The darnedest things

One of the most surprising things I have discovered since becoming a parent is how much kids pick up from you; your mannerisms, your slang, your interests, your habits, and snippets from conversations when you have no idea they are listening. They are little sponges in the early years.

It has also become very apparent that kids do say the darnedest things...

Recently Little Miss 4 got into the habit of saying "ya" all the time. "I told ya", "How are ya?". After further investigations it seems Hubby and her Poppy are the main culprits of using "ya". I suggested to her that saying "you" was better than saying "ya". She now continually corrects Hubby and her Poppy with "It is you, not ya!" and "You shouldn't say ya!".

Yesterday, we had a friend over and I had to do some computer work while she was here, my friend said to Little Miss 4 "Is that because Mummy is the boss?", Little Miss 4 shrugged and said "Mummy is the boss of this house". (True, but don't tell Hubby).

When Little Miss 4 misunderstands or doesn't hear properly, she would say "Hay?". Hubby told her once that "Hay is what horses eat" and suggested saying "Pardon". This morning Hubby told me that he said "Hey" and she said to him, "Hay is what horses eat Daddy, you should say Pardon".

Another example came at daycare pick-up  today, the kids were asking me "How did you get a baby in your tummy?", and Little Miss 4 told them straight, "Dr Porter helped us put a baby in Mummy's tummy because we wanted a baby in our house for me to play with". (Back story is we did IVF to conceive Bubs#2 and our Dr is Dr Porter.)

What are some of the darnedest things your kids have said?

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Laugh out louds...

Little Miss 4 can be the source of great amusement, she often has me laughing out loud!

And sometimes as a parent (OK, all the time) you really need a laugh out loud.


 Her latest line is "I told ya", even when she hasn't told me anything at all. The other day I was looking for my shoes and found them in the bathroom, Little Miss 4 pipes up with "I told ya" to which I asked "You told me what?" and she replies "That your shoes were in the bathroom". I couldn't help but laugh out loud, as she hadn't told me anything of the sort. I don't even think she knew I was looking for my shoes.

Another "I told ya" was about the weather. Hubby cycles to work and left the other day commenting that it was cold outside. Little Miss 4 says to me "I told ya" and once again I asked "You told me what?" and she replies "That it was cold outside today". And again I was laughing as we had not talked about the weather at all.

One laugh out loud that got Hubby last night was a story from daycare.

One of Little Miss 4's carers told me how they had watched "Them Bones" (which basically goes "Them Bones, Them Bones are goin' walk around....and this bone is connected to that and so on) and the short video spoke of small children being susceptible to breaking their shoulders as they put their little arms out to stop themselves falling.

Later in the day when they were playing outside Little Miss 4 says to the carer "I broke my shoulder", the carer checked it out and said "I think it is fine" to which Little Miss 4 said "Only joking!". The carer then went on to explain that maybe that wasn't the funniest joke....even though Hubby thought it quiet funny.

What laugh-out-loud moments do you have with your kids?


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