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Conversation With Kids During Hiking Went Like This....

Son 2: Hey! We've been here before! This is going to be really easy!
Son 1: ...........................
Auntie: REALLY? OK, very good.
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Son 2: Mom, what does Alien X say when he's really tired?
Son 1: ...................
Mom: (pant) (pant) (pant) (pant)
Son 2: He says I am X-hausted! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!
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Son 2: How long does this trail last?
Son 1: .....................
Auntie: 1 hour if you walk fast
Son 2: Mom, how long is one hour?
Mom: (stops walking) Long enough
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Son 2: This is really tiring, mom. Did you know yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak
Son 1: (pant) (pant) (pant) (pant) (pant)
Auntie is far ahead liao
Mom: Do you know that if you talk less, you can walk faster?
Son 2: But I AM walking faster!!!
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Son 2:  yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak
Son 1: ......................................
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Son 2: What if I run? I will reach faster, right?
Son 1: ...then you'll roll down the hill
Auntie: Here.....you curl up like a ball and then we'll roll you down when there's a slope
Son 2: (thinking: cooolllll!)
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Son 2:  yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak
Son 1: ......................................
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Mom: OK, we're near the end already.
Son 2: How many more minutes, mom?
Mom: ............................
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Son 2:  yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak
Son 1: ......................................
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Son 2: Mom, give me the umbrella. I want to use it as a cane
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Son 2: Mom, when you say 'near' what do you mean?
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Son 2:  yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak
Son 1: ......................................
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I am telling you this.....VERY SERIOUSLY....my second son reminds me of Calvin of the Calvin & Hobbes fame!
ANYONE KNOW OF ANY WAY TO SHUT A SEVEN YEAR OLD UP WHEN HIKING??????
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Lil' Monsters, Inc. said…
...Ask them to run in front, then come back for u. Run, come back, run, come back. Then they don't have energy, haha!
April 20, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Christy the Mommy-Muse said…
A way to stop a 7-year old from talking on a hike? Or just about any other time, for that matter? No way! Thanks so much for sharing on http://www.mommy-muse.com/blog/2009/04/your-story-can-win-the-official-if-mama-dont-laugh-it-aint-funny-cap/
April 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Marsha Maung said…
lil monsters inc, wear them out?? no way! this monster's got so much energy that he's literally like Calvin. I'm not tired, I'm not tired, I'm not tired, I'm not....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

christy, he's really cute and adorable and stuff but hell, when you're trying to breathe and walk and he's yakking away, it kinda makes me wanna.....put something in his mouth! LOL!
April 23, 2009 at 11:59 AM
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