I love Richard Hammond. ChaosMan knows this and forgives me for it. Although I am not allowed anywhere near the set of Top Gear, which is probably for the best and would probably contravene the conditions of the restraining order. The boys have also somehow gathered that I love Richard Hammond. I have no idea how.
One day, after I'd finished swooning and clutching my heart at the little cutey on TV, after I'd gathered myself together and wiped the drool from my chin, BigMad asked me whether I loved his Dad or Richard Hammond more. I reassured him that his Dad firmly held the number one spot. He continued "So the two people you love best in the world, apart from your family, are Dad and Richard Hammond?" I replied no, and could I have three people to love best? The penny dropped quickly. "So the people you love the best are my Dad, me and my brother?" I said yes of course I did.
"So you love us more than you love Richard Hammond!!!" He asked wide eyed
"Absolutely"
His face was an absolute picture of pleased incredulity. He must think I'm obsessed or something.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Bad Handwriting
We encourage the children to read, write, draw, make up poems, think about the world, and use their imaginations. Sometimes this backfires on us. I'd recently taught the boys how to write their names in Russian, making them think about language, and how some were very different from English. SM particularly enjoyed this and made me write out lots of words for him.
A few weeks later I was writing a shopping list to give to ChaosMan, with SM sat on my knee. He peered closely at the paper looking very puzzled and asked me "Are you writing in Russian?"
No. I wasn't.
A few weeks later I was writing a shopping list to give to ChaosMan, with SM sat on my knee. He peered closely at the paper looking very puzzled and asked me "Are you writing in Russian?"
No. I wasn't.
Boys Versus Girls 3
On a trip away recently I was called away from sunbathing and playing backgammon with BM (somewhat mercifully as he is mercenary) to answer a vital call of nature. It's an unfortunate fact that caravans amplify natures' calls and I heard SM giggle, then shout to his dad, "DAAAD! Did you know that ladies have big HOLES in their winkies and when they wee it goes WOOOOOSHHHH everywhere?" His dad spluttered and started giggling uncontrollably as SM demonstrated the wooshing with enthusiastic arm motions.
It's ever so hard to concentrate on nature calling when you are laughing.
It's ever so hard to concentrate on nature calling when you are laughing.
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