Milenium baby

[sweetnpetite]

My two year old just said "DVD"!!!!
(pointing to a cd!)


Talk about a millenium baby. His first batch of words includes DVD and we weren't even trying to teach him that!

 

[Xelebes]

Oh, dear!

 

[minsue]

Two of my neices have a DVD player in their bedroom and have for at least a year now. They are 5 & 7 years old.

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

 

[sweetnpetite]

Litterally he said D-D. But he was reaching for it so I knew what he meant.

 

[Guest]

Maybe he thinks the DVD is Daddy.

 

[sweetnpetite]

Maybe he thinks the DVD is Daddy.

No he calls daddy 'mommy' or 'mamma' (he calls us both that)

He has a movie on DVD he likes, and he also likes to throw them like frisbees. (we let him play w/ the free AOL ones)

 

[cloudy]

My youngest's first sentence was "Bad dog, no, no" - we had just gotten a puppy and were trying to housebreak it.

For months afterward, anytime someone did something that he understood to be wrong, he would point his finger and pronounce them a "bad dog."

 

[Xelebes]

My youngest's first sentence was "Bad dog, no, no"

It's a life skill that will need practice. She's on the right way... or is it a he? =/

 

[sweetnpetite]

My youngest's first sentence was "Bad dog, no, no" - we had just gotten a puppy and were trying to housebreak it.

For months afterward, anytime someone did something that he understood to be wrong, he would point his finger and pronounce them a "bad dog."

Mine's first sentance was 'go away!"

Second sentance (spoken to sister) "Let go of me"

are we seeing a trend here?

he's also real big on 'uh-u,uh"

'bad dog' is funny and cute. I like that It's so funny what they pick up when you don't even know they are listening (gets less funny every year, lol)

 

[dirtylover]

My brother, as a toddler, called my my mum a 'bugger'. When she got cross with him, he started calling her a 'burglar' instead...


reDVD - sometimes the world spins so fast, it's hard to hold on

 

[Guest]

My two year old just said "DVD"!!!!
(pointing to a cd!)


Talk about a millenium baby. His first batch of words includes DVD and we weren't even trying to teach him that!

Yep, it's a sign of the times.

We took our two out for a day trip today. We went to Portsmouth and visited the Historic Dock there, including a guided tour around HMS Victory (Nelson's flagship, on which he died, and led the English to victory in the Battle of Trafalgar). We also saw the wreck of the Mary Rose (Henry VIII's pride and joy). It was an awesome day out, which we all thoroughly enjoyed.

Um... what was my point about saying all of this? Yes! That's it.

Before we left, my youngest (aged 6) insisted she phone her Grandad (my Dad) to tell him where we were going. She was so excited and was telling him what we'd packed to take. The last thing she said was, "Oh, and it's ok, Mummy's got her phone, so we can take some photos." I heard my Dad let out an incredulous laugh when she said this.

I then went on the phone, and he said, "You amaze me, Tate, just make sure you've got a map, just in case you get lost."

I replied, "Nah, it's ok, I've got GPS on my phone, too!" He chuckled and then asked if it actually made phonecalls. I told him not to be silly, of course it did.

He said, "Prove it, phone me when you get there." I tried, but, guess what? Yep, couldn't get a bloody signal!!!

Oh, and my eldest daughter's first word was, "Hoover."

Lou

 

[gothgodess]

My eldests first word was Doh, he still loves the simpsons. (he's 6 now)

 

[raphy]

Re: Re: Milenium baby

Oh, and my eldest daughter's first word was, "Hoover."

Lou

For the transatlantic amongst you, Lou is talking about a vacuum cleaner, not a dam or a J. Edgar..

(They don't call it a hoover over here, Lou)

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Re: Milenium baby

For the transatlantic amongst you, Lou is talking about a vacuum cleaner, not a dam or a J. Edgar..

(They don't call it a hoover over here, Lou)

Yeah, I know that, but we do over here, and her first word was "Hoover" not "vacuum cleaner".

Funny lot you've moved out to, Raph.

Lou

P.S. I doubt they understand a lot of what I say. Muahahahaha!! Fancy a bit of tiffin, me old mucka'?

 

[raphy]

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Yeah, I know that, but we do over here, and her first word was "Hoover" not "vacuum cleaner".

Funny lot you've moved out to, Raph.

Don't I know it, darlin' ..

Whisp and I are endlessly amused by the minor differences in our speech. It was hilighted yet again during the editing of my novel. I had written "he looked out of the window" and she had edited it to read "he looked out the window"

 

[snooper]

Re: Re: Milenium baby

... HMS Victory (Nelson's flagship, on which he died, and led the English to victory in the Battle of Trafalgar)...

Just in case our transatlantic friends are confused, no, not in that order.

 

[Guest]

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Just in case our transatlantic friends are confused, no, not in that order.

Well, yes it was, kind of. As you seem to enjoy going around the threads correcting me, I'll give a little more detail, to explain why I stated it that way.

Nelson's death came an hour before the last shot was fired at the Battle of Trafalgar.

At 12:10 the Spanish-Franco fleet opened fire on the Victory, Nelson's flagship, at the head of the column of English ships. The Victory couldn't return fire, without turning. For fourteen minutes it was under attack and unable to return fire. In that time 50 of his crew was killed and the wheelhouse destroyed. At 12:30 the Victory rammed Villeneuve's flagship, the Redoubtable. The enemy was in disarray and unable to regroup.

At 1:15, Hardy, Nelson's flag captain, turned to talk to Dr Alexander Scott, the chaplain on the Victory, who had just come up from the decks below. He then saw he sight he'd been dreading. Nelson was on the deck, slumped to his knees. He'd been hit by a sniper, firing from the rigging on the Redoubtable. He'd made a conspicuous target, in his dress uniform complete with full insignia.

The shot had entered just below his left shoulder, at the front, and travelled through his body, shattering his spine as it exited. Hardy carried him below, to the ship's surgeon. For the next three hours, Nelson lay there dying, as the battle raged above. He wouldn't relinquish command, and wanted to see the battle through to the end, if possible.

Hardy visited Nelson twice during this time, and the second time, just before Nelson died, Hardy congratulated him on a brilliant victory. Nelson died a happy man. The last shot was fired an hour later, and victory was assured. Despite Admiral Nelson’s tragic death his seamanship and military skill had won his country a famous victory, with no loss of British ships.

So, in effect, he did lead them to victory, even after his death. He was a remarkable man and true hero.

Lou

 

[minsue]

Re: Re: Re: Milenium baby

For the transatlantic amongst you, Lou is talking about a vacuum cleaner, not a dam or a J. Edgar..

(They don't call it a hoover over here, Lou)

Aw, give us a little bit of credit, raphy! I knew what she was talking about.

 

[Shock Chick]

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Aw, give us a little bit of credit, raphy! I knew what she was talking about.

Phew, she will be pleased somebody understood her. For once.

SC