So there we were in the car, heading to my parents' for a family dinner.
We were playing a silly word game, the one where you have to come up with a word that starts with the last letter of the previous word. Hey, I'm nothing if not about providing my child with abundent educational opportunities through play.
It went a bit like this:
Me: Car (I have such a great imagination, don't I?)
Flea: Ratatouille (I presume she means the movie, not the food)
Me: Elephant (getting a bit bored already)
Flea: Tremendous (I think this is Flea's favourite word in the world)
Me: Soul (half an ear on the radio, mind beginning to wander…)
Flea: Lesson
Me: Necrophilia!
Akward pause.
No, I don't know which dark recess of my mind that came from, either. Obviously, though, I dealt with it in my usual textbook positive parenting manner:
Flea: Mummy, what's neck filler?
Me: Oh, look at that squirrel!
I must confess, "Oh, look at that squirrel" is basically my standard response to any difficult parenting moment. Try it yourself – it works in pretty much any situation. Squirrels are fast and small, so if it just so happens that there isn't a squirrel nearby it should be followed up with, "In that tree, there, can you see him? Oh, he must have run away."
Flawless.
HA! I am sitting at work eating my lunch reading this post – nearly had to spit out my food and laugh out loud! Very funny… and thanks for the squirrel tip
I’ll remember that for the future. Classic work missus.
Erm….where did that come from, psychologists would have a field day!
If that’s in your subconscious, I dread to think what you’re imagining when actually concentrating!!
LOL-only problem is that in this country there are NO squirrels…
I nearly spat out my coke onto the screen! Thank you for being such a TREMENDOUS inspiration!
bwahahahahahahaha
Absolutely brilliant. That should be the title of your book/autobiography (fill the gap) ‘Look, there’s a Squirrel’.
You’re most welcome!
Write it down. Solid gold parenting tip, that is.
I’m trying not to think about it too deeply.
Scary, isn’t it?
Works with, erm, rabbits. Or birds.
I try my best, in my humble way, to continue being a bit inept.
Genius idea.
That’s brilliant! I love “Look, there’s a Squirrel” – classic!
I am making a note of the squirrel thing – sheer parenting genius