Done with errors

Child#2: “Look, ducky’s making a chuffle!” [We can’t think of a word that describes the trail something makes as it’s dragged across a beach, so ‘chuffle’ it is.]

Child#2: “Peary dogs”

Child#2: “Dreggins”

Child#2: “that’s daindrous”

Daddy: “Here you are” Child#2: “Thankyou. What is it?” Daddy: “It’s a Jaffa Cake.” Child#2 [runs into the next room holding it]: “Mummy! Mummy! Look – it’s a deffacate!”

Daddy: “You’ve been good, I think you deserve a treat” Child #1 [thinks for a bit]: “For my treat I’d either like some chips or to go to the pub.”

[The children are down late sneaking a watch at the Victorian Pharmacy on TV] Daddy: “Look kids. Potassium chloride. Daddy knows where to find that in the wild. When we go camping we can make a bomb if you like.” Mummy [overhearing the conversation]: “Nooooooo. We’re not…” [pause] “…going camping.”

Child #2 [plurals] “duckzez”, “cakezez”, “the white onezez”

Daddy: “I bet it was sad when you had to say goodbye to your headteacher for the summer.” Child #1: “Yes, my tears were on.”