Being a mum to 2 toddlers is often a challenging, but humorous way of life! It's a battle of wills day after day and the older and more vocal your child gets, the level of embarrassment for parents increases. Here are some absolute gems from my lovely 3 year old over the last few months.
1. Noah's obsessed with dogs. He loves them, waves at them, bellows across the street to obtain their attention. However, he's also dismayed at the increasing levels of dog poo on the paths close to where we live. One morning, we had a huge stand off, because he's requested that I pick up the dog poo and put it in a bin. I politely refused, however when we arrived at the bus stop, he'd hatched a plan. "Mam if I poo, you've got to pick it up!" He then pulled down his trousers and began to poo in the bus stop declaring that I needed to pick it up. In a hurry, as the bus was due, I quickly bundled it into a nappy sack and got on the bus. All of our journey there, an elderly woman queried what the smell was. Noah proudly announced that it was his poo and it was "really stinky!" Cringe!
2. Noah's got a keen eye and is ever the social butterfly. Accompanied by a voice like a fog horn, it often gets him into bother. Announcing that the lady on the bus had "a big, hairy beard like my daddy!" Caught the attention on the busy bus. He then announced that he was going to "stroke it like a doggy!" Cue a huge tantrum when I told him that he couldn't. 10 minutes later and the sobs of "please let me touch the hairy lady..." Continued!
3. Noah is obsessed with diggers and can name several different types. Whilst walking by a new home development, we were discussing the diggers and an elderly gentleman commented that there were lots of tractors. Noah promptly responded, "no that's a dump truck and a backhoe! Stupid man!"
4. My boys love the bin man and he's treated like a local celebrity. Recently Noah was caught bellowing, "I love you bin man. You're so cool!" Apparently refuse collection is one of his life goals.
5. When coming out of nursery, Noah was dismayed that some children wouldn't play the way he wanted to and began his conversation with, "well, those bloody kids..."
6. My kids are constantly eating or asking to eat. My sister was horrified the volume of food that the two of them ate at a recent visit to a restaurant. It's a regular occurrence though and it's costing me a fortune. Hearing Noah bellowing at 4 in the morning, "I need toast/brioche/biscuits" is normal in our house! You only know they're unwell when they're not eating!
7. After a recent visit to the doctor. I was debriefing Noah afterwards and discussing the medicine that he'd have to take and asked him, "can you remember what the doctor said?" "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!" I despair!
8. Noah's often engaging in role play in the house, his current favourites are the fish and chip shop, the cake shop and the pizza shop. He's often in the Chinese restaurant role play at nursery too. I think our diet needs an overhaul!
9. Noah's obsession with diggers means that we often drive around to nearby building sites. Nothing prepared me for finding a mini JCB tucked into his undies though!
10. The weather isn't always a factor in Noah deciding what he'd like to wear. Explaining to him that flip flops, shorts and a t shirt aren't suitable for a winter day is just asking for a meltdown. Instead, I merely encouraged him to layer up and put his trousers and sweatshirt on top of the summer clothes. However, the flip flops had to be replaced by wellies!
With Noah, every day is different and he's always keeping us on our toes. You could say that he's spirited and full of personality. Who knows what today will bring! What funny moments have you had with your three-nagers?
