I’m also going to start writing about “Things My Parents Made Me Do”!
– Make her hang out the clothes? Check √
Retaliates my 10 year old with a mischievous gleam in her eye on seeing all the posts in Things My Kids Say.
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An evening spent playing dress up…
Me dressing up and the little one egging me on.
Her: No amma, you are not supposed to look like “amma”. You are supposed to look like a glamorous, stylish person.
Ouch. Bring out the war paint!
– – –
Much later, after it was all over…
Her: I’m not saying you look bad when you put on all that stuff. But now you look like good old amma.
Sigh. Why do I put myself through this?
Kiddo: I hope I will be taller than appa.
Appa: Men in general are taller than women, kanna.
Cheeky Kiddo: And women in general are smarter than men, appa 😀
— Fist pump and giggles as the grossly outnumbered and outsmarted appa concedes this round.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Where there’s a bill, you have to pay!
Thought for the day, courtesy my precocious 10 year old
Artwork courtesy – My 10 year old who wants to be an “acrobatic, inventor scientist who also cooks” when she grows up.
Meanwhile, @GoogleDoodles @googlejobs, heard you were hiring 🙂
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