Never Eat A Dinosaur http://nevereatadinosaur.com All the crazy things we say to our kids Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:09:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Perhaps suicide prevention should be called http://nevereatadinosaur.com/2012/04/perhaps-suicide-prevention-should-be-called/ http://nevereatadinosaur.com/2012/04/perhaps-suicide-prevention-should-be-called/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:09:37 +0000 http://nevereatadinosaur.com/?p=296

How am I supposed to get Elmo down from the roof?


Said to a group of youngsters who threw one of the stuffed animals a bit too far.

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There are no swords in dancing!


Said to a three-year-old who was madly slicing the air with his plastic sword while dancing.

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No antlers at the table.

Said to an eight-year-old reindeer.

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Awww, look he has a little marshmallow in his head.

Said to a three-year-old who stuffed a marshmallow into a toy’s transparent plastic head.

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Wishbones pieces are not swords!


Said to two boys engaged in a “bone fight” at the table.

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Where’s your nose? You have to look after it if you want it for the play.



Said by a mom asking her son about his fake nose/mustache.
Submitted by Martha M

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And this is why you need to keep eyes out of your nose!


Said by a mother after her child frantically came running over saying “Help me get the eye out of my nose!! There’s an eye up my nose!” She calmly helped him blow a craft googly eye out of his right nostril and then uttered these words to live by.
Submitted by Lisa W

]]> http://nevereatadinosaur.com/2011/09/but-think-of-the-things-you-could-see/feed/ 0 Back from vacation http://nevereatadinosaur.com/2011/09/back-from-vacation/ http://nevereatadinosaur.com/2011/09/back-from-vacation/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:50:04 +0000 http://nevereatadinosaur.com/?p=271 So, took a while off from posting on the blog but definitely continued to make Never Eat a Dinosaur moments. Don’t forget to send yours along so we can post them here.

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No axes in your bed!


Said about an big, inflatable axe.

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We’ll just scrape all the eyes together for now.

Said upon discovering a scattering of crafty googly eyes while trying to leave the house for an appointment.

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