Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
(I tried to avoid doing cross-post, but I think this is too cute to not share and it gives me an excuse to put Ninja legitimately in a post title!) My seven year old daughter Alice announced she wants to be a ninja when she grows up. She’s already formed a secret ninja club (girls only) in […]
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Some more gems from my three year old daughter: “You wouldn’t eat me Daddy. My head is too big to fit in your mouth.” To her Maman: “You’re my Best Mummy” (Does she have more than one mummy?) Related Posts:My daughter wants to be a Ninja!More Wisdom from a ToddlerThe Dinosaur TeapartyWisdom from a toddlerExtermalade, […]
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Alice (our 3-year old daughter) offers us her great wisdom: Don’t say “Bloody Hell”, say “Oh My God”. (last time) Related Posts:My daughter wants to be a Ninja!More Alice quotesThe Dinosaur TeapartyWisdom from a toddlerExtermalade, Extermalade, Extermalade!
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Alice (our three year old daughter) has recently developed a love of dinosaurs and this is the result: (Sorry about the low quality, I snapped this with my mobile phone camera) Related Posts:My daughter wants to be a Ninja!More Alice quotesMore Wisdom from a ToddlerWisdom from a toddlerExtermalade, Extermalade, Extermalade!
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Yesterday I had to pick up Alice, my 3 year old daughter, from her after-school instead of my wife. Normally I drop the kids off and my wife does the pick-up, but she’s still out sick today. I brought Alice’s little umbrella along. It’s a small pink frilly thing with picture’s of Disney’s trademark Cinderella […]
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
“Don’t say sugar, Daddy. Say shit.” Related Posts:My daughter wants to be a Ninja!More Alice quotesMore Wisdom from a ToddlerThe Dinosaur TeapartyExtermalade, Extermalade, Extermalade!
“Daddy, you sit there and I’ll read you a story”. “Okay”. Alice (our nearly-three year-old toddler) picks up her Maman’s romance novel and randomly opens it. “Once-apon-a-time-one-day, a group of yellow ducks go down to the swimming pool.” Alice goes to the next page. “They scream ‘AAAAAAAAAAA’.” “Why do they scream?” Alice shows me her […]
My mother-in-law works for a publisher in France, kid’s books mostly. She gets piles of free books for kids. During Christmas, Alice my daughter, was playing with the pile of books and came across a book entitled “De la petite taupe qui voulait savoir qui lui avait fait sur la tete”. She loved it. The […]
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Previously on thedeadone.net, I shared some of the amazing “facts” that Alice, our nearly three years old daughter, had discovered. I’ve got two four new ones for you. The kangaroos in her and Daddy’s bellies have gone. Dinosaurs are actually Dragons. Most monsters are, actually. All the air-planes in Dublin Airport are actually Robots. I […]
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Alice, our daughter, is now 2 (nearly 3) years old. I’m astounded every day by her simple logic, stringing conditions along with “and” and “or”. And she’s becoming more and more aware of the world around her, amazing us by her ever increasing comprehension. Sometimes she feels she needs to explain it to us. But […]