S- is an enthusiastic and determined child with a wide range of interests, some of which her parents enjoy too.
Here’re a few of them:
- Hats – but only inside the house
- Shoes – taking on and off. Endlessly
- Socks – ditto
- Cheerios [a type of breakfast cereal] – prodding them into the bottom of a cup, preferably one filled with juice
[Stay-at-home dad: 'Are you trying to wind me up S-?'
Beautiful daughter: 'Ah yeye'] - Prunes – is there any accounting for taste?
- Bubbles – they must be pointed out and acknowledged wherever and whenever they occur: in her drink, the bath, in puddles, in the air, on TV, etc
- Makka pakka – Agga pang!
- Everything [anything] her parents have got
- Walking [wo-wo] – especially when it involves pushing Cupcake, a particularly bland and featureless doll, and her toy buggy to the corner shop. It’s a journey of oh, about 30 yards … and at least half an hour’s duration
- Swimming – especially if involving bubbles [op cit.]
