Dad: When you grow up and work, Ethan, what will you be looking for from your work?
Ethan (instantly): Money, and thousands of people shouting my name out.
Neologisms
Audrey’s word for ‘hen’: “mama cock-a-doodle” 🙂
Lucinda’s new word: “Actual-dently”
Girl Time
Girl time with Lucinda today. Shopping. “Daddy I love that dress so much I could marry it!”
We bought the dress.
Audrey lies about her age to get into school
It’s a normal school day.
Fiona’s at the front office, chatting with Andrea, the school secretary, after having dropped Lucinda and Ethan off.
Audrey:I want a school bag.
Fiona: You know, Andrea, Audrey really cant wait to get into school. Her brother and sister go to school, and she wants to be here too.
Andrea: Audrey, how old are you???
Audrey: (looks down and to the right) … FIVE.
Audrey won’t be licked
Puck (dog) jumps on Audrey, licking her face. “Stop!” says Audrey. “I’m not your licky playground!!”
What time is.
Nick: Ethan, what is time?
Ethan: time is what makes the world change.
Are we seeing the pirates today?
Every morning without fail, Audrey asks “Are we going to see the pirates today”?
We don’t know why she says that.
Princesses and Maids
Princess Lucinda was sitting on my lap this morning, telling me all about how to be a princess.
“I’m very happy you’re a princess because that makes me a Queen”
And Lucinda explains: “mummy every princess has a maid, it can be a he or a she.” “You’re my maid.”
“I don’t want to be the maid, I’d rather be the Queen”
“Well, it can’t be Zac or Dave because they would leave.”
We then had a very educational conversation about the merits of the modern princess who is so clever she can do everything herself…. fell on deaf ears I fear.
x Maid Fiona
Lucinda Improves the English Language Again
Lucinda:
“Indi-Mara told me how to say hello to a Princess!
You have to say ‘your ‘mergency’.
Or, you can say ‘your Harness’.
Star Power.
Ethan came back to school after a week and a half off in Far North Queensland. When he entered his grade three class, they were all very excited to see him back, and there was a lot of hugging.
“That was nice”, says Anthony, his grade 2 class teacher.
“I always make time for my fans.” says Ethan.
I know! But I swear every word of this is true.