My Quotable Kid

Jimmy, instructing his brother to not follow him: “Stay, Danny…like a dog.”

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Jimmy: “Chipmunks like chips.”

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My friend Carrie asked Jimmy “Do you like fish?”  Jimmy answered, “Swedish fish.”

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When we got home from eating out one night, Jimmy made a beeline for the candy bowl, even though he hadn’t asked my permission.  He apparently decided that forgoing his French fries at a restaurant entitled him to dessert at home: “Me ate fries, NO. Me have candy.”  I wondered if his dad had said he could have candy if he skipped fries, and so I asked: “Who said you could do that?”  He answered, “Me.”    

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I’m trying to teach Jimmy to stop, look and listen for cars before crossing a road.  So when we got to the edge of our driveway the other day, I paused because I thought I heard a car in the distance.  I quizzed Jimmy, “Do you hear something?”  He nodded and said, “Yes!  Crickets!” 

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We were eating lunch at Costco at a table beside a dad and his young son.  The boy was very sweet and smiling at us, so I waved and said, “Jimmy, can you say hi and tell the little boy your name?”   Jimmy didn’t answer me, even after I asked him a second time.  He just sat slurping his water through a straw.  “Jimmy, are you being shy?” I asked.  He answered, “I not shy.  I busy.”