Petal asked me if I could get her some "chewing-gum tape".
What did she mean?
Blu-tac.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Grow up!
Petal’s little brother turned two recently. In the morning, she rushed in to wish him a ‘happy birthday’. She quickly stopped in her tracks.
“You still look one-ish!” she exclaimed to him.
“What do you mean?” I asked her.
She looked him up and down.
Looking up again, she said, “He still doesn’t have much hair.”
Then looking down again in disgust, she grunted, “And he still wears a nappy.”
Monday, November 16, 2009
Get a room!
As we pulled up in the car outside our home, my husband reached over and gave me a kiss.
From the backseat of the car we heard, "Stop it!"
We both turned to see Petal glaring at us.
Quite unimpressed, she growled at us, "You have two little kids!"
From the backseat of the car we heard, "Stop it!"
We both turned to see Petal glaring at us.
Quite unimpressed, she growled at us, "You have two little kids!"
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Hot stuff
As we dined together the other night, Petal asked me the name of the sauce on my steak.
"It's called Bernaise," I explained.
"Is it spicy?" she asked.
"No, not at all."
"Well, that's a bit silly," she tutted.
"Why?"
"Because it's called burn-aise," she huffed.
"It's called Bernaise," I explained.
"Is it spicy?" she asked.
"No, not at all."
"Well, that's a bit silly," she tutted.
"Why?"
"Because it's called burn-aise," she huffed.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Fair enough
Petal's aunty from the UK popped over to visit us.
"Where do you live?" asked Petal.
"In London," explained her aunty.
"Like 'London Bridge is Falling Down'?" continued Petal.
"Yes, just like that. I sometimes travel over London Bridge."
Petal stopped in her tracks and looked at her aunty with great interest.
"Are you the fair lady?" Petal quizzed her.
Her aunty was a little surprised by this question.
"Um, er, I'd like to think so..." she uttered.
At this point I interrupted the conversation.
"Do you think she's the 'fairest of them all?'" I asked Petal, explaining to her aunty that we'd just been watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Petal shook her head. "No, that's not what I mean."
Her aunty stepped in. "Have you seen 'My Fair Lady'?"
Petal looked at us both bemused. Then without any warning, she launched into singing:
"London Bridge in falling down, falling down, falling down,
London Bridge in falling down (she takes a deep breath)
MY FAIR LADY!"
Ah, of course.
"Where do you live?" asked Petal.
"In London," explained her aunty.
"Like 'London Bridge is Falling Down'?" continued Petal.
"Yes, just like that. I sometimes travel over London Bridge."
Petal stopped in her tracks and looked at her aunty with great interest.
"Are you the fair lady?" Petal quizzed her.
Her aunty was a little surprised by this question.
"Um, er, I'd like to think so..." she uttered.
At this point I interrupted the conversation.
"Do you think she's the 'fairest of them all?'" I asked Petal, explaining to her aunty that we'd just been watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Petal shook her head. "No, that's not what I mean."
Her aunty stepped in. "Have you seen 'My Fair Lady'?"
Petal looked at us both bemused. Then without any warning, she launched into singing:
"London Bridge in falling down, falling down, falling down,
London Bridge in falling down (she takes a deep breath)
MY FAIR LADY!"
Ah, of course.
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