I thought, since you are reading our blog you might've thought about what you would hear if you were a fly on our wall. So here is a list of some terms that are used often around here.
Can you come here a minute? - Used by both adults and children. Adults usually use this term to summon someone to have a conversation about a particular event (i.e., something you did or you didn't do). Kids usually use this term when they want to show each other something gross or cool. Sometimes kids use this when they want to talk to an adult about something serious, but not really that often.
Somebody needs to go to the grocery store- This is most often said by a boy or man. In other words, this is said by people that very rarely go to the grocery store or even put things on the grocery list, but never seem to be able to find what they want to eat in the house.
I know, I know, I know- Can be interchanged with Ok, Ok, Ok - Most often used by a preteen or teenage boy, instead of actually doing what they "know" they are/were supposed to be doing.
You. Are. Kidding. Me.!!! - This one is most often used by Erin, but occasionally by me also. I used it when M sent in the dog to sleep with H while she was trying to nap one afternoon. I also recently used this when R told me that his G.I. recommend that he have his gallbladder removed. Oh and I used this one as an intro to what Erin refers to as a "rant", when I recently saw M shoveling snow on to the driveway. (M and Erin claim it is to make the piles of snow that are on the side of the driveway melt faster...why they care how fast snow melts that is not in our way at all is totally beyond me) Erin really has the patent on this one though. It is her go-to phrase that lets us all know there is a loud rant on its way, and if we are lucky enough to not be the one/s that she is ranting to/at then it is time to clear out. Most recently she said this when M poured out her still warm coffee from St*rbuck*...we really like our coffee. ;) And then again a day later when one of her children treated his calendar too "casually" and it cost her over $500 to fix this blunder.
Girls!!! Settle doooown! - This one is mostly mine. If you know me, you know that rowdiness and noise are not my thing. And for little girls in a house filled with boys and boy toys it is sometimes difficult to keep their minds stimulated. There is only so much play dough and "not too messy" crafts a girl can do.
SHHHH!!!- Again, this one is mostly mine. Erin has mostly come to terms with the fact that boys, dogs and men (and in my case, little girls) are loud. I, on the other hand, refuse to give up the battle. I will not give in. Cabinet doors and drawers do Not need to be slammed. Voices do Not need to be loud when talking Right. Out. Side. a little girl's bedroom while her mother is still holding out hope that she is sleeping. And dogs do not need to be in the front rooms just waiting and watching for an innocent passer by so they can bark and growl to claim territory from no threat at all, again while a little girl is trying to nap.
Where is my.....? Fill in the blank. This can not be unique to our blended household. Kids and husbands everywhere depend on their mothers/wives to know where everything is. And this is also true in our house, as I am sure it is true in yours. It would be really nice if the person asking that question would actually look for the item before asking everyone else in the house where it is. Drives. Us. Nuts.
Well, there you go. Hopefully now you can almost hear some of the verbal exchanges going on.
Can you come here a minute? - Used by both adults and children. Adults usually use this term to summon someone to have a conversation about a particular event (i.e., something you did or you didn't do). Kids usually use this term when they want to show each other something gross or cool. Sometimes kids use this when they want to talk to an adult about something serious, but not really that often.
Somebody needs to go to the grocery store- This is most often said by a boy or man. In other words, this is said by people that very rarely go to the grocery store or even put things on the grocery list, but never seem to be able to find what they want to eat in the house.
I know, I know, I know- Can be interchanged with Ok, Ok, Ok - Most often used by a preteen or teenage boy, instead of actually doing what they "know" they are/were supposed to be doing.
You. Are. Kidding. Me.!!! - This one is most often used by Erin, but occasionally by me also. I used it when M sent in the dog to sleep with H while she was trying to nap one afternoon. I also recently used this when R told me that his G.I. recommend that he have his gallbladder removed. Oh and I used this one as an intro to what Erin refers to as a "rant", when I recently saw M shoveling snow on to the driveway. (M and Erin claim it is to make the piles of snow that are on the side of the driveway melt faster...why they care how fast snow melts that is not in our way at all is totally beyond me) Erin really has the patent on this one though. It is her go-to phrase that lets us all know there is a loud rant on its way, and if we are lucky enough to not be the one/s that she is ranting to/at then it is time to clear out. Most recently she said this when M poured out her still warm coffee from St*rbuck*...we really like our coffee. ;) And then again a day later when one of her children treated his calendar too "casually" and it cost her over $500 to fix this blunder.
Girls!!! Settle doooown! - This one is mostly mine. If you know me, you know that rowdiness and noise are not my thing. And for little girls in a house filled with boys and boy toys it is sometimes difficult to keep their minds stimulated. There is only so much play dough and "not too messy" crafts a girl can do.
SHHHH!!!- Again, this one is mostly mine. Erin has mostly come to terms with the fact that boys, dogs and men (and in my case, little girls) are loud. I, on the other hand, refuse to give up the battle. I will not give in. Cabinet doors and drawers do Not need to be slammed. Voices do Not need to be loud when talking Right. Out. Side. a little girl's bedroom while her mother is still holding out hope that she is sleeping. And dogs do not need to be in the front rooms just waiting and watching for an innocent passer by so they can bark and growl to claim territory from no threat at all, again while a little girl is trying to nap.
Where is my.....? Fill in the blank. This can not be unique to our blended household. Kids and husbands everywhere depend on their mothers/wives to know where everything is. And this is also true in our house, as I am sure it is true in yours. It would be really nice if the person asking that question would actually look for the item before asking everyone else in the house where it is. Drives. Us. Nuts.
Well, there you go. Hopefully now you can almost hear some of the verbal exchanges going on.
