Memorable moments in parenting - Page 2

aehurst · 10-30-2008, 07:09 AM

The little ones have a clear view of the world, it's just sometimes a little different.

My favorites from years ago: Ducks have "plastic bills." And melted cheese is, of course, "cheese juice."

capitalj · 10-30-2008, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by aehurst


	And melted cheese is, of course, "cheese juice."

Cheese juice - Ha ha ha ha! I love it.

My nephew once asked my if I knew any cavemen when I was younger (I was in my early thirties at the time, ancient to a 5 year old).

fazstp · 11-23-2008, 02:45 PM

The kids are getting excited about Christmas so we were trying to find all the characters for our little people nativity when there was a knock at the door. We opened the door to some Jehovah's Witnesses and before they could say anything my son cries out "I found baby Jesus!"

fazstp · 12-01-2008, 06:33 PM

We were driving home last night and my son said "Look Daddy, a Moon face!". I looked up and the crescent moon formed a smily mouth with two bright stars forming the eyes above it. Turns out the eyes were actually Jupiter and Venus. The image on the link shows the eyes below the mouth but they were above it when we saw it.

(I tried to take some photos on my digital camera but had a few issues. One was overriding the auto-focus. Two was sensitivity. Three was no tripod. I only got a blurry image of a smile and the brighter of the two eyes. The second eye came out when I adjusted the levels.

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capitalj · 12-01-2008, 07:04 PM

My daughter has expanded upon the time-honored tradition of blowing kisses. Last night she stood with her hands behind her, smirked, then held her cupped hands in front of her mouth and blew. She also blows burps and raspberries.

My son was watching football at my cousin's house on Thankgsgiving and acted out the plays - running around the living room and falling when "tackled". He even did a dance or two. I don't know where he picked it up; my wife and I aren't sports fans.

fazstp · 12-01-2008, 07:12 PM

Took me a while to work out what my daughter was talking about. She kept telling me about her "colour eyes" and pointing out things on the wall that weren't there. I finally realised she was looking up at the light and then enjoying the coloured spots on the walls.

capitalj · 12-01-2008, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by fazstp


	Took me a while to work out what my daughter was talking about. She kept telling me about her "colour eyes" and pointing out things on the wall that weren't there. I finally realised she was looking up at the light and then enjoying the coloured spots on the walls.

I wish I were more fluent in child-speak. Once one has made the leap, it seems obvious, but too often my children give up trying to explain themselves before I can share their amazement.

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	The kids are getting excited about Christmas so we were trying to find all the characters for our little people nativity...

We have the same set. My daughter's obsession this Christmas is my beard. (She talks about it more than toys!) She wants it big and bushy like Santa's. It's getting there, but she wants me to start earlier next year. Apparently we have a new tradition.

fazstp · 12-01-2008, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by capitalj


	We have the same set.

We had an old clay set but after a few beheadings we decided the play set was probably a better way to go.

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Originally Posted by capitalj


	My daughter's obsession this Christmas is my beard. (She talks about it more than toys!) She wants it big and bushy like Santa's. It's getting there, but she wants me to start earlier next year. Apparently we have a new tradition.

LOL. Since I turned forty my stomach region is slowly filling out to Santa's girth but I don't think I could pull off the beard.

fazstp · 12-04-2008, 07:53 PM

My wife was shopping with the kids, just entering a store (Big W), when a wall collapse caused a loud bang and subsequent evacuation of the centre. When my son recounts the story now the bang was caused by a T-Rex in Big W.

Jasen · 12-05-2008, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by aehurst


	My favorites from years ago: Ducks have "plastic bills." And melted cheese is, of course, "cheese juice."

hehe.. my daughter calls guacamole "salad ice cream."

capitalj · 12-08-2008, 08:18 PM

My son's new exclamation of choice is a mishearing of what Dad often says (fortunately he has not yet been influenced by Mom's occasionally saltier vocabulary).

Whenever he is frustrated, he yells "Oh, crack!"

capitalj · 12-20-2008, 08:04 AM

We're getting snow right now, and I looked out the window and at first I didn't see a decoration hung in one of our trees (a very large ornament I had made when I was still blowing glass). My daughter's explanation: "That's because it's wearing a snow wig."

fazstp · 12-20-2008, 03:21 PM

We were trying to get the kids to clean up a bit. My daughter had started to pick up some toys but my son was still playing so we encouraged him to help his sister. His reply was "But Amelie's doing such a good job."

My son's logic was hardly original but I was just impressed to see it in a two and a half year old.

fazstp · 12-20-2008, 04:21 PM

We were at Melbourne Zoo yesterday and asked our son if he wanted to go into the Platypusary. He said no he wanted to go to the Lionary

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capitalj · 12-21-2008, 07:21 AM

I found the removable tooth from my model skull in my daughter's bed. I asked her how it ended up there, and she just looked at me with great big eyes. My daughter tried to fool the Tooth Fairy!

fazstp · 12-21-2008, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by capitalj


	I found the removable tooth from my model skull in my daughter's bed. I asked her how it ended up there, and she just looked at me with great big eyes. My daughter tried to fool the Tooth Fairy!

LOL. That's hilarious.

