What Magnus Said...

Quotes from this summer.  Magnus still tells people he is 2.5 years old, but I'm teaching him to say, "almost 3".

Magnus gets frustrated when sitting on a chair:

Magnus: Mommy I need help!

Gina: with what?

Magnus:I can't touch the ground

Gina: you want to touch the ground with your feet?

Magnus: yeah!

Gina: sweetie you can't because you're too short!

 

 

He sees Maya:

Gina: Does maya look like mommy or daddy?

Magnus: Like maya!

 

 

You just won't let me forget, will you Magnus?

Magnus: Mooommy I found the chicken store, with my new red car! <red is parked on one of the mats>

Gina: Good job, Magnus! Mommy had trouble finding the chicken store, right?

Magnus: Yeah, and Mommy got lost and had to make a u turn!

 

 

During one of Popo's chain sneezes:

Popo: achoo!

Magnus: popo say excuse me!

Popo: achoo! achoo! achoo!

Magnus: say excuse me! say excuse me! say excuse me!

Popo: AI-YA! Excuse me!

 

 

Hwan is apparently dating a suitcase:

Gina: We're going to have dinner with Uncle Reg, Auntie Elena, Uncle hwan, and Uncle hwan's... <hesitates..>

Magnus: suitcase!

(Magnus has fond memories of Hwan's suitcase from our Maui trip)

 

 

Often heard while Gina is driving:

Magnus: Two hands on the wheel please mommy!

 

 

Pointing up at the night sky:

Magnus: Look Mommy, it's a circle moon!

 

 

Gong gong fishes for compliments, but then...

Gong gong: Magnus, who do you love?

Magnus: I don't love anybody!

 

 

Stubborn pupil:

Gina: What are you eating Magnus?

Magnus: A Clemen-TEEN

Gina: Actually, you are eating a clemen-TINE, and Auntie Clemmie's name is Clemen-TEEN

Magnus: No, I am eating a Clemen-TEEN

(repeat)

 

 

Correction:

Goldie: Magnus, are you coming to visit me in Boilington?

Magnus: It not Boilington, it Bur-ying-ton!!

 

 

Just not ready to tackle that slide:

Gina: Magnus, are you going to slide down the big round slide today? You're a big boy now, you can do it!

Magnus: No Mommy, I'm just a medium big boy, I am not a SUPER big boy

 

Here he is at the top of the slide which he never slid down:

 

What Magnus Said...

I can hardly keep up with all the funny things Magnus says these days.  Most of the quotes below are from today alone.  Enjoy the chattering!

 

 

Magnus coins a new word combo

Magnus: Mooooooommy I did a _____ ____

Gina: A comic book?

Magnus: No a _____ ____!

Gina: A comet burp?

Magnus: No a _____ ____!

Gina: A.... vomit-burp?

Magnus: Yeah!!!!

 

 

One day later, I finally understand the vomit-burp

Gina: What does a vomit burp sound like?

Magnus: Like that, <imitates a belch>

 

 

He tells everybody he's a big boy now:

Po po: Who gave you that ball?

Magnus: Maya

Po po: You are a lucky boy!

Magnus: No, a lucky BIG boy... and maya is a small girl

 

 

When did Mommy become an airplane?

Gina: Ok, one last time, and then after that, mommy has to go up up up to the.... <the office>

Magnus: big blue sky!

 

 

Uncle Alex becomes an honary Seto

Magnus: <Pointing at a Seto family portrait circa 2001> Uncle Alex, Gong gong, Po po, mommy!

Gina: Are you sure it's Uncle Alex?

Magnus: Yeah! Uncle Alex, Gong gong, Po po, mommy!

Gina: Are you sure it's not Uncle Jenning?

Magnus: No it Uncle Alex!

 

 

Who needs Meyers-Briggs when you have Magnus around?

Magnus: Maya don't like new people, he an introvert, and when he like new people, he an extrovert

Po po: And what are you?

Magnus: I am stomping like an elephant! <runs away slapping his feet on the ceramic tiles>

 

 

Magnus likes to have the occasional flash-back:

Magnus: do you remember gong gong, I used to call Po-po! <gutteral sounding> and Ti ta! ?

What Magnus Said...

