Funny things kids say

Washers

My toddler found some steel nuts and washers. She declared that the washers were "wheel screws". They're round and were in a jar of screws, that sounds like a very sensible way to describe them.

Round buckle

I was wearing a top with a big round buckle at the front. My toddler declared it "is wheel". I said "no, its a buckle". So she replied "No, is not puckle, is circle".

Several evenings ago I was talking to my new neighbour's son Jack, who likes to play with his cars in the sand in our back block, when it came time for me to leave, I said "See you later Jack, I must go and see if my wife needs me."
To which young Jack answered in all seriousness, as only a 5 year old can, "Are you going to give her a big kiss"?.... Hmmm,.... think quick.
The best thing I could come up with at such short notice was, "Only if she's been really good"... Jack nodded and gave me his approval"
I was dismissed.

Rocking cabbage

I was making coleslaw for dinner and had a quarter cabbage sitting on the table, cut sides up. My 2yo came up, started rocking it, and declared "is not cabbage. Is see-saw"
(a see saw is a teeter totter in some countries)

White dove

A: "Did you know there was a white dove at my school yesterday?"
M: "No, I wasn't at your school yesterday"
A: "It wasn't a galah."
M: "No, you just said it was a dove"
A: "It definitely wasn't a galah. It didn't look anything like a galah"
M: ...

Unfinished

Child brought home a half-finished sketch last night, copied from a magazine clipping.
A: "mum, do you think there is anything I could have done to improve my jungle picture?"
M: "I thought you'd only half finished it"
A: "yeah, I'm not allowed to keep working on it at home"
M: "so why ask that if you're not even close to finishing?"
I found it quite odd.

Fridges without cutlery?

"I think your fridge is a really good design. Its better than cutlery. But you need the cutlery to cut up the stuff in the fridge, so you can't have a fridge without cutlery"

Preservawhat?

Aisha was reading off the label of some water ices. She said "contains preserverations"
As in, rhymes with reverberations.

Punishment

My little miss, aged 5 at the time I think, was most displeased with me. (I think I had done something terrible like not allowing her to eat a second bikkie).
"Mummy, when I grow up, I'm going to find a boy that you don't like and I'm going to marry him!"

Turn my buttons on

I was dressing our toddler and she demanded the buttons on her shirt be done up. Except she said "turn my buttons on"!