How their young minds work.......

At my ds's yesterday, he said to three yr old dd, "Tell nana which nuts you like"............. "footnuts nana!"

She's been eating cashew nuts!

Izzy, my 3 1/2 year old grandaughter, and myself were practising songs for her nursery concert.
After a long bout, I said, "Goodness me, Izzy, now I can't get the reindeer song out of my head."
"I'll help you, granny!" declared Izzy rushing off to get her doctor's kit.

My little DGD peered into my neighbour's garden and remarked to everyone.
"What a beautiful field"

DS was talking about Christmas with first GD and telling us, at three months, how she cried and grizzled all day. GD aged 5 turned to her father and said " Daddy that's what babies do " She made my day today, such an old head on young shoulders

When visiting DD we decided to go out for the day and I wore a new pretty floral tunic with my white trousers.DD give it the thumbs up and I was feeling rather pleased with myself until as we walked through the park my 3 year old Gs looked up at me quite puzzled and asked "Grandma why have you come to the park in your pyjamas"{ I realised that it was very similar to the floral housecoat that I keep at their house and to him all nightwear is classed as pyjamas.)

My little 2 year old grandson really cheered me up the other day when I was feeling miserable with a bad cold. He noticed my cough and turned to tell his mum that gran wasn't feeling well. She said, "Oh dear, what do you think is wrong with her?" He climbed on her knee, looked over at me and with concern in his voice said, "I think someone shooted her!" As he has never played with a toy gun we have no idea where he got that from.

Our four year old grandson eager to get going one day on holiday said
" Come on Gran and Grampy let off and go"
I should explain he is half Finnish and speaks both languages but in his own way!

Potato peelings have a nutty, muddy taste whilst cucumber has a fresh watery taste. I was rather partial to both at one point in my life.

phoenix You don't like cucumber and you live in Devon - pretty close to perfection I'd say By the way I used to have a cat who loved cucumber. He also loved potato peelings.Personally I don't think there's much difference between them!

When my daughter was two, I asked if she wanted to "run on ahead"? She turned round and asked "who's head?". Also when she was the same age my mother said "Hasn't she got lovely sturdy legs", my daughter said crossly "granny I haven't got dirty legs!"

I was straining peas through a sieve and asked my 3 year old granddaughter if she knew what it was called. She looked and suggested, "a flour net?"

Aww they all sound lovely. Its great their wee perspectives on life and how they learn. My GS aged 3 has learned/been taught by his Dad the structure of jokes but not the content eg Knock Knock? Who`s there? Me! etc We all laugh and laugh but not actually at the joke. Oh well. Its a start!
I noticed that he also tells me to put on my "story glasses" when he wants me to read to him.
My other GS aged 17months politely always waves and says "bye bye" loudly as he leaves the room. This at least alerts me to his escaping!

Took my Gdaughter shopping and we bought a whole fish complete with head an tail. When I went into the kitchen it had disappeared. I went searching for the dog, who I thought was the culprit. Then I heard my Gdaughter singing. She was cuddling the fish, wrapped in a dolls blanket.

DD started a new job not far from home and phoned to say she had pick GS up from school and they would be home in a couple of minutes. GD3, very much a mum's girl, stood at the window waiting so we started counting and by the time we counted to ten DD was pulling up in the driveway. Now every time GD misses her mother she says "let's count and mummy will come home."

DS1 used to spend some of his pocket money on a cucumber which he then proceeded to nibble as we went round the market on a Saturday morning. GS3, his nephew, was also obsessed with cucumber.

Deedaa you hate cucumber, your GS2 want's to help you with crosswords (ergo, you do them!) I love both of you!

I'm right with you on cucumber phoenix

GS2 who is almost 2 desperately wants to help me doing crosswords, but he's finding the fact that he doesn't know any letters a bit of a handicap! He's very good at pointing out the blank squares though

I love the fact that toddlers will actually eat pukeumber cucumber, because I wont!

DD told me the other day that she had put several slices of cucumber on two yr old DGS's plate. He said "they look like stairs" and then proceeded to walk two pieces of bread up the stairs and jump them off the top.
Following a few goes of that, the two pieces of bread began arguing with each other about who's turn it was to jump next!

I love a toddlers perspective on the world.

A friend's little girl, who had one nan who had died and the other one in Devon, asked one day 'is Devon next to Heaven?' Maybe it is!

My 3 year old grandson lives in Blackheath so is familiar with the London skyline that can be seen from the heath. One day he pointed to the tall Canada Square building and told me it was a bit scary. I asked why and he said it's because of the wolf that lives at the top. It took me awhile to work out that he was thinking of Canary Wharf (wolf). Easy mistake!

Gilly

That sounds huge fun Flickety

That sounds brilliant fun ! We had four tiny rooms downstairs , but had a bit of renovations resulting in four becoming two , but still four doors , visiting GC love to do the run around hoping Oh or myself will be hiding behind one door to catch them

My two DGC's idea of an exciting treat is being 'allowed' to use the 'secret' door.

The upstairs of our house is accessed by two quite separate staircases, each accessing two bedrooms, but there is a door between two of the bedrooms so that you can go from one side to the other. For sound insulation, and because the door is rarely used there is a thick curtain covering each side of the door.

DGC only discovered recently that there was a door behind the curtain and that it means they can run up one staircase, through the secret door to run down the other staircase, through all the living rooms then up the staircase....... in a never ending circle.