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Things I have learned from my 4 year old....

By
Real Estate Agent with Century-21 Homestar

Things I have learned from my 4 year old.....A day in the life of Matthew.

  1. There is no such thing as child-proofing your house. So don't even waist your time. 
  2. A 4 years-old's voice is louder than 100 adults in a crowded restaurant. 
     
  3. Play Dough and Microwave should never be used in the same sentence.

  4. Soccerballs make marks on ceilings and walls

  5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on.

  6. When using the ceiling fan as a bat you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit.

  7. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.

  8. The glass in windows (even double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.

  9. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "Uh-oh;" it's already too late.

  10. Toilet bowl cleaner mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.

  11. A 4 year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 40 year old man says they can only do it in the movies. 
  12. Legos will pass through the digestive tract of a four year old.

  13. Duplos will not.

  14. Gorilla glue will glue anything you don't want glued. 

  15. McGyver can teach us many things we don't want to know.

  16. Pool filters do not like Jello. And it just has a bad taste to it. 

  17. VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do. And they don't even come close to fitting in DVD players.

  18. Garbage bags do not make good cat carriers. But the dogs think it is funny. 

  19. You probably do not want to know what that odor is.

  20. Always look in the oven before you turn it on.

  21. Plastic toys do not like ovens but it is fun to watch them melt. 

  22. The fire department in Geneva has at least a 4 minute response time to our house. 

  23. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not makeworms dizzy. The dryer just gets them warm. 

  24. It will however make cats dizzy.

  25. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

  26. Quiet does not necessarily mean don't worry. Even when he is sleeping I know he is planning the next days adventure.

  27. Having a sense of humor will get you through most problems that your 4 year old  gets into in a day...

Well I hope you had a good laugh. If your looking to buy, sell, or rent Real Estate in the Geneva Ohio area give me a call 440-478-6301 or e-mail me at zaneo@adelphia.net  peace zane

 

Lisa VonBargen
Photography7522 - Estes Park, CO
Estes Park Real Estate Photographer

AAAAHHH, boys. They really are born that way! i have three. The stuff you learn, and how amazing is it that we go through the same exact things with ovens, toilets, legos and ceiling fans. I am finally repainting the room that survived all three as babies...we will be putting tongue in groove wood on the ceiling to cover up the food stains and dents...and speaking of dents, I have 5 coats of spackle on the bullnose edge by the door that has huge dents at different levels depeding on how tall the little buggers were when they crashed into it.

Nov 20, 2009 12:36 AM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Zane....it's been a long time since I've had to think about all the points on that list.....NOW I can laugh about them!!!

Nov 20, 2009 12:39 AM
JL Boney, III
Coldwell Banker - Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC Real Estate

Well at least you have answered number three for me, of course, this does change my plans for tonight now.

Nov 20, 2009 03:25 AM
Zane Coffin
Century-21 Homestar - Geneva, OH
(Geneva Ohio Real Estate Agent)

Lisa... yes I forgot most of what I learned with my other boys now 16 and 17....I still wouldn't trade them for the world...when you have little boys you got to have a sense of humor or you will go crazy

Barbara... I laugh about them now and a few of them I was in on just to see what would happen

JL...yes what ever you do.... do not put play dough in the microwave....Jamie will not like it for sure

thanks for stopping by....peace zane

Nov 20, 2009 04:09 AM
Jim & Maria Hart
Brand Name Real Estate - Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC Real Estate

Hey, Zane. While, I don't know the response time for our local fire dept yet, I know all about the baseball. Thanks for the laughs (so true), Jim

Nov 20, 2009 04:23 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I needed a laugh today.  This was hysterical.  And well, frankly makes me VERY happy that my child left my house virtually unharmed.  Donald's boys did their fair share of damage over the past 7 years, but hopefully they have outgrown it now.

Nov 20, 2009 08:01 AM
Mike Sparks
The House Company Galveston Texas - Galveston, TX
Galveston Island Real Estate

Thanks for the good laugh... and for recalling my own sons various escapades that are funny now but not so when it happened.  I'm surprized with teenagers that you haven't learned the response time for the local police station.   I'm glad we had boys  I can only wonder what trouble girls might have been! 

Nov 21, 2009 12:21 AM
Zane Coffin
Century-21 Homestar - Geneva, OH
(Geneva Ohio Real Estate Agent)

Jim well hopefully you never have the fire dept show up.....and I think everyone with little boys know about the damage baseballs do.....

Tammy...I think it is a rite of passage for us boys to do bad thing to our parents house.....

Mike....O I have with my oldest boy... but that wasn't funny...at least to him it wasn't and girls are a whole other story .....10 year old girl at home still....she thinks she is 21 like my oldest girl.....thanks for stopping by everyone...peace zane

Nov 21, 2009 12:39 AM
Irene Tron
Valparaiso, IN

Oh, the things I missed out on by not having a son!  My daughter was the perfect child, of course....NOT!

Nov 26, 2009 09:35 PM
Robert L. Brown
www.mrbrownsellsgr.com - Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids Real Estate Bellabay Realty, West Mic

All daughters here as well. Could not stop laughing through this list.

Dec 04, 2009 05:14 AM