If a tree falls in the forest...

Very young spizzle was known for the occasional fit of badness, and was even prone to talking back to his mother when she told him "behave."
"I am being have!" he would tell her.

justbaseball,

That is a darling question, and I'd say you've got another very bright young'un on your hands. They all take after their mom, don't they?

Julie

Be glad she's curious enough to wonder about things like that. I've known a lot of kids who would never think of something like that.

I want to know what you told her JB.
I googled with that very question and it said -- "Why don't you ask Yahoo".

I remember an "answer" that my youngest gave me that I'll never forget. It was during his first week of first grade. I had picked him up and as we were driving home I was asking a few questions about how he liked school, his teacher, the food etc and then I asked: ---- "Have you made any friends Josh?" He said "yes". I asked: "Who's your best friend?" He said without hesitation ----- "You are Dad".
Fungo

jb, tell her she would be a little of both and see what she comes up with.
She might surprise you even more.

My son was a pain in the as.., butt, when he was younger, still is sometimes. One day after I had finished yelling at him for few minutes for some ridiculous thing he did, he looks at me undisturbed and asks "you wouldn't want a boring kid would you"? Somehow I wasn't as upset as I was a few minutes early.

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If a man speaks in a forest where no woman can hear...


is he still wrong?



cadDAD

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A couple of days ago one of my students wrote an article titled:
"Why I-pods should be aloud in School"

When my now-college-freshman (plebe)was roughly pre-school age, I was stepping out of the shower one day...he began singing a little song he was learning at church...

Zacheus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he...

needless to say, a memorable moment for me

My now senior son used to ask for a "ham and cheese sandwich, no ham, just cheese please"

Aloud-- how loud?

louder than Bloud

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Originally posted by DaddyBo:
When my now-college-freshman (plebe)was roughly pre-school age, I was stepping out of the shower one day...he began singing a little song he was learning at church...

Zacheus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he...

needless to say, a memorable moment for me

Similar post showers experience with youngest son at pre-school age...

"Why do Daddy's point out and Mommy's point down?" (.)(.)

No really good/safe answer...

Based on the family tree history we should have twins. So I've given the twin thing some thought. My response would have been, "Whatever the case based on how (the boy) was when he was three I'm glad it wasn't boy twins. Based on how (the girl) was at fifteen I'm really happy it wasn't girl twins."

3yo son was a wind up toy without an off button. 15yo daughter was a drama queen. Now the 15yo boy is very easy going off the field of competition. The 20yo girl is still intense, but very mature.

the Sunday School thing reminded me of one:
My middle son was singing Away in a Manger: (and apparently was influenced by the Taco Bell ads)

..."the stars in the sky
looked down where he lay
The little Gordita
asleep on the hay."

Best answer to the "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?" question comes from "Coach" in an episode of Cheers.

Coach responded, "How do you know it fell? It coulda been that some beavers gnawed it and let it down gently." (Or something to that effect).

The last move we made from California to New Jersey left my youngest (Brody) as a less than happy camper. He was 7 at the time.

My wife was talking to him about it one day and she told him that he was always so happy before and she looked forward to seeing him happy again... he looked at her with a serious face and said...

"That was California Brody mom... he's gone". He then proceeded to walk off.

Broke her heart, thankfully a week later he was in with a new group of friends and hasn't looked back.

The area we lived outside of Washington DC still had some rural areas and farms. One day while driving past one of the farms son pointed to a silo and said
"look dad, a haylo".

I actually thought that name made a lot more sense.

At an even younger age when preparing for a bath we use to tell him to get buck naked. One day while still in his underwear he told us he was "half a buck naked".

JB,
Smart kid . Definetly takes after mom.

My kids are too old for me to remember the cute things they used to say , but one that sticks in my mind is that my son couldn't get over that fact that someone wrote the Star Spangled Banner about his favorite team...(and the home of) the Braves. He was quite devastated to learn later on that it was about the flag.

jmepop, your farm tale reminded me of another...

While driving past a pasture of grazing cows our youngest asked "What are the cows writing?" it took me a moment to realize...He had seen too many Chick-Fil-A commercials. Eat Mor Chicken!

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Originally posted by TPM:
JB,
Smart kid . Definetly takes after mom.

My kids are too old for me to remember the cute things they used to say , but one that sticks in my mind is that my son couldn't get over that fact that someone wrote the Star Spangled Banner about his favorite team...(and the home of) the Braves. He was quite devastated to learn later on that it was about the flag.

That tune was referred to as "the baseball song" by ours for a long time.

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Originally posted by Dad04:
That tune was referred to as "the baseball song" by ours for a long time.

It is The Baseball Song. The last two words are "Play ball!"

That would be the Hispanic Baseball Song because they start it off wondering if Jose can see.

When my 25yr old was 2-ish we were in church sitting pretty much in the center and as the pastor paused to catch his breath my son (standing on the bench next to me) blurted out, "Dat guy got no haiw!" as he pointed to the pastor... Dead silence for a few seconds as all eyes shifted to the center of the church... Then a few giggles, the pastor smiled and continued his sermon while I sat frozen and red faced for a few long minutes.

It is the Baseball Song.

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Originally posted by Dad04:
It is the Baseball Song.

Right you are. My little guy learned it from watching the Braves every night on TV.

If a player throws 90
and there is no one there to see it
Does he really throw 90?

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quote:

If a player throws 90
and there is no one there to see it
Does he really throw 90?

If he really does, he has a long way to walk to go get the ball...


cadDAD

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It's called conditioning, cadDad!

A classic Valentine from our 9-year old daughter...

Dear Mom and Dad,

Happy Valentines day!

I love you.

Hope you have a greate (sic) day. Make every-day special. No one wants a bad day. Not many left.

I wish You know I love you.

Love,
A kid (yep, thats how she signed it.)