That's My Girl!

[przed]

So, this morning Ros is playing with her magnetic dress up prince and princess, and decides to create a lovely ensemble for the prince with one of the princess' skirts, and a crown as a tank top. Which led to this exchange...

Ros: Look, mommy!
Me: Awesome. In my opinion, more boys should wear skirts.
Ros: You only think that because you love Take That.


I don't know where she gets these ideas.



Then, on the drive home from my mom's, the Sweetie stuck on a CD of pop songs from French girl singers from the '60s, and the song Laisse tomber les filles came on.

Ros: What's this song about?
Me: The girl is telling a boy to stop dating so many girls.
Ros: Oh. And to start dating boys?
Me and the Sweetie: ::try desperately not to laugh::

Clearly, she's turning out okay.

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She's informed us she's staying in the hotel...oi! *g* Reminds me, while we were on the ferry to our holiday island we met a little boy (a bit younger than Ros, though), who unlike all other kids (they generally LOVE being on ships, with the sea and the birds and all) didn't like it there and he informed his parents that he'd rather wanted to be home and that he hated it there. It was quite heart-breaking. We met him the next day on the beach, happily building a sand castle with his dad. No sign of "I hate it here" whatsoever. Oh, to be a kid again... Fingers crossed for Ros changing her mind soon, so no tantrums have to be fought.

Basically everything Astrid Lindgren wrote is wonderful - she was one modern woman, way ahead of her time! I adored all her books, Pippi, Madita and especial Michel, who is called Emil in Swedish. And that's just the tip of the iceberg! She's written so many wonderful stories! It's a bit too early for Ros, I reckon, but if you need some help in tracking the books I could have an eye out here, it's probably easier to find copies in English here in Europe. Just let me know!

You'll be pleased to hear I started my research - I spent the whole lunch break reading through all kinds of circus-related Wikipedia articles, noting all important vocabulary (Fire eating! Knife throwing! Aerial silk! Stilts! Chapeaugraphy! (Guess who will be brilliant at this??) Awwww!). Momentarily I'm downloading an album of circus music. I'm quite loving this... *g*

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I'm just fighting to finish the last bits of packing before I crash, but I did want to say YAY RESEARCH! I love doing the research on a story, and it sounds like you'll have lots of interesting details to add to this story. \o/

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Hooray for packing! I just saw on tumblr that Markie and Gary visiting a theme park popped up just in time! Awwwww!

Just in case we don't "hear" each other anymore before you leave: have a really good time, hope you have time to relax and enjoy (and write) and that all goes well and that Ros really really enjoys it all! And safe journey! I'll miss you! ::BIG HUGS::

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I just had to reblog the Markie and Gary visit to a theme park!

I'm packed up and ready to leave after work. As soon as I pick up the uniforms for my team, drop off Ros' martial arts homework, and put a couple of letters in the post, that is.

Thanks for the holiday wishes! I'm sure it'll be fun, and I'll tell you all about it when I get back, if not before. (We figure we'll splurge and pay for wi-fi at the resort.)

::BIG HUGS BACK::