Thursday, March 25, 2010

genius ideas

Olivia just had the best idea for a horrible tasting toothpase.

Electric shock flavour.

How clever is that?

And today in the bookshop, I heard her precocious and imperious, clearly enunciated English tones ring out

'Excuse me. Do you know where The Very Hungry Caterpillar is?'

I looked around the bookshelves to see the book shop assistant looking over, poised on the balls of his feet. But then I looked at my kids, and saw them huddled together on the floor by the picture books, playing bookshop. And then Bodhi read The Very Hungry Caterpillar to himself.