Me: “How many do you have?”
The Boy: “Five.”
Me: “And how many do I have?”
The Boy: “Four.”
Me: “What’s five minus four?”
The Boy: “Yeah, mine is five and yours is four.”
Tag: threeisms
To the cake factory!
“Mommy, Daddy! Come on, let’s play! Together we’re the Bad Robots! Split up! We need to get to a cake factory right away! Are you with me, guys?”
A two-pack of threeisms
“Sometimes I lick the fridge.” “Said while licking the fridge.”
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The Boy: “Stupid, stupid.”
Me: “Are you calling me stupid?”
The Boy: “No, I was just saying that at a porcupine.”
Perhaps a bit too literal
The Boy: “Superheroes eat lots of grains. Batman eats bugs.”
Makes the seeking part a lot easier
The Boy: Can we play hide and seek?
Me: Sure, after your bath we can play hide and seek for five minutes.
The Boy: I’m going to hide in a very secret place.
Me: Where?
The Boy: Not in your office!
Me: Are you going to hide in my office?
The Boy: Yeah.
Can’t hurt to ask
Me: “Would you like yogurt and figs for breakfast?”
The Boy: “Yeah. Yogurt and figs. And a liiiitle bit of chocolate ice cream.”