Ella puts on her new Frozen pyjamas for the first time. Runs into our bedroom: “I need to look in the mirror to see if I’m perfect.” “I’m perfect.” Runs back into her room and gets into bed.
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Minor injuries
Ella, 45 minutes after her bedtime, appears at the top of the holiday house (aka ski chalet) stairs wailing. “I hurt my eyebrow.” Mummy and Daddy unfortunately can’t completely stop themselves from laughing in her face.
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Out of the mouths
Ella to Mummy, in the middle of a nice weekend morning: “Mummy, I’m going to spike you with a fork and eat you for lunch.”
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Biohazard
Ella, on the potty. “I’ve done a smelly poo. You need some gloves… …We have special gloves?” (referring to the pretty floral gloves we keep in the kitchen for gardening)
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Hiring decisions
Leslie Rowse, a historian of Elizabethan England, argued that the basic rule of academic life was that second-raters would always appoint third-raters over first-raters. Rowse’s rule now applies to politics on both sides of the parliamentary aisle.
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Ella’s done a poo
My little girl was sitting on the potty doing her business. Then she decided to make it my business too.
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Not allowed out
I was going out in the evening to see some NCT friends for dinner. It was my first night out in 4 weeks.