Father's Day

We did a dance for Father's Day today. Holly explained the narrative behind her dance.

"You see. I am a bat, and these are my wings. And when I do this: 'EEK!' I am looking for my prey. You know... by echolocation."

Led Zeppelin

Holly likes Led Zeppelin. In fact, we were listening to How Many More Times...

... and she said, "I like any music that goes Bom Bom Be-dom Bom, Bom Bom Bom Bom-be... And HOW do they make that BUZZING noise...?!"

Mummy's car

Holly was explaining to Katie's mummy about Mummy's new car: "Mummy has a new car. It is black. But she's not very good at driving it yet."

Matches

Rosie: "Dad, can I have a match please to draw patterns in my clay?"
Daddy: "Sure, hold on..."

[Finds match, and strikes it in order to render it impotent]

Rosie: "WOAH! NOT THAT KIND!"

Bloody Mary

Holly: "Daddy. Did you know that James the Fifth's daughter was called Mary Queen of Scots? And d'you know what else they called her?"
Daddy: "No."
Holly: "Bloody Mary."
Daddy: "Wow. I wonder why they called her that? I guess she killed loads of people."
Holly: "Hmm... I think she was exy-cuted, so maybe that's why because it would have made her bloody. That, or she maybe fell down a lot."

Mars

Holly: "I would like to go to Mars."
Daddy: "Well... Not today because it's school."
Holly: "I know. Well, one day in the holidays."

Fire

Fire
blazing flames
shining orange ashes
snap, crackle and popping
dangerous ashy smoke
cozy, toasty
toes

By Rosie Cromwell

Daddy's driving

Holly: "Daddy... I think you should slow down and slow down and slow down and THEN stop; instead of just driving along THEN STOPPING like you do."

The dreamy lake

The glittery star like
surface, is as ghost
like as can be
as the sun
shines on
it when...

SUDDENLY a shining white
swan falls out of the sky
SMACK it hits the sky like
surface of lovelyness


by Rosie