To think one of the best things about a warm day is listening to other parents talking to their dc?

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DP and I had to bite out lips to stop ourselves from howling with laughter today and therefore undermine next doors parenting

They have two dc, 7 and 3.

Things we have heard this weekend.

'For the love of God, will you please put some pants on before going outside'

'Get out of the dirt! You are naked apart from your best shoes'

'Why are you digging up the lawn?'

'Put the screwdriver down. Now!'

Honestly, they are such a lovely family and I adore their kids but it hits home about how bloody hard it was at that age. Didn't stop me laughing (silently) though.

Parents of very small children, I hope you've survived this long weekend.

My DSs are 6 and 10 and I think all my neighbours have heard me —scream— say is WHYYYY!! Why are you soaking? Why is my house full of mud? Why are there numerous random children in my garden?! 😁😂

I expect my neighbours were laughing early when I said "nooooo! Don't eat any soil" shortly followed by "nooooo! Don't tip paint into the paddling pool". I was running round after 3 small kids while they sat in their garden drinking beer and no doubt feeling pleased their dcs are grown up!

If not for the age of the children I'd think you were talking about my family OP .

It's been a good weekend!

Our neighbours at our old house were great...
"Kyle, have you been using my hairbrush to brush the kittens?"
(Little voice sounding very guilty): "No!"
"Then why is it in their basket?"

Now we've moved and our older neighbours probably hear me saying things like your original post all the time!

Lastonedancing You can't just say that and nothing else. I want to know who has been out in just their shoes!

Yesterday we got back from a day out and the family across the road were out the front and one of the kids tripped over the dog. And the little boy through his tears insisted that the dog 'did it by purpose!'.

Too cute!

The dog was part of their group, not ours. We are a cats family.

All my neighbours have heard all weekend is me saying ‘DS, tell mummy when you need a wee....do you need a poo yet...ooh poo coming quick quick inside....don’t poo in the paddling pool...yes granny is very proud that you did a wee in the toilet’. I’ve drunk a lot of gin.

I remember my Dad yelling out of the top window at my dd, who was about 3 at the time and was playing with a tent he’d put up in the back garden for my dc ‘dc name, stop chewing the guide ropes on the tent’ their next door neighbours were out at the time and we’re pissing themselves laughing

Bluedog Love it! This is the sort of thing I really love and makes me nostalgic for my dc's younger days. And then a child throws a paddy next door over some slight thing and I'm suddenly grateful I'm not at that stage anymore!

Their DD (3) invited me round to her 'pants party' on Saturday. Apparently I could come round and play on their trampoline but could only wear pants. I'm not sure either child or their dad would ever recover mentally from me being half naked and bouncing in their garden!

Gah. Our neighbours have heard things like:

• get your hands out of the bird bath

• get the cars out of the bird bath

• get your bum out of the bird bath

• the bird bath has gone away (into the shed)

• do you want to go on the naughty step???

• sigh. Get off the naughty step...

The family who's garden backs onto ours have three daughters under the age of 7. They had a bouncy castle up in the garden today and were having a rare time of it. Their mum kept on coming out to shush them, I hope it's not because she was worried we would be annoyed! It was lovely to hear them having so much fun.

I feel sorry for our neighbours literally all they would have heard all weekend from us is “we will do x but then you need to sit on the potty”

Got to love toilet training

Ha being out in the garden with small children is STRESSFUL. We were out with our 2yr old and 1yr old today and I had to constantly tell the 1yr old to stop eating leaves and stones and told the two year old I didn't think climbing in her plastic wheelbarrow was a very good idea before she promptly fell out.

Also nappies were off and the 1yr old weed on my leg while we were eating dinner.

Dd is still only small but I guarantee my neighbours are sick of hearing me teeling her how gorgeous she is. And sick of me singing the tomliboo song....
Omliboo, tomliboo, knock on the door....

Totally . I hate summer but love this bit about it.

I thought you were going to say it made you feel that you weren't such bad parents after all, when you realise other parents are worse very shouty !!!!

Our neighbours are elderly but I’m sure they must cringe at our patently. My best one from last summer was “DD stop hitting your brother with that axe and put it down IMMEDIATELY!”. In my defence it was a toy axe.

Yes DD - I would love to see your model of Sir Tom Jones made of clothes pegs....

My 2 y/o DD was shouting ‘mummy - have you got your pants on?’ all day today. I have NO idea why.

Bathsheba I actually wood (Geddit )

DH has to come in the kitchen to tell me that the entire village could hear me serenading the baby [badly] earlier.

We have neighbours with a paddling pool and a small child or two. It's been lovely hearing them. The man (I'm assuming dad) is really lovely with the kids and he atmosphere is just lovely.
Refuse but DO you?!

Things I have said this weekend:

DD, please stop chewing my trousers.

DD, don't lick the windows.

DD, jelly shoes are not made of real jelly, get them out your mouth.

DD, THAT PADDLING POOL IS NOT FOR DRINKING.

I'm pleased she's not a fussy eater but this is getting ridiculous

Bathsheba - why? That's not unusual....

gets coat

Sorry to our neighbours for the zillion renditions of ‘Row, Row’. I hated it too!