Category Archives: Rockstarisms

#16 Where just obediently saying “please” is just not gonna happen… Miss: Mummy. Have it. (I reach over about to pass her toy to her) Rockstar: <barely looking up> Never said please. Miss: <turning to him seriously> Never, never, Ko. Rockstar: … Continue reading →

#15 Rockstar: Miss, Miss, can you count for Ko-ko? Miss: <SILENCE> Rockstar: No really, Mum, she knows this – Come on, Miss – One….. Two…. Miss: <SILENCE> Rockstar: <encouragingly> Three, four, five….. Miss: <SILENCE> Rockstar: <encouragingly> Six…. seven….. Miss: <SILENCE> … Continue reading →

#14 Bedtime in the Rockstar household… Me: Miss, go put your bottle on the table and come lie down. Miss: Please. <reproachfully> Please, Mummy. Me: Ok ok sorry please put your bottle on the table and come lie down. Miss: No. (And spaghetti can … Continue reading →

#321 Remember when he did pig smiley faces and what-not on his math exercises? This last term he graduated to Ninja Turtle Smiley Faces. Me: (looking more closely at it) Why is your smiling ninja turtle so smug? Rockstar: Whaat… … Continue reading →

#320/ #14 Overheard recently… Miss: TA-DAAAAA! Rockstar: No, no “Ta-daa”. We didn’t do anything worth “ta-daa”. Miss: Ta-daaaa! Rockstar: NO! You don’t understand what Ta-daa means! No Ta-daa. Miss: No Ta-daa! Rockstar: Stop saying Ta-daa! Miss: No Ta-daa! Rockstar: That’s still a Ta-daa! … Continue reading →

#319 Miss: <theatrical frowning and finger waggling> Notti JD. Notti Ko-ko. Notti.  Rockstar: <barely blinking> I told you Mum, there’s something wrong with her attitude.  

#318 Rockstar’s schoolwork has been coming home again…. Me: Does that say……. Rockstar: <chirpily> “I am 18kg…….. Most of the boys were lighter than most of the girls! ……The heaviest were mostly girls and the lightest were mostly boys!” Oh, are … Continue reading →

#15 Rockstar: Mum. She just fell over.  Me: (Mildly concerned, but later I find he means face down on the bed, plank style.) What? Why? Rockstar: <shrugs> I don’t know, because she’s crazy? Miss: (still lying there) <muffled> Yes. Me: … Continue reading →

#317   Going through Rockstar’s extra practice books for his Chinese writing… Me: <anxiously> What does that say? How come there’s a big sad face next to that sentence? Rockstar: Because that’s the date.  Me: <still anxiously> That whole thing’s the … Continue reading →

#13 The Lord’s Prayer is the last thing we say as we fall asleep….. Me: Our Father… Miss: Ow Fah-thah… Me: Who Art… Miss: Who Art… Me: In Heaven… Miss: In Heaven… Me: Hallowed be Thy name, Miss: Mummy, sleep. … Continue reading →