Nathan Ripperger says things to his kids, and then turns his words into posters. They’re so spot-on they make me giggle! Have you ever said something to your kids and then realized how ridiculous it sounds? Please share! I love hearing stuff like that.
Thanks to Design Taxi for introducing me to Nathan’s work.
This past November, shortly after Halloween, I did find myself saying, “Honey, let’s not eat candy that’s fallen into the toilet.” Not. Even. Kidding. (sigh)
That is fantastic!
Ha! These are great. My recent favorite from our house is “No lightsabers at the dinner table.”
This one actually just happened. Twice.
“Stop drinking my contact solution! It’s not a beverage!”
These are great! I caught how ridiculous I sounded last week when I told my son, “Play nicely with that sword. No stabbing or cutting anyone!” I was met with a confused stare until he replied, “what else can you do with a sword?”
He had a point…
Oh I am cracking up – even the comments have me going. I love Sara’s! Love it.
If you find something and do not know what it is, do not stick your fingers in it.
there was a period of time when i had to tell esme {a lot} “we don’t ask if him’s a man or a lady!”
Ha ha! These are great!
i love this. that is all.
thanks for sharing! :D
SHUT UP! Nathan is a friend of mine from college! We were both media studies students. There are some hilarious videos floating out there in YouTube land from that time…one involving a pudding balloon.
This just made my day to open up one of my favorite blogs and see an old friend highlighted.
How fun, Janelle!
What a great idea! I’ve done that very thing with a twitter feed to keep track of the gems I’ve said. My favourite so far is “We don’t waste bacon in this house!”
https://twitter.com/#!/isaytomykids
love! on the bacon note one of my son’s gems is when he was about 5 a woman walked by him wearing too much perfume. He asked his father why she smelled so much and my husband explained that women like to smell nice. His response “well then she should have rubbed bacon on herself, EVERYTHING is better with bacon”
Laughing out loud at this!
lol! I especially love the ones about poo…gives me something to look forward to with potty training.
YES! The other day I witnessed a good one – “Don’t stab the neighbors!” hehe the boys (my son and hers) were “sword fighting” through the fence and I almost got impaled! The things you never think you’ll hear yourself say!
Love that!
oh my. i say lots of crazy stuff. for instance, after two year old flushes our potty, he likes to hang on it and yell, “YES!” i say, “don’t hang on the potty after you flush.”
My all-time favorite which I uttered while having dinner on our back porch: “We do not throw tuna at spiders!”
Definitely poster worthy!
Oh that one is priceless!
Here’s two:
“When Mom says, ‘no,’ she means ‘NO!'”
And-
“You will go and you WILL have fun.”
Can we really force a child to have fun??????
I once said, “Stop biting your brother’s eyebrows.”
Oh I have definitely said the first two before!
Oh my goodness! You guys are cracking me up!!
“Ham is not a bandaid, lets not put ham on our knees.”
“Ok, you can wear the cowboy hat and feather boa in the car but NOT when we get to church.”
I must know: does he sell his work? Because these are priceless. (And infinitely relatable.)
These are available for purchase on my new Etsy store. I’ve decided I needed to open one after you and so many others have asked about them.
Thanks!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/nripperger
“Please don’t draw on the fridge with cheese!”
I say this at least once a day! Nothing like cheese art all over the windows.
I love this. My baby is too young for quotes, but when I get there I’m now inspired to keep a list.
I love this!!!
In the dressing room at TJ Maxx….
Little Dude with his resonating voice: WOW! Mommy, you have a really jiggly bum!
Me: Shhhh… buddy…. Not so loud!
:)
Apparently I was a little preoccupied/ distracted when I wrote this earlier today because I wrote what my son said… not what I’ve said to my son… and there is no way I can let it go without redeeming myself so, let me try this again haha!
“For the third time son, the ball in your private part is NOT a toy, and NO we can’t cut it out with screw driver! I’m sorry, it’s just the way it is sometimes!”
Phew. I think I nailed it this time… ☺
Jacy, both of these are hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
Haha! Thanks Kim! This whole post is killing me ;)
This is so funny! It makes me think of what my husband said to our 2 year old the other night: “You can have more salad when you eat your chicken nuggets.”
“My nose is not hippo food”
“please don’t put your dirty underwear on the baby’s head”
To my 11 mo old: “we don’t put the doggy’s toy in our mouths because doggy eats poop.”
During bath time: Pardon? I can’t understand you with that octopus in your mouth.
is that poop or chocolate on your pants? (i was worried about the answer since there was a little of that on my hand as well!) :)
Ha! I just had one of these moments the other day….
“I’m going to take your arm off if you hit your sister one more time!”
We were in the grocery store. I’m not sure who saw/heard.
My daughter has a prosthetic arm. Fo’ reals, those things are weapons when used improperly.
This has me ROLLING! So funny!
This is soooo classic! I can’t stop picturing the face of the person in the next isle when you come around the corner!! Haha
I can’t stop laughing!!
Tears falling… OMG, make it stop!!!!
You totally win, Miggy! HilARious! :)
My husband and I are both crying laughing at this! My stomach hurts from laughing so hard! LOL
OMG, my daughter just came in the room to see why I was laughing so hard. Thus one us priceless.
My favorite is:
“One of these days you’re going to have a kid just… like… you!” :))
“We don’t bite our friends”
I loved reading all the comments. It’s crazy the type rules that have to be laid out for little ones. And the amusement we get from it.
I had to tell my 3 yo son to “Stop getting into my make up…. and keep your hands out of your butt”
that’s pretty awesome. I like the building a fort in church. hilarious. I think mine is “you have your own belly button, touch your own! stop touching mine!”
These are hilarious as are the comments! Oh my gosh you could make a bunch of prints from this stuff. :) I know we’ve had a bunch of quotes at our house but I’m laughing too hard to remember. Haha!
hahaha I don’t have kids yet, but I am loving this! I think my mom may have mentioned the not licking one to me a time or two :)
I just laughed until I cried! Sarah – love the cowboy hat & boa at church. I’m a behavior therapist so I’m not sure if these count since they are not technically my children but here are some of my favorites.
“We do puzzles with our fingers, not our elbows, first take your fingers out of your nose then do the puzzle.”
“Stop licking the mirror.”
“No Sweetie, tap dancing and eating chicken noodle soup do not go together.”
Bahahahahaha these are hilarious, I am now going to write down the hilarious things I say so I can remember them. Thank you!!!
Mt husband: “You can have more fruit after you finish your pizza.”
“Get your butt out of your brother’s face” is said weekly at my house.
“We don’t take our clothes off at our friends house….it’s not polite.”
“No barking”
That first one, with the underwear, is a daily occurrence around here. Along with lots of other not-wearing-underwear things. But my favorite is “You have to finish your french fries and soda before you can have ice cream.”
dying over the post and all the comments. i have to say, motherhood is the best. what other adult job allows you to say such silly things. wish i could think of a good one to add! xo . rae
“Stop hitting the frog, or else it will turned into giant frog and it will hit you back”
In pretty much any public place, most recently at the movie theatre : “Stop putting your hand down my shirt!” Said to my SIX YEAR OLD. I did breastfeed him far too long… :)
Steph
I think my personal best was, “naked people stay inside!”
Spot on!
too funny!
Honey, we do not suck milk out of the carpet.
“No, no Luke. Hit Sadie softly please.”