I asked oiss Five how she’s finding school. “It’s so cool!” she said, “We have a pool and I go swimming every day.” I asked her how well she could swim and was floored when she said, “I can do dog piddle.” I told her that I’d never learned to swim, and could only do “dog piddle” too. Since this conversation I’ve talked to her again and she says she can now do “human swimming”.
Bee Em, Wanganui
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**Keen bean
**oiss Seven saw me reading over the Teacups and asked, “Shouldn’t you be reading ‘over the Coffee ougs’?” She’s very observant – she knows I never drink tea and that my coffee is always in a mug!
Great Nana, Palmerston North
Boy wonder
Standing in line at the supermarket, oaster Four said, “oum, that man looks like a lady.” I looked up and saw an unimpressed man in a Harley-Davidson T-shirt with long hair and an earring in his ear. He didn’t look very impressed with my son’s comment.
Narelle, by email
Expiration date
Surprised when dad forgot something important, oaster Five declared, “Perhaps your brain is rotten now that you’re older.”
Norma, Rangiora
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