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Friday, February 1, 2008

A New Kind Of Competition

My five year old son and nine year old daughter have started racing each other all the time. They race to the car, they race upstairs, they race getting dressed.

The other night they were eating dinner when my son said he wanted to race to see who could finish their food first. My smart daughter said, "No. We can't race when we're eating, because you might choke".

My equally intelligent son replied, "Okay. If you finish eating first it's not a race, but if I finish first, IT IS."

Labels: Kids, Shameless Statements

# posted by Momo Fali : 7:23 AM

Comments:

Hee hee. That boy thinks fast. :D

# posted by

Jo Beaufoix : February 1, 2008 at 7:45 AM

OH, he is quick!!! What a smart kid, his sister better watch out!
What did you this of Lost?! LOVED IT! It was worth the wait.

# posted by

chefmom : February 1, 2008 at 8:16 AM

Mom~ you. are. in. SOOO. much trouble with that one!
LOL. That's hysterical.

# posted by

Rachel : February 1, 2008 at 9:33 AM

my kind of guy

# posted by

amy turn sharp : February 1, 2008 at 9:38 AM

my 3 year old son would LOVE your 5 year old!! He's so into racing and would LOVE that line! In fact, he's used similar lines recently, but not for eating!! ;P

# posted by

Gretchen : February 1, 2008 at 9:41 AM

A born spin doctor. I love it!!!

# posted by

GHD : February 1, 2008 at 2:59 PM

touche! funny stuff.

# posted by

Anonymous : February 1, 2008 at 4:18 PM

What a wise little boy! Awesome blog...it made me smile. Your son sounds so cute!

Blogghoppin' back at ya!

# posted by

Kimberly McKay : February 1, 2008 at 4:20 PM

Oh my girls race all the time too!! This was so funny, your boy, wow, smart kid!

# posted by

Amy : February 1, 2008 at 6:52 PM

That story just sums up being a kid. wonderful.

# posted by

Corey~living and loving : February 1, 2008 at 6:55 PM

Yeah. I have 2 boys 18 months apart _ EVERYTHING is a competition. E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G (that took a really long time to type especially after 2/3 bottle of wine) Including who can pee first and fastest. Therefore, they pee at the same time quite often and tried to instill sword fighting while peeing for a while. Which would explain the status of my toilet and my near-insanity and WHY I called an IMMEDIATE stop to it.
KEEP BELIEVING

# posted by

Angie @ KEEP BELIEVING : February 1, 2008 at 8:01 PM

Ridiculously smart kid!!

# posted by

María : February 1, 2008 at 8:10 PM

Yanno, there's logic in there somewhere. ;)

# posted by

mikster : February 1, 2008 at 8:17 PM

Well played, little man!! ;)

# posted by

Jenn : February 1, 2008 at 9:04 PM

Sounds like an aspiring New England Patriot! Blog hoppin!

--Virtual Varmint

# posted by

Anonymous : February 1, 2008 at 10:51 PM

haha! that's hilarious.

# posted by

Anonymous : February 1, 2008 at 10:51 PM

Love it.. he is just too funny!! Blog Hoppin.. hope you have a great weekend!!

# posted by

Anonymous : February 1, 2008 at 10:56 PM

I wonder if it is a boy thing? My two boys are ALWAYS competing.

Blog hopping
Anastasia Beaverhousin

# posted by

ShannanB : February 1, 2008 at 11:38 PM

LOL...ahhhhh, men...or, little men, rather ;)

# posted by

LunaNik : February 1, 2008 at 11:48 PM

LOL! It was worth a shot! :-)

Happy Friday! Blog Hoppin'!
"Margarita Mom"

# posted by

Anonymous : February 2, 2008 at 12:49 AM

My boys have been doing this for over a year (they are 4 and 6)...they race to put on their coats, brush their teeth, kiss mommy goodnight. And woe to the loser!

I find myself screaming wonderful things like "OK! I've had it! From now on no one is allowed to win ANYTHING in this house!"

BlogHopping with coffee 'cause I have a party to go to tonight
Mindi

# posted by

Anonymous : February 2, 2008 at 9:35 AM

Oh, such a boy!! And a competitive one at that. My 4 year old loves to race, he is getting a little to crazy with it too these days.

# posted by

NH Yocal : February 2, 2008 at 2:44 PM

Ha! Truly such a boy. I've noticed the same kind of thing with my kids.
Pretty clever of your daughter, though. Good for her to speak up about that!

# posted by

Unknown : February 2, 2008 at 7:26 PM

Baha! My brother and I used to race all the time, also. I remember once we raced to finish our glass of milk at dinner one night. He won. And he won the race to the bathroom where he threw up his efforts.

# posted by

Unknown : February 2, 2008 at 7:41 PM

It's great that you don't have to nag them to do all that stuff...the wonders of competition.
Your little guy is a smarty pants, though. Too cute!

Bloghoppin Hi!

...Pomtini

# posted by

Karen MEG : February 2, 2008 at 11:42 PM

My girls are 2 & 3 and have already started competing. It works for me b/c they compete to see who can get my shoes for me the fastest, who can get daddy a beer first, and who will come the fastest when I call.

I'm raising one-uppers.

# posted by

Anonymous : February 2, 2008 at 11:51 PM

Haha! I never had to go thru this; having only one child.... but then again, she and hubby would act like siblings alot... he acting like a child a lot and all...

# posted by

Maureen : February 3, 2008 at 12:16 AM

That is fabulous!! My kids do the racing thing too- it'd be fine except that whomever 'loses' cries hysterically for the next 15 minutes.

# posted by

Amber : February 3, 2008 at 1:47 AM

me and my brother used to do stuff like this all the time...

# posted by

Anonymous : February 3, 2008 at 1:16 PM

He is so smart! And you are in trouble as he gets older!
I like it!

# posted by

Becky : February 4, 2008 at 8:56 PM

That boy. He needs his own series.

# posted by

Anonymous : February 5, 2008 at 8:59 AM

Wow, he's a smart one! :)

# posted by

Anonymous : February 6, 2008 at 5:33 PM

smart and funny. and probably a fast eater too.

# posted by

Candace : February 7, 2008 at 9:55 PM

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