Dubious grasp of anatomy:

Gina: <changing Maya's diaper> Magnus, does Maya have a weewee?

Magnus: No, because Maya is small! When Maya is bigger, she will have a weewee, just like Magnus!

Intolerance:

Popo: <asks Magnus something in Mandarin>
Magnus: No Popo, I don't wan't you to talk anymore!

Know it all:

Magnus: After you burp you have to say scuse me!

Gina: That's right! Who burped?

Magnus: Gong gong!

After a minor spill:

Magnus: <sob> ... and then magnus fell down and he skated....and magnus hurt magnus' pants!!! <sob>

Gina: Oh you fell down and you slid, and then you hurt your leg here where your pants are?

Magnus: Yeeeeeeeah!!! <sob>

Magnus tries to tempt Maya with his sippy cup:

Magnus: Maaaaaayyyyyaaaaa, do you want some milk? No you can't because you are laughing too much!!

Magnus: Maaaaaayyyyyaaaaa, do you want some milk? No you can't because you are too small!!!

Magnus stubbornly refuses Gong gong's help, and falls on his bum:

Magnus: ...and Magnus tried to get Magnus' scooter and Magnus fell down!

Gina: And what did Gong gong say?

Magnus: Mo Gwai Yong!

Advantage: seniors

Magnus: Maya don't like new people!

Gina: Actually, what I said was that Maya is afraid of new people

Magnus: Yeah, Maya don't like new people! Maya only like old people!!!

 

 

Gina: How did you kiss Maya?  Show me.

Magnus: Like that, Mmmmmm <kisses Maya on the lips> Eew Maya, gross, again! <wipes her mouth with a tissue>

 

 

What Magnus Said...

Quotes from Dubai:

Hears what he wants to hear:

Kendrick: <cheerful voice> Magnus, if you don't listen to mommy, you will get a punishment, do you know what a punishment is? ...

Magnus: <begins to mouth the word chocolate and ignores his Daddy's explanation of punishment>

Gina: <tries to feed Magnus spinach>

Magnus: <dodges spinach>

Kendrick: <still cheerful voice> Uh oh, time for a punishment!

Magnus: <excited> YEAH!!!!

Violence on TV:

Grandma: <to Maya> If you keep kicking, you're going to backwards some more, and you might hit your head, and then you are gonna cry...

Magnus: and a lot of BLOOD!!!

(he learned this from a Pingu episode)

Showing off new vocabulary:

Magnus: <to the security guard> No Uncle, Daddy's GPS says…. "Arriving at destination on the right"

Cantonese:

Gina: How does gong-gong say fart?

Magnus: Aw Pay!!!

It's lonely without eggs:

Magnus: No Grandma, Daddy ate aaall the eggs, and then Magnus and Mommy were all alone!

Gina: <correcting> and then Mommy and Magnus had none.

Likes to assess his output:

Magnus: Wow, that a lot of pee, and there are bubbles too!

Quotes from Toronto:

 

After snubbing a relative at the mall:

Magnus: No, Po po, he don't want to say hi to auntie, he want to go home!

Popo: Next time, Magnus, you have to say HI.  It's important!

Magnus: It not important!!

Washing hands for the first time in Toronto:

Magnus: Wow! It... super... cold!!!

(tap water never gets cold in Dubai)

What Magnus Said...

Brain burp:

Gina: M-a-g-n-u-s.. that spells...

Magnus: Foot!! 

The doorbell rings, and Kendrick answers:

Gina: Who's at the door, Magnus?

Magnus: It the Pizza Uncle!

Likes to bug Grandma:
Grandma: (to Kendrick) You have to say a number, or what?
Magnus: What!
(this happens EVERY time he hears her say "… or what?")

Likes to show Grandma:

Grandma: <lecturing> If you don't eat all your food, Grandma is waiting to eat it.  That's why you have to… 

Magnus: <scarfs down three big pieces of potato>

Grandma: Oh wait!!  What are you doing!??!  That's too much!!

