Dinosaur juice

POD has so many words now. She cracks me up when she talks through what she’s doing, has a third person conversation with her dollies or pretends to read.

Potty training has reached a new level in that all poos resemble a thing – usually a tree, a house or a car. A potty has been added to the list of ‘stuff’ we take out with us due to her refusal to use public toilets. If we’re in the woods, she’ll proudly inform passers by when she’s done a wee, at times following up with “Mummy put it in the bushes”.

Embarrassing Mummy in public has become the norm over the past few days. First there was “Look man I have poo in my hair” after she rolled down a hill. This after I’d congratulated myself on what a great job I’d done removing the green sludge with wipes. Then came “Hello everybody I eating my dinner” when she had nothing but a lolly in her hand.

She was bathed as soon as we arrived home but a trip to the shop was necessary. Over her pyjamas went a cardigan, coat, socks and shoes. You’d never know she was in her pyjamas had she not announced “hello everyone I wearing my pyjamas” while we were in the queue. At the counter she piped up “Mummy why does that girl look like a monster?”. Despite explaining there were no monsters, POD pointed at the girl serving us and said “is she a monster Mummy?”.

Recently POD introduced herself to a parent at a National Trust property as Rosie. It’s not her name, nor is Charlotte which was her second choice. The follow-up was “Mummy has a baby in her tummy”. Having told the parent POD wasn’t called Rosie or Charlotte nor did I have a baby in my tummy all was well again. Until POD passed comment on why this parent’s baby was crawling in mud. Fair point, I’d wondered the same myself although we had already seen it chomping on an acorn.

This week POD has discovered running on a wooden floor in socks is “slipperly”, a Daddy Long Legs is a skinny legged spider and “wedgetables” *allegedly* go with Ravioli. Having commented Daddy smelt of pears, she decided Mummy smelt of apples and she smelt of dinosaurs. Babies smell like soggy socks apparently. As do robots. Strange questions asked have included “where do giants come from?” and “what is grass is made of?” neither of which I got the opportunity to answer!

POD’s also skateboarded across the kitchen floor with Peppa stickers attached to her feet, pretended to be an “eye-packer” [alpaca] and announced at breakfast “a man said in the night I could watch television”. Having told nursery “we have rats at home” , she was asked where the rats came from. Carrots was the reply, rats come from carrots.

The joy of bathtime is POD’s ability to escape or run off at any given moment. This week, I found her sitting in her laundry basket. When asked what she was doing, her response was “I in the washing machine collecting dinosaur juice”.

We’re linking this post up with Actually Mummy’s Wot So Funee? which this week is being hosted by A Mummy Too.

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  • Dean October 8, 2013 at 6:31 pm

    Your daughter is absolutely hilarious and adorable! =)

    • Charly Dove October 8, 2013 at 9:33 pm

      Thank you Dean, she does keep us entertained 🙂

  • Actually Mummy... October 8, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    Look man I have poo in my hair – I can just imagine his face! She is gorgeous!

    • Charly Dove October 8, 2013 at 10:32 pm

      Thank you. Think the poor chap nearly choked himself!

  • Louise October 8, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    Must remember to tell my friend on Friday that her newborn smells of soggy socks! x

    • Charly Dove October 8, 2013 at 10:43 pm

      Hehe best not! POD loves babies 🙂

  • Sara (@mumturnedmom) October 8, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    Love it! She is adorable 🙂 I’m looking forward to all the wee girls words turning into sentences!

    • Charly Dove October 8, 2013 at 10:47 pm

      Thanks Sara. It’s amazing when the words turn to sentences, will be awesome to hear wee girl speaking 🙂

  • Kim Carberry October 8, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    hahaha!! Made me laugh out loud….She sounds such a character x

    • Charly Dove October 8, 2013 at 10:50 pm

      Thanks Kim, she’s very funny 🙂

  • Claire Toplis October 8, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    Awwh brilliant it’s lovely when they interact with you

    • Charly Dove October 8, 2013 at 10:56 pm

      It so is Claire, really great you can have conversations with her 🙂

  • Dragonsfypoppy October 9, 2013 at 9:10 am

    What a funny, gorgeous, adorable girl POD is! You’ll love having this it to look back on in years to come xx

