Me in mock horror, gazing at Monkeyboys science experiment toenails: Look at your toenails!
Monkeyboy, clearly horrified: Don't eat them, Mum!*
Later, after they are trimmed & cleaned. Me, tickling his feet: Look at these cute little toes!
Monkeyboy: Careful, Mum, they are just stuck on my feet you know.
The Gentleman, in all seriousness: Was it really all black & white when you where a little girl, Mum?
Me, under breath: For gods sake!!
Me, out loud: Let me show you some photos of Mum & Dad from when we where young, so you can see it's just normal, not 'olden days'.
The Gentleman: Wow! I like Dad's big hair!
Monkeyboy looks sternly across the dinner table: Mum, this is not the best rice, because you have put onions in it.
The Gentleman: Mum, if it snowed, could we wear some of those Ear Gloves?
The Gentleman:When I grow up I'm going to be a scientist & save people from all the Salamis.
Me: Erm, what Salamis, Darling?
The Gentleman: You know, all the water in the ocean just pushes up a giant Salami & it squashes all the towns?
Me: Oh, you mean Tsunamis?
The Gentleman: Yes, that's what I said. Salamis.
Teenage Daughter, in reaction to my delight at a sequined gift box: No one wants to look in your box, Mum.
*Can I just say that I never intended to eat my sons toenails??
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