Do You Have Good Quotes?

Ever since my two year old son, E, started talking, my wife and I have kept notes of the things he’s said. We started by dutifully keeping track the first time he said words.

Pretty soon, we were detailing entire phrases. Now that he’s a chatty (and boy, is he chatty!) toddler, it seems that not a day goes by that he doesn’t say something which either makes us laugh, go “awww” or… sometimes, just cringe. (note to self: Family Guy is not meant for two year olds).

I grabbed a note pad one day to write down something he said and a light bulb went off.

Why not start a website to both record and share some of the things he says? Yeah, it might be the sort of thing that has minimal appeal to mostly just parents and maybe even just my parents, but why not give it a shot?

I was halfway into designing the site when another thought followed.

Why just limit the site to what my son says?

I bet a lot of parents, grandparents, teachers, and babysitters would like to send in things the kids in their lives say too! Together, we can probably build quite a fun little site.

That’s where you come in.

Does your child say funny, interesting, sweet or just plain silly things that you’d like to see featured?

All you need to do is send the quote, your name and your child’s name (you can use abbreviations or nicknames) and age. If you have a blog, include the link and as long as its not some spammy blog or website, I’ll link back to you in the post.

If you’d like, you can also send along a photo of your child to include in the post.

Submissions should be something like this:

1. Your relation to the child
2. Your child’s name (or nickname) and age
3. Your name. If you prefer to remain anonymous, let us know.
4. Your blog or website if you have one
5. Setup (if there is one)
6. The quote
7. Include a photo if you’d like to see it included. If you have a photo related to the quote, all the better.

Example:

Relation: My son

Name: E

Age: 2.5

My Name: David Wright

blog: www.bloggerdad.com

setup: We were at a restaurant recently, when my wife was asking E what the name of the place was called. He said the name and then, as the waitress was walking nearby said the following:

Quote: “This place is crap.”

It’s that easy!

Send your quote(s) to us at thingsmychildsays (at) gmail.com Please put ‘quote’ in your title.

Note: By submitting an entry, you grant Things My Child Says the right to publish your child’s quote on the website and possibly in other forms, such as a book or e-book in the future. Your child will be credited in whatever format we publish in. We will not use photos anywhere other than the website without your permission, though.

The site will launch next Monday (Jan. 25). I can’t wait to see what you send in.

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