[OT]
I was going to say it's a pisser but realised it's probably not known in that context outside of Aus.

pisser |ˈpisər|
noun vulgar slang
1 [in sing. ] an annoying or disappointing event or circumstance.
2 an unpleasant person; a person who causes difficulties.
3 really funny (as in "That's a pisser")
[/OT]

capitalj · 12-21-2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fazstp


	[OT] I was going to say it's a pisser but realised it's probably not known in that context outside of Aus. pisser \|ˈpisər\| noun vulgar slang 1 [in sing. ] an annoying or disappointing event or circumstance. 2 an unpleasant person; a person who causes difficulties. 3 really funny (as in "That's a pisser") [/OT]

Means the same thing here. It can also mean very cool - at least it did when I was a kid.

NovaScotian · 12-21-2008, 02:30 PM

And here in Canada too.

The kind of expressions that don't carry well are like a Kiwi friend's "Rattle your dags", for hurry up. Dags are the clumps hanging near a sheep's bum that rattle back and forth when the sheep runs. Called dinkleberries here.

Jay Carr · 12-21-2008, 03:21 PM

Hmmm, pisser just means toilet where I am...

This does make me think. Some of you have teenage children, or did have teenagers, any interesting stories about them?

fazstp · 12-21-2008, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by NovaScotian


	Dags are the clumps hanging near a sheep's bum

That's the definition I was familiar with but it's not mentioned in the OSX Dictionary. Dag is more commonly used here to refer to someone as being kind of amusingly clueless. It's mostly a term of affection but can be derogatory depending on the context. Kath in the Australian Kath and Kim is a perfect example of daggy.

11-23-2008, 02:45 PM	#23
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	The kids are getting excited about Christmas so we were trying to find all the characters for our little people nativity when there was a knock at the door. We opened the door to some Jehovah's Witnesses and before they could say anything my son cries out "I found baby Jesus!" __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

12-01-2008, 06:33 PM	#24
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	We were driving home last night and my son said "Look Daddy, a Moon face!". I looked up and the crescent moon formed a smily mouth with two bright stars forming the eyes above it. Turns out the eyes were actually Jupiter and Venus. The image on the link shows the eyes below the mouth but they were above it when we saw it. (I tried to take some photos on my digital camera but had a few issues. One was overriding the auto-focus. Two was sensitivity. Three was no tripod. I only got a blurry image of a smile and the brighter of the two eyes. The second eye came out when I adjusted the levels. ) __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint Last edited by fazstp; 12-01-2008 at 07:33 PM.

12-01-2008, 07:12 PM	#26
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	Took me a while to work out what my daughter was talking about. She kept telling me about her "colour eyes" and pointing out things on the wall that weren't there. I finally realised she was looking up at the light and then enjoying the coloured spots on the walls. __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

12-04-2008, 07:53 PM	#29
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	My wife was shopping with the kids, just entering a store (Big W), when a wall collapse caused a loud bang and subsequent evacuation of the centre. When my son recounts the story now the bang was caused by a T-Rex in Big W. __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

12-20-2008, 03:21 PM	#33
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	We were trying to get the kids to clean up a bit. My daughter had started to pick up some toys but my son was still playing so we encouraged him to help his sister. His reply was "But Amelie's doing such a good job." My son's logic was hardly original but I was just impressed to see it in a two and a half year old. __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

10-30-2008, 07:09 AM	#21
aehurst MVP Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sherwood, Arkansas, USA Posts: 1,320	The little ones have a clear view of the world, it's just sometimes a little different. My favorites from years ago: Ducks have "plastic bills." And melted cheese is, of course, "cheese juice."

12-01-2008, 07:04 PM	#25
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	My daughter has expanded upon the time-honored tradition of blowing kisses. Last night she stood with her hands behind her, smirked, then held her cupped hands in front of her mouth and blew. She also blows burps and raspberries. My son was watching football at my cousin's house on Thankgsgiving and acted out the plays - running around the living room and falling when "tackled". He even did a dance or two. I don't know where he picked it up; my wife and I aren't sports fans.

12-08-2008, 08:18 PM	#31
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	My son's new exclamation of choice is a mishearing of what Dad often says (fortunately he has not yet been influenced by Mom's occasionally saltier vocabulary). Whenever he is frustrated, he yells "Oh, crack!"

12-20-2008, 08:04 AM	#32
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	We're getting snow right now, and I looked out the window and at first I didn't see a decoration hung in one of our trees (a very large ornament I had made when I was still blowing glass). My daughter's explanation: "That's because it's wearing a snow wig."

12-20-2008, 04:21 PM	#34
fazstp MVP Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,576	We were at Melbourne Zoo yesterday and asked our son if he wanted to go into the Platypusary. He said no he wanted to go to the Lionary . __________________ Inspire you of think the elephant dint Inspire you of think the elephant dint

12-21-2008, 07:21 AM	#35
capitalj All Star Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Posts: 659	I found the removable tooth from my model skull in my daughter's bed. I asked her how it ended up there, and she just looked at me with great big eyes. My daughter tried to fool the Tooth Fairy!

12-21-2008, 02:30 PM	#38
NovaScotian League Commissioner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 5,156	And here in Canada too. The kind of expressions that don't carry well are like a Kiwi friend's "Rattle your dags", for hurry up. Dags are the clumps hanging near a sheep's bum that rattle back and forth when the sheep runs. Called dinkleberries here. __________________ 17" MBP, OS X; 27" iMac, both OS X 10.10.x (latest) Last edited by NovaScotian; 12-21-2008 at 02:42 PM.

12-21-2008, 03:21 PM	#39
Jay Carr Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Springfield, MO, USA Posts: 3,110	Hmmm, pisser just means toilet where I am... This does make me think. Some of you have teenage children, or did have teenagers, any interesting stories about them? __________________ ~ Long ago I was called Zalister, keep that in mind when reading responses to my old posts.