Life, Kids, Technology & that move to another continent
I took note of this banter with A way back in June. I have been slow getting stuff written up. I thought this was funny enough (to me):
I was getting the girls ready for bed and while I was ticking in A I asked her “are you tired?”.
A replied “how do you know i am tired?”.
I replied “are you tired?”.
She replied “yes”.
I said “you look tired”.
She responds “oh”…
She just makes me smile and is pretty funny and silly!
When travelling we allow the girls their favourite stuffed animal and one other. A now has two Paddington Bears so when it came time to pack for our last holiday she had a fit when I told her she could only take one of them and something else. This photo of both in her bunk bed in Copenhagen shows who won that argument.
The other night i was giving A a hug and this transpired:
Me “I love you so much”
A “More than a robot?”
Me pausing for a second confused “Yes more than a robot”
Note, I do not have a photo of a robot and I try not to post pictures of the kids so Paddington with goggles will have to do.
M promised the girls to make A a cake. It wasn’t just any cake. It was pretty involved with two tiers, fondant and a fondant ranbow unicorn. It took M days to prepaid it. As she was putting the finishing touches on it I was working from home and overheard the girls talking. They were debating how long the cake would take to get ready.
A goes to T “Playing makes the waiting easier”.
Those two crack me up.
“It is smaller on the outside, and bigger on the inside”. That is A’s explanation of what a TARDIS is to British kid.
The first thought that came to my mind when I heard that was it was very funny and I had to write it down. The second thing that went through my mind was I thought having a working knowledge about Doctor Who was a legal requirement for all British children? My nephew not knowing about it in America is just sad, however a 7 year old in London not knowing about it I thought was illegal.
One night near bedtime I asked A something. I cannot even recall what it was. Her response was “OK Captain”.
I asked “why am I a captain?”
Her response was “You have a beard.”
I asked “What?”
She said “Captain’s have beards’s”.
Now she is walking around saying Aye Aye Captain.
For the record I do not have a beard. I haven’t shaved in a few days since I have been working from home and simply didn’t want to shave. It is much more growth than I typically have. Just no way a beard. This may be her subtle way of saying I should shave. All the ladies in the house apparently do not like me with stable.
T read this book the other night to M. It’s part of a series they read at school. Imto teach her to read all the do is read about this family. It’s pretty cute.. After reading this page A tells M “but she doesn’t . We have read the other books”
I would like to take some small piece of credit on her budding snarkyness.
With school out for 7 weeks the girls are in day camp for a few days a week. You can send each kid to camp with 50 pence for a snack they can purchase after lunch. The girls were excited about that so M has been sending them to camp with money for snack.
The other day A didn’t eat her lunch, or eat well while at camp. Presumably she did eat her snack so M withheld A’s money the next day. There does need to be consequences to not following directions.
That lead A to apparently take her coin purse (presumably with coins in) it to camp. She took it upon herself to buy a snack. Outstanding questions remain around how much it cost her since she really can’t tell the coins apart from each other. What facts are in evidence is she got her snack. Her coin purse went to camp. Knowing A i am not surprised she pulled a stunt like this. Before she could talk she would smile at you while hiding her favorite stuffed toy in a bag or behind her back as she smuggled it out of her room (she knew she wasn’t supposed to do that).
If the apocalypse does happen I know who to turn to for black market items.
It survived my childhood, two decades in storage and a long 35 year or more lifespan. It couldn’t survive A and her friend. We mourn the loss of good ol reliable Greyhound Bus. I shall miss you little friend.
Thanks A even if you likely just picked from a pile of stuff. How would she know that Animal is my favorite Muppet! ANAMAL!!!!
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