We were treated to a reality check about being prepared to have children, when we had little S (3.5), his littler sister O (2) and their parents, from next door, over for dinner on Saturday.
To say it like Borat, we are so prepared, NOT!
We quickly realised that to our two tiny guests, nothing in our house was as it should be.
Our bread was brown and wholegrain, our jam had whole fruit in it and had no added sugar, our frankfurters were not fried, our chips were hand-cut rustic wedges and oven-baked, our ice-cream was Vienetta, and our apple juice was cloudy. To add to the equation, our couches and beanbags are super-absorbent and do not wipe clean, our coffee table has a precariously-perched glass top, our ceramic vases are on the floor and/or within easy reach, and either have prickly things sticking out of them or are full of water.
On the positive side, our carpets can be bleach-cleaned, we have flowers on our toilet paper, and to our orange-juice-soaked-crumbled-Madeira-sponge plus strawberries plus whipped cream dessert, little S proclaimed, "I LOVE IT!"
May be there is hope for us, after all.
To say it like Borat, we are so prepared, NOT!
We quickly realised that to our two tiny guests, nothing in our house was as it should be.
Our bread was brown and wholegrain, our jam had whole fruit in it and had no added sugar, our frankfurters were not fried, our chips were hand-cut rustic wedges and oven-baked, our ice-cream was Vienetta, and our apple juice was cloudy. To add to the equation, our couches and beanbags are super-absorbent and do not wipe clean, our coffee table has a precariously-perched glass top, our ceramic vases are on the floor and/or within easy reach, and either have prickly things sticking out of them or are full of water.
On the positive side, our carpets can be bleach-cleaned, we have flowers on our toilet paper, and to our orange-juice-soaked-crumbled-Madeira-sponge plus strawberries plus whipped cream dessert, little S proclaimed, "I LOVE IT!"
May be there is hope for us, after all.
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Yes! Oh yes! I get this! We had house guests with children couple of months ago and they were quite dismayed at all our whole grain, no sugar food too.
They were sooo disappointed.
:(
You'll learn. Shall I send you another little guest for more trials? A bite proof jacket would be handy.
'organge-juice'@spelling nazi
You started this... :)
@a.a - It is blatantly obvious that's a typo and not an example of poor spelling. I refuse to be affected by this.
:) Good to read your post as always! How goes?
If I had some orange-juice-soaked-crumbled-Madeira-sponge plus strawberries plus whipped cream dessert, I would never leave the dining table! That would make the rest of the house pretty much child safe!
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