Getting some air

Daddy: "Shall we go up to the park in a little while?"
Holly: "No. I want to watch the television for a few minutes."
Daddy: "But it might be a good idea to get some air before Gabbie comes..."
Holly: "But I like the air inside our house."

The opposite of tennis

Today we were talking about opposites.

Rosie: "The opposite of sitting down is standing up."
Holly: "The opposite of dark is light."
Rosie: "The opposite of big is little."
Holly: "The opposite of clean is dirty."
Rosie: "Daddy... what's the opposite of tennis?"
Daddy: "Well... some things don't really have an opposite."
...
Holly: "I have an opposite. It is the opposite of tennis."
Daddy: "Wow. Go on then, what's the opposite of tennis?"
Holly: "Not-Tennis."

Site feed

Holly and Rosie's stuff has gone all 2006 with an Atom feed. The link is under the little animated picture in the sidebar if you know what to do with it.

Mr T

Scene: Holly is standing on the stairs to the loft with Daddy's Mr T keyring, surrounded by photographs she has dropped.

Holly: "Daddy. I was walking down the stairs and all the letters dropped out of my hands."
I pity da fool.
Daddy: "Well, please will you pick them up because they all need to go downstairs."
Don't gimme no backtalk, sucka.
Daddy: "Holly....."
Don't make me mad.
Holly: "But I..."
Daddy: "Holly. Please pick them up now, then you can do whatever you want."
Don't gimme no backtalk sucka.

Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...
Don't make me mad...

Picking it

Daddy: "Holly, if you pick your lip like that you will make it sore and bleedy."
Holly: "I've been picking it for weeks..."

Special things

Rosie: "Do trams come along here?"
Mummy: "Not along here, darling, no."
Rosie: "But I saw shiny lines on the road."
Mummy: "Well, that is where they have fixed the road and left some lines, but they are not tram lines."
Daddy: "Tram lines are very special, you do not see them in many places. Only places where, er, special things happen."

...

Rosie: "Do Special Things happen in Croydon?"

Note from Daddy

I just went up the stairs and both kids were stark naked at the top, and when their business-ends were at eye level they both farted at me...!

I can't imagine who teaches them this sort of behaviour.

Speed vs Technique

Scene: Rosie is sitting on the loo. Daddy is perched on the bath with a loaded heffalump toothbrush. Holly is on her bed with a sticker book.

Rosie: "I can run much faster than Holly!"
Daddy: "I don't think you can. I think Holly can run faster than you because she takes more risks. But that means she falls over more."

Offstage: "Yes! And when I run that fast, that's when I put on my MAD FACE!"

Daddy's Birthday

It's Daddy's birthday! He forgot, until Rosie wandered in for a chat.

"What are you doing today lovey...?"
"Well... We aren't doing anything really. Except. We are doing one thing."
"What's that?"
"It's your birthday!"

And then later, Holly gave Daddy an enormous squeeze:

"I love you Daddy. You make me happy. You always make me smile. And I am sad when you are not there..."

Father Christmas

We went to Painshill Park today to find Santa Claus in his grotto. We had our own little torches and followed the signs to the wishing tent and then to the grotto. We were very certain when we told him we wanted Barbies, despite evidence from the contrary on our Christmas lists....!

Holly's First Joke

Holly told her first joke to us today.

"Why did the chewing gum cross the road?"
"I don't know. Why did the chewing gum cross the road?"
"Because it was stuck to a chicken!"

(Aches with laughter.)

And then,

"Why did the pepper cross the road? Because it was a chicken!"
"Why did the Santa cross the chicken? Because it was a road!"
"Why did the road cross the chewing gum? Because it was stuck to Santa!"

And so on. Endlessly...!

Wedding

Rosie drew this picture of Mummy and Daddy's wedding. From left to right you can see Granny Lea on a chair, Daddy wearing bunny-ears, Mummy looking beautiful, and the vicar.