Funny things grandchildren come out with

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I make Flapjacks with my granddaughter. We'll say to her younger brother, " Do you want a flapjack?" One day he came in and said, "Can I have a flap please?" It dawned on me as his name is Jack he thinks of them as "flaps"! He's older now but we sometimes call them "flaps".

That’s just reminded me of another of GS’s amusing comments.

He loves as children do to play with cardboard box. He was playing inside a large box and told me to put the flaps down. He said I want to be a flapjack in a box! It seems to have stuck as we always refer to them now as flapjacks in a box.

I asked my granddaughter if she knew what an attic was she replied ‘I think we’ve got one somewhere in the roof’ bless her

DD lives a train ride away so don't see her as often as we would like but her 15 year old Daughter, when she was a toddler, burst into tears one day we were there, we had no idea why, but she couldn't be consoled......when we finally got her to speak all she said was "Granma no eyes" it took us a while but then realised that I had taken my glasses off and she had never seen me without them before. So for a very long time I was known as grandma no eyes.

This is a really old one - told me by my student landlady back in the 60s!

It was very soon going to be one of her grandchildren’s birthdays, but another, still only 3, said, ‘I know it’s not my birthday, Grandma, but I really would like an umbabella!’

(She got her wish. ❤️)

Well, it’s so surreal it’s funny. My grandson wanted to know why his other grandmother talked about me All The Time! “What does she say?” I asked, totally bemused and unaware of any issues. “That you’re a witch!” Just be aware that I get on really well with my daughter in law! Now every time i see her I wish a had a spell to turn her into a toad?

Ahhh all so lovely and funny.
I have the pleasure of looking after children, I’m a Registered Childminder.
One of my Mindees didn’t say Butterfly, they used to say ‘Butterflier’ how sweet! Xxx

When my Mum was a Housemother at a children’s home in the 1960s, one little lad had become a Monitor at school and very proud of the fact. He had his SW visiting him to see how he was getting on. My Mum said to him now tell Miss …. what you are, his reply-loved and beautiful as this is what my Mum told all her charges.

A very small niece was visiting a very elderly step-great-grandfather, who had no hair at all - he’d lost the lot after a pilot son was killed during WW2.

Niece said, ‘You haven’t got any hair!’

He was a jolly old chap and not all put out. ‘Where’s it gone,,
then?’
She thought for a moment: ‘Up to Jesus?’

My 5 year old grandson said this week that he thinks his two year old brother wants to be a ghost when he grows up because he keeps putting his blanket over his head!

My neighbour's little boy (then about 6yrs) came back from a birthday party. His mum asked him what they had to eat. He said he had a new thing called COLD SORE (coleslaw)!!!

My friends little 2 yr old asked her mum for some crisps. She said " Me want some crisps" Her mum corrected her by saying" Say I want some crisps" She answered "I want some crisps ........ and ME want some too".

When one of my grandsons was about 6 he was waiting to get food at a family buffet and his uncle said to him "Are you as hungry as me?" Jordan looked puzzled and replied "How would I know how hungry you are?"

Good point!

Although I had five children, my favourite expression came from a little boy I childminded. He insisted that the things that cleared the rain on the car were Windwipe Screamers.

My granddaughter Emelia, on the death of Prince Philip: The Queen might be a little bit happy because she was probably bored with him after all that time. ?

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

We live in Kent and took a weekend to visit the graves of my relatives in Wales. The grandchildren came too as we wanted to teach them a little of their family history. On returning to school on the Monday my GD was asked what she did on the weekend.
“Oh we went to visit the dead people “ she replied. Goodness knows what her teacher thought.

Some words and their alternatives from various young ones in our family:
Jam Tart - Leotard
Polybagthene - Polythene Bag
Grain ( my name to this day ) - Gran
Marmekin Duck ( to music as well) - Mull of Kintyre

Meant to say that this post has been a joy. Thank you.

When my eldest DD was about 3 my DH took her for a walk on the beach. When she came back she said Mummy I made lots of footpumps. She meant footprints.
When she was a bit older we went to the Zoo and told us to look at the flaking angoes ( flamingos).
When DD2 was 2 I was carrying her newborn sister down the stairs. She looked up at me and said Mummy when is that baby going back to the hospital

My 10 year old granddaughter went into our bedroom and saw grandad who had just got out of the shower and was naked. She ran downstairs shouting “Nanny Nanny I can’t unsee what I have just seen!

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My five year old granddaughter explained what 'death' meant; You go on a very long adventure. BUT you never come back!

As Peter Pan said " to die would be a very big adventure " .

This has been one of the nicest threads I have ever read on GN !
I have laughed so much at the sweet, funny little comments.

My niece, aged about 7 was very disappointed that was to be the narrator at the nativity play (she wanted to be Mary). My SIL, driving the children home explained that being a narrator was really special and that her teacher had chosen her because she read so beautifully and spoke so clearly. Being the excellent mother she has always been, she looked in the mirror to see if my niece was any happier, which she was. In doing so she noticed that her other daughter aged about 2 was looking most perplexed. Said small dot then remarked, “Mummy, why doesn’t Lucy want to be a radiator?” Still makes me smile to this day.

My niece was working hard at getting her 3 year old son to tidy up his toys on a regular basis, with little success. When told that mummy had a baby sister in her tummy he wanted to take her out to look at her. He was told it wasn't possible so burst into tears and said "But I'll put her back tidily."