conversation with my 4 year old

how big is the beach daddy
massive
how big,
enormous, you cant see the end either way, left or right
what mumber
25
wow

mumber is deliberate spelling mistake

My son (aged three): I'm going to be a space man when I'm big

My daughter (aged 4): So am I

My son: Dont be silly. Ladies arent space men. Ladies are cookers and ballet dancers.

He's a nice boy (now knocking forty) and funnily enough has NOT turned out to be a Male Chauvinist Pig.

My granddaughter, (around 4 then), "Granddad, I love you."
Me, (circa 68 then), "How much, Francesca?"
Francesca, "All the pennies in the world."
Cue granddad melting into an emotional heap.

When my son saw the bricklayers arms flyover being built and was told what it was going to be, said why do they need a flyscraper!

Tom Pepper wrote:

My granddaughter, (around 4 then), "Granddad, I love you."
Me, (circa 68 then), "How much, Francesca?"
Francesca, "All the pennies in the world."
Cue granddad melting into an emotional heap.

I've long suspected your nothing fazes me, vaguely cavalier, hard bitten old black cab driver persona masked a regular family guy underneath it all, now you've proved it.
Welcome to the human race Mr. Pepper, you'll be sympathising with cyclists next!

Seven year old reading in school does not recognise the word 'spectacles'- I take mine off to demonstrate. She looks me straight in the eye and says "Miss, do all old ladies wear spectacles?". In a flash of inspiration I reply "No, only the cool ones!" Result = One happy 7yr old, one happy 'old' lady in her early sixties.

Tom Pepper wrote:

My granddaughter, (around 4 then), "Granddad, I love you."
Me, (circa 68 then), "How much, Francesca?"
Francesca, "All the pennies in the world."
Cue granddad melting into an emotional heap.

lovely, lovely.

Debrajoan wrote:

Tom Pepper wrote:

My granddaughter, (around 4 then), "Granddad, I love you."
Me, (circa 68 then), "How much, Francesca?"
Francesca, "All the pennies in the world."
Cue granddad melting into an emotional heap.

I've long suspected your nothing fazes me, vaguely cavalier, hard bitten old black cab driver persona masked a regular family guy underneath it all, now you've proved it.
Welcome to the human race Mr. Pepper, you'll be sympathising with cyclists next!

Are you familiar with the phrase, "Don't push the envelope" DJ?

Me, to 4 yr old as we were getting ready to go to the park: hey, you've got your shoes on the wrong feet.

Him: But I haven't got any other feet.

Hard to argue with small child logic :)

took my 12 year old away at half term and we stayed in a nice hotel 4 * with a "posh" resturant. My son after moaning the menu was to up market for him then settled on a very expensive sirloin steak. The waiter did the usual how would sir like it cooked a nd then asked him if he wanted a sauce on his steak-yep you've guessed it he asked for tomarto Ketchup!!