POD takes great delight in saying “hello” to everybody. If she gets no reply she’ll continue to say “hello” and wave until she’s acknowledged. Or she’ll say “Mummy I said hello to that man” and point at their face.
There are occasions when an innocent “hello” will be followed with some unwanted over sharing. Thankfully “hello, I done lots of farts” or “hello, do you want to see my bogey?” have only been directed to those visiting the house.
She likes to comment on what she sees “Look there’s a baby/boy/girl/dog/”butt-fly”/buzzy bee. And what she’s doing “I walking with the buggy”, “I eating raisins” or “I poke Mummy boob”. It’s great she takes everything so literally although she did ask for a scab to be taken out of the bin “Mummy I need to put it back on”.
POD has starting mimicking what we say, often in an identical tone with the same facial expression. She’s also introduced the play one parent off the other lark “Mummy, Daddy tell my off” and “Daddy, Mummy tell my off” when she’s being naughty.
There have been a couple of porkies told at nursery recently “we have rats at home” and “Daddy is in the pub watching rugbies” are personal favourites. Shouting “Mummy needs wine” to everyone we passed when leaving one night was a valuable lesson in why you should never share a shopping list with your toddler.
POD has a vivid imagination. Bathtime can be a subdued affair which involves swimming or jumping but can just as easily incorporate talk of baked beans and fish. She may also pretend to be in a castle and ask where her queen is. Following up with a “yes your Majesty” and a cackle when her invisible queen appears.
Bedtime has been a challenge these past weeks, she’s rarely asleep before 10pm even after running around all day. Last week she did fall asleep by 7.30pm but then woke at 1am, jumped out of bed and announced “I done my sleep”.
The best thing about owning a toddler is when they say something unexpected. Something that just makes you crack up with laughter and snort. Like standing outside a stately home and hearing her shout “Hello everybody, welcome to my circus”.
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Aw I do love your little POD and I’ve never even met her! She sounds like a beautiful little drama queen in the making….I’ve got one of those – good luck! x
She’s hilarious Suzanne, you’d love her! If she turns into a drama queen, you’re the first person I’ll call 🙂
Aww she sounds such a character and so much fun….hehehe
Thanks Kim – she really is and great fun most of the time 🙂
Hehe I love your circus and your star performer. I love how she says “my”. Z does this too and I’ll be a teeny bit secretly sad when it eventually gets replaced with proper sentences.
She’s definitely that Tas, very funny too though. Weird how they say “my” isn’t it, will be so weird when they speak properly 🙂
Oh she sounds even funnier than my Aaron who also says Hello to everything that moves. He even said Hello to a spider yesterday.
Oh and yesterday he said Hi to a teenage Goth (are they called Nemos?) and the Goth hid behind his hair. Aaron chased him down the street saying “why won’t you say Hello to me” and “Why are you hiding behind your hair?” and “Why are you touching your face?” – I should have been embarrassed but it was just too funny. I was saving it for #SaidItSaturday, but at least typing it here ensures I won’t forget come Saturday 🙂
Your LO sounds simply adorable. Mummy needs wine! Ha ha. On the ITV show the other day (Big Star Little Star) someone said that about their Mum too.
Liska xx
Your comment just made me crack up and snort, very funny! They’re hilarious aren’t they. POD says hello to everything, including spiders, as well. Lovely age aside from the refusing to sleep 🙂
You’re so right. That is the best thing. It makes up for all the other stuff that makes you need wine 😉
It so does, she’s awesome most of the time! I love how she got everyone’s attention before shouting “welcome to my circus”. Hilarious 🙂
so true it is one of the best things and of course can get you into some embarrassing situations too!
It’s lovely they keep us on our toes isn’t it 🙂
She sounds like a scream! Really funny, though embarassing I expect to 🙂
Thank you, she’s a little tinker but highly entertaining 🙂
Ha! I love it – Stately homes should hire her!
Thank you and what a great idea. She’d rock 🙂
This is hilarious! I love your daughter’s sense of humour! Thank goodness, T hasn’t managed to say “Mummy needs wine” … yet. And I love the photo too, POD looks like a rockstar! =)
Thank you Dean, she is highly entertaining when she’s not refusing to go to bed. Thank your lucky stars T hasn’t said “Mummy needs wine” yet, maybe have a secret code just in case 🙂
Oh, brilliant! I love the way toddlers speak to EVERYONE! Especially when ‘everyone’ isn’t used to small people and doesn’t know quite how to react – a little embarrassing, but very funny! POD sounds like such a little character 🙂
It’s so funny isn’t it! It’s hard not to laugh when someone ignores her and she continues talking to them! She is a character, must write down what she says more often 🙂
I’m such a fan of Pod, she’s brilliant! These sounds bites are my favourites though – ‘Daddy is in the pub watching rugbies’ and ‘Mummy needs wine’ – priceless! X
Thank you so much hon, I love those ones too – little tinker! A funny one though 🙂
Oh I love this honesty! Brilliant and ever so darn cute 🙂
She’s far too honest for her own good, most of the time 🙂
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