Lost in translation

I asked M this morning if she was looking forward to our holiday in Spain next week.

"I'm very excited," she told me, "but a bit nervous."

"Why are you nervous?" I asked.

"What if we get lost?" she replied, "How can we ask for directions if we don't know the language? Like last week, when I had to ask where the crystals were... Although I suppose D could help us."

OK.... D doesn't speak a word of Spanish. And crystals?

Sweet dreams

I found this from a couple of years ago, and thought it worth sharing...

On asking M why she was in our bed one night, she told us that "when the voice says 'here's a story to help you sleep' I get scared because I know the polar bear's coming. So I come into your bed."

It's all in her head...

We asked M what we'd find if we opened up her head.
She told us there'd be drama, music, hats, boring school and knowledge right at the front...

Proud...

Apropos of nothing and with no explanation, D told us "I LOVE gay people!"

Royal males

M asked me this evening how old Prince was when he passed away.
"Prince isn't dead," I told her.
"Oh," she said," who was the lead singer of Queen that died?"

We could be heroes... part 2 - Avengers Re-Assembled

Before going to see Avengers: Age of Ultron at the weekend, M told us that her favourite part of the first film was when Hulk threw Loki around and called him a 'silly bugger'.

We could be heroes...

M told me that The Thing is her favourite superhero, and definitely the best one in the Famous Five.

It's only words...

This weekend, D correctly used the word "simpatico" in a piece of writing, while M told us that she knew what the word "dick" meant.
I couldn't be prouder of either of them...

Should be band...

Watching the Brits, we asked the girls what their band names would be.
D's was Midnight Daydream.
M's were Bad Blood, Unicorn Killer and Beaver Tail.

Reach for the stars

Went to M's class assembly yesterday, which culminated in a bunch of 7 and 8 year-olds  stating their ambitions...
"I want to be an actress." (M, obvs.)
"I want to be a footballer." (90% of the boys.)
"I want to be a scuba diver." 
Of course you do...

Prize comment

M, on learning about the Nobel Prize:
"Could I win one for inventing soft trousers?"

Sickly child

M, in some distress from earache...
"This is so painful, it's like being bitten by a crocodile! I'd rather eat tomatoes!"

Strictly Come Dancing - the analysis

D: "First they get rid of the old ones, then the overweight ones go, and that's when the real competition starts..."
M: "Janette Manrara!"

Waiting in the wings

M: "So far I've lived my life in the wings. But soon I'll be on the stage..."

You're bard...

D's learning about Shakespeare this term, and is really switched on to the subject.
She told me she wants to read A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, and Hamlet: King of Lear...

Rappers' delight

M and her friend B, also 7, in the back of the car, listening to the radio.
B: "Who's this? He's rubbish."
M: "That's Dizzee Rascal.He's one of the greatest rappers in the world."
B: "I prefer Ice Cube myself..."

I have a bad feeling about this...

According to the girls, the new Star Wars film is likely to be called 'Episode VII: Empire of the Chocolate Ponies"...

It's...

D's current bedtime reading is a book of fairy stories by Terry Jones.
And according to her "it's just SO Terry Jones!"
Honestly, she watches one episode of Monty Python and suddenly she's an expert.

Generation game

"I like Grandad, he's really funny."
"That's cool D. Am I as funny as Grandad?"
"No Daddy. You try too hard..."

It comes to us all...

"Anything worrying you about the funeral next week M?"
"No Daddy, why should I worry? It's going to happen to me one day isn't it?"