My 6-y-o daughter usually sleeps really solidly over in her room and is not easily woken by sounds she's accustomed to. But this morning she told me over breakfast, "Dad, you and Mom made the weirdest noises last night and woke me. First Mom kind of whined and sounded as if she was gonna sneeze. Then nothing for a while. And then you started sounding like an elephant! You made one heck of a racket -- Det var ett jäkla liv."
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Like an Elephant
My 6-y-o daughter usually sleeps really solidly over in her room and is not easily woken by sounds she's accustomed to. But this morning she told me over breakfast, "Dad, you and Mom made the weirdest noises last night and...
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Like an Elephant
Category: Children • Humour
Posted on: November 18, 2009 4:00 PM, by Martin R
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ROFL!
Posted by: Coturnix | November 18, 2009 4:40 PM
Keep it up until this also becomes a sound "she's accustomed to". Soon enough everyone is happy, a bit tired, but happy. It's all good.
Posted by: Art | November 18, 2009 5:46 PM
"Out of the mouths of babes..."
Posted by: Thinker | November 19, 2009 4:39 AM
At least she told you, not her friends and teachers in school. Or maybe she did...?
Posted by: Claes | November 19, 2009 5:25 AM
I figure a happy marriage is nothing to be ashamed of. (-;
Posted by: Martin R | November 19, 2009 6:07 AM
Yeah, but that ain't no elephant's trunk, LOL.
Posted by: Ziggy | November 19, 2009 6:56 AM
Hilarious!!
Posted by: Cattis | November 19, 2009 9:07 AM
I think it's fascinating that she could identify that it was you, even though it sounded like an elephant. (Were you stomping around?) Modulation of characteristic sound patterns, hmmm.
Posted by: kai | November 19, 2009 10:21 AM
luckily she didn't come in to tell you to be quiet!
this is such a cute story!!
Posted by: Nariane | November 26, 2009 8:36 PM