How to go for an autumnal walk with the kids in, well, a whole bunch of easy catch phrases.
Right, wellies on!
Do your coats up, don’t want to freeze.
Don’t run across the car park.
How can you need a wee? You went before we left.
Keep up with Dad please.
Watch where you’re going, don’t tread on the dog poo bag.
Don’t throw rocks at ducks.
No you can’t teleport back to the car.
Keep up with Dad please.
The dog is not going to chase you, just stay calm.
Aww come on, smile nicely, just one good photo please.
Yes splash in puddles but please don’t splash me.
Single file in this bit so other people have room.
Please, keep up with Dad.
Yes you can have a snack when we get halfway.
Yes, well, you’ll get wet feet if you splash in really big puddles.
Don’t hit your brother with the stick.
Go left here, no the other left.
Keep up with Dad please.
Aww look, the boys are holding hands.
Keep out of the way of the people on bikes please boys.
You’ve got sore feet? Well you’re far too big to piggy back.
The car’s just round the next corner. Or the one after. Or the next one. We’re nearly there.
Oh good, the snacks have kicked in.
Keep up with Dad, please. Pleeeease.
This wasn’t meant to be poetic but it kind of turned out that way. All real quotes from recent walks with the boys, mostly on 7th November 2020.
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I love this! These words definitely sum up a family day out xx
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This was such a typical day out.
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This post sounds like my childhood! Some of my favourite memories are of family walks, moaning and pub lunches at the end!
Rosie
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A pub lunch at the end would have made all the difference I suspect
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Love this … felt like I was on the walk with you !
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Ha ha! Welcome to join us and deal with the kids antics any time
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😀👣👣
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Hi SS&GP. Fantastic! The rain is lashing down outside my window as I write this and, for some reason, that makes it easier for me to imagine Autumnal walks 🙂 So many of your observations rang true with the words my own mum used to, optimistically, shout to me and my sister. And the thing is, they were enjoyable walks and they bring back fond memories. Thank you.
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Thanks Richie! Yeah it was enjoyable by and large, with brief moments of intense annoyance. 😆
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Brilliant! And you’re right, it is poetic. I think we all must say a variation of the same things on these walks!
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Yes I suspect my parents said the same thing to me and my brother too
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That was so funny and familiar. It felt like you’ve been on a walk with my kids before.
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Ha ha! Glad I’m not alone in this experience
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Some great quotes smell, and some that I remember for being a kid too. You missed one to go with the stick though- be careful or you’ll have someone’s eye out with that.
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Yeah it was too late, he’d already whacked his brother with it.
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Thanks for sharing, this sounds like my nephews when we go for a walk with them, it usual stop at the end of the road when they are on their bikes 🙂
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If they’d been on bikes they would have been miles ahead no trouble 😄
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Oh I loved it, I too use the phrase hold dad’s hand. lol 🙂
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I think it’s really common.
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It does change as they get older, different stage, different challenges. Hang in there x
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I hear you! Family walks can be challenging, but also fun. We had to pretend to be ‘a train’ the other day by using sticks as ‘coupling rods’ 🤣
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Oh that does sound fun. The other week I had fo be a T Rex and chase them to get them home.
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🙄🤣🤣
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It’s spot on! My boys are older teenagers now, and this is very nostalgic for me. Great memories you have to treasure.
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Absolutely. The imperfect days out are the real ones to cherish. Who needs gleaming grins when I can have mud splashed jeans 😁
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Hahaha! This made me laugh and was all too relatable. I don’t have kids myself, but I take pride in being ‘that aunt’ that spends as much time with my nieces and nephews as possible. That being said, I think I’ve used AT LEAST half of those phrases myself during our many adventures lol
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Excellent, sounds like you’re a responsible aunt as well as a fun one.
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This is fantastic. It’s funny though. Now that my girls are grown up, I miss those days.
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There were good cute moments too, bit it just felt on big moan for an hour and a half
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Brings back memories ! 🙂
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So funny 🤣
Brings back memories.
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Yeah, so much fun 😭
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Haha I love this, found myself laughing at a few of them! The “Keep up with Dad, please” just reminds me of when I was a kid – I always got distracted by something when we were out on a walk!
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Ha ha, glad its not just me! They were being slow because they wanted to take bikes and we’d said no because we thought it would be too busy. Proper pair of grumps, I wasn’t any better.
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