Ohhh, so many. Calling the store clerk Daddy for a few weeks when he as three was a thrill…Gave the poor kid (clerk) a complex. My son wanted another daddy so I could have another baby since his daddy and I weren’t’ together anymore.
One of my favorites was when we were eating dinner with his father (his father was on call, and it was his visitation night, so we went out to eat so they could visit). My son said, “Mommy, how do dolphins mate?”
Me: “ I am not sure, but we can look it up later ok. Eat your dinner please.”
Son: “Daddy, did you know how kangaroos mate?”
His father mumbled a dismissal of the conversation and a hushed “shhh!!!”
Son: “No daddy, the Daddy kangaroo stands behind the mommy kangaroo and he says ‘ungh ungh ungh’!”
At this point, everyone near us in the restaurant is glancing at us.
Me: “Yes honey, that’s right. However, I think that is enough National Geographic at the table for tonight. Finish your dinner please.”
Father: “Yeah, that isn’t something to talk about at the table, so hush.”
Son: “But daddy, the really go more like this” my son grabs the table, makes the ungh sound, and scoots his chair forward a few times to mime the motion.
At this point, I have to stand up and walk away because I am about to laugh as it was so unexpected. People around us were a myriad of laughter, shocked looks, a glare, and red merry faces and snickers. His father sat there with his mouth hanging open, and I put a check box in my mind to discuss appropriate table talk with my then 5 year old.
I returned to the table and let my son know he was right, but we would discuss it later and he replied with an “Oh, ok Mommy!” He had just seen a National Geographic on Kangaroos earlier that week, and he was absolutely accurate. His father couldn’t wait to get out of the restaurant.