I have been keeping a list of Canaan funnies. Thought I'd share. Hope these bring as many smiles to your day as they he does to ours!
Figuring out How the World Works:
Canaan: Why does it not rain at our new apartment?? - He said this because he has only seen it snow here, because we moved to our new place at the beginning of the winter.
David (talking to Canaan on the phone): I heard you played games today.
Canaan: You HEARD me playing???!!!
Canaan: When Max gets bigger, he'll be me!
Mom: Nooo.
Canaan: When he gets bigger, he'll still be Max??
Mom: Yep.
Canaan: I just said 'excuse me' to my bottom. No- to my toots!- needless to say, I had to tell him WHY we say excuse me when we toot!
Canaan: Which animal do Cheerios come from??
Mom: Canaan, do you need a tissue?
Canaan: No, I just need a new shirt!
Canaan: Max's snot looks like icicles!!
Canaan: Help! I'm trapped! Mommy, trap me un-up!
One Step Ahead of the Game:
Canaan: It still hurts, but I'm not going to cry. Mom, why don't you like whiny boys?
Mom: Do you like whiny people?
Canaan: Yes....Are you going to cry for me?
Canaan: Mom, there is 2 options. Do you want to paint or play cars with me?
Canaan: If you don't share with me, I'll be sad.
Senya (his friend): How sad??
Mom: Do you think Auntie will share with you?
Canaan: Yes, that is the polite thing to do!
Mom: Canaan, when are you going to learn how to poop BEFORE you go to bed??
Canaan: But, I'm just a little kid and I don't know how!
Educating Mom about life-
Mom: We can play fish.
Canaan: Go Fish. Not 'fish.' Fish swim in the water, but these don't go in the water. They are cards.
Mom: Soup will make you feel better.
Canaan: Sandwiches will make me feel really, REALLY better!!
Applying It to My Life- these are two of my favorites!
--We were studying about Abraham and Lot. The story was how their herdsmen were arguing and Abraham told Lot he didn't want them fighting. So, Abraham told Lot to choose which half of the land he wanted. He let Lot 'choose first.' (And, Lot chose the best land.) I was trying to teach the boys that they should let others 'choose first.' Like with toys or food. Something hard for 3 year olds. I held out two pieces of bread, one smaller and not as good and one bigger. I asked the boys, "What would Abraham do?" Canaan quickly replied, "He would let ME choose first!!"
--Dougle was being sweet and stopping somewhere to get me a hot drink. He went in and got it, but while we was inside (it was taking several minutes), Canaan kept asking over and over when Daddy was coming back. I had told him (several times) he would come out as soon as he got my drink. Finally, I was a bit snappy and told him, "Stop asking me that. I already told you." Afterward, I felt bad and so I looked back at him in his car-seat and said, "Canaan, you know I love you. " Canaan replied, "If you love me, you'll share your drink with me."
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i am laughing out loud!!! alani likes to take some of what's mine and then say "but I'm sharing with you!" Um... NO, you're stealing from me :) Also, alani says "look at me, I'm too small" or "because that's what little girls DOOOOO" . . . . i'm realizing that kids across the world must come to the same realizations around the same time, and they express it all VERY similarly!!!
lololol :) i love "he would let me choose first." he was right. don't you love it when they sometimes get a little too smart! you have to word things quite carefully.
you are a good mommy lucy. i can tell that you are a good and patient teacher through what canaan says and does. also, if you thought "stop asking" was snappy, i am so glad you were not there to witness me on friday. i was terrible to jenna. to be fair i was pregnant, exhausted and way past annoyed, but still.... i kind feel guilty about it even today. thankfully i think she was too exhausted to notice how snippy i was. i think a good rule for me right now is slow down and know your limits so that you don't turn into crazy pregnant lady.
Oliver has been saying, "I'm hungry" and I say, "but you just ate" (as in like minutes ago)
and he says, "but food makes me hungry"
and sometimes I say, "that just doesn't make sense!"
hahahaha! I love reading these!
Thanks for sharing these with us! I could totally imagine him saying these things. Your kids are so cute!
I laughed as I read Canaan's funnies! He is quite the character. Thanks for sharing!
Love, *Abigail
oh, Lucy, I love reading about your boys and what they say! My favorite one that Max said was something about asking if anyone needed him.
It sounds like you're doing a wonderful job raising your boys up in the Lord.
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