It has only been recently become apparent to us that Sammy uses ‘sl’ when pronouncing a word that begins with ‘fl’.
After making poo:
Sammy: I want to slush the toilet.
Seeing a cartoon character fly:
Sammy: Look! He can sly!
Holding a flower:
Sammy: Look Daddy, a slahwer!
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Sammy likes eating ‘chocolate’. This is hazelnut spread which he likes to eat direct from a spoon. One day he scooped an extra large serving, ate it all up messily, with the brown stuff all over his mouth.
Mummy: Come Sammy, let’s wash your face.
Sammy: (always the contrarian) I don’t need to wash my face!
Mummy: Your mouth is so messy. Look at yourself in the mirror.
Sammy goes to the mirror and considers his appearance.
Sammy: Mummy, I look like a werewolf!
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Mummy and Sammy were walking to school. They come across a construction worker along the footpath:
Sammy: (singing loudly) Bob the Builder…
(If you don’t know Bob the Builder…http://www.bobthebuilder.com/au/index.asp)
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Pia had a tantrum again. Daddy wants her to be a bit more considerate to Mummy.
Daddy: Pia, whenever you have tantrums, it can sometimes make Mummy feel sick
Pia: How can she be sick?
Daddy: (grasping) Uhm…some of her body parts may become weaker and not function properly.
Pia: Like her tooth?
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Pia says she wants to be a principal because she wants to “ring the bell.”
Daddy: (laughing) You want to be a principal because you want to ring the bell?
Pia: (becomes angry) It’s not funny! It’s very important. If nobody rings the bell, how will we know that it’s time to play. School will be SO BORING!
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Every now and then, Daddy or Mummy asks the children what they want to be when they grow up.
Daddy: Pia, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Pia: I want to be a principal.
Daddy: (Impressed with her ambition. Pia used to want to be a ‘mere’ teacher). Why do you want to be a principal?
Pia: So I can ring the bell.
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Daddy’s current favourite show is Big Bang Theory. The children love watching it too. They especially like the catchy theme song. Whenever it plays, they sing along. Of course, they don’t know all the words:
The children: …14 billion years ago…we built the wall… we built the pyramids…hum… hum… geology…hum… hum… biology… hum..hum..and it all started with a big BANG!
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Sammy loves watching Thomas the Train, whose favourite expression of surprise seems to be ‘Cinders and ashes!’
One day while Mummy was hanging the clothes, Sammy was lpaying in the grass and soil with his digger, pretending it was Thomas:
Sammy: Choo-choo….cinders and ashes!
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We were having burgers for dinner. The children love it. Pia wants another one:
Pia: Daddy, can I have another hung burger?
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Sammy always sleeps beside Mummy.
It’s 9:30pm. Already past the children’s bedtime. Mummy is getting sleepy.
Mummy: (yawning) Sammy, let’s go to bed now.
Sammy: (doesn’t want to go to sleep yet) I watching Achie play.
Mummy: (threatens) I’m tired. If you don’t go to bed now, I will sleep without you.
Sammy: (freedom) Yes, you sleep Mummy.
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Sammy likes to sing. He usually does it while he plays. Being only 3 years old, he doesn’t get all the words right.
Sammy: One, little two, little three, little inches. Four, little five, little six, little inches….
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Sammy’s the most independent of the children and always wants to do things himself.
He had just finished poo-ing and was trying to put on his pants by himself, but was having trouble.
Mummy: Sammy, do you need help? Come here I will help you.
Sammy: (struggling to put his pants on) I don’t need my help!
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Sammy cannot pronounce ‘bicycle’
Sammy: Daddy, can I ride my bi-kosol?
Daddy: It’s ‘bicycle’
Sammy: Bikosol
Daddy: Bi…
Sammy: Bi…
Daddy: See…
Sammy: See…
Daddy: Kul…
Sammy: Kul…
Daddy: Bicycle
Sammy: Bikosol.
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Sammy approaches Daddy, hand on tummy:
Sammy: Daddy, my tummy is <inaudible>y
Daddy: Your tummy is achy?
Sammy: No…my tummy is sleepy
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Sammy is very quickly picking up new words. He gets the meanings much later.
One day, Daddy is busy at the computer. Sammy approaches with a crayon and a page for coloring:
Sammy: Daddy, can you color my picture?
Daddy: I can’t Sammy, I’m busy.
Sammy: Daddy, can you color my picture?
Daddy: I’m busy.
Sammy: No, I’M busy!
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Sammy at three years old has become very talkative. With a limited vocabulary to work with, he comes up with odd sentences.
One day, Daddy is in the bedroom. Sammy runs to the bedroom holding a spoon of peanut butter:
Sammy: Daddy, do you know my peanut butter?
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Sammy enjoys making fun of butts. One afternoon, as soon as Mummy wakes up from her quick nap:
Sammy: Mummy, do you want to see my butt!
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Sammy loves Mandarin oranges. But he pronounces them as ‘nanderin’. One day he sees Pia eating the last Mandarin. Sammy runs to Daddy:
Sammy: Daddy, I want nanderin
Daddy: I think there’s no more mandarin.
Sammy: I want nanderin
Daddy: There’s no more mandarin.
Sammy: I WANT NANDERIN!
Daddy: No more mandarin.
Sammy: DADDY! I WANT MANDARIN! NOT ‘NO MORE’!
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We give the children extra homework at home to keep them sharp. Pia loves doing them some days, and hates doing them some days. Today Mummy had to remind Pia several times to finish her home work. Pia gets annoyed:
Pia: Mummy! When you’re sleeping I’m going to tie your legs!
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Sammy has decided he likes butts, especially his.
One day, while Daddy was working on his computer.
Sammy: (walks up to Daddy) Daddy, do you want to see my BUTT?
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