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Sunday, March 23, 2014

I've always dreamt of having a daughter who looks like Lembit Opik...


It's ironic, because she's generally more of a cheeky girl. But that's Amelie pictured shortly after leaving her friend's party yesterday afternoon. She's wearing a tiara to distract people from the greasiness of the nit lotion. We applied it quite liberally, which is why she reminds me of Lembit. If we'd applied it conservatively, she'd look more like David Cameron. Although her fringe isn't far off Hitler.

The last time Amelie went out on a Saturday afternoon, she told us she was forced to play 'Duck Duck Goose' against her will, which is typical of the modern oppression faced by 21st century girls, and is likely to lead to another suffragette movement, but this time there were no such hardships. Although apparently she didn't get a party bag.

To be honest, although Lisa and I found yesterday difficult, the kids seemed to cope just fine. We stopped off to buy a new iPad charger on our way home from the party, and by teatime, they were happily playing on a building site...


Yes, other people have flowerbeds and fountains outside their property. We have trenches, gas fitters and earth movers. The only water feature we can see is exposed pipe work.

But despite being surrounded by scaffolders, bricklayers and labourers, you can always rely on Toby to lighten the atmosphere and defuse the testosterone with a limp-wristed "Coo-eee!"...


Although that's actually his dinosaur impression. It's not always easy to tell the difference.

1 comments:

Phil's Mum said...

If they weren't such lovely children, the nits would probably leave them alone.