Magnus: <giggle>

Discovering scatological jokes?
Magnus: B-O-D-Y that spells body!
Gina: That's right!
Magnus: B-O-D-Y that spells potty!
Gina: Noooooooo, it doesn't spell potty!
Magnus: <giggle>

Enjoying the shock factor:
Magnus: <Reaches between his toes, picks out a piece of rice, and puts it in his mouth>
Grandma: <exclaims>
Housekeeper: <exclaims>
Magnus: <giggle>

Does A follow B?
Gina: Sorry Magnus, you can't eat mango right now because you might be allergic.
Magnus: <pause> The mango has nuts!

Learning to express his emotions:
Magnus: NOOO!!!!
Gina: What's the matter, Magnus?
Magnus: WANT TO YELL AT PEOPLE!!!!

Can't bear to stop playing hide-and-seek with Daddy
Kendrick: Magnus, do you have to pee?
Magnus: <clutching weewee> No! No! No!

What Magnus Said...

Doesn't want to take a shower:

Gina: And now it's time to....

Magnus: Run away!!  <runs away>

Watching claymation video of rocket blasting off

Magnus: Mm mm mm.. popcorn!

Learning from Sesame Street… sort of:

Elmo: (singing) J - j - j - j … JACKET!

Magnus: (singing) D - d - d - d … DACKET!

Doing a voiceover on Pingu:

Penguin Doctor: (opens her doctor bag)

Magnus: Aaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnd...

Penguin Doctor: (Puts on her stethescope)

Magnus: Be a doctor!

Kendrick the line-crossing daddy:

Kendrick: Hi Magis!

Magnus: It not Magis, it Magnut!

Kendrick: Magnoos?  Magit?  Magis? (etc)

Magnus: No!  No!  No! (etc)

Kendrick: Are you sure it's not Maaaaaggnooooooos?

Magnus: (loses it) NO!  IT NOT MAGNOOS IT MAGNUT!

Mother's day card:

Gina: (points to the red heart on the card) What's that Magnus?

Magnus: A heart!  Just like Angry Birds!

(Angry birds seasons)

After singing BINGO:

Gina: If you had a doggie what would you name him?

Magnus: Maya!

Gina: Really?  Wouldn't Bingo be a better name for a dog?

Magnus: No, Maya!

(Possibly he thought I was asking him to choose between Maya and a dog… let's give him the benefit of the doubt!)

A conversation that happens dozens of times each day:

Magnus: 'scuse Me!

Gina: What happened?

Magnus: Farted!

What Magnus Said...

Spelling the word on his shirt by looking in the mirror:

Magnus: "T... 5... O... M!"

Fearing rejection:

Magnus: Now Magis has to have a <mouths the word popsicle>

Kendrick: I can't hear you Magnus, what do you want?

Magnus: A <mouths popsicle again>

Kendrick: If you don't tell me what you want, you'll have to come down from the high chair and "wash hands wash face"!

Magnus: "Wash hands wash face"!

Puttering around in Daddy's office:

Magnus: Mommy, what's that?

Gina: That's super glue, Magnus.

Magnus: It not super glue, it superman!

Vain yet grammatically challenged:

Popo: Hi Handsome Boy, who is more handsome, you or your daddy?

Magnus: You!

Why Popo has stopped eating bones:

Popo: (holding a giant pock hock) Magnus, would you like to eat a bone?

Magnus: No!  Dog eat bone!!

Getting closer to saying his name properly:

Gina: Hi Magis!

Magnus: It not Magis, it Magnut!

What Magnus Said...

Yet another set in a series of quotable quotes by Magnus:

Not sweating the small grammatical errors:

Gong gong: (to Gina) He wants to do it all by himself!

Gina: Magnus! You have to let Gong gong help you, why didn't you let Gong gong help you?

Magnus: Because he want to do it all by himself!

Evidently got his uncle on his mind:

Gina: Ah yes, the original!

Magnus: It not the 'riginal, it Uncle Reginald!!

Problem solving:

Magnus: A hole! <pointing at Mommy's blue sock, which he loves>

Gina: Yes, a hole!  Now what do we do?

Magnus: We have to throw the hole away!

Gina: You mean throw away the sock?

Magnus: No, the hole!

Thinking out loud

Magnus: Where Magis pants that look like Daddy's pants?  Hmmm, maybe it in the laundry!

Sleuthing:

Magnus: (pointing to chocolate box) Want a chocolate!

