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What your child did/said that made you smile today.

TonyRomo · 2009-09-08 16:07:25

2 yr old running around a tree in the park, chasing some pigeons for about 80 seconds. He could never catch up with them, even though the tree wasnt even that long in diameter You?

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#52 20-09-2009 11:51pm

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Caoimhe is laying here on the couch beside me, she's been in bad form all day(only 8 weeks old). I thought she was asleep and i just looked at her, she was staring up at me. As soon as i looked, she closed her eyes again. It was like she's pretending to be asleep.

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#53 20-09-2009 11:57pm

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Melion wrote: »

Caoimhe is laying here on the couch beside me, she's been in bad form all day(only 8 weeks old). I thought she was asleep and i just looked at her, she was staring up at me. As soon as i looked, she closed her eyes again. It was like she's pretending to be asleep.

8 weeks...you're the richest person in the world ! - enjoy

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#54 21-09-2009 12:22am

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They sat and watched a subtitled movie with out a complaint, it seemed the fact they had to read the subs made them sit still and consenstrate more, also they are good eaters and started a coverstaion over dinner trying to figure out why some kids don't like vegtables cos they think most of them are yum.

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#55 21-09-2009 12:30am

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Thaedydal wrote: »

They sat and watched a subtitled movie with out a complaint, it seemed the fact they had to read the subs made them sit still and consenstrate more, also they are good eaters and started a coverstaion over dinner trying to figure out why some kids don't like vegtables cos they think most of them are yum.

My two girls love their veg...the middle fella though :rolleyes: - he plants the seed, he waters them, but when it comes to eating.......

Still hunting for the mobile here lol

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#56 21-09-2009 10:41am

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One of my girls was relaying a story to my wife and her sister about something I had done, and was cracking herself up while doing it, something like...

"And them Daddy took the towel and, a-hahahaha, and..."

Just thinking about it got her laughing again, that is a very grown up thing to do!

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#57 21-09-2009 7:40pm

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My 2 almost 2 year olds came home from spending the weekend in their grandmothers with the wife. They both ran in the hall screaming dada dada dada to give me a big hug and a kiss....

Continued here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62208590&postcount=11

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#58 21-09-2009 10:23pm

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Constructed his second sentence today. "I don't like it."

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#59 22-09-2009 10:37am

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Haha, the old "monsterstory" confusion when talking about Montessori, my little one said that a couple of weeks back

She also told me yesterday morning, as I was trying to brush her wild hair :

"Mammy, don't touch my hair today, you can't fix it. I'm having a bad hair day".

I can only assume she's heard that from her auntie but it made me burst out laughing.

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#60 22-09-2009 2:54pm

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This actually made me cry - but in a sweet way.

Last night we did our usual little bedtime prayer, "God bless mommy, grandma, so and so, ds, etc" and he added not only his friend next door but the neighbor's dog to the list as well and then sung out the word in a little soft voice, halfway between a whisper and a song, halleluja. And then asked for some paints and paper.

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#61 22-09-2009 5:01pm

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The daughter was playing a match with the school today, When I got there they were trailing by a point she was after scoring two points.. She ended up scoring the winning goal..

I was very proud, I have visions of her in croke park!!

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#62 22-09-2009 5:44pm

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7 year old wrapped her newly fallen out tooth in tissue, tied with ribbon and with a cent coin added to it for the tooth fairy. Of course we thought this was so sweet of her that she got an extra euro for the tooth.
hmmm...a shrewd businesswoman...:pac:

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#63 27-09-2009 10:35pm

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DD 17mths has been sick now since Friday and has very high fever. Of course we are fussing over her and giving her loads of cuddles. It's given her loads of opportunity to use her exciting new phrase in tones made to make us calm down and leave her alone and stop all the fussing and just leave her the run of the couch and TV and her blanket........ "I'm fine!" Said just like a little miniature ginger d'Unbelievable! So cute! She even said it to the doctor when he tried to take her temperature!:D

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#64 28-09-2009 11:02am

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Two very different things happened over the weekend which made me smile.

