March 2010
15 posts
3 tags
3 tags
How do you respond to this?
Me: Why would you hit your brother?
J (two year old): Ohhhh Mikayla! *huge sigh* I just wanted to have a bit of fun!
An Anthology of Aussie Lingo- Part 2
100’s & 1000’s - Multi coloured sprinkles
Pikelets- Mini Pancakes
Eskie- Cooler
Singelet- Undershirt
Doona- Duvet
Mufti- Casual Dress (in Australia all school children wear uniforms, Mufti days are those on which you don’t have to wear the uniform)
Beanie (Australia)= Tuque (Canada)= Hat? (America)
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
3 tags
Trauma at the fish market
M ( 5 years old): Mikayla? Are those fish dead?
Me: Yeah they are
M: Are they in heaven?
Me: I guess so...
M: Than how come they are looking at me still??
October 2009
5 posts
“There’s a nice crocodile dancing on my head! But he doesn’t like...”
– 2 year old J
“J (2 years old): Mikayla! Just throw me in the water!!
Me: I can’t throw...”
– My precocious miss at the beach today
September 2009
4 posts
An Anthology Of Aussie Lingo Part 1
Chooks = Chickens
Demountables = Portables
Macca’s = McDonalds
Tomato Sauce = Ketchup
How are you going = How are you
Face Washer = Washcloth
Abseiling = Rapelling
Also…the tendency to add the beginning of a question back onto the end of it i.e. Have you got a lolly have you? Is that yours is it?
