– by Talise
01 Jan 2013 2 Comments
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Looking at a map of the world… UK is…
“the dragon bit.”
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Who needs Christmas presents! She spent a happy few minutes in the garden yesterday stomping on blocks of ice we had chipped off the back of the fridge.
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– age 4 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days
31 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,800 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 8 years to get that many views.
29 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
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Daddy: “You can have one Squashy.”
While tapping her head…
Talise: “I was thinking that in my head!”
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Getting her leggings on…
“Look at me, I’m the expert!”
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“What planet are we on?”
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– age 4 years 5 months 1 week 6 days
26 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
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“Hold onto your hats!” said Mummy, as she took the corners swiftly.
“But we don’t have hats,” said Talise.
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“In the future, we might have cars that don’t have wheels!” said Daddy.
“No, they just won’t work… They will just be stiff cars!” said Talise.
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On her singing Rapunzel doll from Auntie Laura…
“She is beautiful and she has two plaits!”
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– age 4 years 5 months 1 week 3 days
22 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
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“I think she has shrunk. She wasn’t like this before. She was a bit more bigger, like that.”
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“Good girls are angels. Mummy’s a angel too. What are you? Maybe a gingerbread man!”
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“Actually… Mummy’s Mary, and you’re Joseph, and I’m the angel.”
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“Why doesn’t Robert have any face paint on? I think he’s allergic to it.”
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– age 4 years 5 months 6 days
21 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
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“I’m skiing back to Hagley!
– on a cushion on the sofa
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– age 4 years 5 months 5 days
18 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
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“In one of my dreams, I was a lady… and a boy was a man. It was a bit strange, that dream.”
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Talking to Mummy about her green and red plates at school…
“Do you know what I’m talking about?”
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“Daddy, I can’t see my foots growing… They’re just the same big.”
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– age 4 years 5 months 2 days
16 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
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To Daddy…
“Now you’re really cold… and old. Cold and old!”
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She has to take the shoots/boots off her dolls, because…
“They are in their home.”
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– age 4 years 5 months
15 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
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Daddy: “Do you want some more hot milk?”
Talise: “Yes.”
Daddy: “Yes what?”
Talise: “What?”
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Making a stirling effort to read the little tiny words of the objects she needs to find on Mummy’s Tinkerbell app…
“What’s a bro-om?”
(rhymes with ‘crow bomb’)
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– age 4 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day
13 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
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When Daddy said it was too long ago to remember when he last had his face painted…
“It’s a long time to change into a grown-up.”
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– age 4 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days
Things I Say and Do 