Breakfast of champions

They were flying thick & fast this morning!

Firstly, Cameron asks for some M&Ms to go with his boiled eggs. Or maybe it was Eminems. Anyway - the answer was obviously "no". Mum asked him why he wanted chocolate - to which he replied "I don't want chocolate."
"Did you mean the white stuff," asked Mum.
"Yes"
"That's called Mayonnaise!" Mother must be psychic...

Secondly, an ant crawled across Cameron's plate. Much to his disgust. "Eat it," I said, "It's full of protein!"
"I don't like ants with legs!"
This one had me puzzled. Has he pulled the legs of ants before and eaten them? How would he know the legs tasted bad? Then the penny dropped - we call the long chocolate sprinkle thingies "ants"... Hence "ants without legs"!

And there was a third one, too. But I've forgotten it already. I'll post it if I remember it later. D'OH!

The Count

This morning, Renee counted to 13. And when we asked her how old all the kids were she held up the right number if fingers straight up. She's 2! That's not too bad! Must have got her smarts from me...

Clown desserts

At Sizzler last night Cameron wanted the kind of dessert that Clowns have.

"What sort of dessert do clowns have?" I asked.

"Umm... The funny kind!"

A hostess in the making

Well, we assembled our new pool on the weekend!

At one point on Sunday morning we were both inside the pool evening out and compacting the sand base, & couldn't easily get out, so we asked Veronica to fetch us a drink of water each.

She returned - not just with a cup of water each, but a biscuit platter to boot!

Veronica's song choices

After having to put up with Sarah Connor's "Bounce" for a while, Veronica has now at least moved on to Dido's "Sand in My Shoes". I can live with that. Much better!

Renee is not my friend...

It's been a while since Cameron used the "I'll be your friend" to try and get his way, but tonight Renee announces that she's "not my friend"! I suppose that she doesn't have much else to bargain with at this stage.

I'm sure she'll get over it - I have!

Radioactive Carrots

Our kids listen to what we tell them.

Yeah, right!

We're trying to convince Cameron to eat his carrots. We give him the usual story that it will help him see in the dark. I don't know if that's true or not, but it's what my parents told me, so I'm just passing it on.

So tonight we tell Cameron: "Eat your carrots so-"

And he finishes our sentence for us:

"My eyes will glow in the dark!"

Good Hair Day

Another case of misheard song lyrics. This is an oldie - I only remembered it last night. (A few beers will have that effect...)

Remember the Good Charlotte song that went: "Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money"?

Cameron's version:

"Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and my hair..."

Multiple Mouth

Cameron commented today that it would be good to have 2 mouths. (Or 2 mouth-es, as he says.)

When I asken him why he wanted 2 mouths, he said:

"So you can eat with one and talk with the other!"

Our Cat-Type

Veronica has a little book titled "How To Handle Your Cat". It's a tongue-in-cheek book about looking after cats, and includes explanations of different cat personality types and a little quiz at the end.

One of the questions asks: "Your cats's catty-gory" with the following options:

1. Bird cat
2. Chicken cat
3. Spider cat
4. Owl cat
5. Boa constrictor cat
6. Other

Veronica's choice? Chicken Cat. Why?

"Because she crosses the road all the time!"

Can't argue with that!