Nathanisms: Women, dennys & donuts

10/30/2011:  
In the car on the way home from South Coast Plaza.
Me: "What kind of donut did you eat at church today?"
Nathan: "A sprinkles one"
Me: "I wish I can eat donuts"
Nathan: "Then you have to go to church"
Me: "Oh, I see.  What do you do at church?"
Nathan: "I pray for the family"

10/30/2011:  
On the way to South Coast Plaza, Nathan sees a Denny's.
Nathan: "Denny's"
Nathan: "Is that where Uncle Denny works?"
Me: "Why do you think Uncle Denny works there?"
Nathan: "Because its called Denny's" 

10/9/2011:

Nathan reads the sign on the bathroom door when I took him to go to the restroom.

Nathan: "Women"

Nathan: "Mommy, am I a woman?"

Nathanisms: San Francisco

Conversation with Tu-Vi during dinner yesterday.

Tu-Vi: "Did you miss me?"

Nathan: "Did you go to Las Vegas?"

Tu-Vi: "No, I went to San Francisco."

Nathan: "Francisco is a car."

(referring to the character in the Cars 2 movie)

Tu-Vi: "San Francisco is a city."

Nathan: "No, it's not. It's a car!"

Nathanisms: Flushing the toilet

Nathan was intrigued by the toilet at Aunt Terri's house because the flushing mechanism is a push down button located at the top of the toilet. Nathan goes pee and flushes the toilet. Thong comes in and sees him. The below dialogue was retold by Thong, so hopefully I have the conversation right.

Thong: "Nathan, what are you doing?"

Nathan: "I go'ed pee and I flushed the toilet. I want to flush it again!"

Thong: "You can't flush it unless you go pee."

Nathan: "Ok, I'll go pee again."

Thong: "But you already pee'd."

Nathan: "Then I'll go poo."

Haha, someone really wanted to flush the toilet.

Nathanisms: Hail storm & bandana

1) Nathan's reaction to the hail storm on Saturday was priceless!

Nathan (excited): "Holy Cannoli!  Oh My God!"

 

2) Conversation with Denny after coming back from tennis.

Nathan: "Uncle Denny, what's on your head?"

Denny: "A bandana."

Nathan: "A band-aid?"

Denny: "No, a bandana."

Nathan: "A bandana, what's that?"

Nathanisms: Dog treats, TV and "try again"

9/7/2011
Nathan is giving Einstein his jerky dog treat and asks me...

Nathan: "Wanna smell it?"

Me: "No thank-you."

Nathan (as he holds the treat close to his nose and takes a big whiff): "Mmmm, smells good!"

9/7/2011
As Nathan is laying in his bed...

Nathan (in a sad voice): "I don't have a TV in my room. 
Nathan: "Can you buy a TV for me?"

Me: "Why do you want a TV?"

Nathan: "So I can watch cartoons."

9/8/2011

After dinner at Phong and Tu-Vi's house, Nathan is sitting in the corner with Tu-Vi's phone.

Nathan: "Try again."

Nathan: "Try again." 

Nathan: "Try again."

Nathan hands the phone back to Tu-Vi and says "I'm done."

Tu-Vi: "Nathan, you locked me out!"

LOL, he was trying to get into Tu-Vi's phone to play games but didn't know her password.

Nathanisms: Mommy, when I grow up...

Nathan: "...I will learn to drive so I can take you to the doctor."

Nathan: "...I will need to go to work so I can make money."

7/30/2011

Nathan: "...I will need a car."

Me: "What kind of car?"

Nathan: "A race car."

9/3/2011

Nathan: "Where is daddy? He is taking for a long time."

Me: "Daddy is on vacation in Las Vegas. He'll be back Sunday night." Did you know Mommy is going to go to Las Vegas later?"

Nathan: "Daddy goes first and then Mommy?"

Me: "Yes"

Nathan: "Mommy, when I grow up, can I go to Las Vegas?"

Nathanisms: Eating ducklings and Bemis penis

1) If Nathan tells you "I want to eat ducklings", he doesn't really mean cute little ducklings or hot vit lon. What he is trying to say is he wants to eat "dumplings", LOL.

2) We recently replaced our toilet seat covers. Nathan is going to the bathroom and Linh hears...

Nathan: "Bemis"

Linh: "What did you say Nathan?" 

Linh's thinking...Is he saying penis? Where did he learn that word?

Nathan: "Bemis daddy!"

Linh's curious now so he checks on Nathan and realizes that Nathan is reading the logo on the toilet seat and NOT really saying "penis". Phew, thank goodness!

Nathanisms: Making eggs & animal cookbook

Today during dinner...

 

1) Nathan: "Mommy, do you know how to make everything?"

Me: "What do you mean everything?"

Nathan: "Do you know how to make everything cause daddy only knows how to make eggs."

2) While eating dinner at the dining table, Nathan notices the cookbooks on the shelf and tries to read the names of the books.

Nathan: "Animal cookbook"

In my head I'm thinking huh (?), so I go look

Me: "Oh, you mean annual cookbook" (lol)

Backlog of "Nathanisms"

If you've been around kids, you know they say the darndest things. This past month, I started to keep a journal of these sayings that Linh had coined "Nathanisms". 

3/20/2011
Nathan was going through block letters with Thong. We built Y-E-S, which he sounds out and proceeds to use in a sentence.

Nathan: "Can I watch cartoons? Yes!"

Maybe Linh and I are depriving Nathan of TV time.
 

5/__/2011
On the way to drop off Nathan at Kindercare. 

Nathan: "Mommy, when a car cuts you off, you have to honk."

Me: "Nathan, who taught you that?"

Nathan: "Daddy did"

LOL...this totally incriminates Linh and his crazy driving.

8/__/2011

Nathan: "Daddy, Ethan drinks Coda Coda.  What is Coda Coda?" 

8/7/2011
Nathan sees a man doing Tai Chi at the park. 

Nathan: "What is that man doing daddy?"

Linh: "Tai Chi"

Nathan: "I don't understand him"  

8/7/2011
Nathan pretends we (me, Linh and Nathan) are going to the movie theatre.

Nathan: "We're going to watch Cars 2 now.  Guys, put on your DVD glasses!" 

Me: "Oh, you mean 3D glasses?" (haha) 

8/14/2011
Waiting in line at Ross (or Rozz as pronounced by Nathan) to purchase a picture frame for Aunt Terri's bday and Nathan's toy.  
Nathan (loudly): "She has alot of stuff. Ahh, its taking for a long time."
So impatient! It's also funny how Nathan adds the word "for" in front of everything.  

8/15/2011
I told Nathan he could have dessert after he finished digesting.  After 10 minutes, he comes up to me and says 
Nathan: "Mommy, I'm done gidesting!"  

8/21/2011
Nathan is watching Bob the Builder and trying very hard to stay awake.

Nathan: "Mama, my eyes are burning."