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Funny things grandchildren come out with

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AussieGran59 Wed 23-Mar-22 02:55:25

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bee123 Sat 26-Mar-22 15:49:54

Ha, I've enjoyed reading these. My favourite things this week from my Grandchildren are - We took our 3 yr old Grandaughter to a farm and stopped for a rest on a bench. We had been looking at the bluebells. Daffodils etc. After a few minutes she said "Granny, when will the bluebells ding?"
Today my daughter overheard our 7yr old Grandson chatting with his friend:
Friend - so, why are you supporting Ukraine?
Grandson - um, because they're being annihilated
Friend - I am just because I like the colours of their flag

Diggingdoris Sat 26-Mar-22 15:47:53

I was in a toilet at the supermarket one day and from the cubicle next to me a little girls voice said 'mummy did you do a wee and a poo?' to which the reply was a quiet yes. Then in a loud voice the child said ' oh you are a good girl mummy!'
I decided to spare the woman's blushes and waited till they'd left the bathroom before I came out.

Nanna58 Sat 26-Mar-22 15:42:18

My 6yr old grandson said he’d learnt the word ‘hideous’ and what it meant. Jokingly I said “Don’t ever tell a girlfriend she looks that buddy!” Loooooong pause, then “ But Nan , what do I say if she does?”

MagicWriter2016 Sat 26-Mar-22 15:23:48

Another one he came out with was ‘I canna eat that granny, it’s hairy mouldy’ when he didn’t like what was on his plate. Don’t know where he picked that one up lol, but I promise we never fed him hairy mouldy food!

The first time I served up broccoli he asked his mum ‘why is granny giving me trees to eat’.

Rosina Sat 26-Mar-22 15:20:52

A tiny girl of my acquaintance was handed a cake; a short silence followed and her mother said 'What do you say?' She took a deep breath and announced 'Please - thank you - good girl'.

MagicWriter2016 Sat 26-Mar-22 15:20:06

When my oldest grandson was about 3 years old, he asked me for something and I asked him where his manners were, meaning a please. His eyes scoured the room, then he looked down at his feet and said ‘are they in my shoes granny’. My heart just melted!

Ginpin Sat 26-Mar-22 14:57:58

My eldest 11 yr old grandaughter ( specal needs) atm keeps wanting to see her great grandparents on her daddy's side.
She told them that she wanted to see them because they won't be around much longer !!! They were able to laugh it off because they are still in their 70s.
However, she wanted to come with us to see my mum ( her Great nana) last weekend, 2 hrs away. My mum is 92. We warned her not to say a word about why she wanted to come with us !!!

Polly4t42 Sat 26-Mar-22 14:52:43

My two yr old granddaughter was given a free book about a star that fell to earth,at the library last month. When we got home I said shall I read your new book to you. ‘ No Nana I’ll read it, once on a time there was a star’ she then sang twinkle twinkle little star all through whilst turning the pages. When she finished singing she said The End and shut the book.

Ijustwantpeace2020 Sat 26-Mar-22 14:51:12

My son at around 6 (who is now almost 42) dipped his biscuit in his tea. The end broke off and he called out quick mum my biscuit’s drowning!
My grandson called grass hoppers grassmoppers. He also called custard custmard which we all still say. And orange was always ojam.

Maggiemaybe Sat 26-Mar-22 14:48:05

We were out for a buffet meal, and I said that I hadn’t seen the strawberries one of the grandsons was eating. “Didn’t you have a grown-up to help you, Nanna?”, he replied.

Another grandson announced that when I died he’d buy me a bench with a memorial plaque on it, like the ones we’d seen in the park. Then he’d like me to be frozen so I could stand next to it, and he could come and talk to me every day.

Grandmadinosaur Sat 26-Mar-22 14:47:08

Madashell

My lovely younglings were wonderful to take out for a meal, one Sunday lunch out the youngest, age 3, needed a bathroom visit. Father did the honours and tiddler walked through the restaurant announcing to everyone he had just done a poo. Hope no one was actually eating at that point!

Love that one ?

Fernhillnana Sat 26-Mar-22 14:39:43

My little one always liked to read her mazageens. Once, when some gravy soaked into the salt on poppa’s plate she announced it had pisaddeared.

