Mumblings from the Monkey
Mumblings from the Monkey – Issue 17
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J: Mummy, you like mushroom hoops don’t you?
Me: Mushroom hoops?
J: Yes, those (pointing at a sign)
Me: They are onion rings!
J: Which train station are we getting off at
Me: Liverpool Street
J: Liverpool? That’s Granddad’s team! Are we going there?
Me: No, sometimes streets are named after other places. There may be a “J” Street somewhere but you don’t have to live there (this was a bad example I know)
J: One day can we go to “J” Street?
J: Rain, rain, go away, come again another day
Me: That’s a nice song.
J: Mummy, why is it still raining? I just sang the song to make it stop!
J: It’s not been a very good day Mummy
Me: I’m sorry we didn’t get to see Grandma. We’ll see her soon.
J: If you’d have let us go and see her first, them we would have seen her. I’m really sad and it’s ALL YOUR FAULT
Mumblings from the Monkey – Going to London-Baby!
0Sat on the train to London talking about the things we are going to do today:
J: I can’t wait to see the dinosaur bones!
Me: I don’t think you’ll be able to touch them though
J: Why not? I can’t hurt them, they are already dead! Aren’t they?
J: I think we might see Killer Whale bones
V: We might see a big blue whale! It’s mahoosive!
J: Erm, I think you mean massive Daddy!
V: No mahoosive, it’s even bigger than massive!
J: What is a museum?
Me: It’s where you can see things from a long time ago.
J:Before we had electricity?
Me: Yep!
J:So were the televisions like on Peppa Pig when they had a power cut and Peppa got inside?
Me: Not quite!
J: What about the washing machines? Did someone sit inside it and clean the clothes?
Me: There weren’t any machines people just washed their clothes with their hands!
J: That’s a bit rubbish! I like our super washing machine!
Mumblings from the Monkey – issue 15
4More words of wisdom from the 4 year old! Got any to share?
(Chatting in the car about dinosaurs)
J: Some dinosaurs are a bit naughty aren’t they?
Me: Yes I think so.
J: And do you know, some penguins turn to a life of crime! (he seems to have remembered to the word what Sir David Attenborough said on Frozen Planet!)
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(After I just made him laugh when he had been crying)
J: I’m happy, but I have tears. I think there is going to be a rainbow on my face!
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(Wrapped in a towel after a bath)
J: Mummy, do you think I look like baby Jesus?
Mumblings from the Monkey – issue 14
2More words of wisdom from the 4 year old! Got any to share?
J: Are carrots lights that you eat?
Me: No, why?
J: So how do they help you see?
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Me: Did you learn any new sounds today?
J: No we just practised old sounds?
Me: Which ones did you do?
J: Just the ones in the alphabet!
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Me: What did you do at school today?
J: Play, play, play, play, play, play, lunch, assembly, hometime!
Mumblings from the Monkey – issue 13
4Some more classics from the mouth of my 4 year old! Got any to share?
Me: Uncle Anthony is going to America on his holiday
J: Is he? I’d better tell him to watch out for dinosaurs!
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(Practising his sounds)
Me: What is Y for?
J: Yee-haa
Me: OK…How about W?
J: Woohoo
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(Watching Frozen Planet)
J: What are those Polar bears doing?
Me: They are having a little fight.
J: Can I watch Cartoon Network Mummy?
Me: Erm…No! You know you are not allowed!
J: But you let me watch fighting on this channel!
Too bloody clever for my liking that boy!