First, my near 4 year old boy was off to bed. I asked him to do his wee. So he lifts the toilet seat+cover up about 3 inches from the bowl and rests his tummy against it. Then wees between the gap. Very efficient (and very funny).

Then my 7 year old boy is in the school choir and sang "Circle of Friends" to us in bed yesterday morning. It was so sweet and uplifting. It would melt the stoniest of hearts and you might have "something" in your eye after

Lyrics

You have friends, you are not alone,
Thanks to them, you're not on your own,
You are strong, even when you feel small.

From the rain, they will shelter you,
In your pain, they will comfort you,
They will always pick you up when you fall.

Circle of friends, all around you,
Circle of friends, strong and true,
Circle of friends, always there for you.

Even when you are far apart,
To your friends you’re joined heart to heart.
Far away you are not on your own.
You’re not there but they think of you.
In their prayers they remember you.
You are never truly alone.

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#65 28-09-2009 1:05pm

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My son pulled my trousers down in Aldi today when I was reaching for a bottle of olive oil.

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#66 28-09-2009 1:08pm

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metrovelvet wrote: »

My son pulled my trousers down in Aldi today when I was reaching for a bottle of olive oil.

/sorry

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#67 28-09-2009 1:11pm

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metrovelvet wrote: »

My son pulled my trousers down in Aldi today when I was reaching for a bottle of olive oil.

ROFLMAO :D:D:D:D

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#68 28-09-2009 2:36pm

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We're expecting a 3rd and recently broke the news to our two girls.

We were in the car driving out to see Granny and no. 2 starts talking in the back...

Mummy... daddy... sissy... me... [pause] ... and baby something

She was obviously sitting back there working it all out for herself, thinking of how the future family will look :-)

So adorable.

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#69 29-09-2009 8:42pm

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I found the wee boy (2) in the bathroom peering a little guiltily into the wash-hand basin.
- What have you put down there now? I asked wearily
- Drugs! he replied
Sure enough, the little plastic 'syringe' used to give him his Vitamin D was nestling in the S-bend.

I guess we're safe whenever the feds come a-knockin'.

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#70 29-09-2009 8:56pm

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Daughter was away camping for the weekend... Told me today that she got in trouble... She said she was sharing a tent with 7 girls and she had them all crying cause she was telling them ghost stories...:o:o:D

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#71 29-09-2009 9:20pm

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Ehh... this... she won't sit down and just wants to try to "walk" lately... yet she has no balance... :o:o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baiHCTKzuyo

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#72 29-09-2009 9:30pm

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Aaaawwww!

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#73 30-09-2009 12:50pm

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7 y.o. found a really big worm in the garden and sat beside him protecting him from the birds until her daddy put him in the compost bin where he would be safe.

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#74 30-09-2009 1:57pm

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adrieanne__x wrote: »

Ehh... this... she won't sit down and just wants to try to "walk" lately... yet she has no balance... :o:o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baiHCTKzuyo

OMG ! Adrienne she is so gorgeous!:D

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#75 30-09-2009 2:25pm

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adrieanne__x wrote: »

Ehh... this... she won't sit down and just wants to try to "walk" lately... yet she has no balance... :o:o

Hahahaha. That's legendary.

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#76 01-10-2009 5:40pm

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At bedtime recently, after a day which had included a wander down Grafton st., my five year old commented.. "They weren't real statues to-day Daddy..<pause>..unless maybe they put batteries in them!"

