At that start of the year I promised I’d do more of one of my favourite types of posts, which is The Funny Things My Kids Say, but my headaches have stuck me down. Not allowing me to do what I’d like the past few months. I’m trying to claw my way back and avoiding eating spider webs so far, a medieval cure for headaches, another post for another time. I am always taking notes of the funny things that my kids say, but this time I thought I’d do The Amazing Things Toddlers Say. Everything is amazing to a toddler, from the grass under their feet, to bubbles flying away, to a stick on the ground. All the things we take for granted, a toddler sees as WOW! They love the simplest of things to play with, cardboard boxes and packaging is just loved and played with as the expensive dog that barks you bought them. So, how about we look at things from a toddlers eyes, well my little toddler.
Aria is a spirited little character, she’s feisty and stubborn, but also sweet and very understanding. She’s loud, but super shy. I learn more about her everyday and love watching the little girl she is becoming. Just this evening I heard so many wonderful things that made me smile tumble out her mouth. Here a are few:-
“Mummy, mummy, look a moon up there” “I like moons” – The simple things.
“Look at stick.” “Mum I found a magic wand.” – I love how sticks become anything they want them to be.
Then stickman takes over “I’m not a pooh stick, I’m Stickman and I’m running about.”
“Look mummy the baby fish are so big now. They are like me. I’m so big today, but tomorrow I’ll be littler again.” – Who knows where their logic lies.
“Mummy, Stickman is dry. Can he come and live with us until we take him home to the family tree?” – Of course he can. We need more sticks in our house.
“I’m so busy.” With What? “Running.” – Ok then, what can’t argue with that.
“Mummy, is your head still sore?” Yes it is sweetie. “Don’t worry, I’ll magic you a new one. Ahhh wishin poof!(Amazon tv show) I’ll give you a Frozen head. But, I might be scared of a Frozen head.” Why Sweetie, you like Frozen. “It’s not a mummy head.” – Aww bless.
We were reading Monkey Puzzle – “I’ve found my mummy and she’s never going to work again.” Ahh got to love the end of the day working mummy guilt trip.
Some of my favourite words Aria uses for things are:- Hill is Hillo, a Duvet is a Smoothie and Bunk Beds is Dunk Beds – So cute.
“Mummy look it’s pretty fireworks.” – no sweetie they are stars.
Aria is a big fan of Cinderella – “Cinderella broke her glass slipper. Oh dear, dear Cinderella. Mummy she’s not happy she broke it.” – I imagine she wouldn’t be.
She is a funny little character and it makes my heart swell with pride. Toddlers really full of wonder and are amazed at the world around them. We should try to take note of this and look at the world through their eyes. What do you think?
What funny things have your children said or done recently?
Don’t forget to check out the funny thing she said.
Kids come out with some of the greatest statements, I wish sometimes I’d documented some of the things that had come out of my six when they were toddlers. #MagicMoments
These are all so sweet! Mine hasn’t got to this age yet but I am looking forward to when she does! #MagicMoments
oh they are such gorgeous little sayings – makes me wish I’d written all the things mine had said – one springs to mind that I just loved and that is instead of calling it a microwave my daughter called it the milkywave as that’s where we used to heat up her milk as a toddler – funnily enough it has stayed as the milky wave and she’s 16! Oh and another one was when one of my children had bare feet they used to call it “having toes on” instead of socks on! great read!
Haha that’s so sweet. At least you get some funnies from her, all I seem to get from the Wee One is cheek!! Lol!
