and I mean in that creative free form spelling way that is almost like code: on his fisher price castle he has written

kasl

why indeed is it not spelt that way?

theis sapostbee hyir
"this supposed to be here"

ar frens
"are friends"

This is a source of delight to me

oveeuslee as a grayt teechur

Fauxie said:

they are not even up to writing yet at school he is only in prep/kindergarten!

charlottegelin said:

I kept a journal while I was in the womb.

Fauxie said:

that must make for a thrilling read the ending might be a bit scary though!

Fauxie said:

"Day 1: Still tired after the move."

charlottegelin said:

Yeah, it doesn't start off too exciting. Once I had a penis I became preoccupied too.

TMPletz said:

"Day 16: hoping to grow some fingers soon, gripping this pen is tricky."

charlottegelin said:

you know this sounds crazy but if she is showing early signs that like's to write then encourage her to so..dont put her down in the future,its feels bad when your parents don't accept what you choose to be outside the cocoon.

That is precious. If you think about it, your baby is spelling it phonetically (in her mind at least). Once your baby learns how to use them, look out! I see a genius in your future!

if she starts writting poetry at 12 send her to me..i can make her famous..SHE WILL BE THE NEXT RIMBAUD!(btw a french famous poet who got discovered at the age of 17)

weepingwall said:

"He" not "she". Just wanted to throw that in there.

weepingwall said:

it's a "he" btw and you should see me! I can't get him pencils and books fast enough if he says he wants to write down a story Today he brought in a book he made for show and tell - I am so proud of him. I want him to try to write anything he wants to

ShySlantedEye1 said:

if it was spanish he would be spelling correctly bloody english and all those stupid one-off rules!

He made me a card and it said "to mam, sharlet"
I have friends who I have known 15 years who STILL spell my name like that! I could not believe it!!! He was so proud when he got my reaction

charlottegelin said:

That is just precious. My son doesn't even remember my first name. When I tell him how to spell it for school contact stuff, the school will call the house, "Mrs. Juanita Jones?" "Who?" "Juanita we are calling from the school, where you son attends?" "That is not my name and I have never been married. My name is spelled this way.." This shit cracks me up everytime. Fuck, it maybe french but it does not have any types of twist to the spelling. Folks never get it right. I just use my middle name. It is easier.

ShySlantedEye1 said:

My 5 year old son told me last night that he wants to find a dead person so that we can remove his brains. We can then drive by the cemetry and throw the brains over the fence to feed the zombies.

I kid you not!



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bkw said:

your son is so cool.... he's punk rock.

Here's another story about my son from last weekend.

My wife parked our car in a busy street that had one hour parking without meters. She went back after an hour with my son to check if the back tyre had been marked with chalk by a parking officer (I dont know about other countries but the parking officers here do rounds of about an hour or so and mark the tyres to see whether they have exceeded the allocated time).

Anyway, when checking the tyre for chalk my wife noticed that there was a nail stuck in the tyre and she mentioned that to my 5yo son.

His reply (completely deadpan)--> "Perhaps they're using nails now"

bkw said:

notoriousj said:

bkw said:

I wouldn't be surprised

weepingwall said:

my son is obsessed with mummies and their bandages and the half rotten corpses underneath

charlottegelin said:

charlottegelin said:

My son has just purchased a plastic skull that forms part of a plastic skeleton that is exactly the same height as him. You buy each bit one at a time. You also buy the brains and guts to go in it.

Should I be worried?

bkw said:

where can you buy that?! I have never seen it, how much are the bits?

charlottegelin said:

Mine too. He wanted to take one of my collectible Barbies and actually mumify it with the wax and stuff. Lock your dolls up!

bkw said:

weepingwall said: