Toddlers learn new monkey tricks quickly.
Such tricks, when performed in the presence of others, are invariably swooped on to be held up as triumphant and certain evidence of their future careers.
My boy's early obssession with lights clearly indicates that he is to be an electrician, like his grandad. His mean overarm throw indicates a future England spin bowler, his tower building skills make him the next Christopher Wren, and his demolition work means that Fred Dibnah's crown will not be cast down for long.
My boy's early obssession with lights clearly indicates that he is to be an electrician, like his grandad. His mean overarm throw indicates a future England spin bowler, his tower building skills make him the next Christopher Wren, and his demolition work means that Fred Dibnah's crown will not be cast down for long.
Actually, I lied about that last one. Fred Dibnah is utterly irreplaceable...
However, today's lunchtime battle, and its finely tuned endgame proved beyond doubt that he is to be a brilliant military strategist. He's got some hard work ahead of him, but I think that his early experience will stand him in good stead. Here's how he did it.
12:30:00 Observe and conclude that chicken dinner is below required standard
12:31:00 Decide on appropriate diversionary tactic
12:32:00 Empty entire cup of juice into dinner, and over table and floor
12:32:30 As enemy heads floorwards clutching ktichen roll, poke her in the eye
12:33:00 Operation 'Shock, and Ow!' successfully completed. You win, again.
3 comments:
We used to call Liv "two bite girl" because she was famous for requesting something and then taking two bites and was suddenly "full."
It annoyed the hell out of me.
Probably because I was jealous. I have never been able to stop at just two bites of anything.
Ah yes the joys of mealtimes in Toddlersville. The food on the floor I could cope with....it was all the mashed up goop in the hair, on their clothes and in their ears I found to be vaguely annoying. Little savages....:(
Maria: Two bites - that's very funny! Definitely with you in lacking that ability myself! My boy's favourite trick at the moment is to yell 'MORE, MORE', when really he wants more to throw, not to eat. I fall for it every time. It's very annoying!
Gypsy: Yes feeding them seems to be a universal nightmare, from the first spoonful of baby rice onwards. Take the other day - he would not rest until everything in reach was coated in porridge, including the dog...savages indeed!
He's starting to use a fork and spoon now - not so much for getting the food in his mouth, but for getting a longer reach with the throwing! When does it get better?!
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