Me: So tomorrow Daddy is going to go to Sheffield so it will just be us.

Big M: Is he going to Sheffield to be a chef?

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Big M: I have a funny story for you… There was once a silly man and he didn’t have a head or eyes or a nose or a mouth or arms or legs or feet. He just had a tummy button, a tummy and a throat. One day he was walking along with his head…

Me: I thought he didn’t have a head?

Big M: He did have shoulders though…

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Heard through the monitor half an hour after bedtime

Little M: Sleep time Laura [nursery nurse]… Laura, sleep time now. No wake time Laura… Sleep time… Sleep time now…