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

Das Kitty · 09-04-2011 11:38pm

He learnt my Mam's dog's name and how to say uh-oh. Only his fifth and sixth words. No sign of Mama yet though!

xzanti · 10-04-2011 10:53am

Cillian has mastered a new way of mumbling and cooing, it's a slightly deeper version of yesterday's chirp

January · 10-04-2011 10:54am

Addison is doing "ballet" moves in the sitting room

bulmersgal · 10-04-2011 11:02pm

Das Kitty wrote: »

He learnt my Mam's dog's name and how to say uh-oh. Only his fifth and sixth words. No sign of Mama yet though!

were the same no mama just babababa constantly and then her first proper word which is spoken in a big dublin accent Howya or Eya which she roars.

bubbaloo · 14-04-2011 3:26pm

Jenos wrote: »

my 2 yr old son sang "twinkle twinkle little star from start to finish"..... brilliant

I love this one. Our 2 year old is the same - as well as "Bob the Builder" - or "BBBoooo Giii Gaaa, Ca We Gix Ih"

Moonbeam · 14-04-2011 4:00pm

My 2 year old never stops talking.

Last night we were out walking the dog and she had his lead,people were walking towards us on the footpath and she said "oh sorry" because they had to walk around her.

Today when we got home from play school "Mammy you have done enough driving for today"

To a mammy in front of the school "I saw a baby monkey like my Caoimhe and then another baby monkey like my Caoimhe too" Caoimhe being her baby sister.
My favourite is still - "Daddy Daddy there was a man in my house today" *sigh* It was next doors gardener.

January · 14-04-2011 7:00pm

bubbaloo wrote: »

I love this one. Our 2 year old is the same - as well as "Bob the Builder" - or "BBBoooo Giii Gaaa, Ca We Gix Ih"

My 2 year old decided that the walk to nana's house today was going to be a dora adventure today and for the whole walk there sang "come on vamnos (can't do vaminos!), everybody go, lets get to it, we can do it, we going rainbow!"

Nut job...

silverharp · 14-04-2011 8:51pm

junior woke himself up this morning while he was laughing in his sleep.

Deliverance · 21-04-2011 1:23am

My 5yr old made a statement to me today: Based on an aunt that died young and the explanation of where she went after 'death' that folks gave her about her being up in the 'sky'.

Daughter: 'Dad... I think that when you die, the place that you go to is scary'.

Dad: 'Why do you say that?'

Daughter: 'Because all people that die are up in the sky'

Dad: 'Ok, so why is that so scary?'

Daughter: 'Because all of the dinosaurs are up there as well'.

January · 21-04-2011 8:19am

Merged with "made you smile" thread and thread renamed.

SerialComplaint · 22-04-2011 1:35pm

While walking past the kiddies playground in Marlay that she used to frequent 2-3 years ago; "Dad, that slide has got much smaller."

bulmersgal · 22-04-2011 8:13pm

bulmersgal wrote: »

were the same no mama just babababa constantly and then her first proper word which is spoken in a big dublin accent Howya or Eya which she roars.

Yay I got my Mama its so lovely hearing her say that. And not hearing dada all the time!

angeldaisy · 23-04-2011 9:22pm

out for a drive with my 5 (almost 6:D)year old boy, and he started looking around and then he asked me if we had passed the dog factory, I look round a bit bemused and asked him what he meant.. he replied with.. the place where they polish the dogs. when I finally stopped laughing I told him he meant the grooming parlour (where he went with his daddy when they took our dog to get groomed last year!)

Deliverance · 29-04-2011 11:10pm

Not my child but...

Family dinner with my 5yr old and 5yr old niece, all of us sitting about enjoying a lovely dinner, scoffing away. The kids at the table have adult cutlery (knife and fork). My 5yr old niece notices that she is the only one without a knife.

Niece: *throws hands up in a huff.
Me: 'What's wrong'
Niece: 'I have no life!'.

littlebug · 29-04-2011 11:29pm

We were talking about different types of triangles (as you do

) . The word isosceles was proving difficult so they decided to call them ice lollies triangles

How come triangles never made me smile when I was at school

:D

How Strange · 29-04-2011 11:43pm

My 3 month old - I woke up at 8.15 this morning to see two big eyes looking up at me. As soon as I woke he started chatting away in his newly acquired baby babble for about 10 minutes. Simultaneously made me laugh and melted my heart.

