Sibling Rivalry
The perils of children overhearing the most innocuous of comments.....
"Mummy, you have too many children" asserted Mstr A while I was trying to get them all strapped into the car this morning.
I answer him a bit distractedly, as I fight LMD into her straps, "do I darling? What should I do about it then?
"Get rid of one" he confidently answers
"oh" say I, slightly taken aback, "who should we get rid of? You? you are the oldest & maybe I should keep the newer ones around a bit longer"
"No mummy, get rid of (LMB). I don't like her. She kicks me at breakfast time when you're not looking"
"umm, where would we put her, she needs a mummy and daddy to look after her"
"give her to the people next door. They think she's cute"
you can't argue with his logic or reasoning!
"Mummy, you have too many children" asserted Mstr A while I was trying to get them all strapped into the car this morning.
I answer him a bit distractedly, as I fight LMD into her straps, "do I darling? What should I do about it then?
"Get rid of one" he confidently answers
"oh" say I, slightly taken aback, "who should we get rid of? You? you are the oldest & maybe I should keep the newer ones around a bit longer"
"No mummy, get rid of (LMB). I don't like her. She kicks me at breakfast time when you're not looking"
"umm, where would we put her, she needs a mummy and daddy to look after her"
"give her to the people next door. They think she's cute"
you can't argue with his logic or reasoning!
2 Comments:
At Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:11:00 pm, Anonymous said…
Well, it would certainly lessen your load a bit . . .
At Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:36:00 pm, Juggling Mother said…
I'm not sure the neighbours would really appreciate getting her - they took in their son, daughter-in-law & 3 kids last year as it is!
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