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Hello!
Welcome to the first issue of FW Family Kidwarmers. This monthly newsletter will include all the great Kidwarmer stories as well as some of the content highlights from fwfamily.com - the Web site for the free parenting publication serving the Greater Fort Wayne area in northeastern Indiana/northwestern Ohio.
At http://www.fwfamily.com you can access our May/June issue in pdf form as well as past issues. Plus we have links to excellent blogs by parents, advice columns, photo galleries, etc.
In 1987 I started the “Funny Things Kids Say” column for KPC Media Group. Lee Simonson, who publishes Heartwarmers at heartwarmers.com, said he would be willing to send out my “Funny Kids” stories to his large e-mail audience, so “Kidwarmers” was born. Five years ago KPC launched Greater Fort Wayne Family Magazine and I became editor. Recently Lee and I decided I should combine the Greater Fort Wayne Family and Kidwarmers newsletters. So FW Family Kidwarmers has now been born!
Thank you to everyone who submits stories about their children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, students, day care and neighbor kids for Kidwarmers.
If you have a true funny story to share please e-mail me at
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. And feel free to forward this newsletter to friends.
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TEACHABLE MOMENTS
Greater Fort Wayne Family magazine is a partner with http://www.before5.org - a wonderful nonprofit organization that provides parenting information for parents and grandparents of children age 5 and younger. Here is this month’s Teachable Moment:
Any time is a great time to play “I Spy” while riding in the car or sitting in the yard. “I spy something green fluttering in the breeze.” “I spy something black and white with four legs and a long tail.” The descriptive words of “I Spy” develop language and observational skills. For more great Teachable Moment ideas go to http://www.before5.org.
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THE FUNNY THINGS KIDS SAY
Max, 7, was telling me his grandmother wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. A few minutes later he said he wants to be a “hair cutter” when he grows up. (He likes the funny barber who cuts his hair regularly.) “But I thought you wanted to be an astronaut,” his grandmother reminded him. “Oh, Nana, I can have two jobs, ya know. I can cut the other astronauts’ hair on the space ship.”- Sandi Pound (grandmother of Max) of Lehigh, Florida
On a Sunday the Hoover family was having one of their family gatherings. After dinner Great Grandma Hoover decided to take a walk with other family members, including Mason Saalfrank, who was 2 at the time. They walked to South Side School playground. Mason started watching the jet planes fly overhead. Grandma ask him where he thought they were going. He replied very seriously, “I bet they are going to McDonald’s.” - Great Grandma Pat Hoover of Kendallville, Indiana
Here is another story from Great Grandma Hoover. Madison, 3, was staying with her Nana Butler after her mother, Kali, had fed her and gone to work. Nana was going to have a bowl of bean soup for her supper. Madison turned up her nose and said she did not like that. Nana told her, “That is what you said about broccoli and when you tried it you really liked it.” Nana asked her to put a little soup on her tongue, and she liked it. Then Nana said, “Just taste one bean.” Madison folded her arms and said, “I am not enjoying this at all.”
