Scentsy Baby I guess that is the only time she is a Scentsy Baby!
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