Gina: (lying through her teeth) There are no more chocolates, Magnus, Gong-gong ate them all!

<pause>

Magnus: Want to look inside the box!

Just being naughty:

Magnus: (in the bathroom) Hi Mommy!  What are you doing out there?

Gina: (in the bedroom) Hi Magnus, what are you doing in there?

Magnus: Not touching anything! <and pooping his pants, I learned later>

And here's a bonus picture (or three) for sticking around until the end of this post:

What Magnus Said Recently

Not a day goes by where Magnus doesn't say something that makes us laugh and wonder at his ongoing language and personality developments.  

Old hat at negotiating:

Gina: 3 more times, Magnus, and then no more.

Magnus: 10 more times!

An inadvertent snappy comeback:

Magnus: Want yogurt!  Want yogurt! 

Kendrick: Ok you can have all the yogurt you want…. in your head!

Magnus: Don't want it in your head, want it in your mouth!

Learning how to escalate demands:

Magnus: No thank you, don't want mommy to talk to <Po-po/Gong-gong/Daddy>

Gina: That's a nice way of asking Magnus, but sometimes mommy needs to talk to <Po-po/Gong-gong/Daddy>

Magnus: Don't want Mommy to talk to… peeeople!

Mastering the guilt trip:

Gina: Did you run at school today?

Magnus: Nope!  Only cryyyying.

Talking to Maya:
Magnus: OK Maya!  Now it time for milk!
<pause>
Magnus: <undecipherable> Maya. <undecipherable> Maya. <undecipherable> Maya.

More Words

Talking about Maya:
Gina: (whispering) What is Maya doing?
Magnus: (whispering) Sleeping
Gina: (whispering) That's right.
Magnus: NOW WE HAVE TO BE QUIIIIIIIET
Maya: ooooowAAAAAAA!

Commenting on this picture:

Magnus: He don't want Po-po to sit on your chair!!!
Gina: I don't want...
Magnus: I don't want Po-po to sit on your chair


Still struggling with his name:
Gina: Hi Magis!
Magnus: It not Magis, it Magis!!!

He knows he is naughty:
Gina: Magnus!  What did mommy say about touching Mommy's green Aveeno bottle?
Magnus: Oh no you don't! <as he continues to reach for the bottle>

Sibling rivalry surfaces:
Magnus: Don't want Mommy to take care of Maya!  Want Gong-gong to take care of Maya!

More references to TV:
Gina: This is a picture of 9 rattles.
Magnus: Just like Baby Huffington has a rattle!

Correcting Gong-gong:
Gong gong:  Let's go to the tatootatoo mall!
Magnus: It not duba mall, it Ibn Battuta mall!


Misunderstood by Gong gong (one of many many examples):
Magnus: Want to go to Daddy's old car!
Gong gong:  OK, you want to go to the Toyota?

Recently Heard..

Magnus is chattering so much these days that he invariably gives us verbal gems.  I've forgotten so many already but here are a few I can remember off the top of my head:

Attempting to teach Magnus to count beyond twenty:
Magnus:  Twenty eight, twenty nine, twenty ten!

On the elevator at the Dubai Mall:
Gina: We're going to level 2
Magnus: Actually we're going to G
Gina: No, actually, we're going to level 2, PLEASE DON'T PRESS THE 'G' BUTTON!

Struggling with pronunciation of his own name:
Kendrick: Hi Maggit!
Magnus: It not Maggit,  It Magis!
Kendrick: Hi Maaaagnooooooosh!
Magnus: It not Maaaaagnooooosh, it Magis!

Magnus spies snow peas on the dining table:
Magnus: It's magic!  (he is referring to the magic beans in the jack and the beanstalk episode of Max & Ruby)


Struggling with grammar:
Magnus: He running!
Gina: I'm running.
Magnus: I'm running!

Imitating TV (Caillou):
Magnus: Where <item he is searching for>?  Nope!  Not it.  Nope! Not it.  Wait a minute, I think I see it!

Making obscure references:
Magnus: The spoon is easy but the fork is really harder

Exhibiting a flair for connecting concepts:
Gina: He doesn't like that piece because it has ginger on it, it's probably too spicy
Magnus: Maybe Magis can have some ginger ale!