    • Charly Dove October 9, 2013 at 3:04 pm

      Ooh I do hope so! Thank you very much, very kind of you 🙂

  • Cathie B October 9, 2013 at 9:58 am

    Oh Charly – I’ve been giggling like a little girl at this post. Poo in the hair and the daddy long legs being a skinny legged spider – fab #funee

    • Charly Dove October 9, 2013 at 3:04 pm

      Thanks Cathie, it’s hilarious what she comes out with sometimes 🙂

  • WallyMummy October 9, 2013 at 11:00 am

    *crying with laughter* xxx 🙂

    • Charly Dove October 9, 2013 at 3:13 pm

      Thank you – she is one funny toddler 🙂

  • sarahhillwheeler October 9, 2013 at 9:22 pm

    So sweet, I am sure Freud would have had a field day with the poo resembling things. Love Pods’s enthusiasm…it seems quite sad in a way when they “learn” to use the proper name for everything, children’s language in some ways so much richer and full of possibilities!

    • Charly Dove October 10, 2013 at 7:25 pm

      Oh gosh can you imagine! POD is so enthusiastic, it’s really refreshing. It’s very true what you say about learning to use the proper name for everything. I love that she’s continuing to discover new words all the time though 🙂

  • Jocelyn (@IHaveCards) October 11, 2013 at 10:50 am

    She is so funny! Well, I can laugh as I don’t have to the one defending my rat-infested home to nursery staff or explaining that poor unsuspecting people are not monsters..;-)

    • Charly Dove October 12, 2013 at 11:21 am

      She is highly entertaining Jocelyn, even with the embarrassing moments!

  • Multi Layer Mummy October 11, 2013 at 10:55 am

    Love it and as you know can relate! Love the lolly for dinner, poo in the hair, thankfully not one I have come across, yet!

    • Charly Dove October 12, 2013 at 10:21 pm

      Give it time, give it time! Thank you 🙂

  • Sam - Up All Hours October 11, 2013 at 12:00 pm

    Hilarious!

    I love it when they start stringing sentences together and saying what is one their minds. Thanks for sharing all of her little gems. I had a stripy top on the other day and my 27 month looked me up and down before saying, ‘Cool Mumma….like a Zebra’. It was a fair one. xx

    • Charly Dove October 12, 2013 at 10:45 pm

      Thank you Sam, they are funny aren’t they! Just read your post with the zebra comment, very observant 🙂

  • Jaime Oliver October 11, 2013 at 6:19 pm

    oh Charly POD is fantastic i was rolling with laughter! lol

    • Charly Dove October 12, 2013 at 10:48 pm

      Hehe thanks lovely 🙂

  • Mary @over40andamumtoone October 11, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    Love it – kids say the most amusing things, well until they reach the ‘everything is poo’ stage anyway!

    • Charly Dove October 12, 2013 at 10:52 pm

      I’m sure the everything is poo phase will reach us very soon! POD is funny, cracks me up 🙂

  • Emily @amummytoo October 12, 2013 at 8:24 am

    Oh she’s so lovely!

    • Charly Dove October 12, 2013 at 10:48 pm

      Thank you Emily 🙂

  • Verily Victoria Vocalises October 12, 2013 at 9:59 am

    I LOVE this age!! Bless her, she is starting to come out with some hilarious things! Keep noting them down – you won’t regret it :). Thanks for linking to PoCoLo lovely x

    • Charly Dove October 12, 2013 at 10:54 pm

      She’s hilarious Vicky, keeps us highly entertained – except when she’s not going to sleep! Do try and write down what she says, she’s so quick though!

  • Ferreroroche123 October 12, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    She sounds full of character. Lovely photo as always. #PoCoLo

    • Charly Dove October 12, 2013 at 10:55 pm

      Thank you, very kind. She’s definitely full of character 🙂

  • Nell Heshram October 13, 2013 at 7:46 pm

    “Mummy smells of apples” – that’s lovely! Less so the “baby in tummy” comment. At least you don’t LOOK as though you have one in your tummy! We had an embarrassing moment when Austin said a rotund friend of ours had a baby in their tummy….when she wasn’t even pregnant….

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