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“Honey, knives are not for two-year-olds.”
“I’m gonna get you!”
(You must understand, they want to be “gotten”! This seems to be the easiest way to get the kids up the stairs for bed. )
“rrrrrRRRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRR!”, accompanied by Julianna’s screams and Nicholas’s warbling giggles.
(I have only myself to blame for this one. Alex learned quickly how much they like to be “gotten.” I just wish his whole volume control was set at about half the amplitude.)
“Wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa.”
Nicholas just keeps asking till I put the glass in his hand.
“I swear, they’re all possessed!”
(It’s the only explanation!)
“Are you whining? I know you’re not whining, because my baby doesn’t whine.”
(Yeah. Maybe if I say it often enough, it’ll make it true.)
“Do not use the claves on the mirror!”
“(Fill-in-the-bodily-function) goes in the toilet! Not in your diaper!”
“That is not a toy!”
And, on a related topic…
“GET YOUR HANDS OUT OF THE TOILET RIGHT NOW!!!”
Ah…life with little ones. Can’t wait to see what things we hear when the teen years hit. 😉
What are the catch phrases in your houses? C’mon, dish!
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Kathleen M. Basi 
Oh yes! Get your hands out of the toilet is something I didn’t expect to have to say a lot either!
Mommy in charge – not you. 🙂
Luke is not a dolly. Response: “I KNOW that Mama!”
USE YOUR WORDS! (to my 2-year-old)
“Hol Hol Hol” “Buh buh buh” – Colin wants to hold Luke and read a book.
I will proably think of others today – but here are a few!
Most of mine revolve around my three-year-old son. As in my girls saying: “Stop it Cyrus! Mom, Cyrus is hitting me with (insert dangerous object)! Give it back, Cyrus! Don’t ruin my (insert masterpiece) Cyrus!”
For some reason he’s always been “Mookie” so things have a tendency to be “Mooked up” in our house.
Fun!
Those are awesome, guys! Especially “mooked up”! 🙂
Hmmm, now I have to try roaring like a dinosaur while chasing them upstairs! We’ve been having a terrible time getting them to stay in bed lately. 😛
I think our #1 phrase is: “Leave the cat alone!” which can be used in conjunction with: “Put the cat down right NOW!”
If there was a form of sainthood for animals, mine should be honored for tolerating toddler handling (and humiliation) with longsuffering submission. LOL
First runner up: “Don’t push that button! Don’t click that!”
Because nothing is as frustrating as finding all your settings adjusted, or something missing, because they went on a clicking spree. 😛
“I can’t hold you right now, I have to get dinner ready.”
“Let’s think of something else to do.”
“Shoes don’t belong there. Please go put them on the stairs.”
“Just ONE sip, Mommy.” (KT drinks half of my glass, wherever she finds it.)
“KT, GUESS WHAT?”
(This is always successful at diverting her attention from whatever she’s whining about. Followed up with whatever comes to my mind. Like, “We’re having CHICKEN for dinner! You like chicken, right!!”)
I love that last one. You sound so much more patient than I do. 🙂
Oh, I doubt it!