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#77 03-10-2009 10:29pm

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My little girl(1) calls me sar sar (Sarah), has always disappointed me as want her to call me mammy. Today I was leaving for work and my mam had her at the window waving me off and she was crying after me and then she called "Mammy". Got teary eyed. One of the best feelings in the world:D

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#78 03-10-2009 10:37pm

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last night me, my wife and 5 yr old daughter re-enacted an episode of masterchef, i was so happy when the lone contestant Leah won again

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#79 04-10-2009 8:46pm

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DD 18mths lifted up my top and flurped my bellybutton before bed!:D:D:D

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#80 05-10-2009 4:54pm

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my princess makes me smile everyday, but on friday she had her second riding lesson ever and she was deemed the best in class! she got a rosette for being so good! shes a natural!

she also called the cat a dickhead on saturday...

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#81 05-10-2009 4:59pm

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Wasnt today but here goes. My son was staying with his daddy yesterday & had attended a birthday party so I called him to see how he had got on. Conversation was going as the way conversations go with 6 year old boys when he says ''mammy Im breaking up with you'' so Im looking at the phone going ''huh???'' so I asked him what he was saying & he replied ''mammy im breaking up with you cause the phone keeps going fuzzy''. I LOL'd....I think he was supposed to say the line was breaking up...ah well It was funny to me:D

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#82 11-11-2009 2:00am

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my daughter recited a prayer she had learned in school the other night, when i asked what it was about, she said "i dunno".
then i asked her "who is this god chap?", she responded with "eh, maybe mr. brennan?"
- mr. brennan is the principal.

LOL!

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#83 11-11-2009 4:42pm

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Yeaterday - My 6 year old daughter made/wrote a book called "Owl and it's baby owl" to "sell in the local shop".
When I looked at the cover, she had done "written by *name here* age 6" on the bottom in tiny writing.
She said she had to make the writing small because that's how they are on the real books.. Had to be there but it was so thought out and cute!!
Also, watched proudly as my 3 year old son mopped up the rest of my vindaloo last night, along with nan bread dipped in chili sauce.. Thats my boy!! The spicier the better!:D

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#84 12-11-2009 10:06pm

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Was listening yo my 16-month son (still use the monitor) earlier when he was settling down to sleep. He was messing around in his cot and randomly giggling at something and then just starting cooing Daddy-Daddy-Daddy..

Think he has me (correctly) identified as the softer touch who may go up and play with him.

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#85 12-11-2009 10:16pm

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Threw his little arms around me and said "my darling."

He also added his uncle and the dog to his prayer list. "

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#86 13-11-2009 12:48am

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stovelid wrote: »

Was listening yo my 16-month son (still use the monitor) earlier when he was settling down to sleep. He was messing around in his cot and randomly giggling at something and then just starting cooing Daddy-Daddy-Daddy..

Think he has me (correctly) identified as the softer touch who may go up and play with him.

My 13 month old daughter does the same but it's still 'Dada' at this stage

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#87 19-11-2009 10:28am

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Saw some images of ducks in a pond. Yelled and pointed "mommy dinner! dinner!'

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#88 19-11-2009 11:11am

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LAst night. driving home from visiting friends, I was telling my children how much I loved them and my 3 year old son said "Mammy, I have one hero and it's you"!! How sweet!
Then, as I reached for another nicorette gum he asked what they were, I explained that they were special chewing gums to help Mammy stop smoking, to which he replied (bear in mind that he's 3)
" Well I was smoking all weekend and I need to stop now so can I have one too"
Legend!!:D

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#89 19-11-2009 11:46am

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Went to my daughters PT meeting and it was a glowing result all around

She's the reading age of a child a year and a half older and is in the 87th percentile on English and 97th percentile on maths. Also is artistic and well mannered.