I love listening to little children talk, they say the best things. Wish she could fix your head, but it would be weird if you had a Frozen head instead! 😀
So, so cute hun and I really hope your headaches get better, lots of love xx
very cute! My daughter was very out spoken! My old neighbour had very poor taste in net curtains. One day my daughter who was about 4 said “oo aunty nell I dont like your net curtains they are terrible”! I nearly died lol. Lucky she had a great sense of humour and thought it was dead funny lol
Aww! Bless! She is just adorable and does sound like such a character 🙂 x
Those are so cute! I’m glad she likes you just the way you are – not with a Frozen head! x
Aria is such a cutie – such a lovely post. I love all their little sayings and how magic their world is…pity that can’t be bottled. Thank you for sharing! x #abitofeverything
Cute, i can’t wait for Heidi to come out with little funny sayings, she does however say bye car to her remote control car and kiss it goodnight even though she hates it and won’t get in it #abitofeverything
I miss the little things my boy used to say now he’s a teen, although we all still call pate patio. : )
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So cute!! She sounds so funny! :’) #abitofeverything
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She sounds so sweet! I love the idea of stars as fireworks, there’s a poem in there somewhere…
Lovely read! I love the things my children come up with, my personal favourite is when my son informed me ‘Mummy, I have to eat my bogeys. That’s what the power rangers do to be big and strong!!!’ He’s obviously been thinking about that one!! #abitofeverything
The things kids say! They can be so funny because they think everything is amazing and they have no filter. I once worked at a summer camp with 5-year-olds who we’re asking me about my boyfriend. “Is he Superman?” “Is he Batman?” “Does he have the big, bushy eyebrows?” Umm…actually, yes. #abitofeverything
kids say so many funny things. thats what I love about being a mum. You never know what they’ll come out with next. Like when when we took our new baby for hist first check up, the DR asked my daughter “is this your little bother?” and she proudly answered “yeah, he came out of my mum’s bum.” erm….No secrets then. Or yesterday my daughter found a caterpillar. instantly she (yes, everything is a she) had a name. Rosie, obviously. She had a house in my daughters’ crocs with leaves and flowers and was gently rocked to sleep.”I love my insects!” Brilliant post. thanks for sharing.
Kids say for cutest things and also he most embarrassing cue “Mummuddlingthrough look at that fat lady!”. #alittlebitofeverything
Aw so cute I love the pretty fireworks for stars and that mummy is never going to work again – oh the pangs of guilt.
Absolutely lovely. What a great idea to write them all down. I wish I still saw the world that way. I feel you with the working mum guilt – I get ‘mummy, you came back to me!’ … as if I ever wouldn’t! Fab post x #alittlebitofeverything
I need to start keeping track of the funny things they say for soon I will only have one toddler left as my son has turned 6 and my daughters are about to turn 5 and 4. Where has the time gone??? I feel as if I should have attached web cams to them to never miss a moment. Great post. All of mine found some sticks at the park the other day and insisted on bringing them all home …I’m sure I’ll find them somewhere in the yard …forgotten about. Thanks for hostessing #abitofeverything.
I just love the things that children say. I write on little scraps of paper and put them in a memory jar. The good, the bad and the embarrassing. I treasure them all #abitofeverything
Aw such a cutie! “I like moons” too! Life would be much simpler if we all still thought like toddlers! We recently looked quite seriously into moving house. We explained it to our little lady who thought about it for a few seconds and then enquired “where we move it to?” Bless! Lovely post hun.
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So sweet! I love watching them learn and hearing them explain things as they see and understand them.
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That is so cute and so funny! Kids say the darnedest things don’t they? And their logic is sometimes better than ours. a few months ago my 9 year old said something that made me crack up! He’s at this stage now where he thinks girls have cooties and girls are weird (we are weird, lol), but I am the exception to the rule because I’m mom. Anyway, I don’t remember what I was saying to him but his brow furrowed and he got real serious, then he said, “Mommy, your girl-speak is weird and I don’t understand you!” The words in combination with the serious look on his face just cracked me up because for the first time, it was like he got disappointed that I am a girl. Every time I remember that moment I laugh! Thanks so much for co-hosting #abitofeverything
Aww this is so cute. My boy is obsessed with the stick man too, there are always sticks in our house. Toddlers really do come up with so.e funny things, Leo asks me some hilarious questions, I need to start writing them all down too I think xx #abitofeverything
My daughter is only 6 weeks old so not talking yet! I cannot wait to hear her start! xx
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I like moons! Sooo cute! Can’t wait to hear what little gems Josh will come out with xx #abitofeverything
I do love the toddler logic and leaps from subject to subject.
I also love the alternative commentary that goes when stories get read to us at bedtime. Poorly drawn mice turn into dragons and hamsters become ebzas!
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Oooh, I love these type of posts!! I just love the things toddlers say, from the hilarious to the cute, to the illogically amazing!! Aria does sound like a little character, although I did wince for you over the mum guilt phrase… I’ve had some gems from my eldest toddler, the other day he said ‘mummy, you are the most precious boy in the whole world!’ I’m obvs not a boy, but I’ll take that! Today I overheard him say to my husband ‘daddy, you are my bestest buddy ever…’ Too much! Then he does often say ‘mummy, your bum is massive, big, and wobbly.’ Clearly on those days my self confidence is soaring!! Lovely post, I really enjoyed reading it! And Aria is my favourite girls name-so gorgeous!! (I have 2 boys, I’ll never get to use it!!)
