Mothers' Day

Holly: "Daddy. Yesterday when I was in town with Mummy I saw a Mothers' Day shop, but I didn't say anything because it is a secret. Can we go into there and buy Mummy a present please?"
Daddy: "Well, Mummy likes made things rather than bought things really..."
Holly: "But it was a really good Mother's Day shop with all things like oven gloves and dusters!"

Diary

Rosie has a diary that she uses mostly to make pointed comments about being wronged.

Today we

  1. Drove thirty miles listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  2. Had an hour on the flumes in the fun pool

  3. Drove thirty miles listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  4. Had thirty minutes on a bouncy castle

  5. Had chips for tea... and

  6. Had slightly less duvet than our sister during our bedtime story


The diary entry: "today ive bin havig a bad day".

Rosie's phone call

Rosie had a phone call from Rohan today. She was a bit nonplussed, and told him (quite untruthfully) that Mummy was calling her to help in the kitchen! However, she soon got into the conversation and had the most lovely chat with him for about ten minutes.

Then suddenly said "Bye." And hung up.

Holly's Hearing

Rosie was prompting Holly in an impromptu medical drama.
Rosie: "and the good fairy"
Holly: "and the good fairy"
Rosie: "had chickenpox"
Holly: "had chickenpox"
Rosie: "and they had to call the doctor"
Holly: "and they had to call the tortoise."

What's this?

Holly: "What's this Daddy? It's like a little rubber hat, but it's too small for our heads."
Daddy: "Maybe it's for babies..."
Holly: "Nah! Babies can't swim."

It was Mummy's contraceptive cap.

Harry Potter

Rosie is currently obsessed with Harry Potter. This is one of several dozen recent Potter-themed drawings.

Fireman's Blues

Daddy found Rosie looking gloomy, with tears in her eyes.
Daddy: "What's the matter sweetheart?"
Rosie: "I want to be a firefighter but I'm frightened of sliding down the poles!"

Pets

Rosie brought some library books about pets from the school library.
Rosie: "Holly. Would you like a pet?"
Holly: "I'd rather have a torch."

Monkeys

Holly: "Did you know that there are actually different sorts of monkeys? For example, there are Arctic Monkeys."

I'm in trouble

Holly has been sent to the front door in disgrace for hurting Rosie. Daddy can hear her sniffing sad tiny tears and quietly singing: "Uh-oh. I'm in trouble. Something's come along and it's burst my bubble. Uh-oh..."

Wrinkles

Rosie was told about a painting on Granny Lea's wall with Granny Lea, Mummy, and Granny Barbara on it. Rosie looked and declared it "Not very good", because "he hasn't painted Granny Lea's wrinkles..."

Christians

Rosie: "CHRISTIANS know about how CHRIST saved the WORLD from the CAVEMEN!"

Breath

Rosie had garlic breath today.
Daddy:" Whew! You've got stinky breath from your garlic bread. Have I got stinky breath?!
Rosie: "Yes."
Daddy: "What does it smell of?"
Rosie: "Rotten beer."

New Bikes...

Daddy put the new Christmas bikes outside of the barn doors with the curtains closed so that he could get the kids to pull the curtains and see the bikes all shiny and new and exciting. However there was limited if any response.
Daddy: "What do you see out there?"
Holly: "Cars."

Reindeer

Holly: "All of the other reindeer...
Used to laugh and call him names.
They wouldn't let poor Rudolph
join in anal reindeer games..."

Cross

We were spotting Christmas-related ephemera as we drove into town.
Rosie: "There's a cross! Like CHRIST was DEAD on!"