Quotes of the Week
Arthur is using me as a climbing frame…
Mummy: Ooof! Arthur, how many feet have you got?! Ow!
Arthur: THREE!! *leaps up and down*
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Quotes Of The Week
Arthur walks in clutching a bowl of mini eggs…
Mummy: Ooo! Are they yours or mine?
Arthur: *Looks thoughtful* Mummy’s. *holds out bowl*
Mummy: Mine? Yummy! *reaches for bowl*
Arthur: NO! MINE! *stuffs all the eggs in his mouth at once looking mortified and runs away*
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A song was playing in the car, the main refrain of which was ‘Quack, quack, quack.’ Tori has been snorting like a pig throughout…
Mummy: You do realise that song was about ducks, not pigs?
Tori: Yeah, but I can’t say quack.
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Tori: Mummy! I’ve run out of toilet roll ’cause Arthur ate the rest.
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Arthur is playing on the windowsill and the sun comes out from the clouds…
Arthur: Oh no! Sun! Sun! Argh! *runs into the shade*
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What are these words you speak?
About three weeks ago, Arthur learned to talk.
He has been saying words for ages, but he hasn’t been really talking. Words were singular and merely statements: ‘No’, ‘choo choo’, ‘woof woof’, ‘up’, ‘down’, ‘please’, ‘nose’ – but all of a sudden he twigged that they work better together and it’s like someone cast a magic spell.
It started with ‘Henry truck, where?’ and he never looked back – now he babbles away almost constantly. Asking questions (‘Where drink?’), telling you about things (‘baby leaf’), narrating everything he does (‘Nice walk!’) and demanding enough food to feed an elephant (‘More cake… pleeeeease!’)
It’s amazing to listen to him learn but even more amazing to see how it has changed him in his day to day behaviour. Being able to communicate has made him more confident – he’s happier to be away from Caius, Tori and I and with somebody else, he will go and chatter with another person whereas before he’d have stayed close.
He plays much better, both by himself and with his sister.
Alone, he babbles away to his toys shouting ‘CRASH’ when things collide, making them kiss and cuddle, saying hello and mumbling gibberish the entire time.
With Tori they work more as a team – before he would follow Tori around a bit bemusedly and not really join in, now they talk and share toys, argue (they always did this, but it’s more eloquent now instead of just one-sided shouting), interact and make up stories together.
I am sure Tori went through this tranformation as well but I don’t remember noticing it so much – she was always independent and she didn’t really have anyone near her age to play with and show off her new skills as they developed. With Arthur it has been a total transformation and yet another stark reminder that he’s really not a baby any more.
Quotes Of The Week
Mummy: What would you like for lunch?
Arthur: Peas.
Mummy: Would you likes something else to go with your peas?
Arthur: Uuuuumm. No.
Mummy: Right, so you just want peas?
Arthur: *thoughtful face* Errrr, yeah.
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Tori: I’m being very good so can I have a sticker?
Mummy: People who ask for stickers don’t get them.
Tori: I’m not asking, I was just talking about them.
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We are walking into town and Tori spots an Audi parked in a layby…
Tori: Look, Mummy! It’s an Olympic car!
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I think we need to work on Arthur’s pronunciation a bit after this week’s classics…
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Watching CBeebies with Artie.
TV: ‘X is for fox at the end of his tail!’
Artie: F*CK!
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Arthur is standing in the hall pointing.
Artie: Bummer! Bummer! Bummer!
Mummy: Pardon?
Artie: *pointing madly* Bummer!
Mummy: *notices towel hanging on radiator* Do you mean Spongebob?
Artie: *nodding and clapping* Yeah, Bummer!
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From the front room I hear:
Arthur (shouting): Help! Help! Down! Help!
Tori: Coming Arthur! *pause* I’m sorry, I can’t help you.
Arthur (disappointed tone): Okay *heavy sigh*
I then walk into the room to find Arthur stuck in a box with his knees round his ears and a look of resigned acceptance on his face. I helped him out once I’d stopped laughing at him.
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Tori sneezes.
Tori: Bless you, me!
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Arthur is throwing a tantrum. I walk into the room to find Tori sitting on his head.
Tori: I’m making him feel more quiet.
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Arthur: Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!
Caius: I’m not Daddy!
Arthur: Mummy, Mummy, Mummy!
Caius: Nope.
Arthur: *pauses* CAI-CAI!
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Tori and Arthur are playing with Duplo. Tori gets very defensive over a small red block.
Tori: This one is the compost.
Arthur: po-co! po-co! po-co! MINE!
Tori: No, Arthur, I want the compost. You can’t put it on the slide.
Arthur: Po-co WHEEEEE!
Mummy: Why is it compost?
Tori: To go on the chicken. That’s what you do with compost.
Arthur: Po-co! Hen!!
Mummy: …oh.
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