Archive | June, 2007
TEETH II
It doesn’t have quite the same ring about it does it? Jaws?…teeth?…big difference. As a quick adendum I was just thinking about losing teeth. Has there ever been any research done that makes a direct correlation between how a child deals with a wobbly tooth and their future personality? Along the lines of “show me the child at 7 and I’ll give you the man”. In my opinion, you can tell a lot by the attitude a child has to a vaguely wobbly tooth.
Type 1
The tiniest hint of a wobble prompts a flurry of activity involving furious twisting and pushing and pulling preferably in front of a mirror. The tooth has to go. Simple as that. Bang. It’s gone. This, in my opinion is a sign of somebody who wants to take control. Who wants to live for the moment. Carpe Diem.
Type 2
The wobbly tooth hangs around, literally by a thread in the gum for months. Nothing will entice the child to pull it out. It has to come out of it’s own accord. This suggests somebody who is not prepared to take the bull by the horns. Somebody who prefers to let things happen. Laid back, but with a propensity to let life pass you by.
Possibly, I’m talking bollocks, but in my family, I think the character traits that wobbly teeth present are significant. My six year old tonight has a reasonably wobbly tooth. He said as he went to bed “I think it’s going to come out tomorrow, but I’m going to be too busy to pull it out, I’ve got Sport’s Day so it’s going to have to wait”.
TONY BLAIR STEPS DOWN
28. June 2007
I can’t quite believe that we have woken up this morning to a new Prime Minister. That must be the most underwhelming transition ever.
Envoy to the Middle East next. His decision to send British troops to Iraq obviously means that he remains a controversial figure in Arab countries. Lets hope he can make [...]
TEETH
28. June 2007
Teeth are dropping like flies in our house (luckily not mine yet). My six year old has lost four of his front teeth in the last few weeks and I almost mourn for those tiny perfect milk teeth. There is something rather strange about how children look when their permanent front teeth emerge. [...]
Continue reading and leave comments...SHREK 3
25. June 2007
My daughter saw a premier of Shrek 3 on Saturday for a birthday party. She thought it was “OK, but not as good as the first one”. She came back with a green hairband with two little ears (horns?) sticking out to the sides. When she came back from school today, I [...]
Continue reading and leave comments...SUMMER FAIRS
19. June 2007
It’s official. I’m a horrible, ungrateful, grumpy beta mother who would prefer to go to the pub with her children (if she can’t find somewhere else for them to go) than wander around the school summer fair.
All around the country at this time of year, school sheds are filling up with unwanted presents and [...]
ANTHONY GORMLEY EXHIBITION
17. June 2007
Highly recommended. It’s on at The Hayward Gallery until the 19th August. Go and stand on the roof and look out for the 31 life-sized figures that scatter the skyline of London, on rooftops and pavements and bridges. The view is stunning and it is strangely exhilerating to be scanning the horizon, picking [...]
Continue reading and leave comments...HOSPITALS
17. June 2007
Hospitals fill me with dread, because they smell of dettol and misery and death. However, they are also positively bursting with hope and courage and love and new babies and concerned parents and hot clingy children and they, almost more than anywhere else I can think of offer you an extraordinary glimpse into [...]
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28. June 2007
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