I'm so so proud of her! Myself and ex had a bad break up a year+ ago and she has clearly bounced back. Now I'm worrying about how to encourage her without being pushy and how to pay for the fantastic university she will no doubt get herself into

On top of that, she is funny and lovely and kind and sweet. (not bragging at all )

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#90 19-11-2009 11:57am

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Smiled with my little 23 month old dude this morning when he laughed all the way through his swine flu jab (in his leg and it looked sore !) because he was getting a lollipop afterwards from the nurse !!!:)

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#91 19-11-2009 12:00pm

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Was bringing my 3 year old to the creche the other morning when there must have been some ad on the radio featuring a grandad.
She pipes up from the back "Sure my gwandads are dead Daddy" "Yes Grainne they are in heaven"
"Sure heaven is behind the gold door Daddy" Gold door says I to meself, what is she on about now "No princess, heaven is up in sky, they are looking down at you and minding you"
Laughter from the back "Dont be silly Daddy, only birdies and the tooth fairy (she has two older brothers who have been visited by the tooth fairy) live up in the sky, they are in the gold door behind the curtain with baby Jesus"

It was only then I realised that she thinks that heaven is in the tabernacle at church and thats where baby Jesus is as well. The gold door behind the curtain. I nearly crashed the car laughing.

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#92 19-11-2009 4:59pm

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I sat at the top of the stairs with my 22 month old today as we are still practising the coming down stairs safely thingy, he looked up at me and said "Ready, Steady, Go"

His younger brother sneezed and he said "Bless you"

He makes me smile a lot

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#93 21-11-2009 9:11am

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Not something she did really but she got her first tooth this morning So proud lol

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#94 21-11-2009 11:22pm

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My 8 yr old was drawing in a book called 'oodles of dodles' where part of a picture is drawn with a caption and the kid has to draw what they think will happen next. Anyway he was on this picture of a man sitting on a sofa looking up at a big hole in the ceiling and the caption was 'what came through the ceiling'. He drew a star wars battle droid and I just cracked up laughing because of all the things I would ever expect to see coming through my ceiling , a battle droid is not one:D
Made my day anyway.

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#95 22-11-2009 12:27am

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Little 4.5 yr old friends son who likes to play with my 19mth daughter made me laugh into my sleeve today. He started school this year and is fascinated with what age he will be and what class he will be in when my daughter is starting school etc. "How big will I be when Molly starts school?" "Um, well you are 3 years older than her and she is one and a half so when she is starting school you will be 7 and a half." "Wow thats old, what class will I be in then, will I be making my Credit Union?"

And later.... "When Molly is making her Credit Union, how old will I be then?" "Molly won't be making her Holy Communion sweetie, you know how you go to mass every Sunday? that means you are a Catholic and only Catholics make their Holy Communions and Molly doesn't go to mass and she is not a Catholic." "Oh no. Poor thing. Was she born that way?" !!!:D:D:D

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#96 24-11-2009 10:20pm

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My emotionally challenged 7 year old with a lifetime of coping, emotional & psych problems told me he loved me for the 1st time in years.

Was nearly cracking the champagne out !! ( Believe me a HUGE HUGE development)

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#97 24-11-2009 10:33pm

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Extract from tonight’s dinner conversation with my 5-year-old

Her: Dad, I can spell beer, will I tell you?
Me: Yes, tell me
Her: D-U-F-F

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#98 24-11-2009 10:44pm

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The wee man started to walk!

Oh yes and my step daughter commented to me today about the intricacies of moving between two households. "I can't help being so popular" LOL

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#99 25-11-2009 3:21pm

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Was getting my 2-yr old daughter ready for the creche this morning.
"I don't want that coat, I want the red one".
Me: "Ok, here's the red one with the fur" as I helped her on with the coat.
As she zipped it up she goes:
"Its com-fort-able"

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#100 07-12-2009 4:32pm

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This morning my son asked me if I could stop having babies because my daughter spilled ribena on his favourite cushion!

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#101 20-12-2009 8:39pm

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DD 20mths has come to work with me every Saturday since she was 5mths old. We usually have exactly the same customers every Saturday so she is well known and has come to know most of the customers names which she is quick to use to say hello and goodbye to them. Both myself and the customer in question nearly wet ourselves when she had clearly forgotten one woman's name and said "goodbye darling".

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