Perhaps make someone smile!!

chicara
chicara Member Posts: 47
edited 5. Sep 2010, 14:17 in Community Chit-chat archive
Hi everyone

Thought I'd share this with you it might make someone smile today. First I need to tell you that I am quite small - 5'2", 6 stone 3 pounds and size 4 - 6 in clothes.

So one afternoon our daughter pops over with our then 5 year old grandson Ben and for ages he is very quiet colouring and drawing while we had a cuppa and a chat. Then Ben brought his drawing to me - "Guess who this is Gran", I don't know sweetheart I tell him. "Well" says Ben, "she's the only person in this house wearing a dress today".

Oh is that me I asked him, to which he replied yes.

"But you've drawn me with very thin arms Ben", I say

"That's because you're skinny Gran", was the matter of fact reply.

Out of the mouths of babes!!

Take care all

Chicara

Comments

  • robertls
    robertls Member Posts: 2,304
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    It made me smile......

    Well.........you can't fault his factual observation......

    Maybe needs to brush up on his subtlety though.......

    He sounds like a good one.......

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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    It made me smile too, Chicara.

    Children are so observant, and tell it like it is sometimes. Recently, as I followed my young grand-daughter up the stairs, I noticed that she was going up one step at a time, with apparently stiff legs. When I asked her what she was doing, she said that she was just pretending to be me!

    Joan
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  • trisher
    trisher Member Posts: 9,263
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Awe Bless

    I have a grandson who is 5 his name is Ben as well.

    Love Trish xxxx
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    the words of children show us our selves as others see us not as we think they do .
    my son came into out room a few years back and said mum you are not going to wear that across to school are you when i asked why he said it does not match :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: oh well i changed top to one he thought matched would not have wanted to embaris them bless made me smile all day now wonder where he heard that from . yes it was me val
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  • chicara
    chicara Member Posts: 47
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    robertls wrote:
    It made me smile......

    Well.........you can't fault his factual observation......

    Maybe needs to brush up on his subtlety though.......

    He sounds like a good one.......

    Rob x a045.gif

    Hi Rob

    I don't know about subtelty I think Ben may take after his Gramps, just be straight and to the point, no messing just tell it how it is. He's a little treasure though.

    Chicara
  • chicara
    chicara Member Posts: 47
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    joanlawson wrote:
    It made me smile too, Chicara.

    Children are so observant, and tell it like it is sometimes. Recently, as I followed my young grand-daughter up the stairs, I noticed that she was going up one step at a time, with apparently stiff legs. When I asked her what she was doing, she said that she was just pretending to be me!

    Joan

    Hi Joan

    Children do have a habit of coming out with little comments that make you smile don't they? I often say with Ben around who needs TV, he's entertainment enough.

    Chicara
  • chicara
    chicara Member Posts: 47
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    trisher wrote:
    Awe Bless

    I have a grandson who is 5 his name is Ben as well.

    Love Trish xxxx

    Hi Trish

    Our little Ben will soon be seven and growing fast, won't be long before he catches his Gran up LOL.

    Take care

    Chicara
  • chicara
    chicara Member Posts: 47
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    valval wrote:
    the words of children show us our selves as others see us not as we think they do .
    my son came into out room a few years back and said mum you are not going to wear that across to school are you when i asked why he said it does not match :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: oh well i changed top to one he thought matched would not have wanted to embaris them bless made me smile all day now wonder where he heard that from . yes it was me val

    Hi Val

    I love the innocence and honesty of children and you have to smile when they start repeating your 'little sayings' back to you. When my daughter was about 18 months, we were in the garden and our next door neighbour was hanging out washing when she dropped a peg. All of a sudden this little voice pipes up, "Oh s**t" at the exact time time as my neighbour said it. My poor neighbour was horrified. She hadn't realised about her language and was mortified that my daughter had picked it up from her. Needless to say she was far more careful what she said when little ears were listening in the future.

    Take care

    Chicara
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    :D That made me giggle! DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,026
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ah Chicara

    Kids are nothing if not honest.

    Can't take offence can we?

    Love

    Toni xx
  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    My 6 year old daughter had to draw her family for school so mum and dad, her 2 brothers and her 2 half-sisters and the ironing lady!!!!! I was so embarressed.

    Ironing lady has gone now due to playing on her phone all day and popping onto facebook on my laptop.......she didnt deserve to have such an honoured position in my family picture.


    Elizabeth
    Never be bullied into silence.
    Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
    Accept no ones definition of your life

    Define yourself........

    Harvey Fierstein
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,026
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    :shock:

    Elizabeth!!!

    Poor you :(

    Naughty ironing lady :x

    My next door neighbour is an ironing lady.....will keep an eye on her....

    Love#


    Toni xx
  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    frogmorton wrote:
    :shock:

    Elizabeth!!!

    Poor you :(

    Naughty ironing lady :x

    My next door neighbour is an ironing lady.....will keep an eye on her....

    Love#


    Toni xx

    Her mum wont talk to me anymore. As if it was my fault! I only got rid of her when she failed to call in sick 4 times. I even rang her one day and said if you are not coming in please let me know. She had the chance to say she was too unwell there and then,

    Elizabeth
    Never be bullied into silence.
    Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
    Accept no ones definition of your life

    Define yourself........

    Harvey Fierstein
  • trisher
    trisher Member Posts: 9,263
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Elizabeth

    Oppps shame she does not talk to you. It is what our children see in their minds.

    My son when he was small had to draw a picture at school of a room in their house.

    He bought the drawing home. He had drawn th kitchen.Well he hhad this pile in the corner. I asked what it was, O it is all the washing up you had not done.

    I was so embarrassed. This was on a Sunday and I had done a roast. I was not feeling too well that day and instead of doing it straight away I stacked it and said I would do it after I had laid down.

    Well the washing up in the picture went up to the ceiling, it looked awful.

    When I took him to school the next day I found myself apologising to the teacher and saying I do wash up honest.

    The day after I fet so awkward I made his dad take him to school.

    Trish xxx