From The Mouth of Roo...

About a week ago, I posted a status update on Facebook about some of the funny and priceless things that Kenzie says or does. This is something I wish I would have started a long time ago, but I am sure as time goes on, there will be plenty of classics to add!

Jan 2010: While trying to get Kenzie to do ANYTHING, she proved stubborn and quite witty as she argued her point as to why she didn't need to take a bath or brush her teeth! "Kenzie, it's time to take a bath"..."I don't need to take a bath, I not stinky"..."I think you are stinky and you need to take a bath"..."You not smell me Dada, I not stinky and don't need to take a bath." Then..."Kenz, here let's brush your teeth all pretty" (trying the nice approach)..."I don't need to brush my teeth, they don't have bugs"..."Well we need to brush them so they don't get bugs"..."They don't have bugs and they not poop on my teeth, my teeth are pretty, see." See, she did a pretty good job but still lost the war in the end!

One of the funniest things that I love about kids is when they mis-pronounce words! Kenzie speaks very well and has for some time, but every now and then we find a word or phrase where I have to keep "hitting repeat" so I can get a good chuckle from it. While trying to tickle me last weekend, she kept saying "Kickle, Kickle...Kickle, Kickle". I am not sure which made me laugh more...the tickling...or the "kickling." Another favorite is when Kenzie is going to throw something away in the garbage! She tends to announce what she is doing (more on that in a minute) and every time, she informs me she is throwing something in the "Jar-bage"...love it! Recently, I made her repeat herself at least half a dozen times just so I could hear her say it! Now speaking of Kenzie announcing things, and a funny phrase that she uses often is, "Ooops, I just farted out of my mouth" when she burps and then laughs! She knows its a burp, so I think she is just humoring her dad with the phrase!

Speaking of tub time, recently while in the bath, she was playing with her toys, and apparently on of her little "sharptooth" toys mouthed off to a bigger "sharptooth" so she made the big one eat the little one. As I sat there watching and listening, she, speaking on behalf of the big "sharptooth" informed me that the little one got eaten because apparently it was being mean and impatient! Talk about a harsh timeout!

Earlier that same night, while we are at Costco, Kenzie went back in time to pre-Christmas and decided to share her lyrical talents with the entire store as she sang "Santa Claus is coming to town" at the top of her lungs. Rarely does the child make me blush with the stuff she does but on that one, she got me. It was cute though because she was so happy to be singing it so loudly and proudly. The night continued to be entertaining and she explained to me how awesome her new toys were she got for Christmas, and then during our many Memory matches of the night, became the world's friendliest opponent as she cheered me on every time she got a match! That being said, it was a different story when I got the "sharptooth" match, to which she would promptly request that I trade a match with her so she could have it. During our final game, she picked the "sharptooth" 8 straight times looking for his match (because I had gotten him...and traded him to her...every game before that...and this time she was going to get him). Eventually, she got the match and was quite pleased with herself.

As many people know, and I will have to blog about this later as well, I tend to have nicknames (often times several over time) for people, and right now one of Kenzie's is "Roo" or "Root Root" or "Rooter." So although this was more cute than funny, it made my night when she came up to me the other night and gave me a hug, asked me if I was ok (which I was but must have seemed otherwise), and told me, "it's alright dada, I'm your Rooter." Cute kid. :)

Although there are several funny things that Kenzie says that I have missed and will have to add later, there are two more things, that occur more often these days. As you know, Annie and I are expecting a baby later this year, and the other night, Kenzie got her first glimpse of the baby in the ultrasound picture. After of course saying she thought they bean in the picture was cute, she promptly informed me that she could not have babies until she was a big girl, while kind of rubbing her belly. What made this funny was how serious she was when she said it, as if she was trying to convince me of it! No worries Kenzie...I completely agree with you!

And finally, speaking of bellies...Kenzie has one that talks! No, not the "growling" talk when it is hungry or she needs to make a run for the potty! But one that has a belly button as a mouth (that she moves with her fingers)...and informs us if she is not hungry, or very hungry, or full, or sick, etc. I don't know how much longer this will last, but it sure is worth seeing before the show is off the air! :)

Until next time...