Catherine asked her son Ryan, 6, to carry in a box that was just delivered. She didn’t realize how heavy it was. Frustrated, Ryan said, “I can’t lift this… it’s too damn heavy!” She told him “I don’t like that kind of talk.” He replied, “I meant to say, ‘Oh Goodness, I can’t lift this… it’s too damn heavy!’” - Amy Parker (friend of Catherine) of Butler, Pennsylvania
Nolan, 5, is very inquisitive. One day he asked, “Mom why do we have skin?” She replied that if we didn’t have skin our bones would stick out. He answered, “But we could just use plastic wrap.” - Lisa Billingsley (mother of Nolan) of Scaly Mountain, North Carolina
Haley, 2, walked around to the back of the house at the babysitter’s and saw a pile of bricks. Haley said, “You must have those bricks there so that the big bad wolf can’t blow your house down!” - Donna Kensky (grandmother of Haley) of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Aunt Dorothy was going to come for a visit! Kylie, 2, was so excited for Dorothy to come visit and her mom couldn’t figure out why. Surely Kylie didn’t remember her from over a year ago! Kylie was asking two days before the visit if “today” was the day Dorothy would come to visit? Her mom said no, not today, but two more days. Finally the day came. Kylie was so excited! Dorothy had arrived and Mom, Dad, Kylie and Brooke, 10 months, came over to see Dorothy! You could just see on Kylie’s face that this wasn’t the Dorothy she was expecting. Come to find out, Nemo (a fish) has a friend Dorothy and that is the Dorothy that Kylie was expecting to come visit! Kylie just stared at Dorothy all through dinner. - Kathy Hoover of Columbia, Missouri
Jennifer takes Ben, 5, who is in a morning preschool class. Jennifer was inquiring about the age of a classmate he had befriended. Jennifer asked, “Is she 5 years old?” He replied, “No, she is 4 and 3 nickels.” It only took Jennifer a moment to realize he meant 4 and 3/4. - Jennifer Paris of Buena Park, California
Tim, 9, and family went to McDonald’s for breakfast after a wellness appointment for lab work. Tim was telling about his blood test and urine specimen. He got some unusual looks from people at other tables in the restaurant after he said somewhat loudly, “I peed in the cup” as he was holding his juice cup. Then Tim asked, “Why is everybody looking at me?” - Carol Guise (Tim’s Grandma “Mimi”) of Ocala, Florida
Caleb, almost 3, is interested in whiskers. Recently while his father was shaving, Caleb asked, “Daddy, why do you mow your face?” - John and Pat Cannon of Auburn, Indiana, (grandparents of Caleb who is the son of John and Cindy Cannon of Florida)
Here is another Caleb story. He asked his mother why people use hairspray. She said, “It holds hair in place.” Caleb asked, “So it won’t fall off onto the road and get run over by a car?” His mother assured him hair stays attached to our heads even with spray. Caleb knowingly answered, “Because it has snaps!”
Nanna and PawPaw had just picked Lark up from day care, and she was talking to herself in the back seat as Nanna drove toward home. When PawPaw tuned in to Lark’s one-way conversation, she was saying, “I don’t want to get in trouble. I want to get in “Happy.”” - Dennis Smith (PawPaw) of Oak Ridge, North Carolina
As Dennis is totally blind, he doesn’t normally turn lights on when he enters a empty room. Dennis was in his music/computer room when Lark came in. She stood in the darkness for a few seconds, then said, “PawPaw, I can’t turn on the light in the dark!”
Here is another story from Dennis. Koen will be 6 soon. When his mom asked him what kind of party he wanted, he was very definite when he said he wanted “an Easter egg hunt!” It turns out that Koen and his sister, Lark, got baskets and large plastic eggs filled with goodies from their four grandparents, but he didn’t get to participate in an egg hunt. While checking off the days on his calendar, he realized that Easter had come and gone without an egg hunt.
Rose’s nephew, who is a staunch Republican, recently took his 5-year old son, Bennett, with him to a meeting relating to the Republican party. Upon their return home, Bennett raced in to his mom and excitedly announced: “Hey, Dad and I are “publicans” - Rose Geiger of South Lyon, Michigan
Paquita went to California this year for Christmas. As they were sitting on the sofa, Paquita told her two grandkids, now 16 and 19 years old, “You guys grew too fast, it seems it was yesterday that I was changing your diapers, I’m getting old.” The 16 year-old comment, “Oh, Grandma, you are not getting old…” As Paquita was thinking, “How nice of him,” he finished the sentence. “…you are old!” They laughed and had a great time anyway. - Paquita Rawleigh of Texas
Tamara was talking with several moms and one of them said something that “got her in trouble.” Tamara said, “When in a hole, stop digging.” Lauren, 11, chimed in with “or stick your foot in your mouth.” - Tamara in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Several times a year we award free “Quotable Kids” books to the people who have “winning stories.” To cast a vote for your favorite story, e-mail
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FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: “The Funny Things Kids Say” books are available in book stores and libraries. Audio cassettes for the visually impaired may be requested from all regional and subregional libraries for the Library of Congress (order #CB-IHP-909).
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