Photocrazy Sat 26-Mar-22 14:32:54

Out in the car one day we saw a blind man with a helping dog, my son asked what the dog was for, so I explained that he was trained to look after the man, take him to the shops safely and then back home. He thought for a few minutes then said, " when they get home, does he make the sandwiches because I was thinking he might eat the meat."

Madashell Sat 26-Mar-22 14:22:10

My lovely younglings were wonderful to take out for a meal, one Sunday lunch out the youngest, age 3, needed a bathroom visit. Father did the honours and tiddler walked through the restaurant announcing to everyone he had just done a poo. Hope no one was actually eating at that point!

tictacnana Sat 26-Mar-22 14:20:32

I was going for a shower and said, as I usually did , that I was going to make myself beautiful. My then 6 year old grandson said “You’re already beautiful, Nana.” Sweet. In contrast, a few days later , I made the same announcement to my then 6 year old granddaughter. Looking up from her book and rolling her eyes at her granddad, she replied “Good luck with that . “ You’ve got to love them !

inishowen Sat 26-Mar-22 14:16:02

I was in tesco and a little girl was having a tantrum. Her wise mum walked on, ignoring her. The little girl followed her mum and said furiously "I'm still crying you know"!

4allweknow Sat 26-Mar-22 14:13:13

Vesting my GS then aged 4 for a couple of weeks we were out in the car when pointing to the outside he announced "that's where you'll go before long you know Grandma". The cemetery. Don't know if he is disappointed I'm still here!

Skye17 Sat 26-Mar-22 14:08:44

giulia

My three-yearold granddaughter was being constantly put into the "Thinking Corner" at her school. The reason? She refused to keep her pretty pink gingham school overall on. When her mother asked her why she kept doing this she replied "Because everybody must see that I dress with STYLE!"

I love that! smile

Ellcee Sat 26-Mar-22 13:52:51

Loving this thread. When my youngest was about three we took her to the beach for the first time. The next day she asked to go to the big sandpit with the bumpy water again!

Grandmadinosaur Sat 26-Mar-22 13:43:52

When our GS was about 3 we’d been out for the day to a local farm, then on to the nearby coast. Had a full day out and he must have worked up an appetite as he came to me in the kitchen scoured the worktops and said I can’t see. I said what can’t you see? Food was his reply!

On a similar occasion we’d been out for a long walk and was heading home near to lunchtime. I asked him if his tummy was rumbling? Yes it feels all wobbly was his reply ?

The latest one was a few weeks ago discussing a family Birthday and we went through the family birthdays and ages. I’m quite small in height and when I told him my age next Birthday he looked me up and down and said but why aren’t you bigger?

LouLou21 Sat 26-Mar-22 13:39:53

I explained to my granddaughter that I was very old so couldn’t crawl on the floor and she said “you are not old nanny, you are just crinkly”

lemsip Sat 26-Mar-22 13:35:34

a 4 yr old gd was in A&E having fallen and cut her forehead.....the nuse trying to get her to lay down on the couch but she refused saying ...'the only place I lay down is in bed!'......

grandchildren being shown over my new car and I was telling them it's got to be looked after......Grandson piped up with......has it got to last till your not here anymore nan?......

grandtanteJE65 Sat 26-Mar-22 13:13:56

The family across the road from us had their second daughter last summer.

Congratulating the father, I asked what the big girl's reaction had been (she was three at the time).

She had apparently looked at the baby, when her mother came home from hospital rather quietly, but when it was mentioned in her hearing that the midwife would be in the following day to see how mother and baby were, the big one brightened up and asked, "Can we hand her back then?"

The children's mother didn't find it funny, but the rest of us were in stitches over it.

gulligranny Sat 26-Mar-22 13:07:12

When my oldest granddaughter was about 4 (she's nearly 15 now) she was desperate to come to us for a sleep-over. However, she was being a bit of a madam and her mum said "If you keep on being naughty Granddad and Grandma won't want you to stay with them"

She considered this and then, hands on hips, said: "Well, I won't be naughty at THEIR house, will I!"

Collapse of all adults, and she got her sleep-over (and she wasn't naughty at all).

GrammaH Sat 26-Mar-22 13:05:16

If he is ever asked his age, DGS says he's 34! None of us know why & he knows perfectly well he's actually 4!