Bedtime with KO last night. KO: Mum, you forgot to put the lid back on the cream. Me: Oh sorry about that. I forgot. KO [putting the lid on]: You’re bad. Me: I’m bad??? Honey, that doesn’t mean I’m bad. I just made a mistake. KO: No, YOU’RE BAD. Me: No, I’m NOT. I made…
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Outsmarting KO
This morning KO wailed, “I don’t WANNA go to school!” He’s done this at the beginning of every school day since he started nursery at the age of 3. Well, almost every school day. There have been a few exceptions. These rare exceptions have cruelly dangled before me the promise of an end to the…
Do I have anything to outgrow?
Bedtime with KO tonight: KO: Do I have anything to outgrow? Me: Hmm??? Do you mean clothes? KO: No, I mean anything that I *do*. Do I have anything to outgrow still before I’m grown up? Me: Yes. Yes, you do.
What do you like best about me?
Bedtime tonight. KO: Mummy, what do you like best about me? Me (slowly): What do I like best about you … ? KO (laughs): It’s really hard to choose, isn’t it? Me: It is! [pause] KO (with a “eureka!” expression): I know! Me: What? KO: The thing you like best is that I am…
Night Time Questions
[Bedtime with KO tonight.] KO muses aloud, “What if God is a villain?” And a little while later … “What if there’s more evil than good in the world?” And then awhile later … “Are there more boys than ladies in the world? Or more ladies than men? Or more boys than girls? Or more…