From the mouths of babes is a weekly linky which invites you to share a post, old or new, about something your children have said. Those adorable mispronounced words, the glimpses into their imaginations, the blunt observations – whatever it is, I’d love to hear about it!
A big thank you to everyone who linked up last week. I loved Becoming a Stay at Home Mum’s post about all the funny things that Monkey is saying at three and a half – “I love hookers, they’re my favourite!” particularly made me chuckle. Writing Bubble found herself trying to reason with her two-year-old when he became convinced that they were off to get a polar bear and convinced him that it would be a much better idea to make polar bear biscuits – the end result was not quite what she had planned though!
Jessica is quite a little chatterbox and her constant stream of chat makes me chuckle at times. Mealtimes are when she is at her most chatty, and this is when she tends to tell me what she did at preschool (her usual reply to any questions being “I don’t know” at other times!). Last week she told me that “the other children all sat nicely on the mat, Mummy, and I was very pleased with them!” which made me laugh.
Once she decides she’s had enough of talking though, she will often say something like “enough talking, Mummy, I want to have my lunch in peace!”
On arriving home from the Families of Ocean Ward Christmas party last week, Jessica decided that she wanted to make up a dance and tried to teach it to Sophie. Sophie was more interested in wandering around and just joining in as and when the mood took her but Jessica was quite happy repeating the steps over and over again to herself, which were as follows: “clap, stamp, stamp your other leg, pull your dress, play with your nose, nod your head, move your body and move your body more quickly”. She must have repeated this at least ten times and I was quite impressed that the actions were in the same order every single time – although “move your body backwards” was added a little later on at the end.
If you have any posts about something that your children have been saying lately, please do come and link up. The linky opens each Monday from 6am and closes on Friday at 11pm so there is plenty of time to link up your posts (old and new posts are welcome!). Please add the badge below to your post so others know where they can also link up (the badge code is below). I will also try and share posts via Twitter – please use the hashtag #ftmob and I’ll do my best to retweet them. I also have a Pinterest board and will be sharing posts here too.
Looking forward to reading what your little ones have been saying this week.
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Thanks for the mention Louise! Love Jessica’s dance, especially ‘play with your nose’. I’ll be over later to link up if I can get a post written in time. xx
Thanks Maddy – it was so adorable to watch 🙂
Aaaw hahaha well done Jessica for that fab choreography and you’re right, we have to move our body very quickly. 🙂
Sohphie is like “yeah yeah” but wondering around. You’ve got such lovely girls, Louise. xx
Thanks Melody – I loved the way Sophie was just wandering around doing her own thing too 🙂
Ha love how she was pleased that everyone sat nicely…..you’ve got a mini teacher in the making there!
Love the dance also! So fun! Great the Sophie jut wanted to do her own thing!
Thank you Martyn – I think you’re right about having a mini teacher in the making – it did make me chuckle! 🙂
Love the dance. Glad she included the play with your nose move – an absolute classic of the modern jazz genre, I believe! So cute! #FTMOB
Play with your nose made me laugh – I also quite liked her “move your body” move too 🙂
Oh my goodness that video is just ridiculously gorgeous!!!!! Jessica is so earnest. I can just imagine her saying she was pleased with the other children. Priceless. This is why I love this linky so much. I will have to get my act together and write something for it soon xx
At the risk of posting twice, I think my comment disappeared somewhere and I have to say that this is unbelievably gorgeous. If I now have written two comments, I think Jessica’s dance deserves it. 🙂
Aww thank you Kyles – the comments did disappear into the spam for some reason, not sure why. I loved watching Jessica do her little dance over and over. So glad that you enjoy the linky – I always love reading all the things that everyone’s little ones have been saying too 🙂
Adorable linky! I’m glad I came across it. I have just recently found myself adding quite a few posts on things the littlest have said. Great to find a community who enjoys sharing such things. 🙂 Thanks for hosting!
Thanks Melissa – lovely to have you join in and share the things that your children have said too, thanks for linking up 🙂
Haha she reminds me of my eldest as he announced too when he finishes with chat. Isn’t lovely when they make up there own stuff X #FTMOB
It is funny when they decide they’re done talking and tell you. Love watching children make things up too 🙂