Funny things children say

[stella]

Just to bring a smile to your face I though I would let you know what my Granddaughter said the other day.
I went to the optician to pick up my first pair of reading glasses and tried them on to see if they fitted ok. The optician said to her 'dont they look nice' my Granddaughter looked at my face and said urgently 'no Stella take them off now I cant see you!'
Made me smile. Anything made you smile recently

[RedThorn]

thanks for that!

[janeyo]

My son makes me laugh on a daily basis usually when he comes home from school and has half listened in assembly.
The last one he cracked us up with was telling us all about the 'muslins'. And the 'muslin' festivals.

[Rhona]

Aw...our little girl is just starting to talk - so cute!

[Sanjo]

Not sure I should admit this, but if it cheers somebody up it's worth it. Some weeks ago my 8 year old grandaughter was teasing her older brother at our house so he jumped on her and was wrestling on the floor. We made him get off her as he is bigger but when we went to help her up she carried on burying her face in the floor
She started yelling at him to get down and smell the carpet. We were all laughing, as was she, but I was STUNNED when she told him it smelt just like nanny!!!!
Everyone else was laughing fit to bust but I was horrified and was trying to establish just what she meant.
All she could say was it was a lovely smell and made her think of me.
Now i am not in any way houseproud. First appearances are OK I suppose, but I don't vacuum and dust everyday so now I am left with the feeling that I'm a fusty frowsy old bit of floor covering.
Most of my family now know about it and everyone else thinks it's funny.
Me - I asked OH for perfume for Christmas!!!!
(Still haven't found out EXACTLy what she means, but since it appears to be something very nice I'll have to live with it.)
PS I haven't had the courage to sniff the carpet!!

[di]

If it's any consolation Sanjo,Andi's Mum's house has a smell,if we've been there or even if he's taken the kiddies round without me,the smell is with us for ages,but it's nothing horrible...more like washing powder?!I often wondered if she sprays every surface with a persil solution?...sure it's nothing to worry about!If your Grandaughter says it's nice then rest assured it is and one that will always remind her of you!
Ash has recently started talking in his sleep(used to be Daisy)...the other night when we went up he recited the Meerkat advert...complete with the "Simples".The next night it was Eye Spy...he fell back to sleep before giving the letter so I said A,to which he shouted out Apple.

[OllieMartin]

My mum and nephew, Taylor aged 3, were walking around their village; he was quietly thinking to himself for some time when eventually he turned to my mum (who he calls "Gan-gan") and said, "Gan-gan, where's your mummy?". She replied, "Well, my mummy's dead Taylor." He thought for a moment and then said, "Did she go crispy?"
My mum replied, "Yes, I suppose she did!".

After thinking about it we realised that his only concept of death was when leaves die they go brown and crispy. Perfect child-logic at work.

[Sanjo]

[QUOTE=andi&di;590428]If it's any consolation Sanjo,Andi's Mum's house has a smell,if we've been there or even if he's taken the kiddies round without me,the smell is with us for ages,but it's nothing horrible...more like washing powder?!]

Well, we both get teased about it. She is just 9 now but cannot understand why everyone else thinks it's funny or was unacceptable to say. She cannot explain what she means apart from "but it's nice"
I bake a lot, aways have done and I used to like to think that all 4 grandchildren would associate the cooking smell with nan and grandad.
I was a childminder for a number of years and one of the reasons one of the parents chose me was the smell of baking and the fact that I wore an apron! He said it made him think of an "earth mother"
Put his comment and Hana's together (bearing in mind hers also referred to the floor) and what do you get. A PHOBIA!!!!

[Brengirl]

That is a lovely account Sanjo. Children are never malicious just "as they see it". I would be proud to think I had a special aroma. Maybe you should try bottling it!

On the other hand I felt a bit dejected when a few years back I rang my daughter. Her youngest boy answered the phone and demanded "Who is it". I replied " it's nanny darling is Mummy there". I waited for a while but wondered what the clicking sounds were? At last I spoke again. Hi sweetie, is mummy on her way? A somewhat harassed little voiced replied "Oh, I thought I had got rid of you!!
I went to eat worms lol....

[Sanjo]

That is a lovely account Sanjo. Children are never malicious just "as they see it". I would be proud to think I had a special aroma. Maybe you should try bottling it!

On the other hand I felt a bit dejected when a few years back I rang my daughter. Her youngest boy answered the phone and demanded "Who is it". I replied " it's nanny darling is Mummy there". I waited for a while but wondered what the clicking sounds were? At last I spoke again. Hi sweetie, is mummy on her way? A somewhat harassed little voiced replied "Oh, I thought I had got rid of you!!
I went to eat worms lol....

Now that DID make me chuckle
Our 13 year old grandson is seriously ill and when I telephoned to see how he was his younger brother answered. After the usual greetings I asked to speak to his mum (our daughter)
"She can't, she's too busy"
I was left staring at a dead phone feeling a bit miffed to be truthful.
It turned out his brother was in the throes of being very sick as the result of the radiotherapy he is having and she was dealing with it!!

[Bren In Pots]

Sorry to hear your grandsons ill Sanjo and I hope his treatment works.

hopefully here's another laugh for you.

Because of a dentist appointment I was taking our youngest grandson to his swimming lesson so thought I might as well go for a swim in the other pool at the same time.

Well we were in the changing room when J said in his loud 4 year old voice 'Nana you've got boobies just like my mummies' you could have heard a pin drop in that room. I told him all girls have them when they grow up.

So next he came up with 'when I'm a daddy I'm going to have hairs on my back' I was so relieved he said back and not something else.

[Sanjo]

Ah memories Bren memories eh! There are a number of them I could quote here from my children when they were small, not all for a family forum and in these days of political correctness probably also not wise but all said in innocence.

[Glutton4...]

What a great thread!

I have to ask though, Sanjo, why HAVEN'T you got down and sniffed the carpet?

[Florence Fennel]

One of my grandchildren told a young woman in the supermarket queue "You smell just like my nanny". My daughter hastened to add "it's the perfume you're wearing", but she still didn't look too pleased!

[stella]

There were 2 ladies sitting in front of me on the bus and one was very pregnant. They were discussing all the usual things relating to pregnancy when the non pregnant lady said to the little boy sitting with his Mum 'well you are a lucky boy, what are you going to have soon (meaning brother/sister). 'A space rocket' came the response. I must admit we all cracked up.