One of Abi’s favorite games recently has been to pretend to be on the telephone, having a conversation with someone and then pass the phone around saying “I’ll just pass you over to Daddy”. Today when she passed the phone over to me, we had the following conversation:

Me (talking on the toy phone):

Hello?

Really?

Why did she do that?

Abi (protesting profusely):

I didn’t!

Abi has recently decided that she wants a boat

Abi: Can you give me some money?

Me: How much do you need?

Abi: Mummy, how much do we need?

Mummy: £20,000

Abi: Yes (looking at me)

Me: Sorry I haven’t got that much

(Drawn on the computer with a stylus)

Today when I was in town with Abi, we saw a man sitting on a bench – she pointed at him and said,

“It’s Grandad Tumble”

I said, “It’s not Grandad Tumble”

She said, “It is Grandad Tumble isn’t it! Okay!