The things they say.

When my grandson was about 13 he asked a question. I answered in French. Grandson looked amazed, then asked, 'How do you know French?' I don't think they realise we haven't always been this age and that we actually attended school etc.

My little GD was shocked recently to discover that when you are born, you have no clothes on!

That’s too cute SueDonim!
Actually love the two posts above yours too. 😂

I’ve lost confidence in driving recently and a few months ago a situation occurred where a very short drive to our little family made things a lot easier. As I parked up and got out of the car I heard L’il Miss call excitedly to her older brother “guess what J? Grandma’s just driven here … for real!”

She’s 8 and never knew I (could) drive. 😊

I recently picked up my 9 yr old granddaughter from a birthday party held at a rather remote location and a very twisty bumpy road. Soon after we started driving, she asked 'what does it feel like to be poisoned?" She had been telling me that she and the other girls were pretending about ghosts and whatnot, so I thought she was referring to that. She started getting a bit more worried, and told me she had eaten an un-wrapped lollipop that one the the girl's auntie had made for them. She told me her mum said she was only ever to eat wrapped candies, so she was worried she was being poisoned, since her tummy wasn't feeling well.

I reassured her that they were very nice people and wouldn't poison the guests. I was more worried about her being car sick after lunch, cake and treats at the party! There was nowhere to pull over on the narrow road, so I had her open the window and take big gulps of fresh air. I was very happy to finally deliver her home. phew!

Was dropping off my 9 year old granddaughter at school, but we were running late; so I hurried her along and we started to run. When we arrived at the school gate (just before they were about to lock it) she piped up:
"Wow Nonna, I had no idea you could run!"
Cheeky beggar!

Nine year old grandson was playing football with DH in the garden, and said " Come on, Grandpa, one more game!"
DH said jokingly " Ooh, no, Sam, don't forget I'm very old!"
Sam said gently "Yes....but you've had a good life..."

After my husband died my middle grandson, aged 6,said "I wish Grandad could come back - but not as a zombie"!

my cousins little girl asked her mum ,,were there cows when you were little?

We live in a two bedroom house, when GD2 was little she asked me where our other bedrooms were! DD and family have always been lucky enough to live in big houses.

My five year old granddaughter, when asked what she would like to be when she was grown up, said that she would like to be a scientologist and look after wild salamis. We had no idea what wild salamis were but we laughed for ages.

I think she meant environmentalist and salmon.

When my son was about 7 he brought his school exercise book home. Looking through it I saw he’d written the sentence “I like to ride my hores”. I was so relieved he’d drawn a picture of a horse beside it.

My daughter, aged about 6, when asked what she wanted to be when sh3 grew up, replied very firmly, “a woman!”

My daughter, when about 5, asked if when I was young, cars were like they had in The Flintstones.

And my son once asked if everything was black & white (grey he called it), when I was young and when did it 'turn colour'.

Ours regularly asked if the world was black and white when I was young, too.

My son when younger was bemused at seeing vinyl records and asked if that's how I listened to music "in the olden days"! 😂

This was not said by a child, but by my friend's son-in-law when her daughter was pregnant. Q - "Do you want a boy or a girl?" Son-in-law "I don't care - as long as they stay the same!"

I asked 6 year old DGS why grannies spoil their grandchildren.
He said "Because they're old and don't know what they're doing."
I'm still chuckling months later!

My AS has Down’s syndrome, and can, unwittingly, be very funny. One day I explained to him my idea for an outing we could have. I said that we’d take the bus to . . . ., then walk over moorland to a Dobbies, where we’d have our coffee. Then, we’d take the bus into town from there, then get our bus home. He said, “ Do you really think we can do all that in one day?”

My DD asked me some 25yrs + ago , if I'd met a Dinosaur..absolute killer of a question..

My DD, aged around 9, asked me" in the olden days mummy, did you know Jesus? " When asked her age by a salesman in a shop one day, she told them her age, then proceeded to say my mummy says she's 29 but she's much much older than that ( I'd decided I'd be 29 for a couple of years, before admitting to 30)

Some years ago I took my mother from the south coast to London to visit family for lunch. Traffic was heavy and the drive took longer than expected. "What time is it?" she asked anxiously. "Nearly half past twelve," I replied. She thought. "So what time is it at home, then?"

When my little GS was four his aunt was visibly pregnant. For several weeks my GS wouldn't speak to her and we couldn't understand why. Eventually he whispered to me that he didn't like Aunty Helen any more because she had eaten that baby!

How fabulous Grannybuy that your son is quite conversant. My AS (27) also has Down’s, and finds speech so difficult. Not only that he has a stammer too. He is such a gorgeous person - if only the whole world did Makaton, At his primary school, they used it, and I thought “he’ll be fine, he’s so good at that.” Sadly, after school, I realised that almost everywhere does not, even his now support staff 😓