My son proves me wrong - again

I have started to learn that my 5yr old son has an incredible memory. If a child came up to you and said that an alligator used to be male but now it's a female, you would assume they've got a vivid imagination. Well at least that's what I thought. We were at the zoo in the reptile house (of course) when my son told me this and I proceeded to explain that that doesn't happen to alligators, maybe some frogs and fish but not alligators. Well it appears I was wrong. At a school trip to the zoo he was accurately told that the alligator which was male while in the egg had been turned into a female (with the help of hormones). Just thought it was funny that I'm being corrected by my five year old. I thought I had a least a couple more years before that started to happen.

Which proves my theory yet again that one must say nothing in front of small children that one does not want:

1) be repeated to every neighbour and stranger alike
2) remembered and repeated at any moment for the next 5 years or so
3) anything that will make the child smarter than the parent (the incident then being remembered and repeated for the next 5 years or so in the form of "I was smarter than you wasn't I mommy? huh? huh? remember? huh?)

;)

~~Jo~~

Yup, I am absolutely terrified what my child tells others. Good gracious what his preschool teachers must think. For mother's day, the kids were supposed to draw a picture and give clues about their mothers. OMIGOSH! It was so hysterical! I didn't realize how closely my son listens! Really gotta watch what you say! I knew the moment the clue was read...Mommy really doesn't want daddy to get a hummer! Yup that's my child! It wasn't nearly as bad as some of the others tho. :lmao:

I know what you mean- both of you! LOL

My two are only 3 and 5. I can't wait until they're teenagers and complaining about me or their father embarrassing them (oh wait - yes I can!) I need to record all their embarrassing moments for me and I'll let them know when we're even! ;)

Well, my kids are definately older, I have HUNDREDS of PICS.. catching them doing stuff... sleeping, drooling and sleeping, sucking thier thumbs and sleeping (good one to use against your turning 14 yr. old daughter) and all the other normal pics you take... I have videos of all kinds of stuff, the stories they tell about why they get home late,family things, b-days.. boring weekends where I have followed everyone around with a camera all weekend.. thats usually during the winter around here though, camping, etc. I am gonna make a short clip of some of this, with pics thrown in .. gonna use it for something some day.... ;)

Oh good then it's ok to use that stuff ;) :D I have some lovely ones of them eating cake and sleeping in the funniest positions. I better start organizing now!!! :lmao:

Yep Christie, it sure is! You are entitled to using it later- you're MOM.

:clap: YIPPEE!!! :clap: :D

Any other things I'm allowed to do? I don't want to miss out on any other fun stuff like that!

Well of course you can always "remind" them of the horrible agonizing hours of labour you struggled valiantly through to bring the little ungrateful hoodlums into this world (really effective if there's perchance a c-section scar to whine about as well) LOL

My neice wins the prize for Most Embarrassment Inflicted on a Parent Award. My sister and her family had just moved into a sort of snooty new neighbourhood and my sister (who embarrasses VERY easily) had a neighbour lady over for tea. Very nice scene...tea...chitchat...my sister was thrilled to be fitting in well....down the stairs comes her sweet 3 year old daughter with a pair of mommy's panties on her head, leg holes every so nicely hooked on her ears. To make matters worse these weren't your regular undies but a rather special pair the hubby had bought my sister for valentine's day.

Needless to say my sister has yet to really forgive her daughter :P (it's been about 15 years now LOL).

~~Joanna~~

OMIGOSH!!! :lmao: That is just hysterical! Oh that one definitely good for many years to come!! Too bad she doesn't have pictures! That would have been perfect! I'm still laughing! :clap:

(Joanna I did send you a pm awhile ago - just didn't want you to think I didn't reply)

That is too funny I can see her lil ears poking out, that's just not right...lol

Griffin is at the age of questions, If I have to figure this stuff out I'm going to keel over. Today was all about the catapillar(SP?) after fixing the pronunciation (sp? again, that's just sad) from cap~a~tilliar then on how to tell if it is a boy or a girl. Ok we're out in the middle of no where, biking and running through the water watching daddy take some good diggers and here it comes "Rusty how do you know if this capatillar is a boy or a girl. I think it is a girl because it is pretty, not hansome like a boy". Well ok that sounds logical to me..lol
Rusty

That's so funny! I don't believe you can tell the difference in caterpillars until they pupate. I've actually had to do that! I worked in two entomology labs in college. Of course I like the handsome vs. pretty theory much better ;)

My son asked my yesterday how his sister goes to the bathroom since she doesn't have the same equipment. :omfg: Where's dad when you need him?! I thought I had a little longer before he started asking those questions! YIKES!

nahh the whole equipment thing starts early!!! my son is 4 and has "discovered hiself". he now plays with it all the time and the other day he asked his grandma "there is a hole?!?!?". and no matter what we tell him he is "discovering" hiself all the time :) so no the whole equipment thing starts early!!!!

my son said our snake is a girl because it dont have a "thingy" like the boy dogs !!!! He went to school telling his teacher that!

Oh my son discovered 'himself' a long while ago. If you have ever seen the Blue Comedy Tour, Bill Engvel's (sp?) description as his own little worry stone is dead on accurate!!! He's only just recently been more reluctant to let the thing go for awhile :rolleyes:. The surprising thing was he discovered that his younger sister lacks his urinating equipment, so how could she possible go? I reassured him she could, and he seemed happy with that so I let it go. ;)