The 9 year old is quickly approaching 10, which in our little world = days full of smartassedness and snark.
Here is just a sampling of some of the comments she’s made over the last few weeks. I’ve got my hands full and can’t imagine what it will be like in a few more years. I may be sending out the smoke signals sooner than later.
- After asking a question and me delaying a response she had this to say:
“My password journal responds faster than you do.” (And if you scream at me and throw me against the wall like you do with the journal…there’s going to be BIG trouble!)
- In response to me saying that she argues about everything with me:
“Not everything, only 1/12th of everything.” (Damn her teacher for teaching her fractions!)
- After discussing the fact that knee socks are worn in the fall/winter, not in July she says:
“Oh well, it’s a free country, and I’m wearing them.” (Have at it, sister; those shorts and tank top look splendid with knee socks.)
- After spending the day at the girl’s program she’s in this summer and having to deal with a cranky, underachieving program director she had this to say:
“Ms. Xxxx wasn’t very nice today. She was a shit.”
Um, yeah, so if anyone is interested in borrowing an almost 10 year old for the next few years please let me know.
Hahahaha! That’s so true about MissXXXX though! Wait until she is an almost teen. The eye rolling is….priceless?
Yes, yes it is.
Oh, the eye rolling, the evil snarl, and the head jerk have already begun.
That was funny… but, I do feel your pain…and wish I could tell you it gets easier….right now it’s cute… the cuteness wears off very quickly!! Tell you what… I will trade you my 16 and 12 year old girls for your almost 10 year old :)… it’s a bargain…two for one!! 😛
Hahahaha…two for one…no way! I’m having a hard enough time with one. Honestly, I don’t know how you do it. I’d be worn out.
LOL. This was a great post. I forgot what it was like to be that age. It all comes back to me now. 🙂
Hi, Teeni,
Thanks! Yeah, I remember what it was like to be her age but I was never like she is. I knew better. My mom would have flicked my ear (that was her trick) if I EVER said such things.
LOLOLOL! Gotta love that age. I will never forget telling one of my daughters something (I have no idea what now) but it was just a little info about something not too important. She looks me straight in the face and says “I’m aware.” Priceless!
Hi Sillydreamer,
Thanks for stopping by.
Yes, they sure know how to put us in our place…and at such an early age. Mine can get a little too big for her britches sometimes – I think she forgets that she is NOT the adult.
Well, my daughter always knew more than me and evidently still does. Maybe so. But I’m the one not working and doing whatever the hell I want every day. Not too bad for a dumbass.
Hi Joan,
Oh, my daughter likes to think she knows more than me, and when she gives me that attitude I explain to her that she is more than welcome to ‘bring home the bacon’ and be in charge of the home. And then I head toward my bedroom saying, “I’m gonna take a nap while you clean the house, do the laundry, and make dinner…wake me when it’s ready”.
umm, she is no different then i was and still am 😉 i am not what you think I am too my parents. in fact quite opposite. 😉
Oh, say it isn’t so, Kaylee! I don’t believe it!
Hope you’re doing well this week.
Oh, that picture says it all, doesn’t it? HAhahaha!!!
Where in the world did that child ever learn such words and mannerisms? I do declare! Attitude, attitude, attitude!!
Oh, 2LD, I’m sorry,… I cant’.. Catch.. My.. Breath! *laughing too hard*
Methinks she may have inherited just a tad of her sarcasm from her maternal gene pool….. all good!!!!!! 😆
Oh, Trisha…you have NO idea what I’m gonna be up against! It’s gonna be WW Smackdown: ME vs. Mini ME. Hahahahaha. She has some big ol’ attitude. All I had to do to get her to pose for the photo was say…look sassy. Eek.
Yikes. You have my respect for not just sassing back at her. That’d be my response. Which is perhaps why I have chosen to allow my womb to be barren….because I know I’d suck at the whole ‘mothering’ gig.
But sass can often equate into intelligence, cuz at least she’s questioning stuff.
Not that you’ll care when she’s refusing to do the dishes, but….you know.
Yikes is right. Sometimes I do sass her back ’cause it’s just my nature – and it’s very hard to curb that EVERY SINGLE TIME. She is a smarty pants and I can’t help but encourage that because I think she’ll have a leg up on society armed with a little sarcasm.
I am doing so great 2LD!And the chemo is almost over. 2 more sessions left!wrote a post on it. you think I am lying? Well it doesnt happen as often as with your daughter 😉
That’s great news, Kaylee. I left you a comment over at your place!
I don’t know about borrowing her, but I’ll gladly give you some backup and provide an alternative outlet for her snarkiness.
If she has two people to direct it at, does that mean we’ll each only get half of the typical amount, or will she just produce that much MORE snarkiness?
Yes, backup would be great. I think that together we may be able to diffuse some of the snarkiness. But, on the other hand, once she tests you and sees how far she can go…then it may be double the snarkiness!
Ahh, memories of teenagerhood. You couldn’t pay me to go back.
Ah, yes. I’m just dreading what is to come.
Never offer the internet a chance at borrowing a child. That will only bring you the worst internet citizens imaginable.
You know, B5, you’re absolutely correct. How horrible of me to offer up my child. Luckily, I haven’t attracted any of the worst Internet citizens…yet. I think they’re all far too busy over at borrowachild.com.
I already gots me one . . and I love it.
Oh, yes, I know you do. It would be fun to get those two together. We’d have a good old fashioned snark-fest!
I am right with you.. but mine is switched to the 9 year old boy trying to be the king of snark!
We have the toughest jobs in the world, don’t we?!
Is this what I have to look forward to? LOL-I am teaching 5th grade this year-hehe!
Oh boy, you are going to have your hands FULL this year! But, honestly, my daughter is an angel in school and in public – that is all I can hope for.
i’m soooo loving her though!! she’s great!
Thanks, Reggie! She’s a handful.
My younger sister taught our nephew how to say “whatever” when he was 6 or 7. His dad, our bro-in-law, just about had a stroke because our nephew mainly sassed him with that phrase. Ahhh… good times.
“Whatever”. That drives me cuh-ray-zee. My daughter used that word for about a week and then I threatened to burn all of her webkinz. Haven’t heard her utter it since. Ha. Now she’s graduated to the abbreviation thing – if I hear IDK or OMG or BFF one more time – I may just blow my top.
I’m wondering what your posts will be like in another six years. Hmmm…???
In another six years? Ha. I’ll be in the loony bin by then!
Lol. I got a five-year-old. Who is just a tad bit less outspoken. He keeps asking me ‘But why, mummy?’ until I turn blue in the face. Computer-trained from a tender age of 1.5, with one of the first words spoken being: ‘next level’. Hmm…
Heehee. Oh, the computer. What have we done?
My daughter asks me certain questions that I don’t believe she needs to know the answers to at her young age. Her response, “Fine, if you don’t tell me I’ll just go look it up on the computer.” Yikes. What have we created?