He's just started chuckling and laughing; he did it for us this evening and had us in hysterics.

LegacyUser · 05-05-2011 2:10pm

Two and a half and started on the next sentence of his story book when I stopped to take a sip of tea.

The Princess Bride · 05-05-2011 2:45pm

Very simple.

teenage daughter texted " love you"

Hotblack Desiato · 06-05-2011 3:16pm

...was there another text 5 minutes later asking for money?

metrovelvet · 06-05-2011 3:24pm

"I'm a quarter past three and a half mommy".

Moonbeam · 06-05-2011 4:33pm

The 2 year old got out of bed and ran in to my room in a panic and said "mammy mammy Caoimhe was crying so I just came in to check that she was ok" normally she has no interest in her baby sister. So I smiled:)

Spoon Fed · 06-05-2011 5:26pm

Conversation with my 6 year old this morning:

Dad: Why is Mom shouting upstairs?
Son: She is having a tantrum

f9710145 · 06-05-2011 5:46pm

As it's Friday I told our boys (5.5 and 3.5) that they could have burgers and chips for dinner. 5yo jumped for joy. 3 yo asked if he could have the leftovers of last night's pork stroganoff and rice instead - Proud Mammy!!

2SWEET · 06-05-2011 7:23pm

My 19 months old put his little winnie the pooh backpack on his shoulder and headed for the door, when i asked where he was going he "going to school bye!:)

stovelid · 11-05-2011 10:24am

Tried to help out in the garden yesterday by pouring a large jar of coffee into a potted plant and coming in looking for praise for doing the garden.

inga3100 · 13-05-2011 5:36pm

i'm currently doing a night course and trying to juggle a 4year old and writing a thesis at the same time, getting very stressed as you can all imagine and couldnt help but smile when my little fella yesterday when i asked him to help me with the shopping sighed loudly while carrying his school bag and told me "but i only have two hands".... definitely gets it from his grandfather.

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pickarooney · 13-05-2011 5:43pm

2SWEET wrote: »

My 19 months old put his little winnie the pooh backpack on his shoulder and headed for the door, when i asked where he was going he "going to school bye!:)

Amazing!

dublinlady · 13-05-2011 9:46pm

I dont have any kids (yet...trying to conceive for a year..fingers crossed

) but this is the nicest loveliest heart warming thread ever!! Your stories have made me smile and laugh for the last half hour solid!!! Thanks for sharing people! Keep them coming!!

Hotblack Desiato · 14-05-2011 1:53am

Bedtime this evening (3yo daughter)
"I have a big hug and a squeeze for daddy..." {hug} {squeeze} "... but no kiss"

The affection is being rationed already

metrovelvet · 16-05-2011 7:06pm

To his grandmother. "The Queen is just in your imagination."

magztar · 17-05-2011 10:57pm

My 8month old daughter kissing her image in the mirror..So cute

texasgal · 17-05-2011 11:01pm

Bye, Mom, I love you. Have a good day.
(14 year old on her way out the door to school)

Yep, she's 14 and still loves me .. *grin*

angeldaisy · 18-05-2011 12:36pm

my six year old this morning, straight out of bed, obviously the brain hadn't woken up yet, sat at the breakfast table clutching his leg, telling me his horse hurts - go figure....

Spoon Fed · 18-05-2011 12:40pm

Wouldn't put juice into my two year old's beaker the other morning.
She shouted, 'duce dada' and after I said no again she said 'dada, stupid boy'. (from listening to her older siblings I hope!)

Frank Black · 18-05-2011 12:46pm

My 4 year old - "Do you know what I'm going to be when I grow up"
Me - "No, what?
My 4 year old - "A tooth fairy!"

I'm really going to have to have a word with the career guidance councilor in the crèche.

bubbaloo · 18-05-2011 12:57pm

Generally speaking, my little man (2 since last month) is stuck to his daddy's leg at every available moment. When Daddy goes to work in the morning I normally give the little man some raisins and let him watch Thomas while I have my shower. This morning, we all got up and I said "daddy has to go to work now". Knowing that this meant raisins and telly he opened the front door and said "bye bye daddy, seeee ya!!"

cranks · 19-05-2011 10:03pm

Question from 3 year old daughter: 'Daddy, what are chins for?'

