“I want to go home!” Jake said as he crossed his arms over his chest and put a frown on his face.
This statement surprised me, especially since we were home, “Jake what do you mean? We are home, honey.”
“I don’t like this home. I want to go,” he said again trying to be as stern as a three year old can be.
I suddenly I realized what the problem was. We had some friends over for a ‘make your own pizza’ party and this was Jake’s way of telling me that he was done sharing his house with them and their two daughters.
Since it was getting close to bedtime and I knew that the kids were getting tired from an afternoon of playing together, I suggested a video to help everyone calm down and relax. The kids, of course, were all about this idea.
When the movie finished it was time for our friends to leave. I encouraged all my kids to come and say goodbye. At first, Jake did not like this idea but when he realized that this meant our guests were leaving, he was all about it.
He suddenly got a big smile of his face and began to run full bore across the kitchen, screaming “GOOD BYE!” as he went.
And now the next sequence of events happened so fast that it took me a moment to realize what happened because all of a sudden our friend was double over in pain, grabbing his crotch.
Then it hit me, to say goodbye to our friends Jake with a running start plowed right into the crotch of our friend in order to say goodbye.
In Japan, you bow to say goodbye.
In France, you kiss on the cheeks.
And in our house, you get hit in the balls by a toddler.
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Oh Jake, you are gorgeous!
Say goodbye to those friends for good, I guess.
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Well, he was really ready for them to leave.
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LOL My boys have much the same greeting style. I just laugh. Probably only b/c I don’t have balls.
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LOL that is sooooo funny! poor guy! LOL
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Oh no! LOL too funny!
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HAHAHA!! Love this. And my son does this, too! You’d think because they have balls too, they’d be more aware of them on other people. But I guess at 3, you just don’t get that yet. And seeing what he does with his junk in the bath, I’ve got to assume that the nerves there aren’t quite developed enough, ya know what I’m sayin’?
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Ha! That cracked me up!
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ouch! lol!! that’s such a little boy thing to do!!
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I bet the friend was ready to leave after that!
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Nice!
Maggie has a friend from church who she just begs and begs and begs to have come over to play. Then, once Olivia is here, Maggie spend the entire time hoarding her toys and asking when Olivia is going home. Next time they come over, we are staying in the backyard!
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OMG you are too funny! What an awesome end to this post! LOL! Hysterical!
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Hey, Jake is a man who knows what he wants. He would fit in very well in Brooklyn.
HILARIOUS, Btw. I may have to Tweet this.
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soon he’ll be tall enough and he’ll start knocking the wind out of people instead.
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Ouch!! I guess…dogs lick each other…that is the next logical step:-)
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This may be the funniest thing I read all day:
And in our house, you get hit in the balls by a toddler.
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He just wanted to make sure they wouldn’t come back in a hurry…you’ll have to remind him of that when he gets older.
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Funny! Just wait till he’s 7 and does that and adds, “Hey, I got you in the nuts!” If allowed, which he is not, our 7-year-old boy would say, nuts, balls, wiener in every sentence. A few weeks ago he was in the back seat of the car, and I heard him saying, “nuts, nuts, nuts.” I scolded him and he said, “Mom, I’m talking about real nuts, not testicles!” You can’t win.
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Awesome! That’s exactly what I used to do when I was sick of male companions. #3, he bites your inner thigh when he’s had quite enough of your crap. It’s a little more versatile I think because it works equally well on males and females! Ask Mimi & BFF, they’ll tell you:)
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Boy am I glad that I don’t have balls! lol
Kristi, Live and Love…Out Loud
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Oh my gosh, look at those innocent blue eyes! Surely he would never aim for the balls on purpose!
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Hahahahaha! It’s not funny. But it sooo is. Hahahaha.
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Lol! Remind me just to sneak out if I ever come over to your house
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Well…it worked, didn’t it? lol I guess that’s one way to get folks to leave your house!
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HA! I bet they won’t be back!
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Ouch – guess he’s just the right size for those kind of little accidents, isn’t he! LOL
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My husband is constantly protecting his balls. The four year old is right at that height.
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