#182
Rockstar: <waving extendable antenna from radio controlled car at JD> Abracadabraaaa….. Zap!
Me: What are you doing to the poor dog now?
Rockstar: I turned her into a giraffe.
Me: <glancing at formerly asleep dog with long-suffering look on her face> Did it work?
Rockstar: Not yet.
Me: It takes time?
Rockstar: Like, 10 minutes.
Of course in 10 minutes he’s “forgotten” and the (still) dog has gone back to sleep…
#183
Looking at baby at next table wearing one of those onesies with angel wings on the back… I’ve been encouraging him to observe other babies in the hopes of raising his erm, “tolerance level” for baby noise, since in general he complains many various loud noises bother him…
Rockstar: Mum. What’s that?
Me: Wings, darling. Little wings on the baby’s shirt.
After awhile…
Rockstar: Mum. I think it would be cool if your baby has wings. Can fly. Flying babeeeee Hee Hee Hee.
Me: No it would not be cool if our baby can fly. <thinking Why does he always say “your” baby, like it’s just my problem I’m knocked up> It would be freaky if our baby can fly. They would be testing the air pollution levels and possibly our drinking water. That baby doesn’t really have wings. The wings are part of the baby’s clothes. (Though come to think of it he already knew that.)
<Thoughtful pause>
Rockstar: Mum. Are you only going to have a baby?
Me: What “only” a baby, as opposed to what, something that can fly?
Rockstar: It would be more interesting if we get something that can fly. Hee.
Me: What exactly do you think Mummy grows in here? Chickens, ducks, other farm animals? And what does that make you?
<Rockstar launches into songs from Cbeebies’ 3rd And Bird which is a bunch of different birds doing a musical skit – have to admit their songs are quite catchy. I took advantage of that to have a conversation with Rockstar from a bird watching book he came home from the school library with one day – how you can guess what the birds eat based on the shape of their beaks…>
Rockstar: (singing) Just-Like-Ba-by-Muf-fin*.
We were having cupcakes at the time...
* Littlest pink parrot with a bow on her head; his other favorite is a dancing toucan (if I recall correctly), named Gordon who occasionally wears a straw boater… Obviously he has also suggested we name the baby “Muffin”…
Rockstar seems to like singing! Soon Rockstar will be able to refer to baby as my brother or my sister.
Umm… he doesn’t always sing in tune 😀 (or care if it’s in tune) but he makes up a lot of lyrics… Cos he records himself on my iPhone… stuff like “Santa Clause Doesn’t Bring Presents If You’re Not Asleep” and “The Difference Between Turtles And Tortoises”
Fortunately it’s not too difficult to keep him “neutral” re bro or sis – his good friends at school are all quite evenly divided between having brothers and sisters