Holly: "Now I don't look graceful!" (Points at mucky mark on the foot of her tights.)
Daddy: "What's that? Is it bean-juice?"
Holly: "No. Poo."
Daddy: "What's that? Is it bean-juice?"
Holly: "No. Poo."
Apropos of nothing
Holly: "Had you noticed... why birds don't wear nappies? Because they would absolutely not be able to keep their eggs warm."
Exeter
Holly: "What does it sound like in Exeter?"
Daddy: "What do you mean? It sounds...the same...!?!"
Holly: "What LANGUAGE do they speak in EXETER?"
Daddy: "What do you mean? It sounds...the same...!?!"
Holly: "What LANGUAGE do they speak in EXETER?"
We found a mammoth
Clock Sense
Holly announced the time after swimming today: "Half past nine." We were collectively impressed as she's never done that before. Laura's Daddy thought he'd stretch her: ""What time will it be in twelve and a half hours time?"
Holly looked him straight in the eye. "Ten o'clock."
Holly looked him straight in the eye. "Ten o'clock."
cp
A story by Holly. Pronounced "kuh-puh" because she cannot spell "caterpillar" yet.
Page 1.
Princesses are all beautiful.
Page 2.
Caterpillars are so cute. And did you know that caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies? And did you know that not all butterflies do not always live, because that sometimes some of them die.
And handwritten on the back:
"hAd you non ThaT ThiS Booc is 700 yeARS owd"
Page 1.
Princesses are all beautiful.
Page 2.
Caterpillars are so cute. And did you know that caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies? And did you know that not all butterflies do not always live, because that sometimes some of them die.
And handwritten on the back:
"hAd you non ThaT ThiS Booc is 700 yeARS owd"
Party Book
A story by Rosie.
Page 1.
Princess Polly is excited because it is her birthday. She is so excited because this book is about her birthday.
Page 2.
Princess Polly is sitting in her royal coach's seat.
Page 3.
Everyone is singing "Happy Birthday" to Polly. She is full of happiness because she feels very happy.
Page 4.
Princess Polly is tired. She is going home. It is nearly time to wave goodbye. But first, the thing that I am going to say is on the next page.
Page 5.
She is having her supper. It is chips and fish and small potatoes.
Page 1.
Princess Polly is excited because it is her birthday. She is so excited because this book is about her birthday.
Page 2.
Princess Polly is sitting in her royal coach's seat.
Page 3.
Everyone is singing "Happy Birthday" to Polly. She is full of happiness because she feels very happy.
Page 4.
Princess Polly is tired. She is going home. It is nearly time to wave goodbye. But first, the thing that I am going to say is on the next page.
Page 5.
She is having her supper. It is chips and fish and small potatoes.
On time
Daddy: "Mummy should be home fairly soon."
Holly: "I hope she comes home before we move house."
Holly: "I hope she comes home before we move house."
Cold Classroom
Rosie: "Do you know what we have to do, if we get cold in school?"
Daddy: "No... what?"
Rosie: "Not care."
Daddy: "No... what?"
Rosie: "Not care."
Not Butter
Rosie, upon seeing a tub of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter: "That's not real butter. It's PVA butter."
Headache
Rosie: "I have got a headache. And it's not one of those normal headaches. It's a headache that goes up and jumbles up your mind so you can't THINK."
Night Life
Holly: "I wish I was nocturnal."
Daddy: "Why's that? Nocturnal things never get to see the sun."
Holly: "Yes. But moles are SO CUTE."
Daddy: "Why's that? Nocturnal things never get to see the sun."
Holly: "Yes. But moles are SO CUTE."
Exercise Bike
Daddy was talking about an exercise bike.
Rosie: "Pippa's Mummy has an extrasize bike. It is ENORMOUS!"
Rosie: "Pippa's Mummy has an extrasize bike. It is ENORMOUS!"
TV Continues to Scare the Cr*p Out of Daddy. Part X.
Rosie: "Dad?! Dad! If you change your car in-sur-ance, you can actually save up to one hundred and FIFTY POUNDS!"
Christ
Holly: "I know about hot cross buns."
Daddy: "What's that then?"
Holly: "They are to remind us that Christ died on the cross."
Daddy: "Oooh. So they are quite sad buns really..?"
Holly: "Yes. But they are delicious to eat."
Daddy: "What's that then?"
Holly: "They are to remind us that Christ died on the cross."
Daddy: "Oooh. So they are quite sad buns really..?"
Holly: "Yes. But they are delicious to eat."
In Rosie's Schoolbag
Being busy
Holly: "I can't do it now because I have too many jobs to do."
Rosie: "But that only takes two whiles!"
Rosie: "But that only takes two whiles!"
Moving House V
Moving House IV
Rosie: "We could bake cakes and put them on a plate we don't want in the kitchen, for all the customers!"
Moving House III
Holly is now drawing a warning sign telling the new people that the house is going to be EMPTY! "Theis hAWs is goig To Be eMT."