lovely things others DC's have said...

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Well, seems as though theres a load of negative threads and hoping this will be a nice one.

Friends DD (7yo) phoned tonight to say she's really missing me now. Saw her last Saturday!! We often spend a few days with them during the holidays but friends DH got some holiday and his DD1 is down.

She wouldn't tell me why she misses me though

The reason this is sssssoooo lovely and surprising is I'm much stricter than my friend and often feel they dislike my 'rules' of tidying up after oneself and such stuff.

SO: What nice things have friends DC's said to you to make you

Ha ha it's Lola's influence isn't it?

My DS's not very good with words yet (only 2), looking forward to what he's going to have to say :)

Lovely thread, thanks OP, having too much time on my hands I've been reading lots of stuff here that did my head in!

Here's a conversation DS and I had the other night.

DS: Mommy I can see your hips
Me: Where?
DS: There (pointing to my chest).
Me: Those aren't my hips, they're my breasts (I was wearing a tank top).
DS: They're big.
Cue DH laughing in the kitchen.

My cousin (6) accidentally called my mum Aunty Christmas instead of Aunty Christine and it stuck. My mum loves it. She might well be Granny Christmas when my little one arrives.

I help run a Brownie pack and the girls have just found out I'm pregnant (6 months and not one of them noticed the growing bump, or were too polite to ask why Snowy Owl was getting fat haha) so I've been getting lots of interesting name suggestions. One that cracked me up the other day was Brownie: 'if it's a boy don't call him Dennis because then he'll be a menace....like my little brother' Me: 'oh, is your brother called Dennis?'. Brownie: 'no, he's called Sam. Can I have some Sellotape?'

DD had been behaving badly and had told me lies to cover up what she had been up to. I stood over her with a stern face and asked "And do you know what makes me the most sad about all this?"
With tear filled eyes she looked up at me and said "Is it that Woolworths has closed?"

My husband's best friend's daughter (got that?!) came to the bottom of the stairs whilst I was upstairs at their house changing dd's happy the other day and yelled:

"Ninky?"
"Yes my love?"
"I love you." Before scampering off all embarrassed.

She later told us she wanted to marry my DH (she's nearly 5) and that dd could sleep in her bed as she was her friend (dd is 6 months old) before asking me to stay for tea.

At in-laws' the other day, and FIL yawned.

DNiece (2.5) looked up and said, 'Well, I'm no expert, but I think Granddad's tired.'

NO idea where she got 'I'm no expert' from

Thistle - my sister called my mother's brother 'Auntie Frank' for years...

We have an "Uncle Mycock" in the family... (that's Michael in case you were wondering!)

My 5 yr old surprises me all the time with how much he knows. We were watching a trailer for a drama on Van Gogh and the kids were asking me about it. I was saying he was an artist called Vincent Van Gogh (I mistakenly pronounced it Goch as in scottish loch), vacant looks , then me, 'you know he did the sunflower paintings (they had done this in school)'.

The 5 yr old gives me a 'withering' look and says - 'oh mum, that's Vincent Van Gogh (proper pronunciation) not GOCH!'

He does this all the time with me, god help me when he's older - will be totally running rings around me!

I can never be bothered to get dressed at weekends if we're not going anywhere, I just slob around in my PJs

On one of my brother's visits with his 2 children, my nephew said "Auntie NAAM, whenever we come here you've never got any clothes on"

I just hope he didn't say it to anyone else!

My two gorgeous goddaughters, aged two and four at the time, were playing being grown ups while we were on holiday with their parents:

DG: we're going to be grown ups now (mimes pouring wine and passes glass to younger sister). Now we have to talk about homework.

So there you go, grown ups (me, dh and her mum and dad) drink wine and talk about homework. I'd stay four if I were her! I'm relieved my dd can't talk yet. I can only imagine what she'd come up with.

Last year I went to baby sit for a friend. Friends DH has a motorbike so had left his crash helmet and gloves just inside his DD's bedroom door with a battery that was charging. DD came out of her room and asked her Mum what it all was? Friend answered (in a hurry) "it's all your dad's crap" while rushing around trying to finish getting ready to go out.

Her DD followed us down the stairs and into the front room. She then stood infront of her Dad, hand on hip "Dad... what is all your crap doing in my room???"

So hard not to laugh!!! It was the attitude more than what she said!

DS1's party yesterday. The children had just battered a pinata to death and were dividing the spoils. Mini marsbars were much in demand! One little lad went over to my dad's chair and offered him his mars bar.

BTW she was 4 at the time...

Ormirian

That is so sweet, make sure you tell his mum :)

Ah these are lovely thankyou. I'm glad everyone is enjoying the thread.

My DDad and Dbro have been round this morning and DB wanted to play Guitar Hero (he's 24!!) My DDad has a go - he is a great guitar player but couldn't do the game. DS looks up all innocently and says "Don't worry Grandad, I'm rubbish at it too".

Cue Brother and myself splitting our sides.

Love the sad a Woolies closing comment - that is a classic. And love the "whys your crap in my room".

Oh reminds me of the time DS was being all stroppy (4yo at the time) and I said to my friend "Oh dear he is a misery when he's knackered", "I'm not knackered" he replies

took my coat off last night and DS who is 3 said " i like your top mummy!"
sweet

sorry I see you mean other peoples DC.
Never mind!!

Ormirian that is such a lovely story. I do hope you told his mum too. Given me a wee lump in my throat.

I won't see his mum but I told DH and hope he will. He's a little diamond anyway - DS2 and this lad are like little twins TBH. Both quaint.

A while ago, my friend took her teenage son and 8yo nephew for a day by the seaside. Unfortunately, it started hammering down with rain. As they all sat in the car in a windswept carpark, eating chips, mother and teenager were feeling a bit dispirited, until a little voice piped up:

"Aren't we lucky, Auntie!"

Bless him, the little boy was just so thrilled to have a day out with his lovely aunt and his much-looked-up-to older cousin. And CHIPS as well!

DD1 (3) says to DH "Hello Big Ears! Do you know why I call you Big Ears? Because you always have really, really big ears!" :o

hehe these are making me laugh and some are so sweet. Lovely day today. The girl I told you about earlier said to her mum this morning before they left the house: "ooh is Rocket coming? I like Rocket. She's VERY funny" I am inordinately pleased to have the approval of a 6 year old :o

Later in the day another friends DD came round and gave us all little cups with plastic fruit in and was carrying a tea pot. We asked her if we were having tea. She replied rather scathingly "No, cocktails" 5 years old and already her mothers daughter

My godson, some years ago (he's 13 now) said to me "I LOVE you Aunty Jently, you're fun" awwww

DP and I have been together 9 years now and about a year ago, we had a family lunch. DP's 16 year old nephew was here (already drinking and smoking and getnerally been a teenage boy) when his mate rang to see if he was "coming to hang out", to which the response came "No thanks, I'm at my Aunty's at the moment" Being all pregnant and silly at the time, I cried but tbh, it still makes me teary thinking about it!

Had to add this, DD was sat stroking my hair this morning and announced "I love your hair Mummy, it's just like Princess Fiona's" :o Thank you DD, please tell me that's where the similarity ends...