We are in the car, on our way home one day.
Angus: “When I’m a grown up, I’ll choose a car from the car shop. If I need a motorbike, I’ll get a motorbike.”
Me: “You’re not going to need one.”
Angus: “If I need one, I’ll get one.”
Me: “You won’t need one. Period.”
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Again, in the car:
Angus: “Land Rover Discovery is a very long word.”
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At the dinner table one evening:
Angus: “I wont be a grown up for a long time because I’m still three years old for a long time. How old are you mummy?”
Me: “Thirty-two, darling.”
Angus: “Thirty two is a lot!”
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During bedtime with the boys:
Angus: “Daddy, you better kneel down so that you don’t squash me.”
Moments later….
“Daddy, in the morning, the sky turns blue when the earth turns towards the sun, and the clouds turn white, and daddy, when the clouds get full of water, we get rain in the morning.”
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In the morning, while Pete is having his nappy changed:
Rick: “Pete has a pink bottom.”
Angus: “Oh no, that will hurt. When people have a pink bottom, that means it hurts.”
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After a tearful dinnertime one evening:
Me: “Do you know why you were crying?”
Angus: “No. Sometimes you just don’t know why. It just happens.”
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In the car, on our way to the beach:
“I see things and I think about them, oh and I also talk about the things I think about, and I do that all the time.”
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And finally, this afternoon during quiet time:
Angus: “Daddy, why are you just wearing a tummy?”
(You can read more of our conversations with Angus here.)
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