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Sunday, June 06, 2010

Mmm... Key Lime Pies...


Brimming with the taste of the Florida Keys. And not just because I made them in fish dishes. They actually taste even nicer than they look. And I should know - I've eaten most of them.

My culinary prowess might be well-documented, but sadly my childcare skills leave a lot to be desired. When Lisa returned home at 11pm last night, I told her of the difficulty I'd had getting Amelie undressed, and described the wrestling match which had taken place on the floor. She laughed and said "I'm surprised you didn't just put her to bed in her dress!". I told her to read my blog and look in the bedroom.

She did. And found that I'd also forgotten to put the side of the cot up.

But as luck would have it, Amelie hadn't escaped. Or if she had, she'd come back by 11pm. So while Lisa slept off her Tizer hangover this morning, I got our daughter up to do some painting in her permanently-attached dress. I felt that if she got paint all over it, I'd feel less guilty about cutting it off.

We join the action just as Amelie (with the plunging neckline) drops Makka Pakka into her paintbrush water...


So she's drowned Makka Pakka, drunk her paintbrush water, flooded the table and kissed a dog, all whilst wearing a dress that I can't get her out of. It's no wonder she's learnt to say "Oh dear".

5 comments:

Dave said...

Does your Florida dish contain oil?

(not quite sure where Florida is in relation to BP's oil spill, but the fuss the Americans are making, it must be over the entire eastern seaboard by now.)

'old' friend said...

Not quite sure why there was a problem with the dress - certainly looks as if it should come off easily. Did Lisa show you how it's done or did you have to resort to the scissors?

Phil's Mum said...

I'm waiting to find that out, 'old' friend.  When I see Amelie on Wednesday, will she still be wearing that dress?  (and will I be expected to try and get it off her?!)  You'd think that by the next day, after a night of no food, she might have slipped out of it easily - like Winnie the Pooh who was stuck in a doorway for a night! 

Phil said...

It might look simple, but it's like any of the world's most fiendish puzzles - looks easy, but is impossible to complete.

Phil's Mum said...

I suppose Lisa had the solution on a label that she had cut out of the dress and hidden.