I know, I know, you wait for one post and three come along at once I hear you say, or rather the one voice singing in the darkness who I know does read this (thank you Pewari!) Like I said, it is a busy month, what with helping the Hobbits write a total of 64 Christmas cards, the whole concept of "choose who you want to send a card to" completely bypassing them. Why not send a card to everyone!
And we are still receiving cards from girls unknown, addressed to either hobbit, and always signed off 'Love'. God help us come the teenage years. Worst is I can't write cards back, the conversations go as follows;
"Hobbit, who is Banana?"
"Um, she is my friend."
"She isn't on your class list, what class is she in?"
"Don't know."
"Wouldn't it be nice to send her a card back?"
"She is in Primary 2, or maybe 3."
Lordie!
The nativity went as well as could be expected really. Niall and Adam behaved perfectly, the show was quite entertaining and the competitive mums lined the front row with their cameras and camcorders. You could smell the money from them (sorry, can't help myself, I find them highly amusing!) Then a very odd thing happened.
Once the nativity was over and the school day at an end I was waiting at the infant entrance with the usual crowd of mums and dads. I hear behind me one dad saying how his daughter had refused to be the donkey as she had previously been a sheep, but Primary 2s don't get to participate in the nativity, they form the choir singing all the songs. Then this woman, standing near me, tells one of eldest Hobbits' friend's dad that her child was the donkey! I saw him look a bit confused, I don't know him that well, it is usually his wife who does the school run. But what a bizarre thing to do, claim your child is the donkey when it obviously wasn't (the donkey costume consisted of a mask held perfectly in front of his face until the singing started, then he waggled it about in time to the tunes!) Husband finds this hilarious, that the competitive mums (for she must be one) not only covet Mary and Joseph but also the lone Donkey! It was a weird turn to the day.
The Christmas spirit, though somewhat subdued, has appeared in the form of a visit to the German market (here is the kick, in Edinburgh!) Also the fact I spent the better part of today up to my eyes, quite literally, in wrapping paper.
Photo, Edinburgh Christmas Market 2006. Big Wheel and Hobbits on the Carousel.
2 comments:
*laugh* ... I am so dreading next year when youngest son will want to write cards too - I told my eldest that he could choose 10 people to send a card to... the final number was 32. Still, I should be grateful he didn't send it to all 90 children in Reception/Y1!
Eldest hobbit is so worried that no one be left out the 10 cards only would not be an option! Even today, on the last day of term, both boys came home with a bag full of cards.
Note that most came from girls. And most said "love" on them. We are in for so much trouble when they hit the teens, glad it is a long way off!
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