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I can never remember off the top of my head the latest funny things BB has said, but there are always so many! Of course I will remember after submitting this comment… #abitofeverything
When I came home tonight, .i grabbed myself a drink (water!) and on of my 2 yo twins said to the other “It’s ok, Mummy is home from work and she has her wine!” 😂😂😂
Aww I love this! I constantly mean to write down more of the funny things that we do and yet I never find the time. I must try harder! She is adorable! Thanks for sharing! #abitofeverything
Ahhh! I have a toddler so can relate to this. I love listening to their random ramblings! So cute how your little girl tried to magic you a new head! #Abitofeverything
Such a magical age! I love hearing the things they come up with and the naivety of it all.
Forget the tantrums, you are so right to focus on the good bits. I only ever remember the really lovely stuff now that my youngest is 5. After listening to The Large Family audio CD repeat for what felt like weeks, he took to saying ‘Want huggy Mummy, NOW!!!’ and ‘booful Mummy’ over and over again. #Abitofeverything
I really love posts like this. Children are so funny! My little boy said to me the other day that rabbits are a type of dog and they go as fast as motorbikes. He was very convincing 🙂 #abitofeverything xxx
Hi Susan, children do say the cutest things and it’s a good job you know what Aria means when she asks for a Duvet, or it could get quite aerated! And wouldn’t it be nice if children got small again every now and again? Mine wouldn’t be quite so big and ugly then (don’t tell them I said that).
When mine were small I did mean to write down the daft things they said, but never did, although there is still one I remember. One day my son (who wasn’t very old at the time) kept saying there was something spiky in his mouth, being a Mum I dived straight into his mouth with my fingers, after a lot of coughing and spluttering I realized that he meant the food was spicy and not spiky. Which was a bit of a relief I can tell you!
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Bless her! I love that age and the pure innocence in everything they say. Lovely post x #abitofeverything
They are so sweet aren’t they? The things they come out with!! Thanks for hosting #abitofeverything
These are so sweet, you must wonder what goes through their heads. Super cute! Thanks for hosting. Claire x #abitofeverything
Hehe how lovely, their innocence can’t help but make you smile. I particularly love being busy with running – very time consuming #abitofeverything x
I just love this!
Ha! We used to have many Stick Man-related comments too. I always meant to do a series like this for my blog but never quite got round to it. A shane really, because so many of the things our kids said in their toddler years just cracked me up! #magicmoments
Lovely post – we have a lot of Stick Man moments here too. I love the way sticks become anything you want them to be. How lovely that Aria wanted to magic you a new head to make your headaches go away but didn’t want you to have a different head from your mummy one. I love her fascination with the moon too. So lovely to see the world through a little one’s eyes. Thanks for sharing with #ftmob 🙂
Aww how sweet! ‘I like moons’! Literally everything around here becomes a magic wand too! & we also get a lot of ‘I’m too busy’ – it is a hard life being a toddler! #abitofeverything
I do wish I had written down some of the things my boys said as I have fogitten too many of them 🙁
I love how tomorrow she’ll be littler again. One son when we played i spy said everything was MOON, and asked ‘can you do my shoes undone’
Kids do say the cutest things! I so wish I had enjoyed my childhood more and not wished it away! Therefore I try to let my kids be silly as much as possible! The world is far too serious!
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Aw how sweet, I love toddler talk. I have a two year old and she does not speak much I can’t wait until she is speaking properly ( she has speech therapy for delayed speech ) xx
I love ‘smoothie’ for ‘duvet’. NG said today, “When I was a baby I used to sleep in a tree.” God knows. It is, definitely, amazing what they think, isn’t it? Thanks for posting – it’s made me laugh thinking about today’s conversations. #FridayFrolics
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That’s so cute, I love how much magic she does. I would love to do that! How is she so big already and talking so much?
Oh this is adorable!! So sweet the things they say, they do come out with some corkers. #FridayFrolics
So cute. And long may it continue. My big one is 6 and still cracks me up with the things he comes out with. Thanks for linking up to #FridayFrolics