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

The local takeout coffee place is up and running again today, so I announced this morning that I'd be going to "John's" (name of the coffee guy)... cue 3.5 year old following a logic train.... "John's back?.... Is the coronavirus gone? Can we go see granny and granddad"

More of a bittersweet moment than a "making you smile" moment.

Missed out the last 11 wks with my lil 2yr old princess due to this Virus. (inc her bday)
Got to spend short but quality time with her, walking up a set of steps and she just starts counting all the way to 12.
Silly little thing & new to me, but I was so proud of her and gave me a hug after for cheering her on.

My little boy who has a severe speech delay sang twinkle little star with me at bedtime. He’s never attempted to sing before.

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Niger is a very unfortunate name for a country!!

I was doing a bit of geography with my 6 year old and had to explain the pronunciation and that he shouldn't ever say it the way he pronounced it. This of course lead to a very difficult conversation :pac:

On a similar theme, with 2.5 year old i read him the Rosa Parks Little People Big Dreams book and on at least one occasion each day since (usually when listening to music) he will ask me, for example the Beach Boys "Are they brown or are they white?"

The nice thing is he doesnt seem to bothered, he goes to nursery in UK where there are staff and kids of a whole host of backgrounds and cultures.

I just know its all going into the hard drive for a really challenging question at some akward stage in the future, probably out loud in public

I think I need to get a plumber in to take a look at our downstair toilet (which, for context has the washing machine in there)

When boy was finished his business there yesterday afternoon, while washing his hands he informed me that his "wee wee goes down the drain and then back up the other drain and into the washing machine, see, thats what makes all the bubbles in there"

Three year old recently watched Winnie the Pooh for the first time. He was having breakfast this morning which always consists of porridge with a drop of honey in it. He started asking for more honey and i declined saying there was enough to which he replies, "mmmmm, maybe just a smackeral of honey?". I swear to god I almost burst trying to not laugh as he is cute as a fox and knows when he gets a reaction then he is going to get away with something. Needless to say, he got another little smackeral.

playing the age old game of pitch and toss with the kids at home, the 3 year old joins in. As he goes the toss the coin, he drops it a says "Sh1te!" Clear as day. Funny!

In the car with four year old + stopped at traffic lights.


'Mammy do you see that sign. It means no throwing boomerangs on the road or they won't come back to you'


It was a do not turn left sign. I have to say myself + my husband were in stitches for ages.

The pandemic has been amazing for our little one. Maybe it's having both parents on hand, I don't know. I've mentioned in the past that she has a severe speech delay but fecking hell she's been flying. We now get lots of stuff in both Polish and English. Polish grammar is notoriously difficult but the missus tells me that the 3 year old has it nailed. She also knows I can't speak/don't understand it and she gets me to repeat stuff which she then says 'no' to because I haven't said it correctly.

From single words we've now got little sentences like:

Tata- go away
Tata - come here
I'm coming
I'm going
Play with Peppa/Dino
Staying on the bed
I'm eating
I wanna look
Tata- carry it

We seem to get a new word each day and new little sentences come out of the blue and are usually context correct.

I know it might seem trivial as most 3 year old's yap away but it's been such a big thing for us and it's so heartwarming. She can better communicate her wants/interests and you can have conversations with her. It's really amazing.

My 2.5 year olds language skills have come on so much in the last 3 months as well. It’s amazing to hear some of the things he comes out with (he told me the washing machine was making an awful racket during the week!). It makes life so much easier when they can tell you what’s wrong and what the need as well.

Three year old.

I was working last Friday morning in our bedroom and he was in his own room pottering around with jigsaws and books. We keep them stored in little square wicker baskets. After a little while i hear a "help" from his room so stuck my head out the door for a look.

He had emptied all the books out of one of the boxes and plonked his rear end into it, the only thing is that the boxes are about 18 inches square so he had found himself trapped and without enough room for maneuver to get himself out.

Like all good parents, I grabbed my phone and went into him, conversation went as follows.

"Whats happening buddy?"

"Im stuck in the box"

I start breaking my arse laughing.

"Im stuck in the box like Winnie the Pooh"

More laughter from me.

"You must take me out of it!"

I have the whole thing on video and its one of the funniest things I have ever seen. He has a mad accent, it ranges from being quite posh to being an out an out bogger (Im from the sticks and we have spent alot of time on my parents farm), its one to spring on him for his 21st. He has definitely been here before.

When your toddler starts saying your phrases back to you!

2.5 year old couldn’t find a part of one of his toys. “It will turn up itself” he says to me ... basically what I say when I can’t find something for him and can’t deal with looking anymore.

Same boat here 3.5 year old has started saying "feck it" and thinks it's hilarious.

It is. But we can't let her know that or she'll never stop. It takes every ounce of will power not to burst out laughing.