Damned if I know!

CrazyRabbit · 20-05-2011 12:52am

cranks wrote: »

Question from 3 year old daughter: 'Daddy, what are chins for?'

Damned if I know!

Something to rest your head on your hand whilst reading internet forums.

paperclip2 · 20-05-2011 10:18am

Cillian, (5);
'Mammy, don't some boys have boobies.'
'Err...do they?
'Yeah. But not me.'
'No..?'
'No. I only have nibbles.'
:eek:

SerialComplaint · 20-05-2011 1:55pm

"No, don't do that, Dad - you'll be jealousing Mammy".

Julybreeze · 20-05-2011 3:00pm

Just got a phone call from my 15 month old nephew you should have heard the big squeal he let out when he heard me on the other end, his mammy looked over and saw him frantically waving at the phone and realised he had make his first phone call!

smelltheglove · 27-05-2011 11:55am

My biggest babe made me very proud this morning. Ok so its not a smiling issue, she suffers terribly with her teeth and the last few baby teeth that were getting loose have been causing abcess and had to be removed rather than wait for them to fall and she has always been very good. Today they had to remove a back one. She sat there as good as gold while it took the poor dentist about 10 minutes to pull the tooth out with the biggest roots I have ever seen in my life.

Thankfully the dentist looked at the little ones teeth to make sure she wasnt suffering like her big sister and her teeth are absolutely perfect.

Fittle · 27-05-2011 1:22pm

When my lad was 4 (he's 9 now) he was in the bathroom while I was having a shower.....
He looked at me and said 'Mam, did it hurt when you got your willy chopped off?'.......:D

Fittle · 27-05-2011 1:27pm

This is one of the funniest stories I've ever heard, it was my friends child who said this last year....

The childs gran died.... He can be quite a dramatic and boisterous kid, so his mam decided not to tell him until the morning of the funeral....so on their way over to the grans house, she told him that his gran had died. He was distraught and howled and wailed, despite the fact that he didn't know this gran very well because there had been an estrangement with her...(she was his paternal gran).

So he got out of the car at the grans house, devastated with tears and drama...there were neighbours and relatives gathered in the garden, all waiting for the hearse to arrive and take the gran from her home to the church...

He roared amidst his tears...'Oooooo, it's only THIS Gran????? I thought it was me nicer Gran......!!!!'. Needless to say, my friend wanted the ground to open up and swallow her.....

Cottontail · 27-05-2011 3:42pm

My son (16 months) gave me his first proper kiss yesterday, it was lovely!

also when we put him to bed at night, he blows kisses to us from his cot as we are leaving the room!

Hotblack Desiato · 27-05-2011 8:19pm

I was getting dressed the other morning when I heard this little exchange downstairs:

Mrs N: Daddy's going to work soon.
3yo daughter: Are you going to work, mammy? (She's on maternity leave since Dec.)
Mrs N: No, my work is here! Working in the house!
3yo: Working in the house mammy?
Mrs N: Yeah.
3yo: Mmm. {pause} Not proper work!

:eek:

lynski · 28-05-2011 12:37am

I was having a sad moment this morning thinking about my dad, who died last month, and 2yr old asked me why I was sad and I told her so she gave my a hug and said 'it's ok i'm here and so is 'big brother' and we love you'. 2yrs 6mths of pure brilliance.

KayTee · 28-05-2011 7:22pm

We got married almost six years ago when our daughter was 3. We watched the DVD last weekend me, oh, our daughter and our four yr old son. The next day our son said to me "mummy I wish I was at your wedding so I could have told you you look lovely". Little sweetheart, melts my heart on a daily basis, breaks it on a daily basis too!!

Lola92 · 28-05-2011 7:52pm

My almost 6th month old bit me today at dinner time and i felt something strange.... her first tooth!!!!

So proud

KayTee · 28-05-2011 8:39pm

^^^^proud mammy alert!! So cute

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

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