Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy
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Evan’s new school sends home reports at the end of the day. It’s great to see what he has been up to and makes the time away from him a bit more bearable. It’s also wonderful to see that he’s a really advanced two year old who is clearly blowing all of the other children out of the water. Watch out, Harvard…
Question of the day: If you could make your very own nest, what would you use to make your nest?
Jake—branches
Zach—a branch
Sophie—trees
Isaac—uh, um, branches
Coby—a nest
Ruben—um, my bed
Lev—um, leaves
Ian—um, a bus
Evan—dee
Question of the day: Why does Robin love his nest?
Lev—cause he flied
Sophie—cause he flied
Ruben—He flew away.
Emma—cause he flied
Logan—his wings
Coby—um, wings
Ian—flied
Evan—ba ba
Jake—cause he flied
Or, not. Whatever. Good communication is way overrated.
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Don’t worry, Quinn is right there with Evan at that genius level ;)
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He’s probably speaking in advanced code that one can’t understand without rigorous training or natural intellect. Duh.
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Seriously. And they call themselves educators.
He’s just playing down to the level of the subject matter he is clearly too advanced for. I mean, who likes a nest because of their wings and because they fly? Evan is saying, “elevate these questions, Teach, or I will not respond with thoughtful and critical dissertation.”
I am so responding with Ba Ba in a conference call later.
LOL, let me know how that call goes. :)
Snort.
Hee hee hee.
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He really is advanced Jill! Trust me : ) I can just imagine his cute little face telling the teachers the answers. So cute : )
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Okay, that completely cracked me up! But still, all of the other kids’ answers are so eerily similar…your kid is obviously a free thinker. And a genius.
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No kidding! At least he’s an original!!
Hi Jill,
Thank you for making my day! Waking up to such a good laugh was fun (especially because today is my birthday – and it’s raining outside )…
XO
Wendy
Blog: kiboomu.blogspot.com
Clearly he is an outside-the-box thinker. ANYONE could say branches! But “dee”? BRILLIANT!
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I discovered after my first boy refused to speak until the summer before kindergarten that the non-speakers often ARE the most intelligent. It’s true!
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The robin loved his nest because of his baba. The rest of the class did not make any sense. And maybe he said leaves but the teacher only heard dee :-)
And do you think Coby is a boy or girl?
Obviously the teacher needs to be more specific…What genus/species of bird? I think that’s what he was trying to explain to her.
At least he doesn’t copy.
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Ha; love it. I’d say he’s fine.
When my son was this age, his teddy bear was named “Nga nnguh.” No matter what we did. Us: “Ted-eeee. BEAR. Teddy…” Him: “Ted…” Us: “Good! Now, Bear.” Him: “Ted… Nga nnguh!”
Now I can’t get him to shut up. And he corrects my grammar.
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Hysterical…that will totally be my kids…especially if I follow along with my plan NOT to teach them how to talk!
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Einstein never talked much either. It’s all in your little guy’s head, waiting to come out and blossom into the next Theory of Relativity. Or maybe an easier-to-put-on bike helmet design.
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Good communication is way overrated.
That’s what I say, too. As long as he gets his point across.
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Oh, whatevs. All those other kids are just PEAKING right now! Evan’s time will come… bwahahaha!
Or something.
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Its totally a “boy” thing. I’m sure he is fine!
He is probably really meaning and having deep thoughts with those few words…
Lol that was awesome, totally caught me off guard!
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That’s what I’m saying. Totally overrated. :)
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I LOVED this post. I was prepared for your son to talk in full sentences and do math. My preschool son has the same gift in art. What a relief to just be able to giggle at our children being children.
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LOL. He is unique.
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You do have an adorable little genius on your hands. I’m banking on the snapshot of a forward facing helmet securely fastened to my kid being a good indicator of mediocrity because college for 3 is going to put a serious cramp in my decadent lifestyle. Trade school anyone ?
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He obviously means ‘thee’, as in ‘ I would use thee to build my nest’. The teacher misspelled it. Clever boy, he clearly has what it takes to become a great CEO. Letting the minions do the work for him while he collects the bonus and goes of to play golf.
My colleague justed pointed out it sounds as if I am insulting your son be implying that he does not take responsability. This is not the case, I am sure that if your son becomes CEO of wathever company he will do a good job and not play golf. Please excuse my pregnancy brain.
I thought your comment was perfect! No worries- my son is two– he doesn’t take responsibility for anything!
Ha! But he’s SO, SO cute!
Ohmy! This is my first visit to your blog and for two seconds I thought all those kids were yours. Perhaps Evan is the strong, silent type.
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He is his own man, and doesn’t follow the crowd. This is a good thing.
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That is just as cute as it can be! Kids, none like em.
Sounds like most of the kids were repeating what they heard the others say – Evan is his own [little] man.
Of course if my 2yo said “Dee” for an answer I’d be hard pressed to say that he meant “Dee” and not any of the other numerous words that end in long e sound! So I asked him and he said he’d build a nest out of “Viv vuh” (which he insists means “red block” even though he says that pretty well) and he says birds love their nests “Because, yeah” – clearly he’s a deductive thinker.
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I see an avant-garde artist/writer in the making. Beckett came to mind.
“Linear” thinking is way overrated!
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dee baba. I get it. He thought the Robin was hungry and needed dee baba, like Tatoo always needed to see dee plane, dee plane boss, on Fantasy Island.
Your son, will be a multimillionaire in TV programming. It’s obvious to me.
Evan would be a perfect match for my little two year old GD!!
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He must be referring to the rock dove on my porch — she totally built a dee dee nest. Perhaps he’s a football player in the making or he’ll just talk when he’s damn ready. ;)
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He makes perfect sense. You just have to speak the secret boy language to understand. My son and I talk like that to each other, in a series of grunts, whistles and facial expressions.
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Clearly, your child is far more advanced than the other students and even the teacher, as he was completely bored by such a menial and ridiculous conversation. Maybe he was speaking in another language and will end up being multi-lingual. Silly school.
i’m not the only one whose child is at the ba-ba level! whew, what a relief.
.-= cheri´s last blog ..wordless wednesday: a day at the arcade =-.
Ever since having a child I talk like that too! No one seems to understand me anymore, I think your son just might get me.
Rebecca
http://dumbmommy.wordpress.com
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Well, when he’s that cute he doesn’t need to say much!
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–>I think he was saying BAT BAT and his teacher didn’t hear him correctly!
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Oh my god, this made me LOL–literally, at work. Soooo stinkin’ cute and so funny. That will be my nephew. Right now, dogs are called “dohhh” and meows sound more like, “aaaaahhhhh!” Such a fun, FUN age.
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My 2 year old took ages to start to talk. While other toddlers were stringing sentences together she was still pointing and grunting. I choose to see it as an indication that her needs were so well met that the need for verbal communication was unnecessary.
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