This was Flea at 6pm last night.
I'd sent her upstairs to get ready for her bath, and when I popped up five minutes later she was extremely distressed. Worried she might be hurt, I asked her to tell me what was wrong.
"I can't tell you Mummy," she sobbed, tears pouring down her face.
"You can tell me absolutely anything," I reassured her.
"It's just that..," she began, taking a deep breath to steady herself. "It's just that none of my wishes come true."
Now, that's pretty tough to hear. Flea was so heartbroken I would have done anything to cheer her up again. "What wishes do you mean, honey?"
Flea thought for a moment. "I can't tell you because then they will NEVER come true," she sniffled.
Good point.
"Okay, well, how about this – if you tell me your wishes, I promise to help you make one of them come true," I reassured her.
She snuggled into my arms. "Really?"
Well, I'm nothing if not a woman of my word. "Really," I said.
Now, this is a great thing to say to your five-year-old if you can somehow guarantee that they are wishing for a new toy, or a special outfit. You'd think I'd know by now – I don't have that child.
So, like someone walking blindfold into a bear trap, I continue: "What did you wish for, honey?"
Flea has snuggled herself into my arms, her fingers curled around mine. Her sobbing has slowed down to a sniffle, now she's confident Mummy is going to grant her wish.
"Well, I was wishing that Zara was my sister and I could live at her house, and that you would live there too," she said.
Okay, that's clearly not an option, so I move on. "And what else?"
"I wish I was a dog," says Flea. "But it has to be a Jack Russell."
Bugger. I think fast. There has to be a way out.
"That sounds ace, Flea. Just on the off-chance, have you ever wished for a Spiderman outfit?"
Good recovery 😉
Bloody Disney. All that damn wishing.
hahaha…You are a quick thinker, thank goodness for Spider Man!
I adore Flea’s thinking. I really do 🙂
Quick thinking Batman. You were very nearly up the creek without a paddle though.
wow good quick thinking! P has an invisable dog and gets upset every day because her friends say the dog is not real. P plays with this dog constantly. just wish we could afford a house so she could have a real doggy instead she has a bed full of cuddley ones!
Excellent recovery there.
Has Flea ever seen The Princess and the Frog? It’s one of the geekdaughter’s favourites, and it does try to being a message of “wishing only gets you so far”.
That was close – although i was hoping this story would end with a cute puppy lol
She does crack me up. Missy Woo gets all emotional about silly things sometimes. Lord help when she gets hormonal as well.
That first photo made me cry, it was almost on the same par as that video.
fantastic recovery – you’re better at that than I could ever be!
Thanks. You’ve got to be on your toes around kids, haven’t you?
Exactly! I prescribe more films based on an ethos of pragmatism and self-sacrifice.
I must confess – you can’t see in the pic but she was wearing her favourite spiderman underpants. So I had a hint 😉
I am regularly up the creek without a paddle.
Flea has 60 soft toy dogs. Bane of my life!
She has, but she wasn’t keen because she thinks it’s a girls’ film, sadly.
Ha! That’s Flea’s greatest wish, too.
*shudders at the thought of hormonal Flea*
I know, it was really heart breaking!
Aw, thanks!
Weirdly, she doesn’t seem to mind.
What if she wants a Spider-Man outfit that’s Jack Russell-sized?
Quick thinking mummy. I would have probably would have been still there explaining why she couldn’t possibly be a Jack Russell. But, hey, what about a Jack Russell costume? Maybe? *ducking now* 😉
OMG the typos in that are horrendous. Please fix them now. Please.