listening
Far be it from me to suggest that Bella never listens to a word we say. It only seems like it.
All Becky and I do, after all, is nag nag nag. We give a lot of pointless and over-paranoid warnings. And we try to regulate our kids behaviour far too closely. All to little effect… or so we thought.
But no. Credit where credit is due, I say. Bella proved to me today that she does listen carefully.
She’d been wandering around outside with bare feet (no, don’t say it, put your inner parent away please). And I happened to notice that our lovely and sharp stainless steel garden spade had been shifted from the vege garden some distance to lie on a concrete path.
Bella saw me look at the spade, and then look at her.
“It’s OK Dad”, she said. “I haven’t chopped any of my toes off.”
Heck
7 August 2005, 09:26 #
You remember how Henry used to take over at leto, er, and make everything sound a thousand times more interesting than any of us adults could make it?
It’s only a matter of time until your little ones take over around here. If they haven’t already… :)
Alan
9 August 2005, 22:39 #
It would certainly make things more interesting, that’s for sure.
llew
11 August 2005, 17:22 #
I daresay she’ll let you know straight away if she does…
stephen
12 August 2005, 17:42 #
Cripes, my Dad used to threaten me with exactly that – unplanned phalangectomy.
And he had the missing toe joint to prove it. To this day I never dig in jandals.
Alan
12 August 2005, 23:12 #
Yeah, my Dad used to tell me the same thing. And no doubt, in 30 years time, our daughters will be scaring the shit out of their kids with the same thing…