Viva Espana

Mia: Mummy, what do the blue and green ones talk in Monsters Inc?
Me: What do you mean love?
Mia: English or Spanish?
Me: English. Do you want to learn some Spanish? 1,2,3 in Spanish is uno, dos, tres.
Mia: Uno, dos, tres.
Me: Do you want to say 'I'm Mia' in Spanish?
Mia: Oh yes (pause) I'm Mia in spanish.

Sentimental

Me: Hey Mia, you know all the funny things you say? Mummy put them all on a website so we can always remember them.
Mia: Mummy, stop talking and put the television on.

Personality

Picked Mia up from nursery one day.

Nursery nurse: Mia's had a great day. Best line of the day - I'm Mia, I'm bolshy!
Me: I wonder who she gets that from?

Animals

Mia: I don't really look like a doggy mum.
Me: Er, no you look like a human, that's what you are.
Mia: (In very sad voice) Ohh but I want to look like a doggy!

Feeding time at the zoo

Teatime in the Simpson/Cooper-Abbs household. Trying to get Mia (3) to stop faffing around and eat her tea.

Me: Come on Mia, if you don't hurry up Lily will be the winner.
Mia: *withering stare* It's not just about the winning mummy. It's about the eating.

It's a bum job

Mia (3) sees a squirrel in the garden.
Mia:Mummy, why do squirrels jump?
Me: Well, they jump and run.
Mia: Do they poo?
Me: Erm, yes.
Mia: Where do they poo from?
Me: Their bums.
Mia: Where is their bum?
Me: Erm under their tail.
Mia: (eyeing me suspiciously) Well I can't see their bum.

Teatime

Mia is messing around in the kitchen, trying to eat sweets instead of choosing what she wants for tea.

Me: Come on Mia, focus, what do you want for tea?
Mia: Lalalala
Me: What do you want? Soup? Sausages? Whatever...
Mia: Whatever!

Song lyrics

According to Mia, Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harem is about giraffes.

I'm a Barbie Girl

Mia: Mummy, do you know Barbie has a dog?
Me: No I didn't, what's his name?
Mia: Doggy Le Bark Bark.

Education matters

Walking to preschool & we see some girls from the local high school.
Mia: Do they go to really big school mummy?
Me: Yes, there's primary then secondary school, college and university.
Mia: I want to go to really really big school!
Me: University? Mummy & Daddy went to university, Mummy learnt how to be writer and daddy... learnt how to be a scientist.
Mia: Well when I go to university I want to learn chatterboxing.

Friends

Mia: Mum, can you pretend to be Mia and I'll pretend to be Jaydee.
Me: Who is Jaydee?
Mia: I have no idea.

Career choices

Mia asked me today how we make pennies (money). So I explained about work and jobs. Me: You know mummy writes things and people pay her. And Daddy does computer things and they give him money for that.

Cue knowing 3 year old look. Me: There are loads of different jobs, pilot, doctor, designer, anything you like really.... So what job do you want to do when you grow up.

Mia: I want to be a cat.

Flowery dogs

Me: Tell Daddy what kind of dog we saw the other day. It was white...
Mia: With black spots!
Me: Yes, do you think daddy knows what kind of doggy it was?
Mia: A pansy!!