Kids Talk

Laura gave me a very lingering kiss goodnight, then pulled back and looked at me sternly. “Mum, you’re not doing it right,” she said. “Do it like on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Open your mouth!”

Daniel (to Laura): You have to do what I say, because my god is bigger than your god.

Deb (driving in the car, after Daniel had been quiet for some time): What are you doing, Daniel? Daniel: Just swallowing my germs.

Laura: What do you want to be when you grow up, Daniel? Daniel: I don’t know. Laura: How about you be a tractor?

Daniel: Laura, if you won’t marry me, I won’t marry you either. Laura: I don’t want to marry you anyway. I want to marry Hayley.

Deb overheard this conversation in the car on the way to the movies: Laura: Daniel, have you got any snacks in your nose? Daniel: Um…no. Laura: Neither have I. Oh, yes, I have got one. Daniel: No, Laura – put it back! Save it for the movies!

Daniel: We can’t see Jesus because he’s always behind us.

Laura: One of my legs is very shy.

Laura (frowning, hands on hips): You don’t look very pretty today, Mum. Go and put something else on.

Deb: If you want to make friends with someone, you can say “Hi. My name’s Daniel. Would you like to play with me?” Daniel (scornfully): Oh Mum, that’s not what you say. You say, “Fair dinkum mate, we’ve got some work to do!”