Kid Stories

Funny Kid Story #8

Jason Ketteman — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:13:06 GMT

Says my eldest man-child upon evaluating the consequences of a potential vehicular accident:

"That would hurt like the deacons!"

To my ordained brethren, please know I've never shared anything about our meetings with him!

Sometimes, the things he says scares the DICKENS out of me... :)

Later.

Funny kid story #7

Jason Ketteman — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:28:42 GMT

From the "what did you say" department:

My eldest son said that he loves Papa John cheese, as he sprinkled the green can of it over his spaghetti.

Well, if he likes that, just wait until he has Parmesan cheese.

Too much. Later.

Funny kid story #6

Jason Ketteman — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:20:00 GMT

OK, so we're out at Applebee's last night with friends and the female unit of this couple asks my eldest son "Who's the goofiest person you know?" My son replies, "Dad." (Nearly) everyone laughs. She counters with "Well, who's the silliest person you know?" Again, my firstborn says, "Dad." Predictably, again (nearly) everyone just cackles and roars. So, the finale is when he's asked "So, who's the smartest person you know?" Without missing a beat, he deadpans "Me."

OK, THAT was funny.

Later.

Funny Kid Story #5 (I think)

Jason Ketteman — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:47:00 GMT

So, my eldest son had a birthday coming up. My wife thought it would be nice to allow him to pick where he wanted to his "birthday dinner". McDonalds, pizza, Chuck E Cheese, and similar fare would have been expected. But no, not our son. Without any prompting or suggestion on our part, our son requested Longhorn Steakhouse. While my wife and I each prefer Longhorn over any of the kiddie-joints, we weren't necessarily expecting to make that level of investment in his birthday. we asked him if he was sure that he didn't want one of the other more "kid-friendly" places, but he doggedly stood by his request.

So, last night, I paid for 4 steaks at Longhorn. The birthday-boy finished every morsel too. After being asked where his steak was by one of our friends ("Mr. Lee"), he replied "See where that juice is..." indicating that it was all that was left of his meal...

Seriously.

Later.

Funny kid story #4

Jason Ketteman — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:13:00 GMT

So, tonight we're driving home during a typical muggy St. Louis evening. Frankly, all I'm thinking about is that it's 8:30 pm and STILL 94 degrees outside!

Yet my eldest son asks, “Do you know why God made the sunset?” We said, “No. Why?” “To be a sign to us when it's time to get ready for bed.”

Fair enough.

Later.

Funny kid story #3

Jason Ketteman — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 21:22:00 GMT

So, in a few conversations with my 5 year old about things of faith, we've hit a few times on baptism. In the course of those discussions, he's since referred to the dip in the water taken with the Pastor as:

"appetizing" and...
"recycled"

The beauty is that there's quite a bit of theology in both of those terms. :)

...from the mouths of babes.

Later

Funny kid story #2

Jason Ketteman — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:22:00 GMT

We have a fairly regular routine on Saturday mornings. I get up and play basketball for a few hours early in the morning. By the time I get back the rest of the family is (usually) out of bed and getting ready for whatever we have planned for the day. Generally, that includes allowing the boys to have a little quality time with their video and computer games. We curtail that activity during the week pretty harshly, so Saturday we let them chill a little with them.

So, after I get home from shootin' hoops, we're sitting in the living room watching Saturday morning cartoons and eating a little snack. The oldest man-child of the house asks “Is today video game day?”

Um...yes. I suppose it is. Saturdays are “Saturdays” no longer. For the foreseeable future, the final day of the week will be known as “Video-game-day”.

It seems that we may be in a rut.

Later.

Funny kid story...

Jason Ketteman — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:17:00 GMT

Last night I learned kids today know MUCH more than I did at the same age (and probably a lot older).

Last night, we had some friends over that were babysitting another couple's 3 year old boy. His parents were having a “date night” since it'll probably be one of the last ones they can have before their new baby girl arrives. So, I ask the 3 year old where his parents are. He tells me. I ask if they took his sister. He replies “Of course. She's still in my mommy's uterus.” Fair enough.

Later.