I’m a little bit close to being very close to being ready!
— Griffin
Tag Archives: Griffin Says
Griffin Attitude
After dinner:
Sarah: “Whoa, whoa, your plate needs to go to the kitchen.”
Griffin: “Aw, man. I HATE bringing my plate.”
Sarah: “Let’s try that again.”
Griffin: “Okay. I GUESS I’ll bring my plate to the kitchen.”
Sarah: “Let’s try that again.”
Griffin: <HUGEST EYE ROLL EVER> “Okay, I LOVE bringing my plate to the kitchen!!”
Griffin lego quote
You know what I do every time someone breaks my legos or I break them on purpose? I build something even cooler!
— Griffin
Mama 4 Daddy 0
“Daddy, how is mama going to use this to make soap?”
“That’s a good question, Griffin. I have no idea. Your mama is better at lots of things than I am, and making soap is one of those things.”
“Are you better at some things?”
“Yes, of course!”
“Are you better at craft projects?”
“No.”
“Are you better at soccer?”
“No, mama’s better at all sports.”
“Are you better at singing?”
“No… Â It’s bedtime! Get moving buster.”
Phew.
Magic
Griffin, this morning, while eating some fresh biscuits that we made together:
“Isn’t ingredients like magic? You put them together and they turn into something!”
Then, a few minutes later, “I think I want to be a magician.”
Griffin Says Roundup Summer 2013
Conversation at lunch today
Griffin: “Daddy, you’re the king, and I’m the prince, and Maggie’s the…whore.”
<Mama and Daddy look at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or cry>
Mama: “What is Maggie again?”
Griffin: “She drills holes. The Hole-er.”
Mama and Daddy: “Ooooohhhhhh….”
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We have been promising Griffin ice cream from an ice cream truck for days, but one hasn’t crossed our path yet. Tonight, after returning from 3 hours at an outdoor pool, Griffin asked for ice cream from an ice cream truck again on the way home. Of course, we didn’t see one and once we pulled into the garage, crying ensued. After he had gained his composure, he started at it again and sobbed,
“We never should have gone to the pool!”
“Why not, honey?”
“Because it reminded me of the ice cream truck!!!”
“How did it remind you of the ice cream truck?”
“BECAUSE IT WAS FUUUUUUUUUNNNNN!” <SOBBBBBBBB>
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Me: “I’m going to sell you to the zoo today!”
G: “Why?”
Me: “Because you’re acting like a monkey!”
G: “Are you kidding?”
Me: “Yes, I’m kidding.”
G: “But you still kinda want to do it, huh?”
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Overheard in the garden(in addition to giggling under the cover of the bean pole teepee):
“Wow! These beans are wonderful!”
“Hmm, I wonder what Maggie is investigating over there?”
“Hey MOM! We’re investigating a bee pollinating a flower!”
“Wow! Look at the size of that green pepper! It is almost big enough!”
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Griffin: “I really had to pee so badly that it got on the potty seat, but I used one of the wet wipes that makes it sparkly clean!!”
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Me: “Griffin, I thought you just went potty.”
Griffin: “I did!”
Me: “Well, your body is wiggling around like you have a poop.”
Griffin: “The wind is just singing me a song and I’m dancing!”
Give Me Uno or Give Me Death!
“Hey Dad, I really want to play Uno every day.”
“Ok. Sure, let’s play Uno every day.”
“I mean, every day until we die.”
Griffin Says Roundup
Griffin: “Could you please serve me some fruit?”
Me: “Sure!”
Griffin: “Now you’re my servant!”
Me: “Not so fast, Bucko.”
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Me: “Griffin, you need to go outside. You’re starting to annoy me.”
Griffin: “But…!”
Me: “Go, now.”
<goes outside reluctantly>
Andrew (outside): “So I hear you’re being annoying.”
Griffin: “Yes I am.”
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Griffin: “I’m going to become a mama soon.”
Me: “Oh? When is your baby coming?”
Griffin: “In April!”
Me: “What will you name your baby?”
Griffin: “Maggie Tulip! And she will be one, just like Maggie”
Me: “How will we tell them apart?”
Griffin: “Well, Maggie Tulip has red hair, like a tulip.”
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Griffin: “Can you ask Mama to get some green beans on her way home from her trip?”
Andrew: “Well, she will be tired and doesn’t have a car, so I think we’ll just go shopping tomorrow.”
Griffin: “No, I mean, she can just ask the airplane to go to the store!”
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Me: “Griffin, should we put different leg warmers on Maggie? Then she’ll look like Punky Brewster!”
Griffin: “A Pumpkin Rooster?!?!”
Archaeology Lesson
Sarah told a story to Griffin this morning and I overheard this snippet:
Mama: “…and we had a tape recorder—”
Griffin: “What’s a tape recorder?”
Mama: “Ummm, it’s like an iPod.”
Griffin’s Memorial Day Career Thoughts
Listening to the radio on Memorial Day, Griffin asked me what a soldier was. I explained, as best I could. Griffin was silent for a while, and then announced:
I don’t want to be a soldier. I think I would like to be a scientist. In space.
A few days later, on June 1, we were biking and stopped to look at the falls by the old Ford hydro plant. After watching for a bit, Griffin said:
Maybe when I’m a adult I won’t go to space, maybe I’ll be a waterfall tester.
In a subsequent conversation, Griffin explains waterfall testing in more detail:
A waterfall tester uses a screen like an x-ray to make sure the blades are turning.